WCU COVID-19 Clinic continues with vaccinations and if you are in the current vaccine group you can get in line to receive one fast. Call (828) 227-8222 or make an appointment online. Cortnee Lingerfelt, Director of WCU Regional COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic, said the clinic has only been open since Feb. 24 and has already distributed […]
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 […]
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 […]
Four WCU subcontractors test positive for COVID-19
April 28, 2020 by
Four Western Carolina University subcontractors working on the new Tom Apodaca Science Building have tested positive for COVID-19. WCU officials received the notice of the first positive test for COVID-19 on April 22. That individual had been tested by a private healthcare provider and was ordered to comply with the appropriate isolation measures. The individual […]
WCU students respond to prorated housing and dinning refunds
April 3, 2020 by
Some WCU students will be receiving prorated refunds for their dinning and housing plans that they are unable to use at this point due to the circumstances created by the COVID-19 virus. The decision was announced by WCU officials Monday, March 30, after a special meeting of the UNC Board of Governors. The UNC system is […]
