UNC Asheville's Concerts on
the Quad Gets Jazzy with the Capital Messengers
The Capital Messengers will swing into the limelight at
7 p.m. Monday, July 13, as the fifth installment in UNC Asheville's
Concerts on the Quad summer music series. A unit of the 257th U.S.
Army Band based in Washington, D.C., the Capital Messengers is a
traditional jazz team directed by Sergeant Jamal Brown. The event is
free and open to the public. »
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UNC Asheville Board of Trustees to Meet July 7
UNC Asheville's Board of Trustees will hold a special
meeting from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 7, at UNC Asheville's
Phillips Hall, room 117. The purpose of the meeting is to elect
officers for 2009-10. Portions of the meeting may be closed to the
public under the provision of the North Carolina Open Meetings Act.
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UNC Asheville Earns Top Spot in Fiske Guide to Colleges;
University Named Best Buy for 16 Consecutive Years
As the 2010 college rankings begin to roll in, UNC
Asheville continues to stand with some of the nation's finest
colleges. The annual "Fiske Guide to Colleges" released its 2010
list of Best Buys of American and Canadian colleges earlier this
month. UNC Asheville is alone among public colleges in Western North
Carolina to earn a spot on the list. It is the 16th consecutive year
that UNC Asheville has been named a Best Buy.
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Updates Concerning
the State Budget, Tuition, and the Flexible Furlough Plan
Updated June 30, 2009
UNC Asheville has created a Web page that offers the
campus community updates and background on the state budget and its
impact on UNC institutions.
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UNC Asheville's Concerts on the Quad Hosts an Evening of WNC Music
and Stories
UNC Asheville's Concerts on the Quad summer music
series will continue Monday, July 6 with an evening of stories and
music, highlighting the two earliest cultures of Western North
Carolina. Noted Cherokee storyteller Lloyd Arneach will share his
traditional stories at 7 p.m. Popular mountain musicians Laura
Boosinger, Josh Goforth and Raymond McLain will play at 8 p.m. The
event is free and open to the public.
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UNC Asheville Hosts Mixed Media Exhibition by Asheville Artist
Norbert Irvine
"Norbert W. Irvine: Reflective Iridescences on
Canvas," an exhibition of some 12 mixed media pieces by Asheville
artist Norbert Irvine, will be on view at UNC Asheville's Highsmith
University Union Gallery July-August 6. The show features Irvine's
work, which incorporate prismatic papers, glitter, acrylic,
opalescent colors, permanent inks and commercial holographic paper.
A reception and artist talk will be held at noon Monday, July 13, in
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UNC Asheville Offers Distance Learning Courses for Lateral Entry
Teachers
UNC Asheville and A-B Technical Community College will
host two distance learning courses designed for employed lateral
entry teachers this fall. These two eight-week are designed for
teachers who have their own classrooms and are seeking alternative
licensing through the Regional Alternative Licensing Center.
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UNC Asheville Hosts Art
Exhibition by Inmates at Avery Mitchell Correctional Facility
For more than 10 years, UNC Asheville has offered
college classes at four regional correctional facilities. Inmate
students have studied meteorology, psychology, public speaking and
art, among other classes. Recently, art instructor Heather Lewis
taught basic drawing classes at Avery Mitchell Correctional Facility
in Spruce Pine. Work completed by the students will be on view at
UNC Asheville this summer.
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UNC Asheville Offers
Required Teacher's Course
Registration is now open for Effective Teacher
Training, a required course for teaching and substituting in some
North Carolina public school systems, including Buncombe County and
Asheville public schools.
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UNC Asheville's Great
Smokies Writing Program Offers Summer Workshops
Local writers will have the opportunity to hone their
skills with UNC Asheville's Great Smokies Writing Program's summer
workshop series. The program will offer four workshops in poetry and
prose. Classes are open to all interested writers but class size is
limited; early registration is suggested.
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Two UNC Asheville Students
Selected for Summer Internships with State Agencies
Gov. Beverly Perdue recently announced that two UNC
Asheville students are among 100 college, graduate and law students
selected for 10-week paid summer internships with state agencies.
More than 700 students from across the state applied to the program,
which is now in its 39th year.
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UNC Asheville Offers GRE
Test Prep Class
Registration is now open for a Graduate Record
Examination (GRE) prep course offered by UNC Asheville's
Professional Education Program. Classes will meet on UNC Asheville's
campus beginning July 7.
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UNC
Asheville Announces Out-of-State Students Named to the Spring 2009
Chancellor's List and Dean's List
The following students from out-of-state have been
named to UNC Asheville's Spring Chancellor's List and Dean's List.
They are listed by their hometown.
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UNC Asheville
Announces North Carolina Students Named to the Spring 2009
Chancellor's List and Dean's List
The following students from North Carolina have been
named to UNC Asheville's Spring Chancellor's List and Dean's List.
They are listed by their hometown.
