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Retrospective: Robert Tynes Art Exhibit

Owen Hall, S. Tucker Cooke Gallery

Retrospective: Robert Tynes will be exhibited at UNC Asheville's S. Tucker Cooke Gallery from August 20th to September 8th, 2021. This will be a celebratory retrospective of Robert Tynes' career, marked by his recent retirement after over thirty years of teaching and painting professionally. The artist kindly requests that all visitors are fully vaccinated and masked upon entering the exhibit due to being immunocompromised.

Concert on the Quad featuring Joe Lasher presented by Ingles

University Quad

Ingles Markets and Pepsi are proud to bring the 2021 Downhome concert Series with Joe Lasher, Kaitlyn Baker, Commodore Fox and Lyric to the UNC Asheville Quad, Saturday, August 21st. Music starts at 6 p.m. Admission is free but please bring canned food items to donate to Manna Food Bank.

Visiting Writers Series: A Literary Reading by Poet Diamond Forde, the English Department’s University Fellow for Faculty Diversity

Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum

The English Department's University Fellow for Faculty Diversity, Diamond Forde's debut collection, Mother Body, is the winner of the 2019 Saturnalia Poetry Prize. She has received numerous awards and prizes, including the Pink Poetry Prize, the Furious Flower Poetry Prize, and CLA's Margaret Walker Memorial Prize, and placed in the Frontier Poetry's New Poets Award. She is a Callaloo and Tin House fellow, whose work has appeared in Massachusetts Review, Ninth Letter, NELLE, Tupelo Quarterly and more.

Owen Hall Re-Opening Faculty Exhibit

Owen Hall, S. Tucker Cooke Gallery

UNC Asheville’s renovated Owen Hall re-opened at the start of the fall 2021 semester with faculty exhibits from the Department of Art and Art History and Department of New Media.

Greenfest Keynote – Speaker Marc Williams presents “Field to Fork: You Are What You Eat”

Greenfest's Keynote event welcomes ethnobiologist Marc Williams. Join us for his one-hour talk from 7-8 p.m. in the Blue Ridge Room to hear about many of the positive interconnections between people, plants, mushrooms, and microbes while learning to employ botanicals and other life forms sustainably for food, medicine, and beauty. Come early to enjoy educational tables, local snacks, and live music from the UNC Asheville Bluegrass Ensemble.

NextFest Fall 2021 at UNC Asheville

Join more than 60 local and regional organizations at UNC Asheville at NextFest, an opportunity to connect with employers offering full and part time opportunities, internships, seasonal opportunities, and years of service!

Greenfest On-Campus Work Day

Reed Plaza 1 University Heights, Asheville

Greenfest's longest-running event is an effort to continue the beautification of UNC Asheville's unique campus as an urban forest. Our campus community will roll up our sleeves for a variety of campus beautification projects.

Greenfest Electrify Your Ride Sustainable Transportation Showcase

Parking Lot P19 1 University Heights, Asheville

Greenfest welcomes you to learn about electric cars, bicycles, and other personal electric transportation devices. The Blue Ridge EV club will host an electric car showcase with owners present to answer questions. The Flying Bike will have electric bikes available for demo. We will also have educational tables to highlight sustainable transportation initiatives on campus.

NC Firefighters and Paramedics Benefit Concert featuring Craig Campbell and Mikele Buck

Sherrill Center, Kimmel Arena

The Professional Fire Fighters and Paramedics Association of North Carolina will host a benefit concert to raise funds for fire education and safety efforts, victim relief support, local programs, and educational opportunities. The concert will feature singer-songwriter Craig Campbell and Mikele Buck, a 2018 contestant on The Voice.

UNC Asheville Pride Speaker Event

Highsmith Student Union, Alumni Hall (114)

Join UNC Asheville's Young Activist Club (YAC) in welcoming local LGBTQ+ activists and community members for an afternoon of LGBTQ+ culture, story, activism, and open discussion.

