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- All Roads Lead to Rome
- Japanese Program Newsletter - Vol. 9, 2021
- From Whee to Wi
- Denise Morgan named Goodnight Distinguished Professor of Early Literacy
- NSF grant totaling more than $1.4 million helps jumpstart ĢƵ Smoky Mountain Noyce Scholars Program
- Project Discovery celebrates, reflects on 40th anniversary
- Psychology professor lauded for teaching excellence
- Retired Jackson County educator endows scholarship for ĢƵ math education students
- Student receives WRESA Dogwood Trust grant
- The Catamount School plans to relocate to Reid
- Call Me MiSTER program graduates its first cohort
- ĢƵ honors four prominent alumni at Homecoming 2024
- Study: AI Helps Students with Test Prep, Interview Practice
- Changing Landscape of College Athletics from Labor Market Perspective
- Study Examines Diversity of Workplace Spirituality
- Customer sensory experiences, behaviors at cartoon-themed restaurants
- Federal Agricultural Mediation Programs Should Be Continued, Expanded
- ĢƵ free enterprise center has new director, new focus on undergraduate research
- Marketing professor’s research indicates iconic brands may want to avoid extensive social media
- From ‘Night Court’ to internal auditor: The impact of extraneous factors on perception of competency
- Research Examines Social Media Impact on Hospitality Industry
- New Handbook Aims to Improve Project Performance
- The Intersection of Knowledge Management and Managing Projects
- Recent Book Shines Light on International Arbitration Issue
- New study examines role of personality dimensions in project improvement teams
- Researchers at ĢƵ, CCU investigate pitfalls of alternative financing methods in the Carolinas
- Researcher studying relationship between PTSD, organizational support systems, job performance
- New study on ‘4% rule’ suggests different approaches to retirement strategies
- Sport Organizations Frequently Strike Out When Marketing to Families
- Launch of Student Financial Wellness Program
- Study of Female Management Consultants
- Abigail Gulley | Day in the Life
- Academic Success Program students visit Argentina with support from Fund for ĢƵ
- Master's Degree in Biology Cultivates a Career
- Additional donations boost estate gift, enable patron to see impact on parks, rec students
- African American Society reunion features Greek anniversaries, return of gospel choir
- Aliya Bailey named director of development for ĢƵ College of Health, Human Sciences
- Not Just Brick and Mortar
- Pride of the Mountain Marching Band Snare Drum Player Inspires the Next Generation
- Annie Vasquez: The Value of People
- Annual Planting Day event recognizes philanthropic impact of ĢƵ giving societies
- Antonia Kincaid - Finding Inspiration
- The Black Fantastic - Armani Blair
- Science + Art = Winemaking
- The Black Fantastic - Asha Sr., Charlotte
- Asheville banking executive devotes gifts of time, talent, treasure to ĢƵ
- Bank Shot
- The Black Fantastic - BaShaun Smith
- The Black Fantastic - Benny Smith
- The Black Fantastic - Brandi Hinant-Crawford
- Brinson Honors College launches new initiative through 1889 Impact Grant
- Bryant Kinney leaves leadership post confident in ĢƵ’s strength to lead region
- Campus priorities identified for inaugural ‘One Day For Western’
- CAPS finds way to ‘meet students’ with award-winning videos
- Campus Fixture Carol Burton Creates Scholarship to Aid International Graduate Students
- The Black Fantastic - Carol Burton
- Catamount community gives back during annual service weekend
- Catamount crew crisscrosses Ireland for ĢƵ travel series maiden voyage
- Catamount Philanthropy Council provides student face for donors, alumni
- Look Good, Feel Good
- Engineer Your Future
- MFA program checked all the boxes for ĢƵ alum: culture, mountains and academic rigor
- Manifest Your Own Masterpiece
- Chancellor Kelli Brown 4-peats on Business NC Power List
- Chancellor Brown’s late mother honored with namesake scholarship
- Discover Your Own Breakthrough
- The Black Fantastic - C.J. Mitchell
- Always Business Ready
- CoB alumna uses business and sport management skills in job with Milwaukee Brewers
