- Marching band selected to participate in 2011 Rose Parade
- 'On the Home Front: Nov. '44' honors veterans in a unique way
- WCU to host statewide student conference centered on community involvement Nov. 7
- WCU to host 300 students for High School Play Festival Nov. 6-7
- U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler to visit campus Nov. 12
- WCU student selected for community impact award
- WCU astrophysicist to deliver Nov. 11 lecture 'What Is It About 2012?'
- WCU fundraising campaign exceeds goal, tops $51M in private support
- Communication students assist with third annual Toy Run Parade on Nov. 21
- International Education Week events to feature eyewitness to South African apartheid
Cotton (pictured at right), a senior majoring in accounting, was elected during the spring semester as SGA president, a position that also includes ex officio membership on the university’s board of trustees. A 2005 graduate of Hickory High School, he took the oath of office to open the board’s spring meeting.
“You are the most important person on this board,” Joan MacNeill, chair of WCU’s trustees, told Cotton. “You represent the constituency that is the reason we all are here.”
MacNeill also thanked three outgoing members of the board for their years of service to the university. Retired Madison County entrepreneur Genevieve Burda, Knoxville corporate executive William “Teddy” Phillips Jr. and former N.C. Secretary of Commerce Rick Carlisle are rotating off the board, with three new members to be appointed before the trustees’ next meeting in September.
In other action, the board unanimously approved a recommendation from WCU Chancellor John Bardo to grant a three-year extension to Chip Smith, director of athletics since 2004.
“This extension is very well deserved,” said Charles Worley, secretary of the board of trustees. “Chip has done an outstanding job for this university.”
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