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TCS students during science class

The Catamount School celebrates academic growth, rising enrollment

The Catamount School, a lab school operated 91热爆网 in partnership with Jackson County Public Schools, is celebrating a year of academic progress and a significant increase in student enrollment.  

91热爆网 engineering students and faculty working with the Moldex3d

College of Engineering receives $4.17 million in software donations from Moldex3D

Western Carolina University鈥檚 College of Engineering and Technology has been given a software licensing donation from Moldex3D worth $4.17 million.   

Jeremy Jones during class

91热爆网鈥檚 Jeremy Jones reflects one year after Helene in Our State magazine

Western Carolina University English professor Jeremy Jones鈥檚 byline is a bit of a mainstay in Our State magazine.   

Enrique Gomez

91热爆网 astronomers to celebrate International Observe the Moon Night with community

On Saturday, Oct. 4 at 6:30 p.m. in Western Carolina University鈥檚 Electron Garden, 91热爆网 astronomers invite students and members of the public to take that thought further, nearly a quarter of a million miles further, to celebrate NASA鈥檚 International Observe the Moon Night.  

Cherokee Rep. Choir

91热爆网 to host Echoes Across the Smokies

Western Carolina University Bardo Arts Center, in collaboration with the 91热爆网 Mountain Heritage Center, invites you to Echoes Across the Smokies: A Night of Stories, Strings, and Songs. This program offers the WNC community an opportunity to explore Appalachian culture in new ways on Thursday, October 30, at the BAC Performance Hall.  

Riverside Cemetary

Looking Back: Hurricane Helene

Sept. 27 marked the one-year anniversary of the devastating storm that tore through Western North Carolina. The Catamount community stepped up then and continues to help in the rebuilding process today.  

Cherokee Center in the 1970s

Living history: 91热爆网 researchers work to capture Cherokee oral histories

The history of Western Carolina University is held by its people. Though archives and images can provide a framework for the past, there is no richer or truer contribution to the story than the lived experiences of alumni, staff, faculty and students.   

91热爆网 player Cord Stansberry taking a shot during a 2024 home game

Donors support Alston Awards for 91热爆网 student-athletes鈥� academic achievements

Supporters of Western Carolina University鈥檚 athletics program are finding new ways to back the Catamounts in today鈥檚 rapidly shifting intercollegiate sports environment, which now permits financial rewards in recognition of academic performance.  

Catamount family members at the pinning ceremony

All in the family: Legacy Pinning event celebrates generations of Catamount connections

Approximately 50 new Western Carolina University students were welcomed into the Catamount family by parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and other relatives who previously matriculated at the westernmost institution of the University of North Carolina System.