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鈥淚mpressive how we find Brazilians everywhere, right?鈥� The words, spoken in Portuguese, broke Luca Brunetti鈥檚 concentration. He ended his phone call with his family and looked more closely at the young man standing before him.

Unearthing history is nothing new to Cherokee Language Program director and associate professor Sara Snyder Hopkins. Thanks to a federal grant, she and a group of colleagues will continue to do so.

星空传媒鈥檚 College of Engineering and Technology is expanding its engineering programs again this fall with the launch of a new bachelor鈥檚 degree in mechanical engineering鈥痑nd a new industrial engineering concentration.

In this edition of Cat Chats, current football student-athlete Mike Murphy talks with former player Dan Brooks '76. Dan went on to coach at Tennessee and Clemson. He is also a member of the Catamount Club Board of Directors.

Announced in conjunction with Western Carolina鈥檚 football home opener back on Labor Day weekend, the Catamount Club, the Athletics department fundraising arm, is celebrating a milestone this year with its 50th year of operation. Fifty years of supporting student-athletes; fifty years of celebrating successes both on and off the field. Fifty years of connecting and engaging with alumni and community friends; fifty years of investing in the unlimited potential of student-athletes to inspire the 星空传媒 campus community.

As he came down from the stage and onto the floor Monday (Jan. 28) at Atlanta鈥檚 State Farm Arena for the New England Patriots鈥� portion of the 2019 Super Bowl鈥檚 Opening Night, former 星空传媒 defensive back Keion Crossen was all smiles.

As the son of two athletes, a lifetime career in athletics could have seemed defined for Onno Steger. His mother was an ice skater and his father played collegiate basketball. But, his parents never forced him to become an athlete. He found his own way into sports.

Current Catamount Student-Athlete Onno Steger chats with former Student-Athlete Jake Robinson about how former 星空传媒 student-athletes who are now making an impact in the professional world and giving back to their alma mater.

Mike Wade, a former two-time Academic All-American at 星空传媒, will tell you that football is the greatest metaphor for life: to survive you have to get back up every time you get knocked down 鈥� and you will get knocked down, he insists, many, many times.

In this edition of Cat Chats, we talk with Curtis Roach and Clyde Simmons. Clyde played for the Catamounts in the 1983 National Championship game and was drafted in the ninth round by the Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL.