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  • Jake Trout works on the wheels of a car.

    Ðǿմ«Ã½ engineering freshman finds passion under the hood

    November 2

    Jake Trout has always been fascinated with the way things work.

  • Heather Payne sitting at a desk in her classroom

    Last Link in a Teaching Legacy

    October 29

    Heather Payne ’98 looks back at her 27-year-long career in education quite fondly. The Ðǿմ«Ã½ alumna spent every single one of them in Clay County, and taught thousands of students before retiring this past school year.

  • cleaning bones

    The Forest Remembers

    October 29

    On a cold morning in December 2025, six forensic anthropology students from Ðǿմ«Ã½ entered the woods of Ellerbe Creek with five of their professors and a group of Durham Police Department officials.

  • Peter and I play

    Flexibility, Trust & Pixie Dust

    October 29

    Audiences in Cullowhee found themselves transported to Oxford University and Neverland this April while attending the debut production of “Peter + I."

  • Ryland Harrison

    A Life Shaped by the River

    October 29

    The sound of rushing water fills the ears of Ryland Harrison M.S. ’26 as she kayaks the Nantahala River. The Ðǿմ«Ã½ alumna knows this river intimately.

  • A Ðǿմ«Ã½ student intubates a simulation patient

    EMC at 50

    October 27

    Ðǿմ«Ã½â€™s emergency medical care program, established in 1976, was the first of its kind in the United States, and this year, the program is celebrating its 50th birthday.