- Cody Dalton | Pride of the Mountains
- Coffee and Culture
- College of Business alumnus who appeared on ‘Shark Tank’ shares secrets of success
- College of Engineering and Technology hosts German exchange student for research collaboration
- College of Engineering and Technology to offer new concentrations this fall
- The Comeback Cats
- Conway Scholars meet benefactor, hear from NCDHHS secretary, receive nursing pins
- Catamount Resiliency: Be the Helper
- Catamount Resiliency: Buddying UP
- Catamount Resiliency: Campus Response
- Catamount Resiliency: Students and Professors Answer the Call
- Catamount Resiliency: ĢƵ Mother-Daughter Duo Lend a Hand
- Organizing a Future
- A Decade in Review
- 2023 Graduates | Day in the Life
- Colleen Heuser | A Day In the Life
- Hayley Sexton | A Day in the Life
- Kara Jean Spindle | A Day in the Life
- Nicole Kanupp | Day in the Life
- Semaija Johnson | Day in the Life
- Vitoria Domingues | A Day in the Life
- Donors provide emergency support to ĢƵ students, faculty, staff affected by Helene
- Due for an Upgrade
- Ed Broadwell receives doctorate of humane letters
- ĢƵ art student leaves mark in his “dream” country
- Engineering Treats
- Engineering WNC
- English professor picked for NC Literary Hall of Fame
- Envisioning Championships
- Essential ĢƵ
- Ex-football player makes $150K gift to ĢƵ athletics facilities after tour reveals few upgrades in 40 years
- Faculty members on campaign steering committee encourage colleague involvement
- Family establishes memorial scholarship fund to assist nontraditional art students at ĢƵ
- ‘Fill the Western Sky’ contributions continue Brown family legacy of support for ĢƵ
- Fill The Western Sky
- Former Catamount kicker splits the uprights with $100k in support for fundraising effort
- Former ĢƵ tennis player serves up $1 million fundraising campaign gift
- Fund for ĢƵ supports cultural, educational programming to improve student retention
- Funds launched by alumnus support preprofessional health majors, marching band students
- Game Changers
- Games On
- Gardner-Webb’s Wesley Cogdill appointed director of Catamount Club
- Gift from alumnus establishes new scholarship fund to support ĢƵ social work students
- $2.1 million gift provides scholarships for all ĢƵ nursing students
- Gifts in honor of retired physical therapy professor support ĢƵ program, students
- Gifts of $100,000 from communication alumnus create 2 annual scholarship funds
- Native Plants Symbolize New Giving Societies
- Global Black Studies program shines
- Explore Further. Achieve Goals
- Gratitude for education, experiences at ĢƵ inspire decades of support for Catamount athletics
- Exploration Leads to Career Connections
- Honoring Our Promise
- Highlands Biological Station receives $150,000 gift to continue renovation of historic building
- Pride of the Mountains to Ireland
- Pride of the Mountains to Ireland: Day 4
- The Black Fantastic - Jack Eaddy
- The Black Fantastic - Jane Adams-Dunford
- The Black Fantastic - Jeff Hughes
- Kathleen de la Torre named ĢƵ’s assistant vice chancellor for development
- Legacy Pinning ceremony honors family connections to ĢƵ
- Lifelong love of libraries leads to couple’s philanthropic support of Hunter Library
- Live Western
- Live Western
- Macon County couple endows fund to diversify ĢƵ Fine Art Museum collections
- Made in NC: ĢƵ and Jackson County share deep connection
- Making Music Accessible
- Live Western
- The Black Fantastic - Munene Mwaniki
- The Black Fantastic - Myron Jackson
- NC construction management organization provides scholarship funding
- NC Innovation
- Nearly 1,150 donors make gifts to ĢƵ on ‘One Day for Western’
- New Beginnings
- New Faces
- New scholarship for criminal justice students honors memory of alumnus, police officer
- New Thompson Scholar program supports study-abroad for ĢƵ Honors College students
- No Bones ĢƵ It
- Notes from Chancellor Brown
- The Black Fantastic - Patrice Brown
- POTM to Pixar
- Roots Of Rhythm
- Retired engineer who got his start at ĢƵ creates new scholarship fund
- Retired Jackson County educator endows scholarship for ĢƵ math education students
- Ronnie Carr
