Campus Updates and Resources
Western Carolina University classes are being held online or via other distance methods,
university leaders do not expect face-to-face classes to resume before the end of
the spring semester, and students should plan to continue online or alternative instruction
as directed by their professors through May 8. Students who live on campus must either
remain at their permanent homes or return to those homes unless an exception is granted
by the university. In response to the ongoing global Coronavirus pandemic, Western Carolina University
is postponing all spring commencement ceremonies originally scheduled for May 8 and
9, and will announce by April 3 plans for rescheduling the events.
Update from Campus Leaders
March 30, 2020
To Western Carolina University students:
We understand that many of you have questions regarding refunds for payments for on-campus
housing and dining services that you are unable to access because of the ongoing coronavirus
pandemic. We now are beginning to receive guidelines from the University of North Carolina System on how to deal with the very complicated issues surrounding partial refunds for your
housing and dining payments.
We are glad that we will be able to issue refunds to you. That said, the devil will
be in the details. We anticipate that it will take us a few weeks to figure out the
logistics, because there is not a “one-size-fits-all” solution. Different students
have different meal plans, and different residence halls have different room rates.
Some students have received exemptions and have been allowed to remain in on-campus
housing, with fewer dining options.
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