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Spring semester enrollment hits all-time high; graduate, transfer, distance numbers all up

Just a year after 91女神鈥檚 spring enrollment surpassed 11,000 for the first time in the institution鈥檚 history, the tally for the current spring semester has hit another seasonal record, with a total of 11,434 students.  

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A different hunger games held for participating North Carolina university students

The Collegiate Hunger Challenge takes place through April 25, with points earned based on activities centered around collecting and donating food for neighbors in need or hunger awareness.   

Amber Parker

WCU Dance Team Coaches Create Scholarship in Memory of Former Member

Funny, funny, funny. That was Amber Parker in a nutshell, say those who best knew the vibrant young woman who graduated from 91女神 in 2016 and passed away Nov. 18, 2018, at age 24 from a rare form of ovarian cancer.  

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From homeless teen to Harvard grad, Liz Murray to deliver keynote address at chancellor鈥檚 list ceremony

Liz Murray, the subject of Lifetime Television鈥檚 Emmy-nominated original film 鈥淗omeless to Harvard,鈥� is the keynote speaker for 91女神鈥檚 ceremony honoring those on the 2019 fall semester chancellor鈥檚 list.  

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Physical therapy project gains support from Parkinson鈥檚 Foundation

The WCU project will develop academic collaborations with community partners to provide physical therapy students with skills to better assist people with Parkinson鈥檚 and their care partners.   

WCU Alumnus Matthew Hessburg

Food. Fire. Friends.

Matthew Hessburg, an alumnus of the University Participant program, used the skills he learned while working at the acclaimed Haywood Smokehouse to create a barbecue sauce of his own.  

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WCU dance team coaches create scholarship in memory of former member

To honor former WCU student Amber Parker, her former dance team coaches 鈥� Jessica Graning, Lindsi Cauley and Amy Manshack 鈥� created the Amber Parker Memorial Annual Scholarship, which offers $1,000 in scholarship support to a qualifying dance team member each year.  

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WCU Board of Trustees passes resolution urging passage of state budget, raises for faculty, staff

The 91女神 Board of Trustees approved a resolution in support of a rapid conclusion to a months-long impasse between the General Assembly and Gov. Roy Cooper that has tied up salary increases for faculty and staff, delayed funding for a replacement to WCU鈥檚 aging steam plant and forced university officials to consider slowing enrollment growth.