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

    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.

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    Meet the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ grads leading NC

    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€�

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    Record enrollment, transformational impact

    August 13

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

  • A Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ alumna teaches in a Swain County school.

    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s College of Education, Allied Professions launches new teacher pathways

    August 11

    For over a century, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ has helped put teachers in classrooms across the region and beyond. Now, looking to address the state’s ongoing teacher shortage, Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµâ€™s impact on education in North Carolina just grew stronger.

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    Hinnant-Crawford returns to CEAP as Bardo Distinguished Professor

    August 4

    This August, Brandi Hinnant-Crawford will join the College of Education and Allied Professions faculty as the John and Deborah Bardo Distinguished Professor of Educational Leadership. Her return is a homecoming that continues a nearly decade-long tenure as a Catamount and more than 12-year career as a researcher and professor.

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    Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ alumnus Matt Canter reflects on fly fishing career

    June 8

    Matt 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