- School of Nursing receives $2.1 million boost to launch Conway Scholars initiative
- Senior Toast celebrates student philanthropy, ongoing engagement with ĢƵ
- The Black Fantastic - Shamella Cromartie
- Students, faculty expand literacy improvement efforts in Ecuador with support from Fund for ĢƵ
- The Fund for ĢƵ supports ‘Whee Belong’ gatherings for distance ed students
- Voice of the Cats
- Third annual ‘One Day for Western’ set for March 26
- Top Cats
- Vecinos clinic receives tech upgrade through donations to Fund for ĢƵ
- ĢƵ launches Veterans and Military Alumni Society
- Graciella | A Day in the Life
- The Black Fantastic - Vonterius Woolbright
- Walk the Talk
- ĢƵ alumni don’t wait until 60s to make planned gifts to help future students
- ĢƵ alumni help recruit future students through new Cat Eyes Club
- ĢƵ alumnus, ‘Shark Tank’ star Garrett Ozar to speak at Global Entrepreneurship Week
- ĢƵ announces historic $100 million goal for ‘Fill the Western Sky’ fundraising campaign
- ĢƵ chancellor, ‘first dude’ back the ‘Fill the Western Sky’ campaign with a $4 million estate gift
- ĢƵ donors shatter fundraising record with more than $35.8 million in FY24
- ĢƵ faculty, staff giving campaign nets nearly 40 new donors
- ĢƵ honors four prominent alumni at Homecoming 2024
- ĢƵ students plan and build outdoor steps for HOMEBASE
- ĢƵ’s 7th scholarship funded by Whitehead family pays tribute to Honors College founding dean
- Wike Scholarship to aid ĢƵ football players, golfers seeking careers in education
- The Black Fantastic - William Moultrie
- Women’s basketball program alumnae reunion supported by Fund for ĢƵ, 1889 Impact Grants
- 2018: A Year in Review
- Yosemite
- Zoe | A Day in the Life
- Missing All Things ĢƵ? Download These Zoom Backgrounds!
- Elvis Perez Galarza
- Ariel Colón-Rodríguez
- Julie Miller Denesha joins ĢƵ Advancement to support College of Engineering, Technology
- Justin Pace to lead ĢƵ School of Accounting, Finance, Info Systems, Business LawPage Title
- ĢƵ alumnus Julian Manrique shines as law school grad, attorney
- Highlands couple pledges estate legacy gift in excess of $10M to ĢƵ
- Search underway for new athletics director
- ĢƵ’s retired SID Steve White to be honored with naming of new media center
- CCESL to host MLK National Day of Service events
- Peace in action: ĢƵ students bring Nobel ideas to San Diego
- Associate professor, students produce grant-funded documentary about Asheville-based Umoja Health, Wellness and Justice Collective
- ĢƵ construction management students use SPOT to help local community
- Alumnus Ebenezer Gyamfi turns childhood struggles into career of care
- Partnership on the water: ĢƵ outfitted with new Liquidlogic kayaks
- Students from ĢƵ, Auburn collaborate in design charette
- ĢƵ names renovated women’s basketball locker room in honor of program matriarch
- $35K URPA grant will support engineering students to develop AI manufacturing skills
- Martin Tanaka secures NCInnovation funding for new medical device
- Nearly 1,500 donors contribute $1.4 million to ĢƵ on GivingTuesday
- King of the hills: ĢƵ freshman Nassor Ashenafi, father go viral, persevere
- Professor’s challenging path from India to US inspires support for ĢƵ business students
- Student philanthropists feted at fall semester Senior Toast
- ĢƵ’s ‘Our Natural World’ Camp for youngest Jackson County students ignites STEM passion in rural classrooms
- Swiss-born alumnus Simon Gugerli returns home as analyst with UBS bank
- ĢƵ Athletics brings holiday cheer with Education Days for local students
- ĢƵ EMS looks back on 60 years of serving campus community
- Student spotlight: Senior Alexis Shafir writes grant for local school’s printing press
- Retired professor, staff member spouse endow scholarship for psychology students
- ĢƵ photography class restores damaged photos lost during Helene
- Scholarships help ĢƵ economic analysis, political science major pursue career goals
- CET students build doghouses for SPOT, donate others to local animal rescue
- Call Me MiSTER welcomes new cohort for 2025-26
- Retired ĢƵ professor brings forest therapy to Jackson County Greenway
