UNC Asheville’s Admissions Office will host an open house for high school and transfer students and their families from 8:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30, in UNC Asheville’s Highsmith University Union. Events will include student-led campus tours and sessions on admission, academic and extracurricular programs, scholarships and other financial aid.

For more information or to register, call the Admissions Office at 828/251-6481 or 800/531-9842 or click on www.unca.edu/admissions/openhouses. Walk-in registration will be held the day of the event.

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 program in the humanities, undergraduate research and environmental studies. UNC Asheville ranks among the top five public liberal arts colleges in the newest U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges.”