News & Events
UNC Asheville to Hold Live Emergency Response Training Exercise May 21
May 17, 2010
As part of UNC Asheville's efforts to enhance campus safety, the university will be joined by a number of community agencies for a live emergency response training exercise on campus on Friday, May 21. The training exercise will be conducted by EnviroSafe Consulting and Investigations Inc., a firm hired by University of North Carolina General Administration to conduct training and simulations at each of the 17 UNC system campuses.
UNC Asheville Celebrates 82nd Annual Commencement
May 15, 2010
More than 4,500 family and friends gathered on UNC Asheville's Quadrangle Saturday morning to celebrate UNC Asheville's 2010 graduating class. Some 677 students were honored during the 82nd Commencement Ceremony, including 436 spring graduates, 34 summer graduates and 207 winter graduates, who were snowed out of their ceremony in December.
Backgrounder on Proposed 5.9% State Budget Cut
May 5, 2010
N.C. Gov. Beverly Perdue recently released her proposed 2010-2011 budget, which included a number of recommendations for the University of North Carolina system.Noted Civil Rights Leader, Freedom Singer Bernice Johnson Reagon to Deliver Commencement Address
April 30, 2010
UNC Asheville Chancellor Anne Ponder will confer honorary degrees on noted Civil Rights leader and Freedom Singer Bernice Johnson Reagon and legendary UNC-Chapel Hill Coaches Dean Smith and Roy Williams at the university's spring commencement. The ceremony will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 15, on UNC Asheville's Quad. Reagon will give the commencement address to some 500 graduates.UNC Asheville Honors Alumni, Student Leaders at Annual Ceremony
April 30, 2010
UNC Asheville presented its annual alumni and student leadership awards at a campus ceremony on April 29. Awards were presented by Chancellor Anne Ponder, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Bill Haggard and National Alumni Council Chair James Carter ’00.UNC Asheville Board of Trustees to Meet April 29
April 26, 2010
The UNC Asheville Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting at 3 p.m. Thursday, April 29, in Phillips Hall, room 117, on campus. The purpose of the meeting is to review the architectural design for the renovation of the Governors Village residence halls.UNC-Chapel Hill pharmacy education expanding to UNC Asheville
April 9, 2010
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- The University of North Carolina Board of Governors on Friday approved UNC-Chapel Hill's plan to expand its pharmacy-education program to UNC Asheville in partnership with Mission Health System.UNC Asheville Names New University Attorney
March 26, 2010
Lucien "Skip" Capone III has been named as university counsel at UNC Asheville. Capone currently serves as university counsel at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, a position he has held since 1991. His appointment, following a national search, was approved by the UNC Asheville Board of Trustees on March 26. He will start his new position on April 15.UNC Asheville Open House Set for April 3
March 17, 2010
UNC Asheville's Admissions Office will host an open house for high school and transfer students and their families from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 3. Registration will be held at UNC Asheville's Highsmith University Union. Events will take place across campus and include an academic and student organization fair, student-led campus tours and sessions for parents and students on admissions, academic and extracurricular programs, scholarships and other financial aid.UNC Asheville Board of Trustees to Meet in March
March 9, 2010
Two UNC Asheville Board of Trustees committee meetings and a meeting of the full board are set for March. The Finance and Real Property Committee will meet Tuesday, March 16; the Development Committee will meet March 18; and the full board will convene on March 26.Contact Information
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