- Innovation and sustainability – App State’s value proposition
By DR. SHERI N. EVERTS Chancellor Appalachian State University As Chancellor of Appalachian State University, I am privileged to work in one of the most magnificent regions of our state, if not our ...Read more - Spellings: Advising Corps breaks down ‘college isn’t for me’ mythCHAPEL HILL – First-generation college students face so many barriers: Standardized tests, applications, financial aid forms, deciding which schools to consider – even knowing how a college campus feels. For many, ...Read more
- WCU Pride of the Mountains Marching Band: “A phenomenon”CULLOWHEE – How many universities can say 15-20 percent of each freshman class plays in their marching band? “The Pride of the Mountains Marching Band is a phenomenon,” Western Carolina University Chancellor ...Read more
- Western Carolina Lab School: Make a huge differenceCULLOWHEE – Western Carolina Chancellor David Belcher isn’t bashful about Western’s origin as a teacher’s college. “Western Carolina University really began to produce teachers to educate the children of the mountains. And ...Read more
- WCU/Community Colleges: Nursing degrees under $20KCULLOWHEE – North Carolina faces a nursing shortage, but the need is particularly pronounced in Western North Carolina. So Western Carolina University’s School of Nursing came up with what Chancellor David Belcher ...Read more
- Investing in North Carolina’s best and brightestBy DR. TODD ROBERTS Chancellor North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics DURHAM (April 7, 2017) – The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics grew out of a simple conviction on the ...Read more
- WCU Chancellor: “Intentional relationships” with studentsCULLOWHEE – While people in other parts of the state wring their hands over the rural-urban divide, the folks at Western Carolina University live it every day. The university is intensely ...Read more
- WCU: Jobs, economic mobility for WNCCULLOWHEE – Western Carolina University’s commitment to its region is nearly as strong as its commitment to its students – it seems most of Chancellor David Belcher’s sentences end with “Western ...Read more
- UNCW Chancellor: Growing numbers of qualified studentsBy DR. JOSE V. SARTARELLI Chancellor University of North Carolina Wilmington WILMINGTON (March 31, 2017) – We learn early in life to ask “why,” but I often prefer to ask “why not.” Our perspectives ...Read more
- Legislature votes to repeal HB2Restoring NC’s reputation begins RALEIGH (March 30, 2017) – The N.C. House and Senate both voted today to repeal HB2, the notorious “bathroom bill” that stigmatized North Carolina and its universities ...Read more
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