President Trump just finished his first month in office and the news cycle has not stopped since. He passed over 65 executive orders ranging from immigration, drug trafficking, schools “indoctrinating” students, securing the border, DEI, exiting WHO and the Paris Climate Agreement, to declassification of records among some. He also froze the federal assistance money […]
WCU students react to potential end of Department of Education and impact to financial aid
February 23, 2025 by
Trump’s proposal preserves Pell Grants
March 31, 2017 by
This story was written by Haley Smith and Quintin Ellison, originally published in The Sylva Herald. President Donald Trump’s proposed budget spares the nation’s most significant source of student financial aid, but would downsize or eliminate other programs intended to help low-income college students. The federal Pell Grant Program stays relatively intact under the financial proposal for fiscal […]
Aid or debt? The high price of a higher education
December 6, 2013 by
To apply for financial aid, it’s as easy as going to WCU’s website, typing “financial aid” into the search bar, clicking on the financial aid office’s website and then clicking on the “Apply for Aid” button in the middle of the page. The “Apply for Aid” button will guide you to a bulleted list of […]
Finding future Catamounts
September 18, 2012 by
Approximately 1,800 students from across the U.S. ventured to Western Carolina University with their collegiate futures in sight on Saturday, Sept. 15 for the first open house of the year. As the excitement of being a future Catamount lingered in the air, students and their families were able to see all that WCU had to […]
The refund checks are here!!
February 8, 2011 by
The checks for Teaching Fellows arrived on Feb. 1 and students should start receiving their refunds sometime this week. For many students who receive state refund checks for tuition payments, this was much later than expected. The refund payments issued by the state to students with a credit balance on their accounts did not arrive as […]
