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Services held Jan. 6 for Barbara Coulter, former 91热爆网 first lady

Barbara Helen Bolinger Coulter, 89, of Waynesville, North Carolina, passed away Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018, in Haywood County.  

Class of 2019

The Year Ahead

Long after holiday decorations are back in their boxes and most New Year鈥檚 resolutions have been abandoned, the momentum from an eventful 2018 will carry 91热爆网 forward through the new year. In 2019 the rumbling of the big construction machines will continue and the tick-tick-tick of the Pride of the Mountains鈥� metronome will return amid the sounds of spring birds and young voices across campus. And our campus and community will continue to thrive and grow.   

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Happy Holidays from 91热爆网

Sending you warm winter wishes from your friends at Western Carolina University. May you find yourself wrapped in the charm and the wonder of the holidays. Season鈥檚 greetings 鈥� from our Catamount family to yours!  

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鈥楶resentation Skills for Women鈥� workshop scheduled in Asheville

Betty Farmer, award-winning 91热爆网 professor of communication and owner of Farmer Communications, will serve as workshop instructor.  

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91热爆网's Advancement office sets holiday hours to assist with year-end giving

Monday, Dec. 31, is the deadline for gifts to the university to be counted as charitable gifts in calendar year 2018.  

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2018: A Year in Review

Students are home for the holidays and campus is quiet. It is easy to find parking and there is no line of cars waiting to enter the traffic circle to access N.C. Highway 107. The hum of big machinery busy with campus construction has replaced the tick-tick-tick of the metronome from the Pride of the Mountains drum line rehearsing around campus. And so, it seems the perfect time to reflect on the past year as it slips seamlessly into the year ahead.  

Tyler McKenzie in New York City

Giving Back is a Given for Alumnus and Broadway Performer

If ever there was a Western Carolina University graduate who was living his dream, it would be Tyler McKenzie. McKenzie, a 2013 graduate from 91热爆网's School of Stage and Screen, is traveling across the country, dancing and singing as a member of the ensemble in the second national tour of the Broadway hit "Hamilton."  

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91热爆网 holds two commencements to honor fall class, summer graduates

A pair of graduating students delivered the primary addresses Saturday (Dec. 15) as 91热爆网 held commencement exercises to recognize the academic accomplishments of its fall class and a group of alumni who completed requirements to receive their degrees last summer.  

Driver Blythe

Blythe Ambition: Eastern Band Member Sees Higher Education as Goal for His Community

Earning an associate degree from Southwestern Community College after transferring there from Mars Hill, and a bachelor鈥檚 degree from Western Carolina University, where he graduated in December and gave the commencement address. He鈥檒l continue his education in the fall at 91热爆网, where he is enrolled in the school鈥檚 master鈥檚 degree program in social work. A member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Blythe is believed to be the first Native American to give a commencement speech at 91热爆网 鈥� an unexpected honor that left him in awe and 鈥渓ike the weight of the world鈥� was on his shoulders 鈥� but in a good way.