In North Carolina, all the public educational institutions that grant baccalaureate degrees are part of The University of North Carolina. Western Carolina University is one of the sixteen constituent institutions of the multi-campus state university.
The University of North Carolina, chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1789, was the first public university in the United States to open its doors and the only one to graduate students in the eighteenth century. The first class was admitted in Chapel Hill in 1795. For the next 136 years, the only campus of The University of North Carolina was at Chapel Hill.
In 1877, the North Carolina General Assembly began sponsoring additional institutions of higher education, diverse in origin and purpose. Five were historically black institutions, and another was founded to educate American Indians. Several were created to prepare teachers for the public schools. Others had a technological emphasis. One is a training school for performing artists.
In 1931, the North Carolina General Assembly redefined The University of North Carolina to include three state-supported institutions: the campus at Chapel Hill (now the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), North Carolina State College (now North Carolina State University at Raleigh), and Woman’s College (now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro). The new multi-campus university operated with one board of trustees and one president. By 1969, three additional campuses had joined the university through legislative action: the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
In 1971, the North Carolina General Assembly passed legislation bringing into the University of North Carolina the state’s ten remaining public senior institutions, each of which had until then been legally separate: Appalachian State University, East Carolina University, Elizabeth City State University, Fayetteville State University, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, North Carolina Central University, the North Carolina School of the Arts, Pembroke State University, Western Carolina University, and Winston-Salem State University. This action created the current sixteen-campus university. In 1985, the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, a residential high school for gifted students, was declared an affiliated school of the university; and in 1996, Pembroke State University was renamed The University of North Carolina at Pembroke through legislative action.
The UNC Board of Governors is the policy-making body legally charged with “the general determination, control, supervision, management, and governance of all affairs of the constituent institutions.” It elects the president, who administers the university. The thirty-two voting members of the Board of Governors are elected by the North Carolina General Assembly for four-year terms. Former board chairmen and board members who are former governors of North Carolina may continue to serve for limited periods as non-voting members emeriti. The president of the UNC Association of Student Governments, or that student’s designee, is also a non-voting member.
Each of the sixteen constituent institutions is headed by a chancellor, who is chosen by the Board of Governors on the president’s nomination and is responsible to the president. Each institution has a board of trustees, consisting of eight members elected by the Board of Governors, four appointed by the governor, and the president of the student body, who serves ex officio. The North Carolina School of the Arts has two additional ex officio members. Each board of trustees holds extensive powers over academic and other operations of its institution on delegation from the Board of Governors.
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J. Bradley Wilson, Chair |
Durham |
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J. Craig Souza, Vice Chair |
Raleigh |
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Patsy B. Perry, Secretary |
Durham |
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OFFICERS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
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Erskine Bowles |
President |
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Alan R. Mabe |
Interim Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs |
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Vice President for Planning |
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Russ Lea |
Vice President for Research and Special Programs |
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Jeffrey R. Davies |
Vice President for Finance |
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Robyn R. Render |
Vice President for Information Resources and CIO |
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Leslie J. Winner |
Vice President and General Counsel |
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James B. Milliken |
Vice President for Public Afffairs and University Advancement |
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Richard Thompson |
Vice President for University School Programs |
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Bart Corgnati |
Secretary of the University |
WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY
Western Carolina University was founded in August 1889 as a semi-public school. Chartered as Cullowhee High School in 1891, it served the Cullowhee community and boarding students from neighboring counties and other states.
For Professor Robert Lee Madison, the institution’s founder, the aim of the school was teacher training. In 1893, with the first state appropriation of $1,500, a normal department was established. In 1905, the institution became Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School, a title it held for twenty years.
Beginning about 1912, the status of the school was gradually raised to that of a two-year normal school or junior college. With state support increasing and work at the secondary level discontinued, the name of the school was changed in 1925 to Cullowhee State Normal School.
In 1929, under a new charter authorizing the school to extend its work to the four-year level, the name Western Carolina Teachers College was adopted. Modifications in function and rapid growth climaxed in 1951 with the addition of the postgraduate year to the curriculum, and the granting of the Master of Arts in Education degree was authorized. Demands in the liberal arts, and for programs in other areas of learning, led to an expansion of its offerings and to a further change, in 1953, to the name Western Carolina College.
