UNC Asheville Student Marks
University Milestone as First Third-Generation Graduate
When UNC Asheville senior Matt Anderson, a music
technology major from Asheville, graduates on Saturday, he will mark
an important University milestone. Anderson will become UNC
Asheville's first third-generation graduate. He will join father
Andy Anderson, a physics major from the Class of 1982, and his
grandmother Ann Anderson, a 1956 graduate of Asheville-Biltmore
College and biology major from UNC Asheville's Class of 1970, in the
ranks of the some 13,500 University alumni.
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UNC Asheville Names First Cary
Caperton Owen Distinguished Professor in Economics; Professor's Work
will Focus on American Poverty Courses, Research
UNC Asheville Economics Professor Joseph M. Sulock has
been named the University's first Cary Caperton Owen Distinguished
Professor in Economics. The distinguished professorship was
established in October 2007 in honor of Cary Owen, who is known
throughout the state as a remarkable champion for public education.
It is especially fitting that the distinguished professorship is in
the field of economics; Owen was one of the first women to major in
economics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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UNC Asheville Wraps Up Writers at
Home Series With Student Reading
UNC Asheville will wrap up its 2007-2008 Writers at
Home Series at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 18, at Malaprops Bookstore/Café,
55 Haywood St., downtown Asheville. Great Smokies Writing Program
students who were enrolled in the Spring 2008 Advanced Prose
Workshop will read from their original work. The event is free and
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UNC Asheville Senior Presents
Mixed Media Exhibition
"Recording Impermanence," an exhibition of 24 mixed
media pieces by UNC Asheville senior Carley Dergins, will be on view
May 7-20 at UNC Asheville's Highsmith University Union Gallery. The
show is a culmination of Dergins' work toward a bachelor of fine
arts degree from UNC Asheville. An opening reception will be held
from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 7, in the gallery, which is
located on the lower level of the building.
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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Awards $500,000 to Appalachian College Association; Funds to Support
New ACA-UNC Asheville Undergraduate Research Partnership
Berea, Ky. -- The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has
awarded a $500,000 grant to the Appalachian College Association (ACA)
that will expand undergraduate research expertise and opportunities
for faculty and students in the humanities and humanistic social
sciences at more than two dozen colleges in Central Appalachia, ACA
President Alice Brown announced today.
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UNC Asheville Breaks
Ground for North Carolina Center for
Health & Wellness
UNC Asheville held a celebratory groundbreaking
ceremony today for the North Carolina Center for Health & Wellness,
which will be the new home for a unique academic and outreach
initiative that is helping to address the state's most pressing
health concerns. »
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UNC Asheville Wins Western North
Carolina Writing Award
Jill Yarnall, UNC Asheville Assistant Director of
Public Information, recently received the 2008 Best of the Mountains
Award for Press Release Writing from the Public Relations
Association of Western North Carolina. It is the second consecutive
year that Yarnall won the top regional award.
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UNC Asheville Professor Kevin
Moorhead Honored for Teaching Excellence by UNC Board of Governors
One of UNC Asheville's most respected professors, Kevin
Moorhead, was named today as a recipient of the Award for Excellence
in Teaching from the University of North Carolina's Board of
Governors. Moorhead, professor and chair of environmental studies,
was nominated by a committee of UNC Asheville faculty. He will
receive a commemorative bronze medallion and a $7,500 cash prize at
a ceremony at UNC Chapel Hill next month.
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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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UNC Asheville Senior
Presents Printmaking Exhibition
"The Modern World in Ancient Stories," an exhibition of
some 15 intaglio and letterpress pieces by UNC Asheville senior
Julia Smith, will be on view April 30-May 30 at UNC Asheville's
Blowers Gallery. An opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m.
Wednesday, April 30, in the gallery.
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UNC Asheville Senior Holds
Painting Exhibition
"Portrait of an Infestation," an exhibition of 12
paintings by UNC Asheville senior Kara Bender, will be on view April
25-May 6 at UNC Asheville's Highsmith University Union Gallery.
