Recent News
“The Race to Nowhere” Film Screening and Panel at UNC Asheville on April 11
April 1, 2013
The documentary film "The Race to Nowhere – The Dark Side of America's Achievement Culture," will be screened at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 11, in UNC Asheville's Highsmith University Union, Room 143. A panel discussion with educators, parents, students and community members will follow.
Show of student New Media works to open April 5
March 29, 2013
UNC Asheville's 12th Annual New Media Juried Student Exhibition opens with a reception from 3-6 p.m. on Friday, April 5, in the Highsmith University Union Gallery on campus.
Suspects arrested in March 20 robbery at UNC Asheville
March 28, 2013
An investigation by UNC Asheville Police has resulted in the arrest of two suspects in an armed robbery that was reported in a campus parking lot the night of March 20. The victim of the robbery, a UNC Asheville student, was not injured.
UNC Asheville offers final free tax preparation session April 6
March 26, 2013
With the April 15 deadline looming for filing income tax returns, Saturday, April 6, brings one last chance for community residents to get their income tax returns prepared for free by UNC Asheville volunteers as part of the IRS VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) program. The tax preparation assistance team will be ready to prepare tax returns from 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m., April 6, in the Pack Memorial Library, 67 Haywood Street in downtown Asheville. (The library is closed March 30 for the Easter holiday.) No appointment is necessary.
Queer Studies Conference Set for April 4-6 at UNC Asheville
March 22, 2013
The 2013 UNC Asheville Queer Studies Conference will take place April 4-6 in various locations on campus. This biennial conference is a gathering of academics, artists and activists, including participants from around the country and abroad, addressing issues of gender, sexuality, diversity, human and civil rights.
Update on robbery investigation
March 21, 2013
The UNC Asheville Police Department is continuing its investigation into the report of a robbery of a UNC Asheville student that occurred Wednesday night, March 20, in parking lot P26, near Zeis Hall. The student was not injured.
“Get Your Book Published” workshop April 7 at UNC Asheville
March 19, 2013
The Great Smokies Writing Program presents a two-hour workshop, "Get Your Book Published: Which way to go and how to get there," at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 7 in UNC Asheville's Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum.
TheatreUNCA presents “Spring Awakening”
March 19, 2013
TheatreUNCA will present the Tony Award-winning musical "Spring Awakening," with 6 evening performances and one matinee, opening April 4 in UNC Asheville's Carol Belk Theatre.
UNC Asheville to help middle schools implement new Common Core Standards
March 15, 2013
UNC Asheville faculty will begin intensive work this summer with teams of teachers from Asheville City and McDowell County Schools to help the schools implement new state standards, provide more intellectually rigorous instruction, and support teaching of "big ideas."
Panel to discuss “Boundaries: Art and its Relationship to Systems of Oppression”
March 13, 2013
Local artists Jeremy Russell and Valeria Watson-Doost, creators of the "Whole Earth Theory" exhibition at UNC Asheville's Highsmith University Union Gallery, will be joined by members of UNC Asheville's faculty for a panel discussion, "Boundaries," on the nexus of art and politics at 6 p.m. Monday, March 25 at the Highsmith University Union Grotto on campus.
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