- A new home in Poland: Boren scholar speaks on time abroad
- Alumni spanning 50 years honored at Homecoming for achievements, service
- ĢƵ to expand student support services for STEM students
- GivingTuesday ’25 to focus on support for academic excellence, Catamount Club
- Student spotlight: ABSN student Sarah Matesz overcomes Helene’s challenges
- Daughter’s experience in ĢƵ inclusive ed program leads parents to create endowment
- The Carlyle Letters Online find new home at Hunter Library
- Power of Giving
- ĢƵ faculty, staff add their names to ‘Fill the Western Sky’ campaign donor list
- Keeping Time
- Catamounts Take the NFL
- Service through adventure: Base Camp Cullowhee’s latest and greatest student expedition
- Loving Jackson County
- The Pifer Era Begins
- Road to the Show
- Shoot Your Shot
- 2025 notes from Chancellor Brown
- A Student's View
- Homefield Makeover
- Plastic Rain
- ĢƵ faculty member receives $9,000 to conduct autism training workshops across NC
- Making (brain) waves: ĢƵ adds neuroscience minor
- Retired PR professional creates endowment to support ĢƵ students
- Young alumni spotlight: Blevins helps the Hornets buzz as account executive
- Internships help pave career paths for College of Business students
- Homefield Makeover
- Student spotlight: Nursing transfer Iyomi Grinan finds home at ĢƵ
- $1.25 M gift to athletics pushes ‘Fill the Western Sky’ campaign past its $100 M goal
- Cherokee Center to hold 50th anniversary celebration Nov. 4
- OSR, OAR each earn $1.4 million TRIO Student Support Services grants
- Economic Impact
- Recreational therapy senior Meghan Greenly selected for prestigious award
- ĢƵ launches master’s entry program in nursing to address regional workforce needs
- College of Business chili cookoff evolves into a campus battle of bowls set for Nov. 15
- Nursing school director endows scholarship for ĢƵ’s new master’s degree program
- MAHEC expands access to healthcare with new office in Cullowhee
- Homecoming weekend at ĢƵ set for Nov. 7-8 with parade, parties, alumni awards
- Bardo Arts Center to host reception for Cherokee Language and Cultural Exhibition
- University launches ĢƵ Connect, a guaranteed admission programPage Title
- The Catamount School celebrates academic growth, rising enrollment
- Nowhere but UP
- College of Engineering receives $4.17 million in software donations from Moldex3D
- ĢƵ’s Jeremy Jones reflects one year after Helene in Our State magazine
- ĢƵ astronomers to celebrate International Observe the Moon Night with community
- ĢƵ to host Echoes Across the Smokies
- Looking Back: Hurricane Helene
- Living history: ĢƵ researchers work to capture Cherokee oral histories
- Donors support Alston Awards for ĢƵ student-athletes’ academic achievements
- All in the family: Legacy Pinning event celebrates generations of Catamount connections
- Western Carolina Power receives Public Power Awards of Excellence
- Mountain Heritage Days earns NC green travel designation
- Retired professor creates faculty mentorship endowment in College of Business
- Students Kate Taylor, Jay Brown help new students adjust to life at ĢƵ
- ĢƵ playing role in regional effort to improve broadband access, training in WNC
- A Wild Beginning: Alumna Kara McMullen on a career in Panthertown
- Bluegrass in Blue Ridge: ĢƵ students, alumni start Upstream Rebellion band
- From Curitiba to Cullowhee: A Brazilian reunion at ĢƵ
- ĢƵ’s Brett Riggs named honorary member of EBCI
- Pura Vida in practice: ĢƵ Department of World Languages immerses students in Costa Rican culture
- ĢƵ's ECHT project receives $450K grant from NEH
- ĢƵ launches mechanical engineering degree, industrial engineering concentration
- From the age of steam to the age of AI, ĢƵ puts students first, serves its region as economic engine
- Randy Collins named to National Engineering Education Committee
- A gift of hope: Supporting students in their mental health journey
- ĢƵ volunteers rally to clean up Catamount Gap
- Student journalists attend national convention with support from the Fund for ĢƵ
- Alumna kicks off post grad life with NCDHHS internship
- Engineering makes national list of best undergraduate programs
- Welcome to the Whee!