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UNC Asheville Professor
Releases New Book Exposing the Calcium Myth in Preventing
Osteoporosis
For years, doctors and scientists have told the public
to drink milk, eat dairy products and take calcium supplements to
improve bone health and prevent osteoporosis. The problem is they're
wrong, according to a new book co-authored by a UNC Asheville
researcher. » MORE
Obituary: Allene
Highsmith Dies at 81;
Former "First Lady" of UNC Asheville Lived Her
Commitment to Higher Education
UNC Asheville’s
founding “First Lady,” Allene Sugg Highsmith, 81, died May 25 at her
residence in Asheville. She and husband Chancellor William H. “Bill”
Highsmith are remembered for turning a small junior college into
Asheville’s four-year public liberal arts university.
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UNC Asheville
Announces May Graduates from Out-of-State
The following students from outside North Carolina
received bachelor's degrees from UNC Asheville in May 2009. They are
listed by their home state or country.
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UNC Asheville Announces
May Graduates from North Carolina
The following students from North Carolina received
bachelor's degrees from UNC Asheville in May 2009. They are listed
by their hometown. »
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UNC Asheville Celebrates
81st Annual Commencement
More than 4,000 family and friends gathered on UNC
Asheville's Quadrangle Saturday morning to celebrate UNC Asheville's
2009 graduating class. Some 612 students were honored during the
81st annual Commencement Ceremony, including 365 spring graduates,
221 winter graduates and 26 summer graduates. They were all treated
to an impromptu performance by honorary degree recipient Doc Watson
as well as an inspiring commencement address by Thomas L. Purce.
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UNC Asheville Professor Scott Walters Receives Grant from National
Endowment for the Arts
Scott Walters, UNC Asheville Associate Professor of
Drama, was recently given the "Access to Excellence" award along
with a National Endowment for the Arts $5,000 grant. This national
award presented annually by the N.E.A. is designed to acquaint
Americans with the best of the nation's cultural and artistic
heritage. Just 113 grants were awarded nationwide this year.
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UNC Asheville Announces $3 Million Grant from BCBSNC Foundation for
the N.C. Center for Health & Wellness; Funds Boost UNC Asheville’s
Efforts to Promote Healthy Lifestyles for North Carolinians
UNC Asheville and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of
North Carolina (BCBSNC) Foundation announced today a $3 million
grant from the BCBSNC Foundation to support the University’s North
Carolina Center for Health & Wellness. The three-year grant is the
most substantial ever for the foundation's Healthy Active
Communities focus area and one of the largest in the University's
history.
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Four Workshops Offered
at N.C. Center for Creative Retirement
The North Carolina Center for Creative Retirement (NCCCR)
will offer a series of hands-on summer workshops. The courses, which
are open to students of all ages and skills, will take place May
through September at UNC Asheville's Reuter Center.
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UNC Asheville Professor Sam Kaplan Honored for Teaching Excellence
by UNC Board of Governors
Sam Kaplan, 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. Kaplan, associate professor of mathematics, was
nominated by a committee of UNC Asheville faculty. He will receive a
commemorative bronze medallion and a $7,500 cash prize.
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$1.5 Million Gift to UNC
Asheville to Fund Scholarships, Academic Needs
Current and future students at UNC Asheville will be
the immediate beneficiaries of a recent $1.5 million gift to the
University. The gift is among the largest ever made to UNC
Asheville. » MORE
UNC Asheville Welcomes New Live
Mascot, "Rocky I";
Rescued Victorian Bulldog Makes Debut at Homecoming Basketball Game
UNC Asheville's bulldog mascot, Rocky, has been known
for decades to be tenacious, strong and courageous… now rescued can
be added to this list of traits.
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National Public Liberal Arts
Colleges Organization Moves to UNC Asheville;
Professor Bill
Spellman Named First Executive Director
UNC Asheville, a longtime leader in public liberal arts
education, will now host the national headquarters for the Council
of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC). Founded in 1987, COPLAC is
a highly regarded consortium of 25 undergraduate U.S. and Canadian
institutions dedicated to the advancement of public liberal arts
education. » MORE
UNC Asheville's Math Department
Receives Grant from AT&T Foundation;
Funds Will Help Launch Math
Tutor Certification Program in Asheville, Buncombe County
Students laboring over their math homework may not
realize it, but passing Algebra turns out to be a gateway to later
achievement in life. » MORE
UNC Asheville Named One of 50
"Best Value" Public Colleges in U.S. by Princeton Review
In today's challenging economy, parents and
students face the daunting prospect of high costs and years of debt
as they shop for colleges this spring. With that in mind, the
Princeton Review released its "Best Value Colleges for 2009" earlier
today. » MORE
UNC Asheville Named a National
Innovator by U.S. News & World Report;
"Road Trip" Feature Story
Highlights Faculty, Undergraduate Research
U.S. News & World Report has awarded high marks to UNC
Asheville for its innovations, undergraduate research, and
affordability in the new edition of America's Best Colleges,
available online today. UNC Asheville also had the honor of being
one of just 24 colleges in the nation to be profiled in the guide's
"Road Trips" section. » MORE
