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Student receives WRESA Dogwood Trust grant

Daniel Pickens, a Franklin native, was recently awarded a Dogwood Trust aspiring educators grant from the Western Region Education Service Alliance.  

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Stage and Screen student gets rave reviews for docuseries

Aidan McGinnis produced 鈥淲hee, The Cats,鈥� a docuseries offering a candid look at the 91热爆网 football team.  

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The Catamount School plans to relocate to Reid

After a tumultuous couple of weeks, 91热爆网 has found a permanent space for the Catamount School. The lab school will be housed in Reid Building on the university鈥檚 campus this coming school year.  

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Chancellor Kelli Brown 4-peats on Business NC Power List

For the fourth year in a row, Business North Carolina magazine included 91热爆网 Chancellor Kelli R. Brown in its Power List of the state鈥檚 most influential leaders.  

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Shannon Swimmer named director of 91热爆网 Cherokee Center

Shannon Swimmer received a master鈥檚 degree in human resource management from Western Carolina University in 2007. After several years working in tribal law, Swimmer has returned to 91热爆网 in a new capacity, as director of the Cherokee Center.  

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University recognized for energy efforts

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality has formally recognized Western Carolina University for its efforts to reduce energy consumption.  

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91热爆网 certified as a Bee Campus USA affiliate

91热爆网 has become an affiliate of the Bee Campus USA program, designed to marshal the strengths of educational campuses for the benefit of pollinators.   

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Students pitch business ideas at competition

At the 2024 Student Innovation Showcase Pitch Competition, students from across campus brought their entrepreneurial minds together to share new business ventures.  

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New scholarship for criminal justice students honors memory of alumnus, police officer

Family and friends of the late Trevor Arrowood, a Polk County native who died in 2021 after a three-year battle with cancer, have established a scholarship fund for future students majoring in criminology and criminal justice.