- Roger Smoker, Jackson County Public Libraries named 2025 Mountain Heritage Award recipients
- Alec Harris named development director for College of Education, Allied Professions
- ĢƵ Greek Challenge nets $1.5 million for Catamount Club; winners announced
- ĢƵ launches fully online MBA program
- Reinvigorated ĢƵ retirees association elects officers, plans activities
- ĢƵ alumni roll out the welcome mat for new incoming studentsPage Title
- New exhibition celebrating the gifts of Connie Bostic at ĢƵ
- The wonder of North Carolina glass comes to ĢƵ this fall
- Tax law changes lead donors to accelerate giving plans to ĢƵ, other nonprofits
- Mountain Heritage Days to spotlight Appalachian language, history and music
- Senior Tim Thompson makes his mark at Los Angeles studio
- More than music: Inside ĢƵ’s Summer Symposium
- Catamount Club shatters 2,000-member goal to unlock $1 million challenge gift
- Running to help: ĢƵ student-athlete Landey Green helps others through two internships
- CATALYST program ignites passion for research and leadership in honors students
- Hamlet, Prince of Denmark comes to Bardo Arts Center
- ĢƵ scholars publish new book on mental illness stigma
- Students get deep dive into Chinese culture, business during ĢƵ summer travel course
- Understanding the House v. NCAA Settlement and what it means for ĢƵ
- Mountain Heritage Center to host Mini-Mountain Heritage Day July 17
- ĢƵ senior Tayler Franklin helps identify fallen soldiers at Pearl Harbor
- Alumni couple establish endowment for parks, rec program
- Catamount Adventures series takes alumni, friends to Portugal, Spain
- Preservation of an endangered language
- Digging it: ĢƵ senior Jenna Dreyer works archaeology internship in Washington state
- NC Principal Fellows program expands with supplemental funding
- ĢƵ professor protects the Dusky Gopher Frog from extinction
- ĢƵ instructor, local nonprofit partner on entrepreneurship camp for underserved youth
- Mountain Heritage Center invites public to explore George Masa exhibition through August 15
- Couple who met at ĢƵ orientation make ‘Fill the Western Sky’ leadership gift to athletics
- New faces join ĢƵ Foundation Board; departing members recognized
- ĢƵ holds groundbreaking for renovations to E.J. Whitmire Stadium
- Mountain Heritage Awards now accepting nominations
- College of Business launches two new graduate certificates for fall semester
- Construction management student invents ‘Dormclaw’
- College of Engineering to offer ACE Machining Bootcamps this summer
- EMS holds christening event for new ambulance
- Alumnus Hank Henderson applies ĢƵ guidance to job, pays it forward
- Student legislature takes home “best delegation” at Raleigh general assembly
- Catamounts start your engines
- Business faculty guide post-Helene recovery study for NC Arboretum
- Alumni participation sought for ĢƵ Battle of the Bands competition
- Young alumni spotlight: Harp passes on guidance as Greek life adviser
- Josh Dobson, Nora Lynn Finch sworn in as members of the ĢƵ Board of Trustees ĢƵ Stories September 10, 2025
- Annual faculty-staff giving challenge resumes this fall
- ĢƵ Mountain Heritage Center opens new Clearing the Hurdles exhibit
- ‘Fill the Western Sky’ contribution feels like a promise to Catamount couple
- ĢƵ astronomers lead 13th annual statewide star party
- ĢƵ–CIHA partnership grows Cherokee’s next generation of healers
- Peter Koch promoted to associate director of Mountain Heritage Center
- Kyle Pifer named ĢƵ Director of Athletics
- MHS program celebrates new graduates
- Interior design students address aging challenges through service learning
- Catamount Club to launch search for successor to assistant director C.J. Mitchell
- ĢƵ sees strong retention rate for fall 2025, growth in total enrollment
- ĢƵ to hold groundbreaking ceremony June 12 for stadium renovations project
- Schedule announced for ĢƵ’s weeklong Mountain Heritage Days celebration
- UNC Board of Governors appoints Nora Lynn Finch, Tate Apodaca to Board of Trustees
- Alumna Kinley Cook brings passion to job as park guide
