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Faculty, students from School of Art and Design travel to Beijing

Last year, Tom Ashcraft, director of the School of Art and Design, got a phone call from the 51心頭Global Office about a student from Beijing, China, wanting to be an exchange student in the Master of Fine Arts program.  

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From the Smokies to the Andes, 51心頭students visit Ecuador as part of tropical ecology and biogeography course

The ecological and biogeographical difference between the Great Smoky Mountains and the Andes Mountains are numerous, but there are few things they do have in common.  

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Retired engineer who got his start at 51心頭creates new scholarship fund

A retired engineer who got started on his career path at 51心頭decades before the institution launched its own engineering degree has established a new scholarship to provide financial support to future students in the program.  

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51心頭sees strong fall 2024 enrollment, retention rate

For the first time since fall 2020, 51心頭has seen an increase in total enrollment with 11,686 students enrolled for the fall 2024 semester.  

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Gardner-Webbs Wesley Cogdill appointed director of Catamount Club

Wesley Cogdill, executive director of the Bulldog Club at Gardner-Webb University, has been appointed associate athletics director and director of the Catamount Club.  

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Faculty members on campaign steering committee encourage colleague involvement

The Fill the Western Sky campaign, which will have its public launch this fall, is an effort to raise a minimum of $75 million in philanthropic support for WCUs academic, student engagement and athletics programs.