Make Your Mark.

Together, we can help Western rise to all it can become.

Academics

WCU’s world-class faculty provide experiences in and out of the classroom.  With each graduating class, WCU is investing in the upward economic mobility of students who value a high-quality higher education in preparation for a lifetime career.

Athletics

To be a premier regional comprehensive university with academic excellence, we need a well-rounded student experience that includes high quality, competitive athletics. Investment and upgrades to athletic facilities have lagged due to the restricted nature of funds that can be used for these projects

Gifts that lead to breakthroughs.

Breakthroughs that connect the world.

Gifts that lead to breakthroughs.

Breakthroughs that connect the world.

TOGETHER, WE CAN

FILL THE WESTERN SKY

WCU is poised to become a national model for student learning and engagement as a premier regional comprehensive public institution, while continuing to closely embrace the region in which it is deeply rooted. The Catamount family has demonstrated a willingness to explore, a persistence when meeting challenges and a desire to push the boundaries for what is possible. The next steps depend upon the possibilities that private philanthropy and corporate gifts can provide to help the university move those boundaries farther. An investment in WCU is an investment in education, in the economy and in a culture that is shaping the world one student at a time.