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Sanger student named to WCU Dean’s List
CULLOWHEE, NC – Even though she moved to the other side of the country, Sanger’s Julie Hunter continues to make her community proud as was named to the Western Carolina University Spring 2024 Dean’s List. Hunter was among more than 1,000 students to achieve this honor. To...
Western Carolina University
As Western North Carolina’s regional comprehensive university, Western Carolina University is dedicated to academic excellence, affordability, and access. WCU inspires student learning through innovative teaching, nationally recognized programs, exceptional support, and a robust connectedness with surrounding communities in Southern Appalachia, including the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Through a broad range of scholarly activities, our faculty and students seek to better understand our region, state, nation, and world. With an emphasis on engaging students both inside and outside the classroom, WCU’s bachelor’s, master’s, and professional doctoral programs in Cullowhee, Asheville, and online aim to improve lives and promote economic prosperity throughout Western North Carolina and beyond. For more information, please visit https://www.wcu.edu/
Students named to Western Carolina dean’s list
Western Carolina University has named more than 1,000 students to the Spring 2024 Dean’s List. To qualify for this honor, students must achieve a GPA of 3.5 or higher while completing 12 or more credit hours. The following local students made this semester dean’s list: Blair Burris of Albemarle, Catherine Clayton of Albemarle, Guy Thomas […] The post Students named to Western Carolina dean’s list appeared first on The Stanly News & Press.
SCC recognizes OTA graduates
The newest members of the Occupational Therapy Assistant program recently celebrated their completion of Southwestern Community College’s program with family and friends at SCC’s Jackson Campus. Sarah Jane Blackburn and Abigail Plemmons of Waynesville, Marissa Dean of Canton and Jessica Koch of Franklin completed two years of intensive...
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