Common Word Community Read Dr. Ellen Holmes Pearson, Professor of History and Roy Carroll Professor of Arts & Sciences “‘…a degraded caste:’ Color and Legal Status in the Early American Republic”

The Common Word Community Read, curated by Wiley Cash '00, brings the UNC Asheville community together to engage in a collective educational experience. Each semester, one book will serve as the focus of numerous virtual and in-person lectures and discussions that will allow participants to delve deeper into the text. Join the Facebook Group to learn more and pick up your copy of the first community read: Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson.

Leadership Asheville Buzz Breakfast Series presents Evolving Asheville – Resilience for All: Public Safety

Crowne Plaza Resort Expo Center 1 Resort Drive, Asheville

The Leadership Asheville Buzz Breakfast Series returns this fall with a three-part in-person community event and conversation series. The fall 2021 series will focus on how we as a community evolve from this crisis and how we do that so everyone benefits. Conversations include the topics of Public Safety, The Economy, and Shelter.

$25 – $1000

Providing Support for Latinx Students: Unique Needs, Challenges and Opportunities

In this virtual seminar, Bárbara Cruz will discuss some of the unique educational needs and circumstances facing Latinx students at all levels of schooling. Weaving together research findings, experiential knowledge, and student stories, Cruz invites participants to reflect on their own practice and consider opportunities and recommendations for improving educational equity for all students.

Mullens and Jameses Honor Lecture Featuring Dr. Rachel Elizabeth Harding presenting “Family, Fugitivity and the Black Freedom Movement: Reflections on the Life and Work of Vincent and Rosemarie Freeney Harding”

Zoom / Virtual

Guest speaker Rachel Elizabeth Harding will lead a lecture on the life and work of her parents, Vincent and Rosemarie Harding. Her talk, "Family, Fugitivity and the Black Freedom Movement: Reflections on the Life and Work of Vincent and Rosemarie Freeney Harding," is presented in recognition of UNC Asheville's Mullens & Jameses Honor Lecture.

UNC Asheville’s TheatreUNCA Presents Everyone

Reynolds Green (Mini-Quad) 1 University Heights, Asheville

UNC Asheville’s TheatreUNCA returns to the stage in front of a live, in-person audience with "Everyone," a modern retelling of the 15th-century morality play, "Everyman." "Everyone" explores the age-old story of facing death, taking account, experiencing isolation and resentment, making amends, and reemerging into the world with a joyous rebirth.

Admission Open House

Sherrill Center, Kimmel Arena

UNC Asheville’s Open House gives students and families a chance to see what makes the UNC Asheville experience unique. Through distinctive academic and student life showcases, students can meet one-on-one with faculty, learn about life inside and outside the classroom, hear from current students, tour campus, and get to know Asheville, one of the coolest cities in the Southeast.

College Application Week and National Transfer Student Week

As part of October’s NC Countdown to College and National Transfer Student Week, UNC Asheville will waive application fees for first-year and transfer students from North Carolina, Oct. 18-22, 2021. The application fee typically costs $75. Students may choose to apply for regular decision or for Early Decision, which gives priority consideration to students who are certain that UNC Asheville is their first-choice university. The deadline for Early Decision is Nov. 1.

Common Word Community Read: Fabrice Julien, Assistant Professor of Health and Wellness “Race Towards An Early Grave: How the American System of Ranking Human Value Drives {consequential} Health Outcomes”

Highsmith Student Union, Lookout Mountain Room (229)

Join from 12 - 1 p.m in Highsmith Union 229 or watch the livestream on UNC Asheville's YouTube as Dr. Fabrice Julien presents The Common Word Community Reads second faculty lecture of the semester, "Race Towards An Early Grave: How the American System of Ranking Human Value Drives {consequential} Health Outcomes."

Ustad Shafaat Khan, noted sitar and tabla player

Highsmith Student Union, Grotto (108)

UNC Asheville welcomes multi-instrumentalist (sitar and tabla) and vocalist Ustad Shafaat Khan accompanied by Farhaj Aziz (keyboards) and Coco Bastien (Percussion) for a performance on October 20. Khan is a world-renowned Indian Classical musician. He debuted at age 11 at the King's Lynn Festival in England, has played alongside legends such as Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles, and has performed at prestigious concert halls, music festivals, and universities around the globe, including India, the US, Europe, China, Russia, and Japan.

