ASHEVILLE – For Chancellor Mary Grant, what sets UNC Asheville apart is simple. “UNC Asheville’s a great university because of the people – and that’s the faculty, the staff and the ...

ASHEVILLE – Forty-five Fulbright Scholars from one university with just 3,800 students? UNC Asheville has sent scholars – both students and instructors – to Germany, Norway, Ghana and other countries to ...

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 ...

CHAPEL 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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

By 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 ...

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 ...

CULLOWHEE – 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 ...