News & Events
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 Announces Fall 2011 Chancellor's List and Dean's List Students
January 19, 2012
The following students have been named to UNC Asheville's Fall 2011 Chancellor's List and Dean's List. They are listed by their nation, state and hometown.
UNC Asheville Announces December 2011 Graduates
January 19, 2012
The following students received degrees from UNC Asheville in December 2011. They are listed by nation, state, and hometown.
“State of the Black Student” Highlights Black History Month at UNC Asheville
January 18, 2012
UNC Asheville will celebrate Black History Month throughout February with a series of events, headlined by a distinguished panel analyzing the “State of the Black Student.”
Art Opening: “Vantage Point” – Exhibition by UNC Asheville’s Student Art Organization
January 11, 2012
Art Front, UNC Asheville's student art organization, presents “Vantage Point,” the annual juried Art Front members show, through February 8, at Highsmith University Union Gallery on the campus. UNC Asheville Art History faculty and students selected the works for this show. There will be an opening reception from 6-8 p.m. Friday, January 13, in the gallery.
UNC Asheville Hosts Second Annual Health Fair at Kimmel Arena
January 9, 2012
UNC Asheville will host its second annual Health Fair with exhibits from some 40 local health organizations and businesses, from 11 a.m-2 p.m. Thursday, January 12, on the Kimmel Arena concourse. The fair is free and open to the public, with free parking available in the Kimmel Arena parking deck.
First Commencement at Kimmel Arena Celebrates 222 December UNC Asheville Graduates
December 17, 2011
Some 2,000 family and friends gathered in UNC Asheville’s new Kimmel Arena on Saturday, Dec. 17, to celebrate the university’s newest graduates. Included among the 222 who earned diplomas in December are 10 graduates of UNC Asheville’s growing Master of Liberal Arts program.
Interferometer Receivers Mounted on PARI Telescopes
December 16, 2011
Six years of design, engineering and computer programming were brought to a climax this week with the hoisting and mounting of two highly specialized receivers onto radio telescopes at the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI), in Transylvania County, N.C. Faculty and students at UNC Asheville and Furman University, and PARI staff, designed and constructed this new instrument for studying signals from space. The two custom-built receivers, each mounted on PARI’s 26-meter radio telescopes, will be linked using specialized, high-speed computers to create a complex piece of equipment called an interferometer.
First-Ever Commencement at Kimmel Arena to Honor December Graduates
December 12, 2011
UNC Asheville will hold its December 2011 Commencement, with some 220 graduates receiving diplomas, in a ceremony that begins at 10 a.m. Saturday, December 17. The December 2011 Commencement will be the first to be held in the new Kimmel Arena at the Wilma M. Sherrill Center on campus.
“Absence as Presence,” Photography Exhibit by Gabriela Knox Opens at UNC Asheville
December 6, 2011
“Absence as Presence,” a new exhibition of black-and-white photographs by UNC Asheville senior Gabriela Knox, is on display through December 17 at the Highsmith University Union Gallery on campus. This BFA senior exhibition is free and open to the public.
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