Recent News
Reuter Center Singers “Rewind to the 50s” on May 17
May 2, 2013
Music of the 50s will resound when the Reuter Center Singers perform at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 17, at UNC Asheville's Reuter Center, home to OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
UNC Asheville Holds 41st Annual Spring Wildflower and Bird Pilgrimage
May 1, 2013
UNC Asheville's Biology Department and the Botanical Gardens at Asheville will celebrate Appalachian nature with the 41st annual Spring Wildflower and Bird Pilgrimage May 3-5. This weekend of special events, including talks and guided tours, will focus on local flora and fauna. All are open to the public.
UNC Asheville Honors Distinguished Alumni, Faculty and Student Leaders
May 1, 2013
UNC Asheville presented awards to distinguished alumni Charles Thomas Steele Jr., Lt. Col. Wes Morrison, Barbara Baker, Justin Belleme and Leslie Klein Newman, in a ceremony that also included awards to distinguished faculty and student leaders.
“Write Now” – Creative Writing Program for High School Students Returns to UNC Asheville in June
April 30, 2013
"Write Now," a creative writing program for high school students, will return to UNC Asheville this summer with workshops held weekdays, June 17-28, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. "Write Now" offers each participating student experience in different styles of writing – fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry – under the tutelage of three of Asheville's finest writing instructors.
UNC Asheville’s Great Smokies Writing Program Announces Summer 2013 Workshops
April 30, 2013
Local writers will have the opportunity to hone their skills with UNC Asheville's Great Smokies Writing Program summer workshops in poetry and prose. Classes will be held in Asheville and Waynesville and are open to all interested writers. Class size is limited, so early registration is suggested.
2013 Windgate Fellows Announced by UNC Asheville’s Center for Craft, Creativity & Design
April 30, 2013
UNC Asheville's Center for Craft, Creativity & Design announces the winners of the 2013 Windgate Fellowships, awarded to 10 graduating college seniors with exemplary skill in craft. Each Windgate Fellow receives $15,000 – one of the largest awards offered nationally to art students
Nick McDevitt Named UNC Asheville Men's Basketball Coach
April 26, 2013
UNC Asheville Director of Athletics Janet R. Cone has announced that current Associate Head Men's Basketball Coach Nick McDevitt has been selected as the school's new head coach. The announcement came at an afternoon press conference held at the Wilma Sherrill Center.
UNC Asheville Board of Trustees to Hold Special Meeting on Friday
April 24, 2013
The Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina at Asheville will hold a special called meeting at 11:30 AM on Friday, April 26, 2013 in Phillips Hall room 117 on the UNC Asheville campus. The purpose of the meeting is to review items in closed session including employment contracts and potential property acquisition.
Chancellor Anne Ponder Named 2013 Van Ummersen Presidential Leadership Award Recipient
April 23, 2013
Kansas City, Mo. — The National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators (NACWAA) has named University of North Carolina at Asheville Chancellor Dr. Anne Ponder recipient of its inaugural Van Ummersen Presidential Leadership Award. Chancellor Ponder will be recognized May 17 at a celebratory luncheon held at the NCAA/NACWAA Women's Leadership Symposium in Indianapolis.
Poet Nikki Giovanni to Deliver UNC Asheville Commencement Address at May 11 Ceremony
April 22, 2013
Nikki Giovanni, the renowned poet, activist and educator, will deliver the commencement address and receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree when UNC Asheville holds its May 2013 Commencement. Warren Haynes, the rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, and creator of Asheville's annual Christmas Jam, also will receive an honorary degree. The ceremony begins at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 11.
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