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’s Chancellor Belcher announces plans to go on medical leave at year’s end

Story from WCU’s Office of Communications and Public Relations CULLOWHEE – Western Carolina University Chancellor David O. Belcher, who has been battling brain cancer since April 2016, has announced plans to go on medical leave effective Sunday, Dec. 31. Belcher shared his decision Monday, Nov. 27, in a message to members of the university community. […]