Archives for December 5, 2015

Brand vs. convenience: What it means to coffee consumers at WCU

Multimedia story with Paige Alvarez. It’s a chilly morning and you’re headed to class for your 8 a.m. lecture hall. You’re walking through the courtyard, letting out a wide yawn, when you have the sudden urge to caffeinate yourself in the best way that you know how: coffee. You slow to a stop in the middle […]

WCU to ‘revamp’ scholarship programs

The story produced/written with Alexey Rybakov and Kayla Riek. It’s no secret that attending college in the United States can be quite expensive. Western Carolina University is part of the University of North Carolina system and is one of the most affordable colleges in the state. Many students say it isn’t affordable enough. For this […]

Chancellor Belcher receives raise, faculty gets small one-time bonus

Chad Grant co-authored this article. Western Carolina University Chancellor, David Belcher, received a 19 percent pay raise in late October while WCU faculty pay remains stagnant. The University of North Carolina (UNC) Board of Governors voted in a closed-door meeting on Oct. 30, 2015 to give 12 of 17 chancellors in the UNC system significant […]