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  • Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ's Health and Human Sciences Building where the new MAHEC office will be located

    MAHEC expands access to healthcare with new office in Cullowhee

    October 9

    With its mission to expand access to care and create a healthier community in Western North Carolina, MAHEC announces the opening of a new health center in Cullowhee.

  • Paws rides on a float during the 2024 Homecoming parade in downtown Sylva

    Homecoming weekend at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ set for Nov. 7-8 with parade, parties, alumni awards

    Bill Studenc
    October 8

    A packed slate of weekend events is on tap as Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ rolls out the welcome mat for alumni and friends to return to campus Nov. 7-8 for Homecoming 2025, including a parade and party in the university’s adopted hometown of Sylva.

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    Bardo Arts Center to host reception for Cherokee Language and Cultural Exhibition

    Rachel Hood
    October 7

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s Bardo Arts Center will host a public reception on Tuesday, Oct. 21, from 4 to 6 p.m. in its Star Atrium, recognizing the collaborators and contributors of the Cherokee Language and Culture Exhibition, a project supported in part by the Cherokee Preservation Foundation.

  • Students at The Catamount School participate in class

    The Catamount School celebrates academic growth, rising enrollment

    Julia Duvall
    October 6

    The Catamount School, a lab school operated by Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ in partnership with Jackson County Public Schools, is celebrating a year of academic progress and a significant increase in student enrollment.

  • Students chatting on campus

    University launches Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Connect, a guaranteed admission program

    Cam Adams
    October 6

    Admission to Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ from North Carolina community colleges just got simpler. The university is launching Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Connect, a new, guaranteed admission program that paves a smoother path to Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ for two-year college transfer students.

  • Students crowd around a laptop

    College of Engineering receives $4.17 million in software donations from Moldex3D

    October 3

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s College of Engineering and Technology has been given a software licensing donation from Moldex3D worth $4.17 million.

  • Enrique Gomez

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ astronomers to celebrate International Observe the Moon Night with community

    Shane Ryden
    October 2

    Our experience of the night sky is everchanging. As our eyes wander to the heavens and we gradually learn more about the moon and stars, the twinkling cosmos glow in greater detail.

  • Jeremy Jones during class

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s Jeremy Jones reflects one year after Helene in Our State magazine

    Cam Adams
    October 2

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ English professor Jeremy Jones’s byline is a bit of a mainstay in Our State magazine. His stories tend to involve history or family in some way, taking him to the family reunion of Chang and Eng Bunker, the original Siamese twins, and leading him to write a piece on how Southerners call each other food names as terms of endearment.

  • Cord Stansberry takes a shot during a 2024 home game against Bob Jones University

    Donors support Alston Awards for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ student-athletes’ academic achievements

    Bill Studenc
    October 1

    Supporters of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s athletics program are finding new ways to back the Catamounts in today’s rapidly shifting intercollegiate sports environment, which now permits financial rewards in recognition of academic performance.

  • The Cherokee Center in the 1970s

    Living history: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ researchers work to capture Cherokee oral histories

    Shane Ryden
    October 1

    The history of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ is held by its people. Though archives and images can provide a framework for the past, there is no richer or truer contribution to the story than the lived experiences of alumni, staff, faculty and students.

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