Update: Sunday, 5:20 p.m. Another Snapchat video involving racial slurs has surfaced, this time via Instagram user @christianxharris_. In the video two WCU students are shown repeatedly saying the n-word and arguing that the “white power” hand signal is not a show of racism. The student body at large is publicly and actively calling for […]
Vice Chancellor Miller talks about the student experience during COVID
August 13, 2020 by
Vice-Chancellor of Student Affairs, Dr. Sam Miller, provided some insights on how the student experience is going to look during the COVID-19 pandemic in a phone interview with WWCU’s Lyndan Jones. Some changes he highlighted included canceling Valley Ballyhoo, Mountain Heritage Day and the homecoming parade. “Large gatherings of people are correlated with transmission of […]
Chancellor takes oath of office, outlines WCU priorities for new academic year shaped by pandemic
August 12, 2020 by
This story is from the WCU Public Relations office. CULLOWHEE – Western Carolina University Chancellor Kelli R. Brown was sworn into office Wednesday, Aug. 12, an action delayed nearly five months by the COVID-19 pandemic. Brown urged the university community not to allow the disruptions of the global health crisis to stop the institution from […]
Chancellor Brown: “This may seem like a risk, but it’s really not”
August 11, 2020 by
WCU’s administrators stuck to their “script” Monday evening, Aug. 10, at a virtual town hall held by SGA President Dawson Spencer. Over 200 students tuned in to the zoom call with nearly the same amount of questions. The administrators present, including Chancellor Kelli R. Brown, had responses that students described as “confusing,” “reiterations of previous […]
WCU Faculty Senate votes in favor of online school
August 10, 2020 by
Early Monday morning, Western Carolina University’s Faculty Senate held an emergency meeting, called for by Senate Chair and professor in the College of Business, Dr. Kadence Otto. The senators discussed and passed a resolution that would set the body’s stance on the issue of a return to campus as one of extreme precaution, at least […]
Fall semester at WCU to begin amid pandemic
August 5, 2020 by
Originally from WCU’s public relations office Fall semester 2020 will look different than anything Western Carolina University has experienced before. Residential living move-in began Saturday, Aug. 1, with carefully coordinated measures of physical distancing, frequent sanitizing and other health measures in place, and no disruptions or problems were experienced, according to Keith Corzine, associate vice chancellor […]
