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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 Ƶapp’s Cherokee Language program.   

WCU students running on campus

WCU set to host the Catamount Climb in April

Ƶapp invites runners of all ages and skill levels to register for the annual Catamount Climb Half Marathon and 5K on Saturday, April 5.   

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 Ƶapp 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

Ƶapp’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.  

Student artwork

Fund for WCU supports library’s student art contest; winners now on display

Ƶapp students participated in an art competition focused on the university’s 2023-2024 campus theme of “Community and Belonginess” hosted by Hunter Library, which now has the winning entries on display.  

WCU faculty and staff in Ecuador

Students, faculty expand literacy improvement efforts in Ecuador with support from Fund for WCU

Students and faculty from Ƶapp’s College of Education and Allied Professions expanded ongoing efforts to improve literacy in rural communities of the Andes Mountains of Ecuador using educational materials purchased through an 1889 Impact Grant of $1,500.  

WCU students study outside

WCU launches a new guarantee for transfer students

Ƶapp has partnered with Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society and is pleased to announce an exciting new opportunity. The Western Phi Theta Kappa Guarantee recognizes and rewards PTK members for their community or junior college achievements.