Western Carolina University (WCU) is a coeducational state funded college situated in Cullowhee, North Carolina, United States. The college is a constituent grounds of the University of North Carolina framework.

The fifth most established organization of the sixteen four-year colleges in the UNC framework, WCU was established to instruct the general population of the western North Carolina mountains. WCU now serves more than 10,000 full-time undergrad and post graduate understudies, giving a training to understudies from 48 states and 35 nations. Enlistment for the Fall 2014 semester was 10,382 understudies.

Western Carolina Catamounts

The Western Carolina Catamounts are the athletic groups of Western Carolina University. The Catamounts contend in the NCAA Division I Southern Conference. Western fields sixteen varsity sports groups. The Catamount football group contends in Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS).

Mascot

The university’s mascot is the Catamount. This moniker has been Western's mascot since 1933."What precisely is a Catamount?" Wild cats of the "catamount assortment", including the wildcat, cougar or lynx, have wandered the southern Appalachian Mountains for years. But the epithet developed from a challenge that was hung on the Cullowhee campus in 1933. The challenge came down to Mountain Boomers, a little ground squirrel that rushes about the forested areas and is to a great degree hard to catch, and Catamounts.

Western Carolina Mascot Appearances

Paws, the official mascot of the Western Carolina Catamounts, seems ordinarily every year at an assortment of capacities and occasions crosswise over western North Carolina.

At the point when he's not energizing the group at Catamount home amusements, Paws is accessible for individual appearances lasting through the year! A visit from western North Carolina's most loved mascot can invigorate your gathering, meeting, classroom, group occasion, or other uncommon capacity. Fans, understudies, and experts alike love the jokes of Paws!