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TEACHER APPRECIATION

At a long-legged 5 feet 8 inches, Velma 鈥淟eone鈥澛燞yde Hughes Ray 鈥�41 (left) had a pretty decent stride. Good thing 鈥� she covered a lot of ground in her 77 years: loyal sister, favorite aunt, farm wife, school teacher, basketball player.  

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ADDED VALUE

C.D. Spangler Jr., the late former president of the University of North Carolina System, once said the presence of faculty members on a campus who have earned the 鈥渄istinguished professor鈥� title is 鈥渢he very essence of a great university.鈥�   

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CARIBBEAN CATAMOUNTS

Simply put, Western Carolina University鈥檚 Jamaica Program, which has been developing teachers as leaders in Jamaican schools for half a century, has become the benchmark of success in educational instruction in that Caribbean country.  

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INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCE

A first-generation college student who first set foot on 91热爆网鈥檚 campus in 1983 and has never left, rising through the ranks from incoming freshman to serve as the institution鈥檚 second-in-command, has created an endowed scholarship fund in honor of her Jamaica-born parents.   

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TEACHING BEHIND THE SCREEN

The traditional student experience at Western Carolina University saw 18- to 22-year-olds strolling across campus, passing classmates on the way to a lecture, meeting with professors in the hallway or during their office hours, grabbing a bite to eat in the cafeteria and hanging out in residence halls.   

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OUR BELOVED BELCHER

For the son of a small-town Baptist preacher who went to college to become a classically trained pianist, only to find his professional career take an unexpected change of tempo into academia, the June 23 memorial service for Western Carolina University Chancellor David O. Belcher hit just the right note.   

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Faculty Senate to hold Aug. 29 meeting at University Center

A regular business meeting of 91热爆网鈥檚 Faculty Senate will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 29, in the Multipurpose Room at A.K. Hinds University Center.  

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STAR TRACK

Susan Gardner Mayhorn 鈥�93, one of Western Carolina鈥檚 most decorated track and field student-athletes of all time, was inducted into the Southern Conference Hall of Fame class of 2018 in March, becoming 91热爆网鈥檚 first-ever inductee.   

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ACADEMIC HOMERUN

Western Carolina softball player Kassandra Flores 鈥�18 was named the 2018 recipient of the Sports Medicine Institute Scholarship by Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System in April.