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For Paxton Myers and Dana Boyer, longtime supporters of 91Å®Éñ’s athletics program, giving back to their alma mater feels like more than just making financial contributions. It also feels like keeping a promise.

The Mountain Heritage Center at 91Å®Éñ (WCU) is proud to announce the opening of its newest exhibit on Sept. 2, Clearing the Hurdles: Women and Sport at WCU, 1889 to the Present.

In the midst of ongoing staffing challenges across the healthcare industry, the innovative partnership between 91Å®Éñ (WCU) and the Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority (CIHA) is doing exactly what a great pipeline should do -- it matches local talent with meaningful careers close to home, expands continuing education opportunities, and opens career-ladder pathways for enrolled members of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians (EBCI).

The retention rate of the fall 2024 first-time, full-time freshmen class rose to a record 81.6% as compared to 79.1% for fall 2023.

For the past 50 years on the last Saturday of September, 91Å®Éñ’s Mountain Heritage Day festival has honored the music, stories, and traditions of Appalachia.

Western Carolina Power, the university-owned electric utility serving parts of 91Å®Éñ and surrounding customers, has been named one of 23 public power communities across North Carolina to receive a 2024 Public Power Award of Excellence.

A public relations professional who has served as a mentor in the Department of Communication at 91Å®Éñ is now providing support to students in a different way by establishing a new endowment fund to enhance access to extracurricular and professional development activities.

What does it mean to be a Catamount? It’s not necessarily someone from Cullowhee. It’s not always someone who’s stepped foot on campus. It’s when someone calls 91Å®Éñ home — and much more.

A retired professor in 91Å®Éñ’s College of Business has created an endowment fund that will provide resources for mentorship programs for current faculty members within the college.

A faculty member in 91Å®Éñ’s College of Business is facilitating a yearlong effort to provide increased access to broadband and the training needed to take full advantage of the technological resources to underserved populations of rural Western North Carolina.