The Western Wednesday series welcomed Western Carolina University leadership and key faculty on March 3 to discuss WCU’s new COVID-19 vaccine clinic and its plans to serve the Western North Carolina region.

Guests in attendance asked questions to the panel, followed by closing remarks from Chancellor Kelli R. Brown.  The recording of the panel conversation is available below.

Faculty Contributors: 

  • Austin Mandeville ’15, MHS, NRP, EMC Distance/Online Program Coordinator
  • Tamera Pearson, PhD, FNP, Family Nurse Practitioner Program Professor
  • Lydia Elliott ’02, DNP, FNP-BC, Family Nurse Practitioner Program Director/Assistant Professor
  • Maria D. Gainey, PhD, Chemistry and Physics Assistant Professor

Campus Leadership Panelists:

  • WCU Chancellor Kelli R. Brown
  • Cortnee Lingerfelt, Director of WCU Regional COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic
  • Mike Byers, WCU Vice Chancellor of Administration and Finance
  • Melissa Wargo, WCU Chief of Staff
  • Kellie Monteith, WCU Associate Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs – Health and Wellness
  • Lori Anderson, Dean of the College of Health and Human Sciences 
  • Sam Miller, Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs