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  • 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.

  • Caitlin Torrence portrait

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ health sciences faculty member receives $840K grant for research consortium

    Matt Salerno
    June 1

    Caitlin Torrence, professor in Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s College of Health and Human Sciences, recently received an $840,000 grant to fund a Health Policy Research Consortium over the next two years.

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    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ construction management students use technology to support REACH shelter expansion effort

    Teresa Tate
    May 29

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ construction management students carefully piloted a drone this fall to record every angle of the REACH of Haywood County shelter and surrounding property. Their mission: create a detailed 3D interactive model to help REACH leaders and supporters visualize and plan a renovation and expansion of its shelter for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, elder abuse, and human trafficking.

  • Jim Costa stands near the lake at Highlands Biological Station

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s Jim Costa receives $100K grant to help Highlands Biological Station rebuild after Hurricane Helene

    Matt Salerno
    May 29

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s Highlands Biological Station is a haven for native plant and animal species. Carnivorous pitcher plants line the shore of the lake and trap unsuspecting insects, while pollinators dance across the firework-like eruptions of the red petals of Bee Balm, and the delicate, drooping white flowers of Oconee Bell hide in the shade along the trails.

  • 2025 individual award winner Robert Smoker stands with Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Chancellor Kelli R. Brown and family outside of the Bardo Arts Center at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Mountain Heritage Center now accepting nominations for annual awards

    Julia Duvall
    May 27

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s Mountain Heritage Center is now accepting nominations for the 2026 Mountain Heritage Awards, honoring individuals and organizations whose work preserves, interprets, and celebrates the rich cultural traditions and history of Southern Appalachia.

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