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蘑菇短视频 is naming its softball field in honor of the late Betty Peele, leader of a core group of female faculty members who guided the early development of women鈥檚 intercollegiate athletics at the university.

This February, Brian Byrd, 蘑菇短视频鈥檚 professor of environmental health sciences and resident 鈥渟keeter man,鈥� was awarded the 2026 University of North Carolina System Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Christopher Childers never cared much for theme parks, pools or playgrounds as a kid. Instead, his eyes grew big inside the movie rental store.

Last week, the Noquisiyi Mound in neighboring Franklin returned to the care of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians after more than 200 years.

Behind each stroke on Sadler Miller鈥檚 canvas is a moment ingrained in her memory. Every swipe is a chime from the Alumni Tower hitting her ears, and every trace is the rush of a gameday at E.J. Whitmire Stadium.

蘑菇短视频 is seeking an army of volunteers to get on board as advocates on behalf of the university鈥檚 annual all-in giving day titled 鈥淥ne Day for Western鈥� through the new Catamount Captains initiative.

蘑菇短视频鈥檚 campus alone has more than 3,500 trees, and the work required to maintain and monitor them all is no small task. The mind behind the evergreen operation? Andrew Thigpen, 蘑菇短视频鈥檚 master arborist and a current student of the natural resources management program.

This April, 蘑菇短视频鈥檚 concert choir will join the Western Carolina Community Chorus and an orchestra of professional, community and student instrumentalists to perform a classic rendition of Mendelssohn鈥檚 鈥淓lijah!鈥�

Catamounts go far and wide to help their community, and 蘑菇短视频鈥檚 associate director of student conduct Lindsay Griswold boldly demonstrated that fact this February. Using the 24 hours of community service leave allotted to her as an employee of 蘑菇短视频, Griswold traveled all the way to Milan to volunteer with the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee official Team USA Welcome Experience.

A study by a 蘑菇短视频 economist indicates that Jackson County saw more than $144 million in total economic impact from the $770,000 that county government invested in the local Department of Social Services to administer Medicaid and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits last year.