In 1967, the institution was designated a regional university by the North Carolina General Assembly and the name of the institution was changed to Western Carolina University.
In 1971, the state legislature reorganized higher education in North Carolina, and on July 1, 1972, Western Carolina University became a constituent institution of The University of North Carolina.
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Steve Warren, Chair |
Asheville |
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Joan MacNeill, Vice Chair |
Webster |
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Genevieve W. Burda, Secretary |
Mars Hill |
Class of 2007 Robert F. Burgin Asheville Jeanette Hyde Raleigh Gerald Kiser Columbia, SC Steve Warren Asheville Charles R. Worley Asheville Rosemary Wyche Raleigh
Class of 2009
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Genevieve W. Burda |
Mars Hill |
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Rick Carlisle |
Raleigh |
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Teena Little |
Southern Pines |
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Joan MacNeill |
Webster |
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Stephen Metcalf |
Asheville |
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William Ted Phillips Jr. |
Knoxville |
Ex Officio
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John W. Bardo, Ph.D. |
Chancellor |
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Dianne G. Lynch, M.S. |
Chief of Staff |
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Richard L. Kucharski, J.D. |
Legal Counsel |
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Raymond Barclay, M.Div. |
University Planner |
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Robert Edwards, B.S.B.A. |
Internal Auditor |
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C. Jeffrey Compher, M.S. |
Director of Athletics |
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Frederick Q. Cantler, B.S. |
Senior Associate Athletics Director/Compliance Coordinator |
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Maria T. Ochoa, M.A.Ed. |
Assistant Athletics Director/Senior Woman Administrator |
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Lewis Kent Briggs, M.A.Ed. |
Head Football Coach |
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Matthew Kenneth Rhule, B.S. |
Head Assistant Football Coach |
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John Todd Varn, M.A. |
Offensive Coordinator/Assistant Football Coach |
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William Geoffrey Collins, B.S. |
Assistant Football Coach |
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Myron Justin Jackson, M.S. |
Assistant Football Coach |
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Donald Lynn Kirkpatrick, B.A. |
Assistant Football Coach |
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Joseph Allen Mogridge, B.A. |
Assistant Football Coach |
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David H. Napert, M.A.Ed. |
Assistant Football Coach |
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Rodney J. Redd, B.S. |
Assistant Football Coach |
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Todd Anthony Raleigh, M.A.Ed. |
Head Baseball Coach |
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Eric M. Filipek, B.S. |
Assistant Baseball Coach |
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Elizabeth R. Dunkenberger, M.A. |
Head Women’s Basketball Coach |
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Shellie A. Greenman, M.S. |
Associate Head Women’s Basketball Coach |
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Stacy M. Cantley, B.A. |
Assistant Women's Basketball Coach |
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Bobby Natasha Kelsey, B.S. |
Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach |
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Steve J. Shurina, M.S. |
Head Men’s Basketball Coach |
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Michael Warren Craft, M.S. |
Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach |
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Matthew P. Allen, B.A. |
Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach |
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Daniel W. Willis, B.A. |
Assistant Men's Basketball Coach |
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Stephen P. Lott |
Women's Golf Coach |
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Johnny D. Wike, M.A.Ed. |
Men’s Golf Coach |
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Danny Williamson, M.A.Ed. |
Head Men’s and Women’s Track and Cross Country Coach |
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Brandy R. Venable, M.S. |
Assistant Men’s and Women’s Track and Cross Country Coach |
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Angell Kirkpatrick Benson, M.A.Ed. |
Head Women’s Volleyball Coach |
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David E. Nicholson |
Assistant Women's Volleyball Coach |
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Jan Stubbs, B.S. |
Head Women’s Tennis Coach |
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Debra M. Hensley, M.A. |
Head Women's Soccer Coach |
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Tobias J. Jacobi, B.S. |
Strength and Conditioning Coordinator |
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Robert Myles Christian, B.S. |
Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach |
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Thomas Eric Mallette, M.S. |
Head Athletics Trainer |
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Jennifer A. Mroz, M.S. |
Assistant Athletics Trainer |
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Michael A. Taylor |
Athletics Equipment Manager |
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Jennifer M. Brown, M.A. |
Director, Academic Support & Services |
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Aime C. Mitchell, B.A. |
Assistant Director, Academic Support & Services |
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Cheryl K. Plemmons, B.S.B.A. |
Executive Assistant |
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Rebecca Vick, M.S. |
