News & Events
“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.
UNC Asheville Offers Substitute Teacher Training Classes
October 5, 2012
Effective Teacher Training, a series of classes recommended for those interested in substitute teaching, will be offered on four consecutive Saturdays beginning October 20, by the Asheville Graduate Center at UNC Asheville.
“Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War” - UNC Asheville to host national exhibit, along with local diaries, portraits, and slave deeds
September 27, 2012
"Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War," a national traveling exhibition, will open at UNC Asheville's Ramsey Library on October 15. The exhibit examines how President Lincoln viewed the Constitution as applied to three intertwined crises of the Civil War—the secession of Southern states, slavery and wartime civil liberties.
Chris Hennon of Atmospheric Sciences Faculty is Principal Investigator for Citizen Science Project at CycloneCenter.org
September 27, 2012
Today, NCDC announced the launch of a new website that could help climate scientists estimate the historical intensities of hurricanes around the world faster than before—and the public is invited to help.
Retired U.S. Ambassador James Larocco to Speak on Arab Spring at OLLI of UNC Asheville
September 24, 2012
Retired Ambassador James Larocco will discuss "The Arab Spring: Is it Summer (or Winter) Yet, And Why Does it Matter?" at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2 in UNC Asheville's Reuter Center, home of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI at UNC Asheville). Larocco is director of the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Students at the Department of Defense/National Defense University.
Koplos and Metcalf to Speak on History of Studio Craft
September 18, 2012
Janet Koplos and Bruce Metcalf, authors of "Makers: A History of American Studio Craft" (University of North Carolina Press, 2010), will speak at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9 in the UNC Asheville Reuter Center, home of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. A book-signing will follow.
Marc Freedman Brings Encore Career Inspiration to OLLI at UNC Asheville
September 14, 2012
Marc Freedman, author of "The Big Shift: Navigating the New Stage Beyond Mid-Life" (PublicAffairs, 2011),will speak at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, in UNC Asheville's Reuter Center, home of Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI). Freedman is the founder and CEO of Encore.org, an organization designed to help people transition into career paths during the second half of their lives.
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