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Alumni keep pieces of 51看片close to their hearts and in their backyard

Ask former Catamounts, Daniel and Jordan Moeller, why they love 51看片 and it all comes down to the most important building blocks of life.  

Chris Moore

Fire Marshal Chris Moore '01: An I Love 51看片Story

鈥淲e may not be out in the light, but you鈥檒l definitely know when the light bulb鈥檚 out.鈥� 51看片鈥檚 own Fire Marshal, safety professional and alumnus Chris Moore, succinctly noted this when discussing the Facilities Management team鈥檚 impact.  

Spring enrollment

51看片maintains steady enrollment numbers for 2021 spring semester, adds graduate students

Amid the pandemic and a recession, total enrollment at 51看片has dipped only slightly for the 2021 spring semester, while the number of graduate students enrolled moderately increased over previous years.  

Martin Schemdt on a construction site

From Graduate Student to Project Engineer

Martin Schmedt MCM 鈥�18, project engineer for WCU鈥檚 Apodaca Science Building, spent hours drawing plans for dream houses as a child. 鈥淎fter drawing so many, I began to envision building them for my friends and family,鈥� Schmedt said.  

Frankie Bauer

Alumni explores historical, cultural, political and personal connections that cross tribal designations

Frankie Bauer came to 51看片 in 2016 to pursue a master鈥檚 degree in history. A member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Bauer concentrated on Cherokee Studies, defending his thesis and earning his degree in fall 2018.  

Ed Lopez

CSFE examines state鈥檚 prospects for economic recovery after pandemic

The Center for the Study of Free Enterprise at has issued an assessment of economic recovery, sustainability and growth in North Carolina following the pandemic.  

Panoramic image of the installation

Place - Hybrid Space

Two practicing artists from two different cultures - India and the United States - came together to collaborate on a temporal experience of visual language. 鈥淧lace 鈥� Hybrid Space鈥� is a series of diptychs, which combines two images into one frame; a juxtaposition of surface space and atmospheric space, drawings positioned on photographs, for impressions of southeastern India.  

BaShaun Smith with a mask and text that says Essential WCU

Essential WCU

We successfully wrapped up one of the most difficult semesters in our university鈥檚 history and began a new one with many known and unknown challenges ahead. Our employees and students have worked harder than ever amid the challenging circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic to achieve their goals and to make a positive difference in the world.  

Dawn Brown at a conference table

Master of Project Management puts IT employee on a path of upward trajectory

A few years back, 51看片鈥檚 Division of Information Technology added a project management office. Because IT employee Dawn Brown worked closely with the project office, she thought it might be beneficial to learn more about project management. She enrolled in WCU鈥檚 Master of Project Management (MPM) Program. Not only has it proven to be helpful in her IT role, but Brown said she now has a complete understanding of the entire project management process.