Assistant Director for Media Relations |
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Hunter R. Yurachek, M.A. |
Senior Associate Director of Athletics for External Relations |
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Michael Cawood, B.S. |
Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations |
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Leila Tvedt, M.A. |
Associate Vice Chancellor |
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William J. Studenc Jr., B.A. |
Director, News Services |
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James W. Rowell, B.A. |
Senior Director, Promotions & Marketing |
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Robert Orr, B.S. |
Director, Web Services |
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Publications Director |
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James H. Miller, M.B.A. |
Associate Vice Chancellor |
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A. James Manring, M.B.A. |
Director, Planned Giving |
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Director, Major Gifts |
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Director, Athletic Development and Catamount Club |
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vacant |
Director, Annual Giving |
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Clifton B. Metcalf, B.A. |
Vice Chancellor |
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Zeta Smith, B.F.A. |
Asst to the VC; Coordinator, Special Events |
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Lila Buchanan, B.S. |
Administrative Officer |
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Debbie Higdon, B.S.B.A. |
Director, Advancement Research |
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Martin A. Ramsey, B.S.B.A. |
Director, Alumni Affairs |
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Richard J. Collings, Ph.D. |
Vice Chancellor |
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Fred D. Hinson, Ph.D. |
Senior Associate Vice Chancellor, Liberal Studies Program |
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Jennifer Barnhart, M.A. |
Research Associate |
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Noelle Kehrberg, Ph.D. |
Dean, College of Applied Sciences |
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Ann P. Johnson, Ed.D. |
Associate Dean, College of Applied Sciences |
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Robert A. Vartabedian, Ph.D. |
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences |
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Cecil D. Livingston, Ph.D. |
Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences |
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LeRoy Kauffman, Ph.D. |
Interim Dean, College of Business |
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Debasish Banerjee, Ph.D. |
Interim Associate Dean, College of Business |
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Dean, Continuing Education and Summer School |
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Malcolm Loughlin, M.A.ED. |
Associate Dean, Continuing Education and Summer School |
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A. Michael Dougherty, Ph.D. |
Dean, College of Education and Allied Professions |
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C. Dale Carpenter, Ed.D. |
Associate Dean, College of Education and Allied Professions |
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Jill D. Ghnassia, Ph.D. |
Dean, Honors College |
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Anne F. Rogers, Ph.D. |
Associate Dean, Honors College |
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Lois Petrovich-Mwaniki, Ph.D. |
Director, International Programs and Services |
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Abdul Turay, Ph.D. |
Dean, Research and Graduate Studies |
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Gordon E. Mercer, Ph.D. |
Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies |
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Bil M. Stahl, M.S.L.S. |
University Librarian |
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Fred Hinson, Ph.D. |
Senior Associate Vice Chancellor, Liberal Studies Program |
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Alan Altany, Ph.D. |
Director, Myron L. Coulter Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning |
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Associate Director, Faculty Center |
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Margaret Sill Ashe, CAS |
Director, Career Services and Cooperative Education |
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Fred D. Hinson, Ph.D. |
Senior Associate Vice Chancellor, Enrollment Management |
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Philip M. Cauley, M.S. |
Director, Admissions |
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Nancy B. Dillard, M.P.M. |
Director, Financial Aid |
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Robert M. Gabrielsen, M.S. |
University Registrar |
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Larry Hammer, M.S. |
Coordinator, Information Systems |
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Carol M. Mellen, M.A.Ed. |
Director, Student Support Services |
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Tammy G. Haskett, B.S.B.A. |
Director, Orientation Programs |
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Allen Lomax, Ed.D. |
Director, Academic Advising Center |
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Renee Corbin, M.B.A. |
Coordinator, Assessment Program |
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Keith Stiles, M.B.A. |
Planning and IR Analyst |
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Kay Turpin, M.S. |
Applications Programmer |
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Paul Voigt, M.S. |
Acting Director, University Planning |
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Social Research Associate |
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Barbara H. Bell, Ph.D. |
Director, Reading Center |
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Beverly Jacobs, Ph.D. |
Director, Speech and Hearing Center |
