UNC President, Margaret Spellings, will step down in March 2019 after only three years of leading the 17-campus university system. The announcement was made Friday, Oct. 26, after the two-hour closed-door meeting of the UNC Board of Governors. According to the news reports, she was the one initiating the discussion for her early departure. “All […]
#WheeMatter
March 18, 2018 by
Chants of “No Justice, No Peace” and “What do we want? Change! When do we want it? Now!” rang out through the crowd of government officials, administration, faculty and students that had gathered on Friday, March 2 on Western Carolina University’s campus for the ground-breaking ceremony of the new Tom Apodaca Science building. These chants […]
New UNC President visits WCU
March 12, 2016 by
The new president of the University of North Carolina system, Margaret Spellings, visited WCU Friday to promote the NC bond referendum and share her vision for the UNC system. In front of the Board of Trustees, Spellings laid out her top priorities for the UNC system: enhance faculty and staff salaries, work on accountability, STEM […]
