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NC Promise works. General Assembly doesn’t. Keep the Promise.

October 18, 2024 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

RALEIGH (October 18, 2024) – NC Promise – which promises $500-a-semester tuition at four UNC System campuses – appears to be working. The North Carolina General Assembly – which failed to adopt an updated budget this year – does not. An annual report on NC Promise, which began in Fall 2018 at Western Carolina University,… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2024, Access & Affordability, At Risk, Elizabeth City State University, Fayetteville State University, UNC Pembroke, Western Carolina University

Small UNC System campuses keep COVID in check

October 7, 2020 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

(Oct. 6, 2020) – Let’s hear it for the little guys. As several of the UNC System’s largest institutions were forced to quickly shift classes online as the coronavirus erupted on their campuses, many of the System’s smaller institutions – including its Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) – have managed to keep the virus… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2020, Crisis Response, Elizabeth City State University, Fayetteville State University, HBCU, NCCU, North Carolina A&T, UNC Asheville, UNC Pembroke, UNC System, Western Carolina University, Winston-Salem State University

Recent grads urge students to ‘Embrace the Weirdness’

August 12, 2020 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CHAPEL HILL – Three recent graduates of UNC System schools urge students to “Embrace the Weirdness” and abide by community standard during the pandemic in a lively video produced as a public service announcement. Graduates Annalee Banks of Western Carolina University, Liz Chung of UNC Asheville and Najawa Huntley of N.C. A&T State University worked… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2020, Crisis Response, HBCU, North Carolina A&T, UNC Asheville, UNC System, Western Carolina University

Reflection on Dr. David Belcher

June 20, 2018 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

By Teresa Williams Former Chair, WCU Board of Trustees When Dr. David O. Belcher swept into our lives in 2011, the Western Carolina University family saw only a glimmer of the powerhouse he would soon reveal himself to be. Seen then as the highly energetic, personable and visionary new chancellor coming to campus, he quickly… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2018, Western Carolina University

UNCG/GTCC/ACC: Building expectations for a 4-year degree

August 9, 2017 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

GREENSBORO – There are fancy names for the partnerships UNC Greensboro announced last week to make it easier for students from Guilford Technical Community College and Alamance Community College to transfer to UNCG and earn bachelor’s and in some cases master’s degrees.1 But for UNCG Provost Dana Dunn, it’s about building expectations – especially among… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2017, Fayetteville State University, HBCU, NC Community Colleges, NCCU, UNC Chapel Hill, UNC Charlotte, UNC Greensboro, Western Carolina University, Winston-Salem State University

NC Promise: $500 a semester tuition at WCU, UNCP, ECSU

June 1, 2017 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CULLOWHEE – It was a bold move by the 2016 General Assembly – reducing tuition at three state universities to $500 a semester for in-state students, starting in the fall of 2018. Once room, board, books and fees are taken into account, Western Carolina University Chancellor David Belcher says, the NC Promise program should reduce… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2017, 2017-19 NC Budget, Access & Affordability, Elizabeth City State University, HBCU, UNC Pembroke, Western Carolina University

WCU Pride of the Mountains Marching Band: “A phenomenon”

April 12, 2017 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

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 David Belcher declares in the accompanying video. “It’s become a tradition here,” Belcher says.  “But I tell you, it’s part of the learning experience… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2017, Excellence, Western Carolina University

Western Carolina Lab School: Make a huge difference

April 12, 2017 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CULLOWHEE – 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 from that moment ‘til now, education has been a focus, and we have been really good at it,” Belcher says in the accompanying video…. READ MORE

Filed Under: 2017, Excellence, Western Carolina University

WCU/Community Colleges: Nursing degrees under $20K

April 12, 2017 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CULLOWHEE – 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 describes in the accompanying video as an “ingenious” effort to educate nurses quickly – and affordably. Under RIBN, which stands for Regionally Increasing Baccalaureate… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2017, Excellence, NC Community Colleges, Nursing, Western Carolina University

WCU Chancellor: “Intentional relationships” with students

April 5, 2017 by Higher Ed Works 1 Comment

CULLOWHEE –  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 focused on its students, Western Carolina Chancellor David Belcher says in the accompanying video. “This is what Western lives every single day,” he says…. READ MORE

Filed Under: 2017, Excellence, Western Carolina University

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