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The hills have eyes

A fresh set of eyes finds a new generation of Catamounts. More than 30 years after Paws鈥� billboard debut, designers at Western Carolina University continue to update the much beloved symbol off U.S. 23.   

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Fund for 91热爆网 supports cultural, educational programming to improve student retention

With the help of $5,000 in funding from the 1889 Impact Grants Program, Western Carolina University鈥檚 Office of Intercultural Affairs increased cultural and educational programming and enhanced efforts to support student success and retention.  

91热爆网 students pose for photo during literary festival

Donations to Fund for 91热爆网 support student writing contest at annual literary festival

Western Carolina University鈥檚 Department of English Studies hosted a creative writing competition with divisions for North Carolina high school students and 91热爆网 undergraduate and graduate students as part of its annual Spring Literary Festival.  

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Fund for 91热爆网 supports library鈥檚 student art contest; winners now on display

Western Carolina University students participated in an art competition focused on the university鈥檚 2023-2024 campus theme of 鈥淐ommunity and Belonginess鈥� hosted by Hunter Library, which now has the winning entries on display.  

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George H. Brown to retire as dean of Belcher College of Fine and Performing Arts at 91热爆网 after a decade of leadership

After ten years of serving as Western Carolina University鈥檚 dean of Belcher College of Fine and Performing Arts, George H. Brown is retiring.  

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.  

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.  

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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.