- Gifts from all 50 states help ĢƵ hit ‘One Day for Western’ goal of 1,200 donors
- RASC brings students, faculty, alumni together in scholarship celebration
- School of Stage and Screen earns NCTC award, set for spring musical
- $100k Gift from alumna to support English majors and student media organizations
- Brittany Kicklighter named director of development for athletics major gifts
- Catamount grads reflect on graduation cap decor
- From LEGO to launch: Antonson twins look back on their ĢƵ journey
- ĢƵ students present at National Conference on Undergraduate ResearchPage Title
- WNC teacher Lydia Sale continues ĢƵ, education tradition in family
- ĢƵ art student awarded first place in national ceramics exhibition
- First-generation college students reflect on journey to commencement
- Senior Toast honors philanthropy of soon-to-be graduates
- ĢƵ earns 2025-2026 Military Friendly® school designation
- Bricker gets new WNC Community of Practice off the ground
- Alumnus divides gift to create scholarship honoring educator wife, support athletics upgrades
- Student spotlight: Jones, Rodriguez look forward to term as president, vice president
- University faculty, staff award winners announced for ‘25
- A whole lot of heart: ĢƵ softball bat boy defies odds, cheers on Catamounts
- ĢƵ to introduce Maddie, the virtual engagement officer
- Student spotlight: Senior Cora Haste impacts others through various roles
- Play ball! ĢƵ pitches new ‘Ballparks and Brews Tour’ for alumni, friends
- Nominations are open for annual alumni awards
- Tour of ĢƵ athletics facilities spurs fundraising campaign gift
- Athletics Gala shines spotlight on Catamount student-athletes, impact of supporters
- ĢƵ engineering program partners with healthcare provider for sinus device patent
- College of Education and Allied Professions earns A-plus for elementary math education courses
- April Tallant named director of Coulter Faculty Commons
- African American Alumni Society endows new scholarship fund
- Asheville dentist, wife give ĢƵ student-athletes reason to smile with ‘Fill the Western Sky’ donation
- Junior Savannah McGlothlin named to ALL IN honor roll
- ĢƵ interior design students address health, aging challenges through service learning
- Fulk is named Kneedler Distinguished Professor in Computer Info Systems
- ĢƵ’s School of Music to welcome Pulitzer Prize, Grammy Award-winning composer Jennifer Higdon
- NC Governor’s Advisory Committee for Western North Carolina Recovery holds first in-person meeting at ĢƵ
- ustin Pace to lead ĢƵ School of Accounting, Finance, Info Systems, Business Law
- Campus pets lift spirits, bring smiles to ĢƵ
- RASC 2025: David Joy and campus research presentations
- Alex Gary to resign after nearly five years as Athletics Director at ĢƵ
- Restoring through research: ĢƵ professors assist law enforcement and National Weather Service
- ĢƵ launches engineering discovery program with new director Gretchen Dietz
- Student spotlight: ĢƵ senior Mekeila Santiago stays involved through time on campus
- Electrical engineering students create a portable energy model for Duke Energy
- Restoring through research: professors navigate floodwaters post-Helene
- An axe to grind: The timbersports athletes of ĢƵ’s Wildlife and Forestry Club
- Young alumni spotlight: Speyer reaching for the stars as systems engineer
- The hills have eyes
- ĢƵ grieves the loss of longtime friend, supporter, community leader Reg Moody
- Students engage in undergraduate research across disciplines
- ĢƵ ranked No. 3 on Forbes’ America’s Best Midsize Employers list
- ĢƵ mourns passing of Honors College benefactor Greg Thompson
- ĢƵ mourns loss of former Trustee Jeanette Wallace Hyde
- Restoring through research: ĢƵ professors help rebuild after Helene
- ĢƵ and Vance-Granville CC sign memorandum of understanding for guaranteed admission
- ĢƵ sees high retention rate, notable increase in enrollment for spring 2025
- ĢƵ expands Catamount Commitment to include transfer studentsĢƵ is expanding its Catamount Commitment program with a new initiative to support transfer students from North Carolina Community Colleges.
