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Much like the holiday season, the annual GivingTuesday national day of philanthropy is fast approaching, and the folks at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ will be seeking financial support for Catamount student-athletes and for excellence endowments that provide enhanced academic and extracurricular experiences for all students.

Amenemhet Ashenafi uncrinkled the packaging his son’s king chess piece came in just before dropping him off at college. He looked at the new family heirloom, turned to his son and started reciting the speech he had in mind when this moment would come.

A Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ professor who traveled from India to the United States on a study permit with $20 in his pocket and a dream in his heart has created a scholarship fund to help College of Business students who face similar challenges in their educational journey.

Like the mountains in Cullowhee often do, Switzerland was calling Simon Gugerli home.

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ professors are helping Jackson County's youngest learners embrace STEM and understand how science is embedded in rural communities.

Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ leaders raised a celebratory toast to members of the December 2025 graduating class who have already made financial contributions to their soon-to-be alma mater as student philanthropists.

Earlier this month, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ Athletics welcomed more than 1,000 Jackson County Public Schools students to campus for its annual Education Days basketball games—bringing early holiday cheer and an unforgettable afternoon of hoops.

Alexis Shafir rolls paint over a slab of wood she etched into art. She takes it over to the printing press in Bardo Arts Center, presses it down onto a surface and delights in the result on her paper, fabric or whatever else her imagination desires.

Every year for career day, Rhonda Summers’ high school had students write three jobs they wanted to hear about as a career. Summers only needed to write down one: pre-hospital medicine.

An estate gift from a retired Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ faculty member and his spouse, a current Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ staff member, will establish an endowed scholarship fund to provide financial support to students working toward undergraduate degrees in psychology.