UNC Asheville’s Music
Department Wraps Up Fall Concert Season with Holiday Show
UNC Asheville’s Music Department will wrap up its fall
concert season with its popular holiday concert at 4 p.m. Sunday,
Dec. 6, in UNC Asheville’s Lipinsky Auditorium. “A Holiday Sparkler:
Music of the Season” will feature a wind ensemble, the University
Singers and student a cappella groups performing seasonal favorites,
including “Carol of the Bells,” “Sleigh Ride” and “Deck the Halls.”
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RENCI at UNC Asheville
Hosts Public Open House on December 4
The Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) at UNC
Asheville invites the public to attend a drop-in open house to be
held from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4, at the RENCI at UNC
Asheville Community Engagement Site, located in the Grove Arcade in
downtown Asheville. The event is free and open to the public.
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UNC Asheville Board of
Trustees' Finance and Real Property Committee to Meet
UNC Asheville’s Board of Trustees' Finance and Real Property
Committee will meet from
11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3, at UNC Asheville's Phillips
Hall, room 117. A 30-minute break is scheduled at 1 p.m. The meeting
is open to the public. Portions of the meeting may be closed to the
public under provisions of the North Carolina Open Meetings Act.
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RBC
Bank Donates $5,000 to UNC Asheville's Math Literacy Summit
UNC Asheville's Math Literacy Summit has helped local
K-12 teachers, parents and students build better math skills. Now
the annual event is also receiving support from RBC Bank. The bank
recently donated $5,000 to support the 2009 daylong event, which
featured a keynote address by noted mathematician and University of
Arizona professor William Velez followed by eight workshops.
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UNC Asheville to Hold
Holiday Ceramic and Art Sale
UNC Asheville’s Art Department will hold its annual
holiday ceramic and art sale from 4-7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4, and 10
a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, in UNC Asheville’s Tucker Cooke
Gallery, located on the ground floor of Owen Hall. The sale is open
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N.C. Center for Creative Retirement Hosts Panel on Healthy Holiday
Dining
The North Carolina Center for Creative Retirement will
host a panel of local restaurateurs and food aficionados at 7 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 3, at UNC Asheville’s Reuter Center. Panelists will
discuss “Healthy Holiday Dining,” followed by a question-and-answer
session and a reception with light refreshments. This is the second
event in the “Celebrating Life in the Mountains” speaker series. The
event is free and open to the public.
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Great Smokies Writing Program Launches Online Publication
UNC Asheville’s Great Smokies Writing Program has
launched a new online literary magazine, “The Great Smokies Review.”
The magazine offers former and current students of the Great Smokies
Writing Program an opportunity to share not only their creative
work, but their writing experiences and expertise, as well.
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Registration Now Open for
College for Seniors Winter Term;
More Than 65 Classes Begin January 11
Older adults can learn new skills for the new year at
UNC Asheville's nationally renowned College for Seniors.
Registration is now open for more than 65 courses available during
the winter term from January 11-February 22. Classes will be held at
UNC Asheville's Reuter Center, home of the North Carolina Center for
Creative Retirement. »
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UNC Asheville Offers Substitute Teacher 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. The course, offered by UNC Asheville's
Professional Education Program, will be held on the UNC Asheville
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UNC Asheville Hosts North
Carolina Symphony's Holiday Pops
Holiday tunes will float through the air like midwinter
snowflakes as the North Carolina Symphony takes the stage at UNC
Asheville for its popular Holiday Pops concert. The performance will
be held at 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10, at UNC Asheville's Lipinsky
Auditorium. The 2009 tour will stop in Asheville for one night only.
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UNC Asheville Offers
Online Women's Studies Class
UNC Asheville is taking advantage of the growing trend
in online education to improve access to classes for students,
working adults and others in all parts of the state who need the
flexibility and convenience that online education provides.
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Updates Concerning H1N1 Influenza
Updated November 4
UNC Asheville has created a Web page that offers
the campus community updates on the H1N1 Influenza.
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UNC Asheville Athletics
to Begin Certification Process from NCAA
UNC Asheville Chancellor Anne Ponder has announced the
start of the National Collegiate Athletic Association third-cycle
recertification process for the university’s department of
athletics. » MORE
UNC Asheville’s 25th Annual
Weather Calendar on Sale Now
Looking to get your holiday shopping done early this
year? Here’s a gift suggestion from UNC Asheville—the 2010 Western
North Carolina Weather Calendar.
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UNC Asheville
Professor, Painter Virginia Derryberry to Hold Solo Exhibition at
Flood Fine Art Center Gallery
Virginia Derryberry, a noted painter and UNC Asheville art
professor, will hold a solo exhibition of recent work at the Flood
Fine Art Center Gallery, 109 Roberts St., in the Asheville River
Arts District from November 13 to December 5. The exhibition,
entitled "Eide/Eidola," features 15 large-scale paintings from her
Rebis series. It is Derryberry's first solo exhibition in Asheville
since 2000. An opening reception will be held 7-10 p.m. Friday, Nov.
13, in the gallery, which is located on the second floor of the Phil
Mechanic Building. The exhibition and reception are free and open to
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UNC Asheville-City of
Asheville Agreement Sets Stage for New Partnerships;
Joint Launch of RENCI Engagement Site Benefits Region
The long-standing, informal partnership between UNC
Asheville and City of Asheville took a step forward today with the
signing of a joint agreement that sets the stage for future
collaborations. UNC Asheville Chancellor Anne Ponder and Asheville
Mayor Terry Bellamy, who signed the agreement, were joined by UNC
President Erskine Bowles and city, university and elected officials
at the ceremony, held at the Grove Arcade in downtown Asheville. The
memo of understanding provides a framework for further
collaborations in a number of areas important to the city and the
region: environmental sustainability, health and wellness, culture
and recreation, economic development and technology, and public
safety. >> MORE
UNC Asheville Draws High Marks from U.S. News & World Report College
Rankings;
Hailed as an "Up-and Coming School" with Strong Focus on Teaching,
Undergraduate Research
UNC Asheville, once again, has been praised by U.S.
News & World Report’s "America’s Best Colleges" rankings released on
August 20. The magazine’s highly anticipated ranking gave high marks
to UNC Asheville for its commitment to teaching, innovation,
undergraduate research and affordability.
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UNC Asheville to Study
Alternate Sites for Craft Campus
UNC Asheville is evaluating a number of alternative
sites to host the planned Craft Campus after extensive evaluation of
the former Buncombe County landfill site has revealed significant
challenges.
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UNC Asheville Featured in
Princeton Review's "The Best 371 Colleges"
UNC Asheville is featured in the 2010 edition of the
Princeton Review's "The Best 371 Colleges." The annual guidebook
highlights the top 10% of institutions nationally as "cream of the
crop colleges and universities." The rankings are based in part on a
survey of more than 122,000 college students, who provide candid
assessments of their institutions.
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Updates Concerning
the State Budget, Tuition, and the Flexible Furlough Plan
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 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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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
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
