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"Cullowhee is both the best and the worst place in the world" -- from an 80's yearbook. What are your thoughts? 🗺️

Back in February we took over the rink with fellow Catamounts. Now the Carolina Hurricanes are skating for the Stanley Cup. 🚨🏆

Looks like we picked a good season to cheer them on! 🏒

📍WE ARE ⚠️

Long before today’s campus looked the way it does, parts of Western Carolina University were still open pastureland… and apparently the perfect place for motocross. 🏍️

These photos from the early 1970s show riders, jumps, spectators and a dirt track right here in Cullowhee.

Do you remember this? Were you there… or do you know the story behind it? We’d love to hear what you know! ⚠️ 🤘🏻

Before it became home to dance and theatre, Breese Gymnasium was already making campus history.

Completed in 1939 during the height of the New Deal, Breese was funded by the Works Progress Administration as one of six campus buildings made possible through those historic programs. Built with stone quarried nearby while Western was still Western Carolina Teacher’s College, the building was named for William E. Breese.

For many alumni, Breese was the place for basketball games, swimming lessons, laps in the pool, PE classes, and countless memories. During the 1950s, it even served as a nuclear fallout shelter during the Cold War. More than 85 years later, Breese continues serving Catamounts in new ways while holding generations of stories within its walls.

If you spent time in Breese, what memories do you have there?

This NC weather has us remembering why they call us WCU... ☔

From Cullowhee to the national stage, WCU alumna Asha Evans ’16 is telling the stories of student-athletes at the NCAA, including highlights from those competing in the Winter Olympics.

A double major in communications and sport management, Evans credits her time at Western, especially hands-on roles with WCU Athletics and guidance from her professors, for opening doors to internships and opportunities that shaped her career.

“I'm not going to lie. I'm a softie, so sometimes I'll cry, but I think that's the beauty of it,” Evans says. “I get to be somewhat of a vessel to take these really compelling stories and these amazing people and shine light on just who they are.” Whee are proud of you Asha!

Young alumni: Asha Evans tells stories of student-athletes at NCAA Wherever Asha Evans’ career has taken her, her love for words has followed. The Western Carolina University alumna has told stories of student-athletes at small private colleges to Division I powerhouses — and now she’s sharing them at a national level.