WCU earns ‘most engaged’ student voting honor from ALL IN
By Cam Adams
Earlier this fall, Catamounts were encouraged to get to the polls, and two weeks after the election, Western Carolina University was recognized for it.
WCU was one of 471 campuses named a 2024 ALL IN Most Engaged Campus for College Student Voting.
“I’m excited that Western Carolina University was included as one of ALL IN’s Most Engaged Campuses for College Student Voting in 2024,” said WCU Chancellor Kelli R. Brown. “We were proud to join the national effort to turn out the vote for the 2024 election and play a part in increasing student voter registration across the country.”
The ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge is a nonprofit that “empowers colleges and universities to achieve excellence in nonpartisan student democratic engagement.” Brown serves on the organization’s President’s Council.
To earn this honor, WCU participated in the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge, shared its 2022 National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement reports with campus voting data with ALL IN, developed and submitted a 2024 nonpartisan democratic engagement action plan with ALL IN and it had a current signatory to ALL IN’s Higher Education Presidents’ Commitment to Full Student Voter Participation.
For more information, visit allinchallenge.org.
