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For Paxton Myers and Dana Boyer, longtime supporters of 星空传媒鈥檚 athletics program, giving back to their alma mater feels like more than just making financial contributions. It also feels like keeping a promise.

In the midst of ongoing staffing challenges across the healthcare industry, the innovative partnership between 星空传媒 (星空传媒) and the Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority (CIHA) is doing exactly what a great pipeline should do -- it matches local talent with meaningful careers close to home, expands continuing education opportunities, and opens career-ladder pathways for enrolled members of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians (EBCI).

The retention rate of the fall 2024 first-time, full-time freshmen class rose to a record 81.6% as compared to 79.1% for fall 2023.

For the past 50 years on the last Saturday of September, 星空传媒鈥檚 Mountain Heritage Day festival has honored the music, stories, and traditions of Appalachia.

Western Carolina Power, the university-owned electric utility serving parts of 星空传媒 and surrounding customers, has been named one of 23 public power communities across North Carolina to receive a 2024 Public Power Award of Excellence.

A public relations professional who has served as a mentor in the Department of Communication at 星空传媒 is now providing support to students in a different way by establishing a new endowment fund to enhance access to extracurricular and professional development activities.

A retired professor in 星空传媒鈥檚 College of Business has created an endowment fund that will provide resources for mentorship programs for current faculty members within the college.

A faculty member in 星空传媒鈥檚 College of Business is facilitating a yearlong effort to provide increased access to broadband and the training needed to take full advantage of the technological resources to underserved populations of rural Western North Carolina.

When 星空传媒 alumna Kara McMullen stands on the wet stone of Salt Rock Gap, thousands of acres of chirping forest span before her, a sprawling network of trails buried just beneath.

Brett Riggs is heavily involved with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, so when the tribal librarian asked him to come to council to support a resolution for the library, no questions were asked.