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Spark of the Eagle Dancer collection at WCU

WCU 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.  

Hungarian Fulbright trip

WCU faculty, staff visit Hungary through Fulbright Commission

Earlier this summer, Ingrid Bego, director of International Studies at Western Carolina University, and Wes Milner, executive director of WCU Global, were invited by the Fulbright Commission to attend a week-long visit in Hungary to strengthen the partnership between universities in Appalachia and Hungarian higher education institutions.   

Photo of Munene Mwaniki

Munene Mwaniki named WCU interim Global Black Studies director

Mwaniki, an associate professor of anthropology and sociology for the College of Arts and Sciences, was named the interim Global Black Studies director at WCU.  

Brinson Honors College

WCU student magazine wins first place in publications contest

In the fall, it starts as small as a story pitch. In the spring? As tiny as a sketch on a piece of paper. Those little ideas turn into Imagine magazine, a publication produced by student writers and designers at Western Carolina University.  

Lisa Briggs (right) works with a HRD K-9 and handler at a WCU training.

WCU human remains detection expert Lisa Briggs debunks false HRD K-9 information surrounding Hurricane Helene recovery efforts

Lisa Briggs, director of Western Carolina University’s Human Remains Detection K-9 training program and Emergency Disaster Management program, and Edwin Grant, an HRD K-9 program instructor and long-time law enforcement officer, have been deployed with their HRD K-9s since the start of the recovery process for missing persons in Western North Carolina following Hurricane Helene's devastation.   

Cliff of Moher

A Photographer's View

In each issue of WCU Magazine, our photographers will not only give you a glimpse of the beauty that exists but also a look at what's taking place on campus.  

Tammy Barron in Colombian classroom

WCU professor shares co-instruction expertise with teachers in Colombia

Western Carolina University has been engaged with Central and South American schools since 1978. Faculty travel and hold classes in various regions of Colombia, focusing on leadership in international schools. Tammy Barron, an associate professor in Western Carolina University’s College of Education and Allied Professions, has continued that long-time relationship by taking her expertise in co-teaching and instruction abroad.   

Cat Tran Driving

Hop On Board

An inside look at the Cat-Tran.  

The Comeback Cats

The Comeback Cats

Catamount Athletics sees a resurgence under the leadership of Alex Gary  

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