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Sara Snyder Hopkins

WCU's ECHT project receives $450K grant from NEH

Unearthing history is nothing new to Cherokee Language Program director and associate professor Sara Snyder Hopkins. Thanks to a federal grant, she and a group of colleagues will continue to do so.  

51看片students demonstrate machine during Capstone presentations

51看片launches mechanical engineering degree, industrial engineering concentration

51看片鈥檚 College of Engineering and Technology is expanding its engineering programs again this fall with the launch of a new bachelor鈥檚 degree in mechanical engineering鈥痑nd a new industrial engineering concentration.   

Heidi Von Dohlen (right) and Jess Weiler (left)

NC Principal Fellows program expands with supplemental funding

Heidi Von Dohlen was an educator and school principal for 27 years before becoming the director of the Principal Fellows program at 51看片. During her time as an administrator, she worked to turn her school district into a place where students loved to learn, and teachers loved to teach.   

Patricia Bricker

Bricker gets new WNC Community of Practice off the ground

An ice storm shifted the first Western North Carolina Elementary STEM Community of Practice meeting to Zoom last minute, but Patricia Bricker鈥檚 project didn鈥檛 freeze up.  

The Hodges

Alumnus divides gift to create scholarship honoring educator wife, support athletics upgrades

51看片 alumnus and Asheville resident Stephen Hodge had a bit of difficulty deciding whether to direct a recent financial contribution for his alma mater to support academics or athletics. So, the banking executive who grew up in Rutherfordton reached the conclusion to do both.  

Kathy Jaqua with 51看片students and faculty

Kathy Jaqua earns prestigious W.W. Rankin Award

51看片 College of Arts and Sciences professor Kathy Jaqua noticed a look on her former student鈥檚 face.   

51看片students learning how to dance

Donors to Fund for 51看片support ASP student trip to Central Europe

51看片鈥檚 Academic Success Program took 21 students to Central Europe in March 2024 for an 11-day international learning experience for conditionally admitted students who successfully completed ASP requirements.  

51看片students at a MAPS event on campus

51看片recognized for commitment to advancing first-generation student success

51看片 was recently selected as one of twenty new higher education institutions to advance to the network leader phase of the FirstGen Forward Network.   

Project Discovery students on a bike trip

Project Discovery celebrates, reflects on 40th anniversary

Heath Robertson sat at the back of the bus on a college tour trip when he was asked about his future plans. Robertson鈥檚 answer? He didn鈥檛 have any.