WCU Cherokee Language Program’s ECHT Project receives $64,905 grant
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded Sara Snyder Hopkins, assistant professor and director of the Cherokee Language Program at Western Carolina University, a grant of $64,905 for her ongoing translation project, Eastern Cherokee Histories in Translation.
WCU set to recognize education champions Phil and Connie Haire
To recognize their exemplary contributions to Western Carolina University and the local and regional community, WCU’s Board of Trustees is honoring Phil and Connie Haire with an honorary naming designation.
Book signing, benefit for Botanical Gardens
Western Carolina University’s Highlands Biological Station will be hosting a book signing event to benefit the Highlands Botanical Gardens from 2-6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 16, at the Highlands Community Building.
Employee retention improving at WCU
The massive employee turnover Western Carolina University has seen over the past two years is now trending downward, but the university is still parting ways with more employees than was the norm before 2020.
Former WCU player’s gift supports athletics facilities improvements
A former two-time Western Carolina University Academic All-American football player wants to help ensure that future Catamount student-athletes have similar experiences.
WCU collaborates with Cherokee on exhibit planning project
A campuswide and community driven project will soon be underway to recenter Cherokee history and culture on Western Carolina University’s campus.
WCU’s educator receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Kofi Lomotey, the Chancellor John Bardo and Deborah Bardo Distinguished Professor of Educational Leadership at Western Carolina University, recently received the 2023 Distinguished Contributions to Social Contexts in Education Research Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Educational Research Association Division G.
WCU projects larger freshman class for 2023
A After years of enrollment and retention numbers impacted by the pandemic and its associated restrictions, Western Carolina University expects to see the rebound continue when students return to campus this fall.
Team effort fixes water system at Cullowhee Community Garden
When Western Carolina University registrar Larry Hammer began working a garden plot with his family in the Cullowhee Community Garden, he realized that the garden’s water delivery system was not working like it needed to and had not been for years. He also knew exactly who to contact for help.
WCU professor named Smokies writer in residence
Brian Railsback, an English professor at Western Carolina University, has received the 2023 Steve Kemp Writers’ Residency from the Great Smoky Mountains Association.
