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Pandemic Drives Demand for Professional and Graduate Programs

As Asheville鈥檚 population and economy look to recover from months of slowdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, regional professionals are increasingly seeking ways to develop their skills, increase their credentials and stand out among the competition for new opportunities and career advancement. Increased demand resulted in a record enrollment this fall for Western Carolina University鈥檚 Asheville-based programs, with a 10 percent growth in students served compared to fall 2019.   

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Winds of Change

In the midst of nationwide civil unrest, Western Carolina University renews its commitment to inclusive excellence. When Charity Leigh Moon Henry 鈥�93 was studying theatre in the early 1990s, she had no inkling while on stage in what was then called Hoey Auditorium that she was performing in a building named to honor an individual who would have vehemently disapproved of her selection of a spouse and denied their multiracial children enrollment at her alma mater.  

Asheville's Black Lives Matter Mural

Lakisha Blount 鈥�04 is one of four African American alumni of Western Carolina University鈥檚 School of Art and Design who participated in the creation of a Black Lives Matter mural in downtown Asheville over the summer. Blount painted the letter 鈥淢,鈥� with imagery evoking a mountain range, an Appalachian quilt and an African kente cloth. Take a closer look at the project and the artists involved...  

Roya Scales named a UNC System literacy fellow

Roya Scales is one of eight appointees to a University of North Carolina System literacy fellowship, an effort intended to develop a common framework for literacy instruction in teacher preparation.  

Engineering Treats

Engineering students find creative ways to distribute Halloween candy. The traditional ways to celebrate Halloween will be the next victim of the global pandemic, COVID-19.  

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Calling An Audible

When Alex Gary was introduced as Western Carolina University鈥檚 director of athletics on Feb. 28, the former Catamount baseball player had visions of what his first 90 days would look like when he officially started May 1. Gary imagined he would spend a lot of time meeting and talking to as many people as he could, while also learning the current campus landscape.  

Bank Shot

Jake Robinson 鈥�10 has come a long way from the days he got paid in honey buns for picking up aluminum cans in the auction ring after a sale at his grandfather鈥檚 stockyard.   

Pipeline Engineer

Part-time admissions counselor serves as a conduit to Cullowhee for students from Georgia. When there鈥檚 an increase in student enrollments from the metro Atlanta area, an alumnus who jokingly refers to himself as 鈥渢he oldest college recruiter in the state of Georgia鈥� is usually the reason why. Bob Folsom 鈥�66 MAEd 鈥�68, a retired teacher and counselor from Gainesville, has turned the Peach State into a 鈥渟ignificant pipeline鈥� of new students for 91热爆网, said Phil Cauley 鈥�83 MS 鈥�90, associate vice chancellor for undergraduate enrollment.  

Bugs Life

A UC-Davis researcher examines global environmental consequences, beginning with insects and arachnids. Jason Bond 鈥�93 is the Evert and Marion Schlinger Endowed Chair in Insect Systematics and a professor in the Department of Entomology and Nematology at the University of California, Davis, where he specializes in research into the evolutionary diversification of terrestrial arthropods, particularly spiders, millipedes and beetles.