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Mission Health supports Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ nursing school to address regional shortage
October 16HCA Healthcare’s Asheville-based Mission Health recently made a gift of nearly $50,000 to enable the hiring of additional nursing clinical faculty at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ.
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ, Wider Circle partner to launch CATalyst Clinic in Clyde
October 9On Oct. 7, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ's School of Nursing and Wider Circle celebrated the opening of the CATalyst Clinic.
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ students hike across Costa Rica on study abroad trip
September 4Casey Ward didn't understand what she was getting herself into this summer when she signed up for a study abroad trip, but that just made her time all the more unique.
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New director of development named for Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s College of Health, Human Sciences
July 13Elizabeth “Betsyâ€� Jordan-Bell, an advancement professional with more than 15 years of experience in strategic fundraising, donor engagement and partnership development, is joining the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Division of Advancement as director of development for the College of Health and Human Sciences.
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Nursing faculty receive grant to study loneliness in rural elders
July 7Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ School of Nursing faculty members April Messer and Angie Trombley recently received a $10,000 grant from the Daisy Foundation to conduct a project titled “Nurse-Led Social Connection for Rural Elder Adults.â€�
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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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2 Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ students to present at NBASLH Convention
March 26Kyra Turner was left waiting longer than expected to see if her presentation proposal was accepted, to the point where she didn’t think she had gotten it.
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ professor Brian Byrd receives 2026 BOG Excellence in Teaching Award
March 10This February, Brian Byrd, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s professor of environmental health sciences and resident “skeeter man,â€� was awarded the 2026 University of North Carolina System Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching.
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s Drew Hollifield takes talents from gridiron to hardwood, makes a difference
February 13There aren’t a lot of Division I arenas in America where the gym is still rattling with the home team up by 51 on a D-III school. Inside the Liston B. Ramsey Regional Activity Center, Drew Hollifield commanded a presence that did just that in October.
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Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s Lisa Lefler named honorary member of EBCI
February 13The Qualla Boundary is Lisa Lefler’s second home. Over the course of her decades-long career, the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ teaching professor has made countless trips to Cherokee, helping the tribe in any way she can through her expertise in health and anthropology.