Faces of UNC Asheville

Hannah Pinkerton

“I fell in love with this place from my first visit. I wanted to branch off from what my friends were doing and. I didn’t have a strong idea of what liberal arts could mean. But after my freshman year, I realized all these connections between all the classes I was taking. My friends at other schools couldn’t just try out classes to see if they liked them. But here you can try different things before you declare a major. It makes you excited about learning. You get saturated in what you’re studying.”

• Hometown: Wilkesboro, NC
• Major: Health & Wellness Promotion/Psychology
• What keeps her busy: Senior class board, works in Health & Wellness department through work/study program, PAWS (Peers Advocating Wellness Strategies) club, Girls on the Run.
• Favorite classes: Chemistry of Food, Nutrition & Lifestyle, and Health & Sexuality
• What will she remember? “Standing on the steps of library looking out at Mt. Pisgah. People travel here from all over to see this beautiful place and I get to see it every day. It’s inspiring.”