The show is a culmination of Bender's work toward a bachelor of fine
arts degree at UNC Asheville. An opening reception will be held from
6 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 25, in the gallery, which is located on
the lower level of the building.
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UNC Asheville Students
Participate in Women as Global Leaders Conference in Dubai
Six UNC Asheville students recently traveled to Dubai,
United Arab Emirates, to attend a three-day conference on "Women as
Global Leaders." Organized by Zayed University, the conference
brings together women from more than 85 countries to build bridges,
share ideas and engage in debate on leadership education.
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Renowned Educator Johnnetta B.
Cole to Give UNC Asheville Commencement Address
Renowned educator and humanitarian Johnnetta B. Cole
will deliver the UNC Asheville Commencement address on Saturday, May
10. The ceremony begins at 9 a.m. on the Ramsey Library Terrace. In
case of rain, Commencement will be held at the Asheville Civic
Center. Tickets are not required. Some 490 students are candidates
for bachelor's and master's of liberal arts degrees. During the
ceremony, UNC Asheville Chancellor Anne Ponder will also present an
honorary doctoral degree to Cole.
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UNC Asheville Students Spend
Spring Semester Studying, Working in Nation's Capital; UNC in
Washington Internship Program Makes Lasting Changes on Students
UNC Asheville senior Ashley Horne intended to take a
year off after graduation and was planning on applying to law
school. But her future plans began to really take shape the moment
she arrived in Washington, D.C. for her semester-long internship
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UNC Asheville Students
Volunteer in Bolivia During Spring Break;
Group Conducts First Community Lead Testing in Small South American
Town
UNC Asheville political science major B.J. Perkins has
had his share of relaxing spring breaks, but for his senior year he
decided to use the week off from classes to help make the world a
better place. Perkins and 13 additional UNC Asheville students
traveled to South America last month to volunteer at the Highlands
Bolivian Mission (HBM). »
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UNC Asheville Names John
Stevens Distinguished University Professor
UNC Asheville recently named John G. Stevens as
Distinguished University Professor. Stevens, who joined the faculty
in 1968, is a Professor of Chemistry and has been instrumental in
establishing a number of scholarly centers at the University.
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UNC Asheville Honors
Alumni with Annual Awards
UNC Asheville recently honored some of its most
outstanding alumni with the University's annual Distinguished Alumni
Awards. UNC Asheville Chancellor Anne Ponder and UNC Asheville
National Alumni Council Chair Neal Rhoades (Class of 1986) presented
the awards at a special dinner on campus on March 27, 2008.
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UNC Asheville Hosts Super
Summer Camp
Students in grades three-five will have the opportunity
to stimulate their imaginations and develop critical thinking skills
at UNC Asheville's Super Summer Camp this June. The camp will be
held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday, June 16-20, on UNC
Asheville's campus. Early morning drop-off and late afternoon
pick-up options are also available.
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Anonymous Donor Provides
Global Travel, Volunteer Opportunities for UNC Asheville Students;
$100,000 Fund Promises to Change Lives
Many students enter college wanting to change the
world. Matt Rumley certainly did. At UNC Asheville, Rumley harnessed
that youthful idealism to real-world solutions through studies in
international human rights law. And when he became the first student
to take advantage of the University's new Mountains to the World
Travel Fund, he realized that the world could change him.
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What Places Do You Treasure in
the Mountains? The Farmland Values Project Seeks Input
What places do you treasure in the mountains? The
Farmland Values Project, a UNC Asheville initiative funded by the
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Cooperative State Research,
Education and Extension Service, is seeking input on this question
from residents of Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson and Madison counties.
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N.C. Center for Creative
Retirement Hosts Third Studio Masters Series with Renowned Artists;
Program Open to All Ages
The North Carolina Center for Creative Retirement
invites artists of all ages to enroll in the 2008 Studio Masters
Series, featuring programs for those with intermediate to advanced
skills or with similar advanced interest in the arts. The Center's
third Studio Masters Series will take place in March and September
with courses taught by master wood craftsman Gary Rawlins, renowned
marbling artist Laura Sims and widely acclaimed basketmaker Billie
Ruth Sudduth. All workshops will take place at UNC Asheville's
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HomeTrust Bank Donates
$25,000 to UNC Asheville's N.C. Center for Health & Wellness
HomeTrust Bank took the court at halftime Wednesday
night to present a $25,000 gift toward construction of UNC
Asheville's North Carolina Center for Health & Wellness. The
capacity crowd at the UNC Asheville-Highpoint men's basketball game
responded with warm ovation that filled Justice Center.
