Chancellor Belcher on the WCU budget

In the fall 2013 semester, undergraduate WCU students who reside in-state will be paying an additional $340 (or 5.54 percent) for their education. In the coming months, the North Carolina General Assembly will decide on the budgets for the UNC school system, and there is a chance the budget will be cut yet again. The […]

WCU Student Government Association gets new leadership

The results are in. Ryan Hermance, last year’s Student Government Association vice president, will be WCU’s new SGA president. According to preliminary results, 1,482 WCU students (15 percent) voted online or on campus for student body president, vice president and senate on April 8 and 9. The turnout surpassed last year’s 1,300 student votes, with sophomores leading […]

University leadership team outlines budget strategies

A budget discussion was held on Jan. 31 in the Fine and Performing Arts Center to provide faculty, staff and students an opportunity to hear possible budget-reduction strategies from the university’s senior leadership team, and a chance to give feedback and suggestions.