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  • Michell Hicks, a 1987 graduate of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ and principal chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and wife Marsha, a 1999 alumna and member of the Alumni Association Board of Directors, present a legacy pin to daughter Amaya at the 2024 ceremony.

    New students’ family connections to Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ to be celebrated at Sept. 19 Legacy Pinning

    Bill Studenc
    August 27

    A group of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s newest students will be ceremoniously welcomed as members of the Catamount family by some of their own relatives who previously attended Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ as the university holds its annual Legacy Pinning event Saturday, Sept. 19.

  • A man and a woman both wearing purple shirts smile with mountains behind them

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ football stadium atrium named in recognition of gift from Catamount couple

    Bill Studenc
    August 27

    The new hospitality level atrium on the fourth floor of the westside stands expansion at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s E.J. Whitmire Stadium has been named in recognition of philanthropic support from alumni Larry and Mary Arbaugh.

  • Cloggers and musicians on stage at Bardo Arts Center during Mountain Heritage Days

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ announces schedule for Mountain Heritage Days 2026

    Julia Duvall
    August 25

    For more than 50 years, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s Mountain Heritage Days has celebrated the music, stories, and traditions of Appalachia — and this year the energy is bigger than ever.

  • Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ's campus during the fall. Green grass and buildings surrounded by changing leaves

    Registration open for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ's 16th annual Rooted in the Mountains Symposium

    Brittany Marshall
    August 25

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ invites faculty, staff, students, alumni, and community members to register for the 16th Annual Rooted in the Mountains Symposium, taking place September 24-25, 2026, at the Bardo Arts Center on Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ's main campus.

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    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ grads grow community at Ochre Hill Farms

    Shane Ryden
    August 25

    Shelley and Kevin King are the founders of Ochre Hill Farms, two Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Catamounts who first met as performers of the Pride of the Mountains Marching Band. But as they’d tell their story, Ochre Hill Farms was as much their children’s project as their own.

  • mountain rainbow

    Meet the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ grads leading NC

    Shane Ryden
    August 24

    This July four Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ graduates were chosen to serve communities across the state as Lead for North Carolina fellows. Lead for NC is a government fellowship program started in 2019 with a mission “to strengthen North Carolina’s public institutions, support its local communities and create a new generation of transformational public service leaders.â€�

  • Eric Hall at a booksigning for his book,

    1 Book, 50 States: Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ alumnus honors late mom's love of independent bookstores

    Cam Adams
    August 21

    Eric Hall sat in his mother’s North Carolina living room with one of his proudest achievements in his hands. The Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ alumnus had worked on his book for years and had no bigger supporter than his mom, Beth.

  • Amanda Turiçi with two of her kids.

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ alumna Amanda Turiçi finds teaching home overseas

    Cam Adams
    August 19

    Amanda Turiçi, then Doll, sat in a Haywood County school desiring a change. She loved what she was doing as a student-teacher, but she knew North Carolina wasn’t where she wanted to be forever. The United States wasn’t either. She wanted to go overseas.

  • Marching band members in black and purple uniforms playing brass instruments during outdoor performance

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ's Pride of the Mountains Headed to London for 2028 New Year's Day Parade

    Julia Duvall
    August 14

    From the mountains of Western North Carolina to the streets of London, the "Baddest Band in the Land" is preparing for its next international performance.

  • Woman in purple jacket speaking on stage with plants in foreground against dark background

    Record enrollment, transformational impact

    Julia Duvall
    August 13

    As faculty and staff gathered for Opening Assembly on Aug. 12, Brown celebrated a university experiencing unprecedented momentum.

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