UNC Asheville's Concerts on the
Quad Wraps Up Season with the Buckerettes
UNC Asheville's Concerts on the Quad 2008 summer music
series will wrap up at 7 p.m. Monday, July 14, with a performance by
the Buckerettes. The event is free and open to the public.
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UNC Asheville Offers
Astronomy Workshop for K-12 Teachers
UNC Asheville will offer a hybrid classroom and online
education course for local teachers. The two-credit hour course,
"Stars, Constellations and Deep Sky Objects," follows the K-8 North
Carolina Standard Course of Study but exposes participants to unique
interdisciplinary ways to teach astronomy, making the workshop
appropriate for high school teachers as well.
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Bandana Klezmer and Jibblin' the
Froeline to Perform at UNC Asheville's Concerts on the Quad
Bandana Klezmer and Jibblin' the Froeline will
perform at UNC Asheville's Concerts on the Quad summer music series
on Monday, June 30, on the campus Quad. The concert is free and open
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UNC Asheville's Center for
Diversity Education to Host Hiroshima-Nagasaki Poster Exhibit
UNC Asheville and the Center for Diversity Education will host
the national traveling exhibit "Hiroshima-Nagasaki: Images and
Stories from Eyewitness Accounts" July 9-August 8 in UNC Asheville's
Karpen Hall Lobby. An opening reception and talk by Hiroshima blast
survivor Miyoko Watanabe will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 9,
in the lobby.
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UNC Asheville Seeking
Vendors for Educational Health Fair
UNC Asheville's Workplace Wellness Program is seeking
vendors for the "UNC Asheville Way to Health Fair" scheduled from
noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, on campus. The event is designed
to educate University faculty and staff about the Workplace Wellness
Program's four primary goals, including healthy eating, physical
activity, tobacco cessation and stress management.
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UNC Asheville Offers
Required Teachers' Course
Registration is now open for Effective Teacher
Training, a required course for teaching and substituting in some
North Carolina public school systems, including Buncombe County and
Asheville public schools.
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North Carolina Center for
Creative Retirement Offers Art Workshops
The North Carolina Center for Creative Retirement will
host a series of workshops July-September for beginning to
intermediate artists of all ages to hone their stills or learn more
about their craft. Courses will include stone carving, beading,
watercolor painting and art collecting. All workshops will take
place at UNC Asheville's Reuter Center.
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UNC Asheville Alumna Selected for
Elite Environmental Internship
UNC Asheville alumna Anna Lange recently was awarded an
internship with the national environmental group Green Corps. Lange
was one of some 25 candidates selected from more than 2,000
applicants from across the nation for the organization's highly
competitive year-long environmental leadership training program.
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UNC Asheville to Offer GRE
Prep Class
Registration is now open for a Graduate Records
Examination (GRE) prep class offered by UNC Asheville’s Professional
Education Programs. Classes will meet on the UNC Asheville campus.
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UNC Asheville Senior Holds
Exhibition of Encaustic Paintings;
Celia Gray "Minds Her Own Beeswax" in the Studio
"Hold Sway," an art exhibition featuring 18 works
by UNC Asheville senior Celia Gray, will be on display through August 5 in UNC Asheville's Highsmith University Union Gallery.
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UNC Asheville Professor Publishes
Book Examining Religion in the South
Rodger M. Payne, UNC Asheville associate professor
of religious studies, recently completed work on a new book entitled
"Southern Crossroads: Perspectives on Religion and Culture." The
University Press of Kentucky released the 390-page book on May 23.
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UNC Asheville Now Offers
Test Proctoring Services;
Variety of Testing Services, Formats Available
As the rise in distance education grows, so does the
need for distance assessment. Many online classes require that exams
be administered by a qualified proctor. Now, trained proctors at UNC
Asheville's Asheville Graduate Center can provide a variety of
tests, from post-graduate to professional exams. The Asheville
Graduate Center customizes its services to fit test-takers' needs.
Both computer- and paper-based testing services are provided.
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Lorraine Walsh Receives New Media
Award to Participate in European Mobile Lab for Interactive Media
Walsh was selected to participate in the European
Mobile Lab for Interactive Media Artists (e-MobiLArt). The main aim
of the e-MobiLArt project is to provide selected new media artists
and scientists, coming from different cultural and artistic
backgrounds, with the opportunity to collaborate with other
artists/scientists in order to create interactive installation
artworks, through a process focusing on intercultural and
interdisciplinary dialogue. »
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UNC Asheville
Announces Spring 2008 Dean's List
The following students have been named to UNC
Asheville's Spring 2008 Dean's List. The Dean's List is made up of
full-time students who have achieved between 3.5 and 3.99 grade
point average. »
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UNC Asheville Announces
Spring 2008 Chancellor's List
The following students have been named to UNC
Asheville's Spring 2008 Chancellor's List. The Chancellor's List is
made up of full-time students who have achieved a 4.0 grade point
average. » MORE
UNC Asheville Alumnae Hold
Painting Exhibition
Local painters and UNC Asheville alumnae Shannon Rupert
and Gwendolyn Saltz will hold an exhibition of recent work at UNC
Asheville's Blowers Gallery. An opening reception for the two May
2008 UNC Asheville graduates will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 8, in the gallery. The exhibition and the reception are
free and open to the public.
