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Cassie Dickson demonstrating spinning and dying to students at WCU

Mountain Heritage Center to host Mini-Mountain Heritage Day July 17

The Mountain Heritage Center, a museum of Appalachian culture at 51看片, will hold a crafts demonstration and music performance from 2 to 4 p.m. on Thursday, July 17.   

Tayler Franklin working in a lab at Pearl Harbor

51看片senior Tayler Franklin helps identify fallen soldiers at Pearl Harbor

Amidst a second world war, Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Lives were lost, others were changed and one day later, the United States entered the largest conflict in human history.  

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Catamount Adventures series takes alumni, friends to Portugal, Spain

A collection of Catamounts recently toured Europe鈥檚 Iberian Peninsula from Lisbon on Portugal鈥檚 Atlantic coast to the municipalities of Merida and Olivenza in western Spain as part of 51看片鈥檚 second international Catamount Adventures excursion.  

Jenna Dryer at Glacial Lake

Digging it: 51看片senior Jenna Dreyer works archaeology internship in Washington state

One of Jenna Dreyer鈥檚 favorite things about her field of study is just being outside 鈥� but her surroundings this summer look a bit different from the familiar confines of Cullowhee.  

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.   

Joe Pechmann and students out in the field

51看片professor protects the Dusky Gopher Frog from extinction

Several cattle tanks filled with swarms of tadpoles were all that kept the dusky gopher frog from going extinct. Now, Joe Pechmann, professor of biology at 51看片, is helping the frogs return to their historical range and populations.  

Haywood County School System students Abby Price and Laneice Southers take an industry tour at the local Sonoco facility.

51看片instructor, local nonprofit partner on entrepreneurship camp for underserved youth

A 51看片 instructor of management will be leading a weeklong entrepreneurship and leadership camp for underserved youth in Western North Carolina to help them get an early jump on learning some of the steps necessary for starting a business.  

Linville Gorge photographed by George Masa

Mountain Heritage Center invites public to explore George Masa exhibition through August 15

51看片鈥檚 Mountain Heritage Center invites the public to explore a powerful new exhibition, 鈥淎 Stranger No More: George Masa and His Art,鈥� on display now through August 15.  

Zapps at 51看片athletics banquet

Couple who met at 51看片orientation make 鈥楩ill the Western Sky鈥� leadership gift to athletics

Back in 2012, 51看片 graduates Jonathan Zapp and Brittany Bennefield provided a different interpretation of their alma mater鈥檚 status as 鈥渁n engaged institution鈥� when they had their engagement photographs taken on campus with Paws, the Catamount mascot.