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  • ĢƵ 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 ĢƵ alumni, campus leaders

    Bill Studenc
    June 23

    ĢƵ’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.

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

    Memories of Catamount sports glory days lead to $100K gift to ĢƵ athletics facilities

    Bill Studenc
    June 17

    Memories of attending ĢƵ 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 ĢƵ’s aging athletics infrastructure.

  • Matt Canter holds rainbow trout beside client.

    ĢƵ alumnus Matt Canter reflects on fly fishing career

    Shane Ryden
    June 8

    Matt Canter made the choice to attend ĢƵ 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

  • Graduating ĢƵ students stand in front of the Chancellor's Residence with Chancellor Kelli R. Brown and PAWS for a photo

    Senior toast celebrates ĢƵ students’ appreciation of power of philanthropy

    Bill Studenc
    April 30

    Several soon-to-be-graduates of ĢƵ were thanked by campus leaders for financial contributions they have made to the institution where they are currently wrapping up requirements for their college degrees.

  • ĢƵ alumna and former EBCI Chief Joyce Dugan stands at a podium speaking to a crowd at ĢƵ

    ĢƵ to honor Joyce Dugan for decades of service to education, EBCI, WNC

    Brooklyn Brown MA '22 and Julia Duvall '15
    April 23

    ĢƵ will award an honorary Doctor of Education to Joyce Conseen Dugan in recognition of her leadership, lifelong commitment to education and contributions to the Cherokee people and Western North Carolina.

  • An army of volunteers staffs the phone banks on “One Day for Western.”

    4th annual ‘One Day for Western’ sees record number of donors, dollars

    Bill Studenc
    April 17

    The final count is in for ĢƵ’s fourth annual all-in day of giving, with 2,040 donors making a total of more than $1.115 million in gifts and pledges during the “One Day for Western” campaign.

  • A panel of judges listens to pitches from aspiring business founders at the HatchThis 2026 competition.

    ĢƵ students, alumni excel at HatchThis 2026 entrepreneurship competition

    Bill Studenc
    April 9

    Teams composed of ĢƵ students and alumni took top honors at HatchThis 2026, a high-energy, 48-hour entrepreneurial competition described by organizers as a mashup of an accelerator, hackathon and startup festival.

  • Janna Deitz

    Jackson native, ĢƵ alumna named development director for engineering, tech college

    Bill Studenc
    March 31

    ĢƵ alumna and Jackson County native Janna L. Deitz has joined the ĢƵ Division of Advancement as director of development and corporate partnerships for the College of Engineering and Technology.

  • Headshot of Asha Evans

    Young alumni: Asha Evans tells stories of student-athletes at NCAA

    Cam Adams
    March 24

    Wherever Asha Evans’ career has taken her, her love for words has followed. The ĢƵ alumna has told stories of student-athletes at small private colleges to Division I powerhouses — and now she’s sharing them at a national level.

  • Joe Hefner analyzes skeletons. Photo by Nick Schrader.

    Distinguished alumnus shares forensic anthropology breakthrough with students

    Shane Ryden
    March 23

    A $2.1 million research project led by ĢƵ alumnus Joe Hefner aims to transform the field of forensic anthropology. Last week, at an event organized by the ĢƵ Alumni Office and the Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Hefner shared his academic journey and explained his team’s research to current Catamounts

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