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The Catamount School plans to relocate to Reid

After a tumultuous couple of weeks, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ has found a permanent space for the Catamount School. The lab school will be housed in Reid Building on the university’s campus this coming school year.  

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Chancellor Kelli Brown 4-peats on Business NC Power List

For the fourth year in a row, Business North Carolina magazine included ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Chancellor Kelli R. Brown in its Power List of the state’s most influential leaders.  

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Shannon Swimmer named director of ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Cherokee Center

Shannon Swimmer received a master’s degree in human resource management from ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ in 2007. After several years working in tribal law, Swimmer has returned to ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ in a new capacity, as director of the Cherokee Center.  

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University recognized for energy efforts

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality has formally recognized ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ for its efforts to reduce energy consumption.  

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ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ certified as a Bee Campus USA affiliate

ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ has become an affiliate of the Bee Campus USA program, designed to marshal the strengths of educational campuses for the benefit of pollinators.   

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Students pitch business ideas at competition

At the 2024 Student Innovation Showcase Pitch Competition, students from across campus brought their entrepreneurial minds together to share new business ventures.  

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New scholarship for criminal justice students honors memory of alumnus, police officer

Family and friends of the late Trevor Arrowood, a Polk County native who died in 2021 after a three-year battle with cancer, have established a scholarship fund for future students majoring in criminology and criminal justice.  

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Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning celebrates students, faculty with Impact Awards

Several ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ programs, faculty and students were recognized by the Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning during the 2024 Impact Awards ceremony.  

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Nursing students travel to Honduras, volunteer with Shoulder to Shoulder organization

Last year, Jaclyn Bandell, director of ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½â€™s family nurse practitioner program, volunteered with Shoulder to Shoulder, Inc., spending a week at the organization’s clinic in Southern Intibucá, Honduras.