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Isaiah Rice Historical Photo Exhibition

Eagle Market Place Community Exhibition Space 19 Eagle Street, Asheville

The Isaiah Rice Photo Collection, which provides a window into Asheville's African American history through vivid images of life in the city's black community from the 1950s through the 1970s, will be on view May 24-Aug. 24 at the new Eagle Market Place Community Exhibition Space, 19 Eagle Street, Asheville, An opening reception will be held at the exhibition space from 5:30-8 p.m. on Friday, May 24. The reception and exhibit are free and open to everyone.

Mountain Dance and Folk Festival® Exhibit

Ramsey Library, Special Collections

To celebrate the festival's presence on campus this summer, UNC Asheville’s Ramsey Library Special Collections is hosting a special exhibit featuring photos and materials from the university's Mountain Dance and Folk Festival Collection as well as materials from the Bascom Lamar Lunsford Collection at Mars Hill University. The exhibition, on the library’s third floor, is open during regular library hours through Aug. 31. Free and open to everyone.

Convocation 2019

Sherrill Center, Kimmel Arena

UNC Asheville is excited to welcome the Class of 2023 to campus on Friday, Aug. 16, 2019!

Convocation is the special ceremony that formally kicks off the 2019-2020 academic year and officially welcomes new students to UNC Asheville. At Convocation, students take their first good-luck walk past Rocky the Bulldog, a ritual that is repeated at graduation. All students, families, faculty and staff are invited to attend.