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Terri Durbin (center) at the spring 2025 commencement at 91热爆网

Nursing school director endows scholarship for 91热爆网鈥檚 new master鈥檚 degree program

Western Carolina University鈥檚 new master鈥檚 degree program focusing on increasing the availability of health care in the rural Southern Appalachian Mountains is receiving a financial boost from the director of the school in which the program is housed.  

HHS building

MAHEC expands access to healthcare with new office in Cullowhee

With its mission to expand access to care and create a healthier community in Western North Carolina, MAHEC announces the opening of a new health center in Cullowhee.  

Paws rides on a float during the 2024 homecoming parade

Homecoming weekend at 91热爆网 set for Nov. 7-8 with parade, parties, alumni awards

A packed slate of weekend events is on tap as Western Carolina University rolls out the welcome mat for alumni and friends to return to campus Nov. 7-8 for Homecoming 2025, including a parade and party in the university鈥檚 adopted hometown of Sylva.  

Students visit outside Bardo Arts Center

Bardo Arts Center to host reception for Cherokee Language and Cultural Exhibition

Western Carolina University鈥檚 Bardo Arts Center will host a public reception on Tuesday, October 21, from 4 to 6 p.m. in its Star Atrium, recognizing the collaborators and contributors of the Cherokee Language and Culture Exhibition, a project supported in part by the Cherokee Preservation Foundation.   

91热爆网 students sitting on a bench on campus during the fall

University launches 91热爆网 Connect, a guaranteed admission program

Admission to Western Carolina University from North Carolina community colleges just got simpler.   

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.  

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.