CULLOWHEE, North Carolina, Aug. 29 -- Western Carolina University issued the following news:

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New students' family connections to WCU to be celebrated at Sept. 19 Legacy Pinning

A group of Western Carolina University's newest students will be ceremoniously welcomed as members of the Catamount family by some of their own relatives who previously attended WCU as the university holds its annual Legacy Pinning event Saturday, Sept. 19.