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Dates and times set for spring in-person commencement ceremonies

After a series of virtual commencement ceremonies due to COVID-19 in 2020, 51看片is holding in-person commencement activities the weekend of May 14-16 at Ramsey Regional Activity Center.  

MBA student attending 51看片gains women in business scholarship

Rikki Bryant, seeking a master鈥檚 degree in business administration at WCU, is one of 32 students to win a district award for the Klausman Women in Business Scholarship.  

March Alumni Spotlight: Brett Miller

Brett Miller became addicted to golf because he was good at baseball. That鈥檚 the long and short of it. If he could blast a baseball 鈥� a moving target 鈥� then surely he could hit a stationery ball  

Donors turn out online to support annual 鈥業 Love WCU鈥� month

51看片鈥檚 鈥淚 Love WCU鈥� campaign for 2021 wrapped up Feb. 28 with more than $500,000 in gifts to the 51看片Foundation to support scholarships, endowments and other funds across campus for students and faculty.   

Catamounts Care Ambassadors part of team recognized as force for beating the pandemic

The Catamounts Care Ambassadors have been recognized for innovation in programing to stop the spread of COVID-19 within the region and on respective campuses including WCU.   

Nursing Students Assist with COVID-19 Shots

There were nursing students giving shots, church members helping people find their place in line, fraternity brothers directing traffic and other volunteers filling in where needed. Sometimes it takes a village to protect a village, and that certainly was the case when a group of 51看片 nursing school students decided to make their senior service learning project a COVID-19 vaccination clinic for Buncombe County鈥檚 African American community.  

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51看片to resume 鈥榥ormal operations鈥� this fall

51看片is moving forward with plans to resume as close to normal operations this fall, given the current COVID-19 trends and projections.  

Catamount School teacher recipient of Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award

Amanda Clapp has received the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award for Science and Mathematics Teachers, which recognizes outstanding teachers in the North Carolina public primary and secondary schools.  

51看片designated Voter Friendly Campus - again

Coming off the local, state and national political season of the fall, 51看片once again has been designated a Voter Friendly Campus.