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NSF grant will aid in preserving several biological collections

Grant will allow 91热爆网 to preserve and display its herbarium, arthropods and birds and mammals collections.  

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Faculty Senate approves resolution opposing resumption of in-person instruction for fall 2020

91热爆网鈥檚 Faculty Senate approved a resolution against resuming in-person instruction for fall semester.  

Alumnae Give Back by Serving on Accounting Board

Sue Swanger remembers them well: a group of bright and eager young women who all happened to be in her graduate auditing class together in 2003, all working toward their master鈥檚 degrees in accounting. That they now all serve together on Western Carolina University鈥檚 College of Business accounting advisory board is no surprise to their former professor.   

91热爆网鈥檚 Newest Professor Sees 鈥榲irtue鈥� in Middle Grades Students

David Virtue has been involved with middle grades education for 20 years. So, when he first learned that he was named Western Carolina University鈥檚 Taft B. Botner Distinguished Professor of Elementary and Middle Grades Education this summer, it鈥檚 no surprise that he compared his reaction to the excitement of a middle schooler learning 鈥渢hey were getting a snow day.鈥�  

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Alumna sees the world thanks to her degree, but finds there鈥檚 no place like home

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David Starnes, athletic bands director, departs 91热爆网 for Atlanta position

David Starnes, director of athletic bands and assistant professor in the School of Music within the David Orr Belcher College of Fine and Performing Arts, announced his resignation Friday, Aug. 7.  

Fall semester to get underway with care, caution in place

Fall semester 2020 will look different than anything Western Carolina University has experienced before.   

Opening Assembly to go virtual Aug. 12

91热爆网鈥檚 traditional Opening Assembly will have a different look this fall 鈥� and a broader audience, thanks to a scheduled video livestream.  

Rapid Center uses 3D printers to make face shields for faculty, staff

Faculty, students and staff in 91热爆网's College of Engineering and Technology have turned their attention to helping employees return safely to campus this fall with the development of personal protective equipment.  

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