Western Carolina University Cherokee Studies Program

What a pleasure it was to see two-time alumna and former Principal Chief of the EBCI Joyce Dugan receive an honorary doctorate at yesterday's commencement ceremony. Congratulations to all of our graduates and to Dr. Dugan!

Congratulations to WCU alum Constance Owl (EBCI), who has received a prestigious Cobell Summer Fellowship to support her ongoing work as a Ph.D. student in history at the University of Georgia. Learn more about Constance and her work at the link below.

Western Carolina University Department of History
WCU College of Arts & Sciences
Cherokee Language Program at Western Carolina University

Constance Owl, UGA History PhD, receives 2026 Cobell Summer Fellowship | Institute of Native American Studies Constance Owl is a Eastern Band of Cherokee citizen and Presidential Fellow PhD student in History at UGA working with Regent’s Professor of History Claudio Saunt. Following her MA from Western Carolina University, Constance took a position in Native American Studies at Stanford. She returned to C...

Then-Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Ugvwiyuhi (Principal Chief) Richard G. Sneed, WCU Chancellor Dr. Kelli R. Brown, and Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. sign a Memorandum of Agreement regarding the revitalization and preservation of the Cherokee language. The MOA was signed at the beginning of the Kituwah Celebration held at the Kituwah – the Mother Town of the Cherokee - on the evening of Friday, July 23, 2021. (SCOTT MCKIE B.P./One Feather photo)