Join us for this powerful, practical workshop designed to help you master the art of creating a culture of accountability using proven tools. This session will break down the five essential Leadership Practices and five essential Management Practices every boss must master to build a team that gets things done—without micromanagement or frustration.

UNC Asheville will host High School Media Day for Western North Carolina newspaper and yearbook students and teachers on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. The event is organized by UNC Asheville’s Mass Communication Department in cooperation with the N.C. Scholastic Media Association.

Diverse ways of thinking can drive extraordinary innovation. In this special lecture, Keivan Stassun, Ph.D., Founding Director of the Frist Center for Autism and Innovation at Vanderbilt University’s School of Engineering, explores how embracing neurodiversity—recognizing and valuing neurological differences such as autism—can accelerate scientific discovery.

“Southern Indigenous Waters” is the first event in the “Rising Waters: Writing Place and Environment” Thomas Howerton lecture series, a series that puts humanities scholars in conversation with natural sciences scholars about issues affecting us all. On October 30, 2025, Duke hydrologist Ryan Emanuel and East Carolina University literary scholar Kirstin Squint will discuss the centrality of place and water for southern Indigenous people.