Story from WCU Press Office: Geoff Cantrell Western Carolina University has posted a total enrollment of 11,877 for the fall semester and the start of the 2021-2022 academic year. WCU’s Office of Institutional Planning and Effectiveness released the numbers on the 10th day of classes (Friday, Sept. 3) as a demographic “snapshot” for state and federal reporting. […]
Budget impasse may cause a need for slower enrollment at WCU
February 27, 2020 by
Story co-written with Ruth Dahl. Story was published in The Sylva Herald on March 4, 2020. As the impasse between Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Republicans involving the State Budget continues, Western Carolina University faces another financial issue: the cost of accepted students. Chancellor Kelli Brown has asked the university’s Executive Council to begin […]
WCU to greet record freshman class
August 18, 2017 by
This story was written by Quintin Ellison, originally published in The Sylva Herald. You might want to go ahead and pump some fuel into the car and get your big-box store and grocery shopping done. Along with an expected flood of eclipse visitors into the area, about 2,000 Western Carolina University freshmen move into residential halls Friday, […]
NC Promise universities seek reimbursement increase
February 27, 2017 by
This story was written by Quintin Ellison, originally published in The Sylva Herald. David Belcher, the chancellor of Western Carolina University, says he’s confident the General Assembly will replace millions in expected lost revenue when NC Promise starts. Beginning in the fall of 2018, in-state students will pay $500 tuition per semester to attend either WCU, UNC […]
WCU to focus on diversity, scholarships, student experience, employee support
August 17, 2015 by
Western Carolina University has identified four areas of emphasis for the 2015-16 academic year that are central to the institution’s future success: increasing diversity on campus, preparing for a comprehensive fundraising campaign to boost scholarship dollars, enhancing the total student experience, and supporting faculty and staff. Those four areas, as Chancellor David O. Belcher said […]
WCU reaches record enrollment
September 6, 2013 by
Standing before students, faculty, a pep band, and anyone else who would listen, WCU Chancellor David Belcher announced that this fall WCU would be home to 10,106 students, five percent more than last years 9,608. During his speech, Belcher also said WCUs freshmen retention rate, or the number of students who are returning to […]