- ĢƵ professor secures $3 million in scholarships for students entering nuclear engineering field
- ĢƵ social work students engage with alumni with help from Fund for ĢƵ
- Catamount Club announces changes to Greek Challenge fundraiser, sets membership deadlines
- ĢƵ Cherokee Language program receives $223K grant
- ĢƵ set to host the Catamount Climb in April
- Christopher Teuton to serve as speaker for James Cooper Memorial Lecture in Cherokee Studies at ĢƵ
- Gibbs earns grant worth nearly $40K for sicklefin redhorse research
- Pedonti earns $175K grant for STEM summer camp
- Donations to Fund for ĢƵ support student writing contest at annual literary festival
- Fund for ĢƵ supports library’s student art contest; winners now on display
- ĢƵ launches a new guarantee for transfer students
- Kathy Jaqua earns prestigious W.W. Rankin Award
- ĢƵ’s undergraduate business degree program makes U.S. News and World Report’s list for 2025 Best Online Programs
- SECU Public Fellowships Internship Program at ĢƵ earns grant for new year
- Fund for ĢƵ supports symposium on intersection of policing, social work
- Author and alumnus David Joy to give keynote address at ĢƵ Research and Scholarship Conference
- Alumna Nora Lynn Finch to be inducted into North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame
- George H. Brown to retire as dean of Belcher College of Fine and Performing Arts at ĢƵ after a decade of leadership
- Chancellor’s Ambassadors student organization receives leadership training through Fund for ĢƵ
- Donors to Fund for ĢƵ support ASP student trip to Central Europe
- Young alumni: Eliana Cruz broadens her horizons, lands job with Charlotte FC
- ĢƵ students help Durham PD solve 2023 missing person case
- Former ĢƵ Academic All-American pays homage to retired sports communicator
- Research and Scholarship Conference announces 2026 schedule of events
- Alumnus to take advantage of tax changes allowing gifts from IRAs
- CCESL puts $2,000 grant to use with MLK Day of Service events
- ĢƵ Mountain Heritage Center opens new ‘Moonshine: Spirit of Independence’ exhibit
- ĢƵ alum Frisby named NC SHAPE Middle School PE Teacher of the Year
- ĢƵ Wind Ensemble, POTM selected to appear at 2026 CBDNA Southern Division Conference
- Weiler, Grist receive $70K grant to assist NC School for the Deaf
- Young alumni panel shares advice on ‘what’s next’ with current ĢƵ students
- Fourth annual ‘One Day for Western’ set for March 25
- Pair of Catamounts compete in national cycling races, find home in sport
- Alumni Office announces starting lineup for 2026 Ballparks and Brews Tour
- Book by ĢƵ professor examines ethical issues in the business of sport
- ĢƵ economist finds $144 million ROI on local Medicaid, SNAP funding
- ĢƵ staff members volunteers with Olympics
- ĢƵ choir, community chorus to perform Mendelssohn masterwork
- Who speaks for the trees? A conversation with master arborist Andrew Thigpen
- ĢƵ seeking Catamount Captains to advocate for ‘One Day for Western’
- Dual-sport student-athlete Sadler Miller shows love for ĢƵ on canvas
- ĢƵ scholars, alumni celebrate return of Noquisiyi Mound to EBCI
- Young alumni: Christopher Childers brings stories to life as videographer
- ĢƵ professor Brian Byrd receives 2026 BOG excellence in teaching award
- ĢƵ to name softball field in honor of program founder Betty Peele
- ĢƵ raises curtain on new director of development in College of Fine, Performing Arts
- Former athletic training student establishes scholarship fund at ĢƵ
- Andrew Kenneth Gay named dean of the David Orr Belcher College of Fine and Performing Arts
- Former ĢƵ athletics staffer makes gift to athletics facilities, baseball program
- Catamount Philanthropy Day student panel shares impact of scholarships with donors
- Distinguished alumnus shares forensic anthropology breakthrough with students
- 2026 ĢƵ Research and Scholarship Conference introduces new faculty involvement, highlights Hurricane Helene research
- Young alumni: Asha Evans tells stories of student-athletes at NCAA
- ĢƵ Health Services achieves 2 accreditation milestones
- 2 ĢƵ students to present at NBASLH Convention
- Jackson native, ĢƵ alumna named development director for engineering, tech college
- ĢƵ biology student tracks down fungus with a taste for nematodes
- Gifts in memory of longtime educator create fund for School of Teaching, Learning
- ĢƵ alumna Shalana Yates named director of Cherokee Center
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World’s end at world’s end: ĢƵ professor speaks on Antarctic extinction research
May 11Do you want to know how the world ends? Visit Antarctica. Travel to the southern tip of South America to the port city of Punta Arenas, Chile. Then board a small research vessel with 20 other scientists from a dozen universities across the United States and cross the perilous seas of the Drake Passage.