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Barbara Hudson |
Director, Writing Center |
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William A. Clauss, Ph.D. |
Director, Office for Rural Education |
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Elizabeth A. Allan, Ph.D. |
Director, Center for Mathematics and Science Education |
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Burton B. Fox, Ed.D. |
Director, Caribbean and Latin American Programs |
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Patricia L. Miller, M.A.Ed. |
Director, WCU Programs in Asheville |
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Roseanna S. Belt, Ed.M. |
Director, Cherokee Center |
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Jane Minor, M.Ed. |
Director, Developmental Evaluation Center |
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Director, Mountain Aquaculture Research Center |
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Mary D. McDuffie, Ed.D. |
Director, NC Center for the Advancement of Teaching |
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George W. Wooten, M.A. |
Vice Chancellor |
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Jeanine S. Newman, B.A. |
Associate Vice Chancellor |
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Joseph H. Walker III, B.S. |
Associate Vice Chancellor for Facilities Management |
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Pamela D. DeGraffenreid, B.S.B.A. |
Manager, Book Store |
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Raymond R. Nicholson, B.A. |
Director, Auxiliary Services |
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Arthur E. McAbee, M.S. |
Director, University Police |
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Arthur Stephens, M.B.A. |
Director, Purchasing |
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Kathy S. Wong, B.A. |
Director, Human Resources |
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Michelle Crowe, B.S. (ARAMARK) |
Director, Dining Services |
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vacant |
University Controller |
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Thomas E. McClure, J.D. |
Director |
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vacant |
Director |
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Jay A. Denton, B.S. |
Director, Economic Development Administration |
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Thomas Fouts |
Director, Smoky Mountain Development Corporation |
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Nell Leatherwood, B.A. |
Director, Western North Carolina Tomorrow |
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H. Tyler Blethen III, Ph.D. |
Director |
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Suzanne Hill McDowell, M.A. |
Curator |
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Peter G. Koch, M.A. |
Museum Educator |
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Robert Caruso, Ph.D. |
Vice Chancellor |
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William K. Haggard, Ed.D. |
Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Dean, Student Development |
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Linda C. Riouff, M.Ed. |
Assistant Dean, Student Development |
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Nancy Porter, M.A. |
Director, Kneedler Child Development Center |
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Jane M. Adams-Dunford, M.B.S. |
Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs |
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Keith L. Corzine, B.S. |
Director, Residential Living/University Events Coordinator |
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Bill Clarke, M.A.Ed. |
Director, Ramsey Regional Activity Center |
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Julie Walters-Steele, M.A. |
Director, University Center |
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Wayne Robinson, Ph.D. |
Director, Service Learning |
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Deborah C. Beck, M.P.A. |
Director, University Health Services |
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John R. Ritchie, Ph.D. |
Director, Counseling Center |
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Michael Creason, M.A.Ed. |
Director, Intramural Sports |
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Karen D. Oldham, M.S. |
Director, Fitness Center |
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Todd Murdock, M.A.Ed. |
Director, Talent Search |
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Ronald Huff, M.S. |
Director, Upward Bound/Math/Science |
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Dwaun Warmack, M.A.Ed. |
Director of Multicultural Affairs |
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Jacquelyn McHargue, M.Ed. |
Director, Student Judicial Affairs |
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Mary D. McDuffie, Ed.D. |
Director |
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Kay S. Shapiro, Ed.S. |
Associate Director |
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Judith E. Clauss, Ph.D. |
Associate Director |
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Renee H. Coward, Ed.S. |
Center Fellow |
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Mary Kay Cooley, B.S. |
Center Fellow |
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Carmaletta Gates, M.A. |
Center Fellow |
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Ted S. Henson, Ed.D. |
Center Fellow |
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Ernest Johnson, Ph.D. |
Center Fellow |
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Greg Johnson, Ed.D. |
Center Fellow |
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Gustavo Teran, Ed.D. |
Center Fellow |
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Donna Glee Williams, Ph.D. |
Center Fellow |
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Henry D. Wong, Ph.D. |
Center Fellow |
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Gracia W. Slater, M.B.A. |
Director of Development |
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Christin M. McCarley, M.A. |
Coordinator, Public Information |
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