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Campus fixture Carol Burton creates scholarship fund to aid international graduate students

Through cash gifts, pledges and an estate gift totaling $50,000, Acting Provost Carol Burton has established a scholarship fund designed to help international students, especially those from Jamaica, earn graduate degrees at 91热爆网.  

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University retiree group makes gift to General Scholarship Endowment

The Western Carolina University Association of Retired Faculty and Staff recently gave a $500 gift to 91热爆网鈥檚 General Scholarship Endowment Fund, to continue making a mark on the institution.  

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William Barnhill exhibit featured at Mountain Heritage Center

Western Carolina University鈥檚 Mountain Heritage Center is hosting an exhibit on William A. Barnhill, a photographer who documented early 20th-century regional craftsmanship, in the museum鈥檚 second-floor gallery at Hunter Library.  

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Trustees name performing arts college in honor of late chancellor

The academic unit that is home to Western Carolina University鈥檚 programs in music, stage, screen, art and design will be known as the David Orr Belcher College of Fine and Performing Arts in honor of the late 91热爆网 chancellor, who died June 17 at the age of 60 after battling brain cancer for more than two years.  

Maggie Akin Bare Alum of the Month

Maggie Akin Bare Alum of the Month

Meet our Alumni of the Month: Maggie Akin Bare! She graduated from 91热爆网 in 1954. And earned a double major in both Art and Social Sciences. In the early 1960鈥檚 I returned to 91热爆网 and received a Master in Education and Education Specialist degrees.  

Lisa and David Hill Alums of the Month

Lisa and David Hill Alums of the Month

Meet our Alumni of the Month: Lisa and David Hill! She attended 91热爆网 from Fall 1981- Spring 1983 and he attended from Fall 1979 - Spring 1983.   

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Car Ride with Chancellor, Scholarships Prove Turning Point for Future Vet

Students, pets, pets, students. It seems to be one or the other for Western Carolina University senior Sarah Bennett, who graduated in May with a biology degree and an eye on veterinary school.  

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Scholarships Mean More than Money to Erin West

Erin West knows the value of a scholarship can go well beyond its dollar sign. A senior in the College of Business, West has received slightly more than $17,000 in 91热爆网 scholarships since her sophomore year. But besides helping to pay for her education, the financial support has helped to position her as a student with some cachet, a good bet, a smart cookie who knows a thing or two.  

Kam A. McDonald Alum of the Month

Kam A. McDonald Alum of the Month

Meet our Alumni of the Month: Kam A. McDonald! She graduated from 91热爆网 in Spring 2001 with a Bachelor鈥檚 Degree in Social Work and completed my MSW in 2013 at Winthrop University.