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  • Carly Douthit holds a sea urchin.

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ senior Carly Douthit educates others in aquarium internship

    Cam Adams
    June 23

    Just a few months ago, Carly Douthit was submitting applications in a frenzy, looking for any summer internship that involved animals.

  • Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ alumni and friends enjoy snacks while taking in a Greensboro Grasshoppers game during the Ballparks and Brews tour.

    Ballparks and Brews Tour proves a hit with Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ alumni, campus leaders

    Bill Studenc
    June 23

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s Office of Alumni Engagement has hit a homerun with its annual Ballparks and Brews Tour, as alumni and campus leaders in attendance agree that the series helps them stay connected in an informal, entertaining environment.

  • Portrait of Vinson Russell. A man with a red beard smiles while standing against a gray background

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ faculty accepted into national Deliberative Citizenship Network

    Julia Duvall
    June 23

    Following a national search and competitive review process, three Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ faculty members have been selected for the inaugural cohort of the Deliberative Citizenship Network.

  • A student-athlete on the women’s golf team receives coaching from Steve Lott.

    Retired professor creates women’s golf scholarship in memory of spouse, coach Steve Lott

    Bill Studenc
    June 22

    A retired Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ faculty member has created an endowed scholarship fund to support student-athletes on the Catamount women’s golf team in memory of her late husband, who coached the program to a pair of conference championships.

  • Kay and Jerry Kiser standing together in front of a stone fireplace

    Memories of Catamount sports glory days lead to $100K gift to Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ athletics facilities

    Bill Studenc
    June 17

    Memories of attending Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ during the glory days of Catamount sports inspired a retired furniture corporation executive and his wife, already longtime supporters of the institution, to take additional steps to help improve Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s aging athletics infrastructure.

  • Chancellor Kelli R. Brown stands with members of Scouting America in the boardroom for her award presentation

    Chancellor Kelli R. Brown Receives Distinguished Citizen Award

    Julia Duvall
    June 17

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Chancellor Kelli R. Brown has been named the recipient of the 2026 Jackson County Distinguished Citizen Award, presented by Scouting America’s Daniel Boone Council in recognition of her outstanding leadership, service, and commitment to the community.

  • The JCS library after its transformation.

    Hunter, CEAP head transformation of local school library

    Cam Adams
    June 9

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s impact on local education isn’t limited to the teachers it sends out to Western North Carolina schools. It helps nurture them, too.

  • Matt Canter holds rainbow trout beside client.

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ alumnus Matt Canter reflects on fly fishing career

    Shane Ryden
    June 8

    Matt Canter made the choice to attend Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ while ankle-deep in the Tuckasegee River, fighting a hungry rainbow trout at the other end of his fly rod. He hadn’t seen campus or met his peers, but Canter didn’t need more convincing. For the future fly-fishing guide and owner of Brookings Anglers, the pristine waters surrounding Cullowhee had done the job well enough

  • Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµPD officer Anthony Jarvis with new K-9 dog Hondo.

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµPD welcomes new K-9 dog, Hondo, to force

    Cam Adams
    June 5

    There’s a new sheriff in town, and he’s the bomb (-sniffing dog). Meet Hondo, the newest member of the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Police Department. He’s a happy-go-lucky, fetch-playing, purebred Labrador Retriever, and like his K-9 colleague Lando, he’s here to keep campus safe with his nose.

  • Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ campus facing Blue Ridge and Balsam Residence Halls during the fall with colorful leaves in the foreground and mountains in the background

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ earns repeat recognition through IIE American Passport Project

    Julia Duvall
    June 3

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ has once again been selected by the Institute of International Education to receive an IIE American Passport Project grant—marking the university’s second time earning the competitive award.

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