Press release from Carolina Public Press:
Carolina Public Press will hold a free and public forum featuring a conversation with Western Carolina University Chancellor David Belcher, UNC Asheville Chancellor Mary Grant and Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College President Dennis King on the impact of higher education on the economy. The forum will be held on Wednesday, May 24, from 10 a.m. to noon at the A-B Tech/Mission Health Conference Center in Asheville. It will also be live-streamed and available online.
This forum is the latest in the Carolina Public Press 2017 Newsmakers conversation series, which goes behind the headlines to hold civic and civil dialogues on the region’s top issues. This forum will be your chance to hear from the leaders of three of Western North Carolina’s largest post-secondary education institutions about the impact higher education has on the 19 westernmost counties of the state, an area with diverse economies and economic growth. Journalists with the nonprofit in-depth and investigative news organization, Carolina Public Press, will moderate the event, which includes a panel discussion and audience Q&A.
Seats are limited and RSVPs are required. Carolina Public Press will also live-stream the forum for those unable to attend in person. You may register by going to www.carolinapublicpress.org.
The Newsmakers series is sponsored by Lenoir-Rhyne University’s Center for Graduate Studies of Asheville, Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College and Self-Help Credit Union.
For more information, please call Carolina Public Press at 828-774-5290 or email them at anewsome@carolinapublicpress.org.
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