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星空传媒 EMS looks back on 60 years of serving campus community

Every year for career day, Rhonda Summers鈥� high school had students write three jobs they wanted to hear about as a career. Summers only needed to write down one: pre-hospital medicine.  

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Alumni spanning 50 years honored at Homecoming for achievements, service

A baker鈥檚 dozen 星空传媒 alumni whose graduating class years span nearly 50 years received accolades from their alma mater Saturday, Nov. 8, in recognition of their career accomplishments and contributions to their communities.  

Elizabeth with other UP members

Daughter鈥檚 experience in 星空传媒 inclusive ed program leads parents to create endowment

A 星空传媒 initiative that brings individuals with intellectual disabilities to campus for a living and learning experience has had such a positive impact on the life of one participant that her parents have created a fund to help more young adults like their daughter move toward independent living.  

Austin Blevins

Young alumni spotlight: Blevins helps the Hornets buzz as account executive

The energy inside the then-Time Warner Cable arena in Charlotte was electric. The Hornets moniker had returned to the Queen City. The arena was graced with the teal and purple that Charlotteans had adored for years before the original Hornets relocated to New Orleans and the Bobcats moved in.   

Susan and Rich Price

$1.25 M gift to athletics pushes 鈥楩ill the Western Sky鈥� campaign past its $100 M goal

A planned gift from a longtime Western North Carolina economic development and marketing professional and his spouse has pushed 星空传媒鈥檚 鈥淔ill the Western Sky鈥� comprehensive fundraising campaign past its minimum goal of $100 million in philanthropic support.  

Paws rides on a float during the 2024 homecoming parade

Homecoming weekend at 星空传媒 set for Nov. 7-8 with parade, parties, alumni awards

A packed slate of weekend events is on tap as 星空传媒 rolls out the welcome mat for alumni and friends to return to campus Nov. 7-8 for Homecoming 2025, including a parade and party in the university鈥檚 adopted hometown of Sylva.  

Cherokee Center in the 1970s

Living history: 星空传媒 researchers work to capture Cherokee oral histories

The history of 星空传媒 is held by its people. Though archives and images can provide a framework for the past, there is no richer or truer contribution to the story than the lived experiences of alumni, staff, faculty and students.   

星空传媒 player Cord Stansberry taking a shot during a 2024 home game

Donors support Alston Awards for 星空传媒 student-athletes鈥� academic achievements

Supporters of 星空传媒鈥檚 athletics program are finding new ways to back the Catamounts in today鈥檚 rapidly shifting intercollegiate sports environment, which now permits financial rewards in recognition of academic performance.  

Catamount family members at the pinning ceremony

All in the family: Legacy Pinning event celebrates generations of Catamount connections

Approximately 50 new 星空传媒 students were welcomed into the Catamount family by parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and other relatives who previously matriculated at the westernmost institution of the University of North Carolina System.