About the Office of the Provost
The purpose of the Division of Academic Affairs is to support the provision of varied and well-rounded educational programs at the bachelor's, master’s, educational specialist, and doctoral levels. These programs serve the needs of the people of the state and the region, as well as foster the development, preservation, dissemination and utilization of knowledge through effective teaching, learning, research, scholarship, creativity, and service.
To accomplish its purpose, the academic area of the University is administratively organized into colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Education and Allied Professions, Engineering , David Orr Belcher Fine and Performing Arts, and Health and Human Sciences. The Brinson Honors College, Hunter Library, and the Graduate School and Research are additional units in Academic Affairs.
Other units of the University which are administratively responsible to the Division of Academic Affairs are the Office of Undergraduate Studies; the Division of Student Success; the Registrar's Office; Global Engagement; Continuing Education and Summer Programs; the Cherokee Center; WCU Programs at Biltmore Park; the Coulter Faculty Commons; the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines; Highlands Biological Station; Undergraduate Research; and the Office of Institutional Planning and Effectiveness.
The Division of Academic Affairs also provides oversight for special units such as the Public Policy Institute (administratively located in the College of Arts and Sciences); the Small Business and Technology Development Center, Corporation for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and Center for the Study of Free Enterprise (administratively located in the College of Business); the College of Education and Allied Professions' Student Success Center student support center; the Fine and Performing Arts Center (administratively located in the College of Fine and Performing Arts); the Speech and Hearing Clinic (administratively located in the College of Health and Human Sciences); and the Center for Rapid Product Realization (administratively located in the College of Engineering).
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560 HFR Administration Building
Cullowhee, NC 28723
828.227.7495 tel
828.227.7498 fax
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