Japanese Program News
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Memories of Catamount sports glory days lead to $100K gift to Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ athletics facilities
June 17Memories 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.
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Chancellor Kelli R. Brown Receives Distinguished Citizen Award
June 17Ä¢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.
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Hunter, CEAP head transformation of local school library
June 9Ä¢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.
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ alumnus Matt Canter reflects on fly fishing career
June 8Matt 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
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµPD welcomes new K-9 dog, Hondo, to force
June 5There’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.
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ earns repeat recognition through IIE American Passport Project
June 3Ä¢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.
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ health sciences faculty member receives $840K grant for research consortium
June 1Caitlin 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
May 29Ä¢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.
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s Jim Costa receives $100K grant to help Highlands Biological Station rebuild after Hurricane Helene
May 29Ä¢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.
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Mountain Heritage Center now accepting nominations for annual awards
May 27Ä¢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.