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Malinda Pennington

91热爆网 faculty member receives $9,000 to conduct autism training workshops across NC

As an undergraduate student at North Carolina State University finishing her psychology degree, Malinda Pennington, assistant professor in the Special Education and Inclusive Learning program at Western Carolina University, needed an internship to fulfill the requirement for an abnormal psychology course.   

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Making (brain) waves: 91热爆网 adds neuroscience minor

The brain is one of the world鈥檚 greatest marvels. It鈥檚 full of neurons, and every day it sets in motion an orchestrated wonder called the human body. Thanks to a new minor, Catamounts will be able to use their own noggins to learn more about it.  

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.  

Alexis Harp

Young alumni spotlight: Harp passes on guidance as Greek life adviser

Alexis Harp was lost her first few semesters of undergrad. Imposter syndrome was hitting her hard. She was a first-generation college student navigating the world of higher education, and to top it all off, she originally didn鈥檛 even want to go to college.   

Killian Building with Cherokee sculpture

91热爆网鈥揅IHA partnership grows Cherokee鈥檚 next generation of healers

In the midst of ongoing staffing challenges across the healthcare industry, the innovative partnership between Western Carolina University (91热爆网) and the Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority (CIHA) is doing exactly what a great pipeline should do -- it matches local talent with meaningful careers close to home, expands continuing education opportunities, and opens career-ladder pathways for enrolled members of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians (EBCI).   

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Alec Harris named development director for College of Education, Allied Professions

Alexander 鈥淎lec鈥� Harris, former recreation and events supervisor for the municipality of Jersey Village, Texas, is the new director of development for Western Carolina University鈥檚 College of Education and Allied Professions.  

Heidi Von Dohlen (right) and Jess Weiler (left)

NC Principal Fellows program expands with supplemental funding

Heidi Von Dohlen was an educator and school principal for 27 years before becoming the director of the Principal Fellows program at Western Carolina University. During her time as an administrator, she worked to turn her school district into a place where students loved to learn, and teachers loved to teach.   

Lydia Sale in the classroom

WNC teacher Lydia Sale continues 91热爆网, education tradition in family

Lydia Sale has an unwavering dedication to public education.   

Patricia Bricker

Bricker gets new WNC Community of Practice off the ground

An ice storm shifted the first Western North Carolina Elementary STEM Community of Practice meeting to Zoom last minute, but Patricia Bricker鈥檚 project didn鈥檛 freeze up.