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UNC Asheville Alumni E-Newsletter May 2008 www.unca.edu/alumni If you cannot read this e-mail please go to the following address: http://www.unca.edu/alumni/enewsletter/ May Highlights: Feature Story + Students Spend Spring Semester Studying, Working in Nation's Capital University News + Mellon Foundation Awards $500,000 for Undergraduate Research + U. Breaks Ground for New NC Health & Wellness Center + Kevin Moorhead Honored for Teaching Excellence + Johnnetta Cole to Speak at Commencement Alumni Info + U. Honors Alumni with Awards Athletics + Alumnus Named Head of SAC + Student Awards Announced + Annual Golf Tournament on May 19 Events + Great Smokies Writing Program Offers Summer Workshops Have you moved, gotten married, had a baby, taken a new job, or finished another degree? Please keep the Alumni Office up to date. Simply go to the Alumni Update Form. We want to hear how you are doing.			Alumni Quick Links News & Events Class Notes Weekly Public Events University Calendar Service to UNC Asheville Be a Volunteer Quotable Quotes Alumni Services Career Center Transcripts Alumni Merchandise Bulldog Shop Subscriptions E-Newsletter Events Calendar E-mail News Hounds Address Changes Update Address
Feature Story UNC Asheville Students Spend Spring Semester Studying, Working in Nation's Capital; UNC in Washington Internship Program Makes Lasting Changes on Students: UNC Asheville senior Ashley Horne intended to take a year off after graduation and was planning on applying to law school. But her future plans began to really take shape the moment she arrived in Washington, D.C. for her semester-long internship this spring. » MORE University News Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards $500,000 to Appalachian College Association; Funds to Support New ACA-UNC Asheville Undergraduate Research Partnership: Berea, Ky. -- The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a $500,000 grant to the Appalachian College Association (ACA) that will expand undergraduate research expertise and opportunities for faculty and students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences at more than two dozen colleges in Central Appalachia, ACA President Alice Brown announced today. » MORE UNC Asheville Breaks Ground for North Carolina Center for Health & Wellness: UNC Asheville held a celebratory groundbreaking ceremony for the North Carolina Center for Health & Wellness, which will be the new home for a unique academic and outreach initiative that is helping to address the state's most pressing health concerns. » MORE UNC Asheville Professor Kevin Moorhead Honored for Teaching Excellence by UNC Board of Governors: One of UNC Asheville's most respected professors, Kevin Moorhead, has been named as a recipient of the Award for Excellence in Teaching from the University of North Carolina's Board of Governors. Moorhead, professor and chair of environmental studies, was nominated by a committee of UNC Asheville faculty. He will receive a commemorative bronze medallion and a $7,500 cash prize at a ceremony at UNC Chapel Hill next month. » MORE Renowned Educator Johnnetta B. Cole to Give UNC Asheville Commencement Address: Renowned educator and humanitarian Johnnetta B. Cole will deliver the UNC Asheville Commencement address on Saturday, May 10. The ceremony begins at 9 a.m. on the Ramsey Library Terrace. In case of rain, Commencement will be held at the Asheville Civic Center. Tickets are not required. Some 450 students are candidates for bachelor's and master's of liberal arts degrees. During the ceremony, UNC Asheville Chancellor Anne Ponder will also present an honorary doctoral degree to Cole. » MORE For more University news and information, go to www.unca.edu/news. Alumni News UNC Asheville Honors Alumni with Annual Awards: UNC Asheville recently honored some of its most outstanding alumni with the University's annual Distinguished Alumni Awards. UNC Asheville Chancellor Anne Ponder and UNC Asheville National Alumni Council Chair Neal Rhoades (‘86) presented the awards at a special dinner on campus on March 27, 2008. » MORE Were you a student of Management & Accounting Professor Nancy Kauffman? During her career Dr. Kaufman, now retired, took individual photos of all of her students. Nancy thought her former students might enjoy an “historic” photograph of themselves. Just drop her a note directly at the following addresses: Nancy Kauffman nancykauffman@bellsouth.net 404 Holly Ridge Lane, Columbia, SC 29229 Class Notes Highlights: + Willow Koerber was named by USA Cycling to the U.S. Olympic Long Team, the athletes eligible to compete at the 2008 Olympic games. + Skip Rohde won first prize in the national Iraq Art Memorial Competition. His winning painting, entitled "Warrior," depicts a real-life Iraq War veteran from WNC. To see more Class Notes or to submit your own go to the Class Notes Website Athletics News Alumnus Named Head of SAC: Former UNC Asheville soccer player Pat Britz (’91) has been name by The South Atlantic Conference Council of Presidents as the next conference commissioner. » MORE UNC Asheville Announces Athletic Department Awards: The UNC Asheville Athletics Department announced its award winners for the 2007-08 academic year. » MORE Dave Hart Golf Classic: The 14th Annual Dave Hart Scholarship Golf Classic at the Country Club of Asheville will be held on May 19. Individuals are $200 and a foursome is $800. Please call Nate Brinkley at 828/250.3858 to reserve your spot! For scores, schedules and rosters for all of the teams check out www.uncabulldogs.com. Career Center News UNC Asheville alumni have lifetime access to the Career Center’s Services. For more information, go to www.unca.edu/career. Annual Giving Program News Alumni Campaign Wrapping Up: We are wrapping up the Alumni campaign for the academic year. We appreciate the generosity of those who have already supported their alma mater this year, but are still slightly short of our goal. If you have not yet made a gift in support of the Chancellor's Excellence Fund or another campus department this school year, you will receive a reminder in the next few weeks. Alumni support is important because it fills in the gaps between tuition and state support, collectively accounting for approximately 19 percent of the University's operating budget. Gifts to the Chancellor's Excellence Fund provide vital resources for the University's greatest needs. Please consider making a contribution when you hear from us, or put your gift to work today by giving online at www.unca.edu/onlinegiving. Questions? Contact annualgiving@unca.edu. University Events UNC Asheville's Great Smokies Writing Program Offers Summer Workshops: Local writers will have the opportunity to hone their skills with UNC Asheville's Great Smokies Writing Program's summer workshop series. The program will offer four workshops in poetry and prose. Classes are open to all interested writers but class size is limited; early registration is suggested. » MORE
Campus Calendar (A Sampling of Events on the UNC Asheville Campus) Sports Schedules May 7 – Art exhibition opening reception: "Recording Impermanence," mixed media by UNC Asheville senior Carley Dergins, 6:30-8:30 p.m., UNC Asheville's Highsmith University Union Gallery, free. Call 828/251-6991 for more information. May 9 – N.C. Center for Creative Retirement's TGIF Lecture Series: "Edible Mushrooms of WNC," Sheila Dunn, 11:45 a.m., UNC Asheville's Reuter Center, free. Call 828/251-251-6140 for more information. May 9 – James Karpinos Memorial 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament, noon, Justice Center. May 10 – Commencement Ceremony, 9 a.m., Ramsey Library Terrace, free. Call 828/251-6470 for more information. May 18 – Writers at Home: Readings by Great Smokies Writing Program students, 3 p.m., Malaprop's Bookstore/Café, 55 Haywood St., downtown Asheville, free. Call 828/232-5122 for more information. The UNC Asheville Alumni E-Newsletter is sent to you monthly by the UNC Asheville Alumni Office. Please send any comments or suggestions to alumni@unca.edu. To change your E-Newsletter subscription, click here.