by Tanner Norman | Sep 10, 2024 | Athletics
Retired accounting executive named Foundation Board chair, makes additional $500K gift to WCU By Bill Studenc Alumnus Michael Crawford has made it a priority to support Western Carolina University through financial contributions throughout a distinguished career in...
by Tanner Norman | Apr 29, 2024 | Athletics
Gratitude for education, experiences at WCU inspire decades of support for Catamount athletics By Bill Studenc For chemical industry executive Kenny Messer, who grew up in rural Haywood County plowing tobacco fields behind a mule, providing philanthropic support to...
by Tanner Norman | Feb 20, 2024 | Athletics
Ex-football player makes $150K gift to WCU athletics facilities after tour reveals few upgrades in 40 years By Bill Studenc When John S. Martin returns to Western Carolina University on Saturdays in the fall to watch a college football game, the former four-year...
by Tanner Norman | Jan 23, 2024 | Athletics
Former WCU tennis player serves up $1 million fundraising campaign gift By Bill Studenc A former Western Carolina University tennis player and his wife have served up an ace for the Catamount athletics program in the form of a $1 million contribution to the...
by Tanner Norman | Jan 23, 2024 | Athletics
Former Catamount kicker splits the uprights with $100k in support for fundraising effort By Bill Studenc John Clayton “Clay” Cox, a former kicker for the Western Carolina University football team, has a new perspective on the disparities that exist between athletics...
by Tanner Norman | Jan 23, 2024 | Athletics, Scholarship, Students
Couple’s blended gift of $367,500 will support WCU athletics facilities improvements, student-athletes By Bill Studenc Western Carolina University’s comprehensive fundraising campaign titled “Fill the Western Sky” recently received a big boost in the form of gifts and...