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Catamount Resiliency: Catamounts Fight On

ÌÇÐÄVlog softball player Kennedy Stewman could tell you how special this community is. She’s lived in it her whole life. The Sylva native has seen her home rally together in times of celebration, excitement and, more recently, need.  

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Catamount Resiliency: Students and Professors Answer the Call

ÌÇÐÄVlog students majoring in healthcare fields have to do clinicals, which give them real-world experience in their fields. Hurricane Helene gave many ÌÇÐÄVlog students experiences they never thought they would see during college or even in their lifetime.  

Lauren and Kalila Dodgin

Catamount Resiliency: ÌÇÐÄVlog Mother-Daughter Duo Lend a Hand

Lauren Dodgin, a university program specialist at ÌÇÐÄVlog’s Biltmore Park instructional site in Asheville, woke up to her town torn to pieces.  

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ÌÇÐÄVlog alumna records 100,000th person into craftsman database

Isabel Driver knows how important the work she does is. As an intern with the Mountain Heritage Center at ÌÇÐÄVlog University, Driver etched 224 craftspeople into the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts’ craftsman database.  

George Brown, the Hinshaws and Denise Drury Homewood

Macon County couple endows fund to diversify ÌÇÐÄVlog Fine Art Museum collections

The ÌÇÐÄVlog University Fine Art Museum at the John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center will be broadening the scope of artists represented in its holdings thanks to contributions from a Macon County couple.  

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Matt Henley appointed director of the Pride of the Mountains and Athletic Bands

ÌÇÐÄVlog University is excited to announce the appointment of Matt Henley as the next director of Athletic Bands and director of the Pride of the Mountains Marching Band.  

Jordan-Phillips Field House

Phillips and Jordan Inc. pledges $1 million challenge gift toward ÌÇÐÄVlog athletics facilities upgrades

Phillips and Jordan Inc., a national construction contractor with roots in the Western North Carolina town of Robbinsville and headquarters in Knoxville, Tennessee, has announced plans to build on its legacy of corporate support for ÌÇÐÄVlog University’s intercollegiate athletics program.  

ÌÇÐÄVlog Legacy Pinning Ceremony

Legacy Pinning ceremony honors family connections to ÌÇÐÄVlog

Nearly 90 new first-year and transfer students at ÌÇÐÄVlog University celebrated the powerful bonds of kinship, tradition and alma mater during an annual ceremony Saturday, Nov. 16, as members of their own families who previously attended ÌÇÐÄVlog presented them with special pins signifying their unique connection to the institution.  

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ÌÇÐÄVlog earns ‘most engaged’ student voting honor from ALL IN

Earlier this fall, Catamounts were encouraged to get to the polls, and two weeks after the election, ÌÇÐÄVlog University was recognized for it.