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UNC Asheville Announces May
Graduates
The following students received bachelor degrees from
UNC Asheville in May 2008 »
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Blue Ridge Naturalist
Program Offers Science Workshops for Teachers
The Blue Ridge Naturalist, a program of the North
Carolina Center for Creative Retirement, will hold week-long summer
workshops for teachers on the UNC Asheville campus. The workshops
are open to teachers and others who are interested in earth and
environmental science instruction. Those who complete the course
will receive 1.5 Continuing Education Units.
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UNC Asheville Senior Selected for
National Leadership Program
Lexington, Ky. -- Omicron Delta Kappa, the National
Collegiate Leadership Honor Society, has announced that Cassaundra
Papaj from UNC Asheville's OΔK circle has been selected to
participate in the annual "Campus Leaders Today, Community Leaders
Tomorrow" program from June 10-13, 2008, in Washington, D.C.
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UNC Asheville Celebrates
80th Annual Commencement;
Ceremony Honors the University's Largest Class
More than 4,000 family and friends gathered on UNC
Asheville's Quadrangle Saturday morning to celebrate UNC Asheville's
2008 graduating class, the largest in University history. Some 715
students were honored during the 80th annual Commencement Ceremony,
including 467 spring graduates, 215 winter graduates and 33 summer
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UNC Asheville Student Marks
University Milestone as First Third-Generation Graduate
When UNC Asheville senior Matt Anderson, a music
technology major from Asheville, graduates on Saturday, he will mark
an important University milestone. Anderson will become UNC
Asheville's first third-generation graduate. He will join father
Andy Anderson, a physics major from the Class of 1982, and his
grandmother Ann Anderson, a 1956 graduate of Asheville-Biltmore
College and biology major from UNC Asheville's Class of 1970, in the
ranks of the some 13,500 University alumni.
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UNC Asheville Names First Cary
Caperton Owen Distinguished Professor in Economics; Professor's Work
will Focus on American Poverty Courses, Research
UNC Asheville Economics Professor Joseph M. Sulock has
been named the University's first Cary Caperton Owen Distinguished
Professor in Economics. The distinguished professorship was
established in October 2007 in honor of Cary Owen, who is known
throughout the state as a remarkable champion for public education.
It is especially fitting that the distinguished professorship is in
the field of economics; Owen was one of the first women to major in
economics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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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.
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UNC Asheville Breaks
Ground for North Carolina Center for
Health & Wellness
UNC Asheville held a celebratory groundbreaking
ceremony today 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. »
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UNC Asheville Wins Western North
Carolina Writing Award
Jill Yarnall, UNC Asheville Assistant Director of
Public Information, recently received the 2008 Best of the Mountains
Award for Press Release Writing from the Public Relations
Association of Western North Carolina. It is the second consecutive
year that Yarnall won the top regional award.
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UNC Asheville Professor Kevin
Moorhead Honored for Teaching Excellence by UNC Board of Governors
One of UNC Asheville's most respected professors, Kevin
Moorhead, was named today 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.
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UNC Asheville Students
Participate in Women as Global Leaders Conference in Dubai
Six UNC Asheville students recently traveled to Dubai,
United Arab Emirates, to attend a three-day conference on "Women as
Global Leaders." Organized by Zayed University, the conference
brings together women from more than 85 countries to build bridges,
share ideas and engage in debate on leadership education.
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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
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UNC Asheville Students
Volunteer in Bolivia During Spring Break;
Group Conducts First Community Lead Testing in Small South American
Town
UNC Asheville political science major B.J. Perkins has
had his share of relaxing spring breaks, but for his senior year he
decided to use the week off from classes to help make the world a
better place. Perkins and 13 additional UNC Asheville students
traveled to South America last month to volunteer at the Highlands
Bolivian Mission (HBM). »
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UNC Asheville Names John
Stevens Distinguished University Professor
UNC Asheville recently named John G. Stevens as
Distinguished University Professor. Stevens, who joined the faculty
in 1968, is a Professor of Chemistry and has been instrumental in
establishing a number of scholarly centers at the University.
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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 (Class of 1986) presented
the awards at a special dinner on campus on March 27, 2008.
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HomeTrust Bank Donates
$25,000 to UNC Asheville's N.C. Center for Health & Wellness
HomeTrust Bank took the court at halftime Wednesday
night to present a $25,000 gift toward construction of UNC
Asheville's North Carolina Center for Health & Wellness. The
capacity crowd at the UNC Asheville-Highpoint men's basketball game
responded with warm ovation that filled Justice Center.
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