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Registration Now Open for
UNC Asheville's Summer Music Camp
Aspiring musicians will have the opportunity to engage
in intense instruction and melodious fun at UNC Asheville's third
annual "Music in the Mountains: Western North Carolina Summer Music
Camp." The overnight camp, set for June 22-27, is open to middle and
high school students. »
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Jane K. Fernandes Tapped as
UNC Asheville Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
UNC Asheville Chancellor Anne Ponder will make a formal
recommendation to name Jane K. Fernandes the University's new
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the UNC
Asheville Board of Trustees meeting on December 15.
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BB&T Donates $50,000 to UNC
Asheville's N.C. Center for Health & Wellness; Funds Earmarked for
the Center's Construction
UNC Asheville's North Carolina Center for Health &
Wellness got a boost Tuesday with a $50,000 gift from the BB&T
Charitable Foundation.
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The Cliffs Communities Inc.
Gifts $1 Million to UNC Asheville to Benefit the North Carolina
Center for Health & Wellness
The University of North Carolina Asheville and The
Cliffs Communities announce today that The Cliffs is gifting $1
million to the University’s North Carolina Center for Health &
Wellness. The Center will be a hub for educating health and wellness
professionals, conducting interdisciplinary research, building
community and statewide partnerships, and incubating community
programs around critical health-and-wellness issues.
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UNC Asheville Honors Asheville
Civic Leader Cary C. Owen;
Endowed Economics Professorship Funded by C.D. Spangler Foundation
Cary C. Owen is known throughout the state as a
remarkable champion for public education. Starting as a member of
the Buncombe County Board of Education and the first woman elected
to the Buncombe County Commissioners, she went on to lend her skills
to the UNC Asheville Board of Trustees, the State Board of Education
and the University of North Carolina Board of Governors.
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City of Asheville Donates Urban
Renewal Files to UNC Asheville;
Documents Record Dramatic Changes in Historic African American
Neighborhoods
When UNC Asheville junior Reed Fornoff started his
internship at Mountain Housing Opportunities, he was hoping for a
job that that would match his interest in urban planning. Little did
he know that his first task for the organization, a local nonprofit
which provides affordable housing to low-income residents, would
become an intriguing exploration into Asheville's past.
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UNC Asheville Receives
Parsec Prize to Benefit N.C. Center for Health & Wellness
UNC Asheville's North Carolina Center for Health &
Wellness recently got a boost thanks to a $14,000 Parsec Prize from
Parsec Financial Management. The University will use the funds to
continue laying the groundwork for faculty and undergraduate student
research and program development to prevent childhood obesity,
foster workplace wellness and promote senior wellness, three of the
state's most pressing health concerns.
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UNC Asheville Draws Praise as a
National Best Buy;
University Named in "Fiske Guide to Colleges," Princeton Review's
"The Best 366 Colleges"
Parents and students are facing the daunting
possibility of astronomical costs and years of debt as they shop for
colleges this fall. With that in mind, "The Fiske Guide to
Colleges," has released its 2008 list of Best Buys among American
and Canadian colleges. UNC Asheville is alone among public colleges
in Western North Carolina to earn a spot on the list. It is the 14th
consecutive year that UNC Asheville has been named a Best Buy.
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UNC Asheville Named a
Top Value by Consumers Digest Magazine
UNC Asheville continues to head to the top of the class
as an outstanding educational value nationally. The May/June issue
of Consumers Digest named UNC Asheville one of the Top 50 Best
Values for public colleges and universities. UNC Asheville came in
at number 30 out of the top 255 public colleges and universities
considered. » MORE
