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Cherokee syllabary on graduation stoll

WCU Cherokee Language program receives $223K grant

The Cherokee Preservation Foundation has been a pivotal supporter of Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp’s Cherokee Language program.   

Apodaca Building

Christopher Teuton to serve as speaker for James Cooper Memorial Lecture in Cherokee Studies at WCU

This year's James Cooper Memorial Lecture in Cherokee Studies will take place on Monday, Feb. 3, 5:30 p.m., in Apodaca Building Room 201.   

Keith Gibbs holds a sicklefin redhorse

Gibbs earns grant worth nearly $40K for sicklefin redhorse research

Inside Keith Gibbs’ office hangs an imprint of a sicklefin redhorse, a sucker fish that the Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp assistant professor in the Department of Geosciences and Natural Resources takes great interest in.   

WCU students work with k12 students at a stem event on campus

Pedonti earns $175K grant for STEM summer camp

Jackson County isn’t an urban hotbed like the Charlotte’s and Greensboro’s of the state are. It doesn’t have big museums, aquariums or any other spot that might get kids interested in STEM.   

WCU students pose for photo during literary festival

Donations to Fund for WCU support student writing contest at annual literary festival

Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp’s Department of English Studies hosted a creative writing competition with divisions for North Carolina high school students and WCU undergraduate and graduate students as part of its annual Spring Literary Festival.  

Kathy Jaqua with WCU students and faculty

Kathy Jaqua earns prestigious W.W. Rankin Award

Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp College of Arts and Sciences professor Kathy Jaqua noticed a look on her former student’s face.   

WCU faculty members with Steve Lillard and Chris Hatton

Fund for WCU supports symposium on intersection of policing, social work

More than 65 judges, prosecutors, behavioral health workers and representatives from law enforcement agencies across the mountains gathered earlier this year at Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp for conversations about the root causes of issues that lead to interactions with police in Western North Carolina.   

WCU journalism students attend national convention

Student journalists attend national convention with support from the Fund for WCU

Six leaders of Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵapp student journalism organizations attended the Society of Professional Journalists National Convention last year in Las Vegas, supported by $2,500 from the 1889 Impact Grants Program through contributions to the Fund for WCU.  

Project Discovery students on a bike trip

Project Discovery celebrates, reflects on 40th anniversary

Heath Robertson sat at the back of the bus on a college tour trip when he was asked about his future plans. Robertson’s answer? He didn’t have any.