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  • At 0 August 24, 2012 The By Tyler Auffhammer News Editor ree -_RERRR SP S ' The son of a Bap- Hist minister and an elementary school teacher, Chancellor David O. Belcher grew up in the small town of Barnwell, S.C., a place where everybody knew everybody, according to Belcher. My father led the largest church in the town, which had a popu- lation of just under 1,000 people, so I had a very extended family, said Belcher, who describes Barnwell as avery nur- turing environment to . grow up in. As a child, Belcher vould pick out tunes on his mothers piano, ex- hibiting signs of a future pte and compelling is parents to provide him with a piano in- structor. - Twas always musi- cally inclined on the piano, but my passion for it didnt begin until I was - in high school, where I found a great mentor for = my skills, said Belcher. ) After graduating from . high school, Belcher enrolled at Furman University i in Greenville, : S. C. Belcher was the next torchbearer i in his fam- ily, as his parents and | siblings attended school there, and his grandfa- ther was a trustee in the 1940s. Studying piano perfor- mance, Belcher recalls that Furman was the perfect fit for him at the time, as he came from asmall town toasmall university. Furman is a great music school, and Il had - wonderful friends there. By the time of gradua- Bie, there were around eleven of us, mostly mu: sic majors, that were in- _ separable, said Belcher. Furman left a lasting FEATURES The Western Carolinian mark on Belcher and visa-versa, as six of his friends and three of his professors from Furman attended his installation at Western Carolina Uni- versity earlier this year. Following graduation from Furman, Belcher attended graduate school _ at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich. : Rarly on, even in high school, I knew that I wanted to study piano, but knew that I needed to do something more with that. So I decided on attending grad school. and teaching piano, said Belcher. The move from a small town school like Furman - toalarge school like Michigan was an adven- ture for Belcher. Michigan is one of the greatest music schools _anywhere, and I hada fabulous learning expe- rience while I was there. They had a remarkable performing arts series that gave me the oppor- tunity to'see some of the | great musicians from around the world, said , Belcher. _ Like at Furman, Belcher was aided by the support of great teachers and mentors who helped him thrive during a time of intense study. After his time at Michigan, Belcher . taught at Grand. Valley State University in Al- lendale, Mich., aided by his teaching assistant- ship at Michigan and giving him some time to prepare before he began studying for his doctor- ate. During that time, Belcher took his first extended stay overseas - in Vienna, Austria, on _a Rotary Foundation | - Graduate Fellowship. There he witnessed the greatest musicians in the world play in the city at the top of the classical music scene. Like other times in my life, I had the best teacher for me at that point in my development and I learned so much from her, said Belcher. T learned a lot about myself and grew upa lot being in aculture other than my own, said Belcher. One of -the great things about studying abroad is that you are challenged. Sometimes it reaffirms your assumptions but at least forces you to assess them. : Vienna is not only . a different country, but also the capital of Austria and one of four UN Headquarters in the world. Along with Austrians, the vari- ous embassies located there made for a heavily foreign experience for Belcher, but one that was. both professionally and personally rewarding. _ Belcher earned his doctorate at the Univer- sity of Rochesters East- man School of Music, where he taught as well, giving him good prepa- - ration and making him competitive in the job market once he began searching for a position after graduation. It did not take long for Belcher to find one, either, taking a position at Missouri State Uni- versity in Springfield, Mo. Belcher worked at Missouri State for nearly fifteen years, nine and a half of them spent in administration as dean of the College of Arts and Letters. Ever since two of my piano teachers had told me that I would make a good administrator, that | . thought was stuck in the back of my head, said Belcher. Nine months into my time at Missouri State, two pianists left There i is more to David Belcher than being chancellor of WCU. the faculty, so I became coordinator of keyboard studies. Then I rose to. become assistant dean and then a year later, I was made dean on six days notice. T loved the faculty, staff, and students at Missouri State, contin- ued Belcher. We had | superb academic per- formance and generally a lot to celebrate and to - do. We did good things at. that time. In 2003, Belcher left Missouri State to join the University of Arkansas at Little Rock as provost and vice chancellor of academic affairs. T was interviewed by the chancellor of Little . Rock for my position and told him that I was - interested in being the head guy like him. He - became an incredible | mentor for me and gave him opportunities as a provost to learn about -areas that are pope to a chancellor and that, ~ normally, deans dont do, said Belcher. The recertification -process for UALR athlet- ics came up in 2009, and the chancellor assigned Belcher the job of lead- ing that recertification. In doing so, Belcher learned a ton about the rules and regulations . behind athletics, which was a great setup for eventually becoming a chancellor somewhere and an experience that would set him apart from other candidates. In the summer of 2010, Belcher and his wife, Susan, a former assis- tant to David Copperfield and ultra-distance run- ner, visited family for a week in S.C. and then. stayed in the Asheville area for another. Belcher had relayed to his wife ~ _thathe alwaysthought . Asheville would bea BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina Piano Man: Meet Chancellor David O. Belcher Photo by Amelia Holmes/Staff great place to ventually retire. Belcher and his wife loved the area, and six months later he was contacted by WCU, who was searching for its next chancellor. , Belcher was selected as - the next chancellor for WCU, installed in 2012 and has since become an icon on campus, from | running up and down sidelines cheering on the Catamounts to interact- ing with students around campus during his day- to-day activities. We love the people and the environment. I dont think we have even scratched the surface of what Western can become. It is on the cusp of taking off and 1am excited about it, said Belcher. As a final statement, - he hopes that Freshens will continue to sell his. favorite Burple Purple - ice cream this year.
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