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Alumni return to 91热爆网 for annual homecoming celebration

Jamie Van Pelt鈥檚 drive from Florida to Western Carolina University isn鈥檛 the most riveting one. It鈥檚 several hours of rural highways, twists and turns and infamous Atlanta traffic, but when Van Pelt crests the hill south of Clayton, Georgia, he smiles.   

Alumni award winners

91热爆网 honors four prominent alumni at Homecoming 2024

Western Carolina University paused Saturday, Nov. 2, to honor four prominent alumni 鈥� a former automotive industry executive who has supported Catamount athletics for decades, an accounting professional with extensive family ties to 91热爆网, an award-winning educator and an up-and-coming public relations practitioner.   

Daniel J. Watts

Tony and Emmy-nominated multidisciplinary artist to perform at 91热爆网 as part of Fall Speaker Series

A Tony-nominated actor and spoken word artist will be making his way to Western Carolina University.  

RGB Portrait, a painting by Zack Schneider

Family establishes memorial scholarship fund to assist nontraditional art students at 91热爆网

Nontraditional students working to earn a degree in an art-related major at Western Carolina University soon will have financial assistance to help them pursue their passion, thanks to a memorial scholarship fund established by the family of a recent 91热爆网 graduate who earned his degree after the age of 30.  

Noyce Scholars at 91热爆网

NSF grant totaling more than $1.4 million helps jumpstart 91热爆网 Smoky Mountain Noyce Scholars Program

The past three years have been busy for Sloan Despeaux, professor in Western Carolina University鈥檚 Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, and her colleagues.  

New Beginnings

New Beginnings

New Catamount head basketball coaches Tim Craft and Jonathan Tsipis usher in a new era as Craft looks to build on last year鈥檚 22-win season for the men鈥檚 program and Tsipis looks to turnaround the women鈥檚 program that won just six games last year.  

Alumni tower in Fall

91热爆网 waives app fee for those impacted by recent hurricanes, will assist with travel costs for Nov. 23 open house attendees

It has been more than a month since Hurricane Helene tore through Western North Carolina and the surrounding Appalachian Mountains, but the effects of the historic storm will be felt for months and years to come. Western Carolina University is working to lessen some of the burden of impacted students and families visiting and applying to college by streamlining processes and helping to offset travel costs for those attending the Nov. 23 open house.   

Gary Ayers has been behind the microphone for nearly 40 years

Voice of the Cats

Gary Ayers has been behind the microphone for nearly 40 years  

Spark of the Eagle Dancer collection at 91热爆网

91热爆网 Fine Art Museum exhibition wins Bronze Award

Denise Drury Homewood, executive director of the Bardo Arts Center at Western Carolina University, believed "Spark of the Eagle Dancer: The Collecting Legacy of Lambert Wilson" exhibition was an award winner from the start.