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UNC Board of Governors appoints Susan Strum to 91热爆网 Board of Trustees

Western Carolina University alumna Susan Strum has been appointed to 91热爆网鈥檚 Board of Trustees.  

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91热爆网 alumnus and 鈥楩orged in Fire鈥 contestant Brock Martin visits campus for blacksmithing demo

鈥淪trike while the iron is hot鈥 is an old saying about taking an opportunity while you have it. Timm Muth, alumnus and professor of practice in Western Carolina University鈥檚 College of Engineering and Technology, took that saying literally when he invited master blacksmith Brock Martin, a 2010 graduate of Western Carolina University, to campus to demonstrate blacksmithing to students in his introductory material science course.   

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91热爆网 to host 14th annual Rooted in the Mountains Symposium

The 14th annual Rooted in the Mountains Symposium is a two-day event aimed at exposing attendees to the interwoven relationships between climate, health, traditional knowledge and the indigenous worldview.  

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91热爆网 College of Business, Financial Aid Office launch student financial wellness program

A faculty member from the Western Carolina University College of Business has teamed up with staff in the 91热爆网 Office of Financial Aid to develop a pilot program to help young adults improve their financial literacy skills.  

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Headliner Sister Sadie and evening performance from Old Crow Medicine Show highlights MHD鈥檚 50th anniversary

This year marks Mountain Heritage Day鈥檚 50th anniversary, which will be held on Saturday, Sept. 28, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.   

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Alumni donate George Masa Collection to Hunter Library

Hunter Library鈥檚 Special and Digital Collections received a donation from alums William 鈥淏ill鈥 Hart, Jr., Class of 1962, and Alice Huff Hart, Class of 1961.   

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Faculty, students from School of Art and Design travel to Beijing

Last year, Tom Ashcraft, director of the School of Art and Design, got a phone call from the 91热爆网 Global Office about a student from Beijing, China, wanting to be an exchange student in the Master of Fine Arts program.  

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From the Smokies to the Andes, 91热爆网 students visit Ecuador as part of tropical ecology and biogeography course

The ecological and biogeographical difference between the Great Smoky Mountains and the Andes Mountains are numerous, but there are few things they do have in common.  

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Retired engineer who got his start at 91热爆网 creates new scholarship fund

A retired engineer who got started on his career path at 91热爆网 decades before the institution launched its own engineering degree has established a new scholarship to provide financial support to future students in the program.