News & Events
UNC Asheville Celebrates December Commencement
December 18, 2010
More than 2,000 family and friends gathered on Saturday morning to celebrate UNC Asheville's newest graduates. Some 207 students were honored during UNC Asheville's third annual December Commencement Ceremony, which was held at the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium.
UNC Asheville's Holly Iglesias Awarded Prestigious NEA Literature Fellowship
December 17, 2010
Holly Iglesias, poet, translator and lecturer in UNC Asheville's Master of Liberal Arts Program, has been awarded a prestigious Creative Writing Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Iglesias is the only North Carolinian and one of only 42 poets chosen nationally to receive the $25,000 fellowship for 2011.
UNC Asheville to Hold Holiday Ceramic and Art Sale
November 24, 2010
UNC Asheville’s Art Department will hold its annual holiday sale of ceramics, glass and other art objects from 4-7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3, and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, in the S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, located on the ground floor of Owen Hall. The sale is open to the public.
UNC Asheville Holiday Concert Set for December 5
November 17, 2010
UNC Asheville’s Music Department will offer its popular annual holiday concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5, in the University's Lipinsky Auditorium.
Distinguished Chemist George H. Atkinson to Speak on Science & Global Policy; Events are 13th Annual S. Dexter Squibb Lecture Series
September 13, 2010
Distinguished Chemist George H. Atkinson, founder of the Institute on Science for Global Policy, will be the featured speaker at UNC Asheville's 13th annual S. Dexter Squibb Lecture Series Thursday and Friday, Sept. 16-17.
UNC Asheville art professor Virginia Derryberry featured in University of Tennessee Exhibition; Reception set for September 12
September 1, 2010
Virginia Derryberry, painter and Art Department chair at UNC Asheville, is one of seven artists featured in an exhibit at the University of Tennessee’s Ewing Gallery. “Continuare: The Figurative Tradition in Contemporary Art,” presents regional artists’ depictions of the human form in diverse media.
Two Faculty Concerts Kick off Fall Music Season
August 5, 2010
The UNC Asheville Music Department begins its fall concert series with two faculty chamber performances.
UNC Asheville Professor Bill Miller Honored for Teaching Excellence by UNC Board of Governors
April 16, 2010
J. William "Bill" Miller, one of UNC Asheville's most respected professors, was named today as a recipient of the Award for Excellence in Teaching from the University of North Carolina's Board of Governors. Miller, 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.UNC Asheville Professor, Noted Painter Named Visiting Artist at American Academy in Rome
April 16, 2010
Virginia Derryberry, a noted painter and UNC Asheville art professor, has been named a visiting artist at the prestigious American Academy in Rome. She will spend a two-week residency at the Academy in June producing new works. Derryberry plans to use resources found in the Academy's newly renovated Janet C. Ross Library as well as specific collections of Caravaggio paintings in the Italian city to inform her personal investigation of the intersection of art and alchemy. Founded in 1894, the Academy fosters the pursuit of advanced research and independent study in the fine arts and humanities.Professor Releases "Understanding the Book of Mormon: A Reader's Guide"
April 15, 2010
UNC Asheville History Professor Grant Hardy has released "Understanding the Book of Mormon: A Reader's Guide" (Oxford University Press, April 2010) to positive reviews. The work provides a thorough literary analysis of the religious text, especially focusing on its narrative structure, the style of its main writers and the characterizations of its principal characters. Publishers Weekly, which gave the book a starred review, said, "This will be a classic work in the field of Mormon studies for decades to come."Contact Information
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