UNCA Fall Open House Set for October 19

UNC Asheville's Admissions Office invites prospective students to register on-line for an open house for transfer students and high school juniors and seniors and their families.  Events run from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday, October 19, in UNCA's Justice Center and will include student-led campus tours and sessions on admission, academic and extracurricular programs, scholarships and other financial aid.

The University of North Carolina Asheville, a four-year public liberal arts university located in the mountains of western North Carolina, has earned a national reputation for its programs in the humanities, undergraduate research and environmental studies. Earlier this month, UNCA ranked fifth in the nation among public liberal arts colleges in U.S. News & World Report's annual college rankings. This fall, UNCA was named a "Best Buy" among American colleges in the edition of the prestigious Fiske Guide to Colleges as well as ranked eighth among the nation's best academic values in The Princeton Review's "The Best 345 Colleges."

For more information about UNCA, call the Admissions Office at 828/251-6481 or 800/531-9842.

Media Contacts:

• UNCA's Admissions Office, 828/251-6481
• Jill Yarnall, UNCA Public Information Assistant Director, 828/251-6526