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Cora Haste

Student spotlight: Senior Cora Haste impacts others through various roles

As an Entourage tour guide, Cora Haste is the face of ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ to a group of strangers for about a couple of hours.   

Ballparks and Brews from 2024

Play ball! ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ pitches new ‘Ballparks and Brews Tour’ for alumni, friends

The ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Office of Alumni Engagement is stepping up to the plate and taking a swing at a new summer event designed to bring together members of the Catamount family at baseball stadiums across North and South Carolina.  

Melanie and John Davis with a scholarship recipient

Tour of ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ athletics facilities spurs fundraising campaign gift

A behind-the-scenes tour of ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½'s aging athletics facilities inspired a longtime supporter of the university’s academic programs to direct some of his philanthropy toward Catamount student-athletes.  

Sinus device

ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ engineering program partners with healthcare provider for sinus device patent

What started as a project concept ended up coming full circle for one ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ alumna.   

Betsy and Tim Gillespie

Asheville dentist, wife give ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ student-athletes reason to smile with ‘Fill the Western Sky’ donation

An Asheville dentist and his wife are giving future ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ student-athletes something to smile about in the form of gifts and pledges totaling $25,000 toward long-overdue improvements to the university’s athletics facilities.  

ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ interior design students

ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ interior design students address health, aging challenges through service learning

Interior design students at ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ recently embarked on a transformative service-learning project integrating cutting-edge research on social determinants of health, WELL Building Standards, and aging in place.   

Forsyth Business Building

Fulk is named Kneedler Distinguished Professor in Computer Info Systems

H. Kevin Fulk, associate professor of computer information systems at ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½, has been appointed to the position of Kneedler Distinguished Professor of Computer Information Systems at ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½.  

Jennifer Higdon

ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½â€™s School of Music to welcome Pulitzer Prize, Grammy Award-winning composer Jennifer Higdon

The lights dim, the audience quiets and the quintet takes their place on stage. A moment later, the air in Coulter Recital Hall comes alive.   

Members of the committee with Gov. Stein

NC Governor’s Advisory Committee for Western North Carolina Recovery holds first in-person meeting at ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½

Nearly six months after Hurricane Helene ravaged Western North Carolina, the region's recovery efforts continue.