Archives for September 6, 2013

Board of Trustees hears about record enrollment, budget cuts at WCU

The Western Carolina University Board of Trustees opened it’s first quarterly meeting by accepting new members. The meeting began with a room full of congratulations and smiling faces as five new members of the Board were sworn in by the  assistant secretary to the Board, Terry Welch. These members are: Phil Drake, Phillip Byers, Joyce Dugan, […]

WCU reaches record enrollment

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 […]