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Founded as a secondary school in 1889, it became a four-year teacher training college in 1929. By 1953, when it changed its name to Western Carolina College, it had also launched liberal arts and postgraduate courses. It joined 바카라사이트 state’s university system in 1972.
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Award-winning comedian and writer David Sedaris, comedian Rich Hall, a regular on shows like Saturday Night Live, Have I Got News For You and QI, and Kevin Martin, a shooting guard who spent most of his NBA career at 바카라사이트 Sacramento Kings, where he became one of 바카라사이트 few players in franchise history to score 50 points in a game, are all WCU alumni.
