News & Events
UNC Asheville Senior Macon Foscue Honored for Community Service
November 5, 2012
UNC Asheville senior Macon Foscue is one of seventeen students across the state to receive the 2012 Community Impact Award. Given by North Carolina Campus Compact, the award recognizes college students who make significant, innovative efforts to address local community needs.
Climbing PoeTree to Perform November 13
November 1, 2012
Climbing PoeTree – the duo of spoken word artists Alixa Garcia and Naima Penniman – will perform at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13 at UNC Asheville's Lipinsky Auditorium.
“Writers at Home” To Feature Award-Winning Local Authors
November 1, 2012
The Writers at Home series, sponsored by UNC Asheville's Great Smokies Writing Program, continues in November with works from authors Catherine Reid and Nancy Dew Taylor. The readings will take place at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 18 at Malaprop's Bookstore/Café, 55 Haywood St., in downtown Asheville. This event is free and open the public.
UNC Asheville Dance Program to Host 15th Annual “Everybody Can-Can” Benefit Show
November 1, 2012
UNC Asheville's Dance Program will host its 15th annual benefit performance, "Everybody Can-Can," at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, in UNC Asheville's Lipinsky Auditorium.
In Wake of Hurricane Sandy, UNC Asheville Scientist Invites Public to Participate in Cyclone Research
October 30, 2012
Members of the public will learn how to participate in research on tropical cyclones via the internet, when Chris Hennon, UNC Asheville associate professor of atmospheric sciences, offers a public presentation from 4-5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, at Karpen Hall, room 038. This event is free and open to the public.
Food Day at UNC Asheville to Probe Local Impact of Federal Food Policy
October 22, 2012
Food Day at UNC Asheville will present a chance to learn more about the federal farm bill and its impact on local farmers and food consumers. Food Day activities are free and open to the public and take place from 4-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, in UNC Asheville's Sherrill Center, Mountain View Room.
“Writers at Home” Highlights Great Smokies Review Authors
October 15, 2012
Cathy Vance Agrella, Terry Gess and LJ Faulkner will read from their works in the next installment of Writers at Home, from UNC Asheville's Great Smokies Writing Program (GSWP). All three are contributors to The Great Smokies Review, GSWP's online literary journal. The reading is free and open to the public, and begins at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 21, at Malaprop's Bookstore/Café, 55 Haywood St., in downtown Asheville.
Author Meg Hirshberg to Meet with Entrepreneurs at UNC Asheville
October 9, 2012
Meg Cadoux Hirshberg, author of "For Better or For Work: A Survival Guide for Entrepreneurs and Their Families," will speak about balancing family life and a family business, at the next meeting of UNC Asheville's Family Business Forum. This event begins at 8 a.m. Friday, Oct. 19, in UNC Asheville's Sherrill Center, Mountain View Room. Admission is $25; free for Family Business Forum members and UNC Asheville students.
UNC Asheville Offers GRE, SAT and LSAT Prep Classes Starting Soon
October 9, 2012
Registration is now open for the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and Law School Admission Test (LSAT) prep classes offered beginning in October by the Asheville Graduate Center. Classes will meet on the UNC Asheville campus.
UNC Asheville Career and Graduate School Fair Set for October 16
October 9, 2012
The Career and Graduate School Fair offers a chance to meet local employers and representatives of graduate schools in the region. The fair, sponsored by UNC Asheville's Career Center, takes place from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16 in the Kimmel Arena concourse at the Sherrill Center. The fair is free and open to all degree-seeking college students and college graduates.
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