Recent News
UNC Asheville Praised by Princeton Review for Academic Excellence, Personal Approach
February 7, 2012
For the sixth year in a row, UNC Asheville was selected as one of the “Best Value” public colleges in the nation by The Princeton Review. “Best Value Colleges: 2012 Edition,” profiling the top 75 public colleges and top 75 private colleges, was published today; the rankings were also reported in today’s edition of USA Today.
A Full Season of Student Performances with UNC Asheville’s Music Department
February 6, 2012
UNC Asheville’s Music Department has a busy season of student performances planned on campus this spring. Upcoming are two performances scheduled in February, three in March, and three in April. Admission is $5 at the door for each performance, with students and children free.
UNC Asheville Offers SAT Prep Course Beginning February 20
February 3, 2012
Registration is now open for the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) prep classes offered by the Asheville Graduate Center. Classes will meet on the UNC Asheville campus.
Next “Writers at Home” Showcases Three from UNC Asheville’s Master of Liberal Arts Program
February 3, 2012
Three writers from UNC Asheville’s Master of Liberal Arts program will be featured in February’s installment of the “Writers at Home” series, sponsored by UNC Asheville’s Great Smokies Writing program. Award-winning screenwriter Maryedith Burrell, Ann Barrett, and Jessica Pepper will read from their current works at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19, at Malaprop’s Bookstore and Café, 55 Haywood St. in downtown Asheville. It is free and open to the public.
Ceramic Artists Alice Ballard and Roger Dalrymple to Open Exhibit, Lead Workshop at UNC Asheville
February 2, 2012
Celebrated ceramic artist Alice Ballard and her husband, ceramist and architect Roger Dalrymple, will present their first joint ceramics exhibition, and lead an all-day ceramics workshop at UNC Asheville.
Author of “Moral Minority: Our Skeptical Founding Fathers” to Speak at UNC Asheville
February 2, 2012
Brooke Allen, author of “Moral Minority: Our Skeptical Founding Fathers” (2006, Ivan R. Dee), will lecture about the religious beliefs (or lack thereof) among our nation’s founders. Her talk is free and open to the public, and begins at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13, in UNC Asheville’s Humanities Lecture Hall.
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet Natasha Trethewey to Read at UNC Asheville
January 30, 2012
Natasha Tretheway, one of America’s most acclaimed poets and a compelling speaker, will offer a reading and talk at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, in UNC Asheville’s Humanities Lecture Hall. This event is free and open to the public.
Super Saturday Classes for Grades 3-8 Begin March 17
January 27, 2012
Registration is now open for UNC Asheville’s Super Saturday program for creative, highly motivated and/or academically gifted students in grades 3-8. Classes begin on March 17, with topics including chess, photography, wildlife exploration, creative writing, foreign language, theatre, and martial arts. More than 12,000 children from across Western North Carolina have explored their special interests through hands-on learning at Super Saturdays on the UNC Asheville campus.
Agreement Reached in Basketball Tourney Hosting
January 24, 2012
UNC Asheville, the Big South Conference and the Southern Conference have come to an agreement that will allow the Bulldog men's basketball team to play the BSC championship game in Kimmel Arena on the UNC Asheville campus at noon, Saturday, March 3, should they earn that opportunity. The Bulldogs would host the title game if they are the highest remaining seed.
From Asheville’s Basilica of St. Lawrence to New York City’s Grand Central Station – Tile Work by Guastavino is Subject of Lecture at UNC Asheville
January 24, 2012
The Rafael Guastavino family – responsible for remarkable tile work at architectural landmarks in Asheville and across the nation – will be the subject of a lecture at UNC Asheville by John Oschsendorf of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.). The lecture, “Guastavino Vaulting: From Barcelona to Black Mountain,” will take place at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1, in UNC Asheville’s Owen Hall, in the third floor conference room. This event is free and open to the public.
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