Celebration on the Court

Sherrill Center, Kimmel Arena

The UNC Asheville Athletics Department will host its inaugural "Celebration on the Court" presented by Kimmel & Associates on Thursday, October 21, with ESPN College Basketball Analyst Jay Bilas serving as the keynote speaker. Proceeds from the Celebration on the Court will support UNC Asheville student-athletes.

$150

The Great Smoky Mountains African American Experience – A Townhall Event

UNC Asheville’s Africana Studies Program & Department of History invites you to listen, learn, and participate in a unique community project. On Oct. 22, The National Park Service’s Antoine Fletcher will lead a 20-minute presentation followed by a Q&A about the untold stories of African Americans in and around the Smokies. You are invited—and encouraged—to share information about this event, especially with elders, leaders, storytellers, activists, and the bon vivant in your local African American community. The African American Experience project is seeking their knowledge and yours!

UNC Asheville FAFSA Day

Zageir Hall

Are you a student applying to college? Or are you a parent looking for help with financial aid applications? Come to Zageir Hall and get help filling out your FAFSA – the Free Application for Federal Student Aid form that is required when applying for financial aid at colleges and universities.

Leadership Asheville Buzz Breakfast Series presents Evolving Asheville – Resilience for All: The Economy

Crowne Plaza Resort Expo Center 1 Resort Drive, Asheville

The Leadership Asheville Buzz Breakfast Series returns this fall with a three-part in-person community event and conversation series. The fall 2021 series will focus on how we as a community evolve from this crisis and how we do that so everyone benefits. Conversations include the topics of Public Safety, The Economy, and Shelter.

$25 – $1000

Visiting Writers Series: A Reading and Talk by Japanese American Poet Lee Ann Roripaugh

Sherrill Center, Ingles Mountain View Room

A Wyoming native and second-generation Japanese American, Lee Ann Roripaugh is the author of five volumes of poetry: tsunami vs. the fukushima 50 (Milkweed), Dandarians (Milkweed), On the Cusp of a Dangerous Year (Southern Illinois University Press), Year of the Snake (Southern Illinois University Press), and Beyond Heart Mountain (Penguin Books). From 2015-2019, she served as South Dakota State Poet Laureate.

UNC Asheville’s Turning of The Maples Virtual 5K Returns this Fall, Oct. 28-30, 2021; Registration Open Now

Virtual

UNC Asheville’s Turning of the Maples Virtual 5K is back for a second year – bringing the beloved campus tradition of Turning of the Maples to participants wherever they are. Registration for the 2021 5k (3.1 miles) is $25 and includes an exclusive Turning of the Maples t-shirt and sticker, as well as the essential ingredients to celebrate the fall season.

$25

Autism in the Workplace

Please join the UNC Asheville Career Center for their Autism in the Workplace Panel from 12-1 on Zoom. We will have a neurodiverse speaker panel that will be answering questions about neurodiversity in the workplace - what students, employees and employers should know. Email career@unca.edu for the Zoom link and calendar invite or register on Handshake.

Leadership Asheville Buzz Breakfast Series presents Evolving Asheville – Resilience for All: Shelter

Crowne Plaza Resort Expo Center 1 Resort Drive, Asheville

The Leadership Asheville Buzz Breakfast Series returns this fall with a three-part in-person community event and conversation series. The fall 2021 series will focus on how we as a community evolve from this crisis and how we do that so everyone benefits. Conversations include the topics of Public Safety, The Economy, and Shelter.

$25 – $1000

“Multicultural Memory: Remembering Across Jewish Cultures and Beyond” Panel Discussion – Part of Campus Week 2021, “Resistance, Recovery, Revival – Modern Jewish Life in Germany and Beyond”

Ramsey Library, first floor

Campus Week opens with the Western North Carolina Jewish Archives Panel on Multicultural Memory: Remembering Across Jewish Cultures and Beyond with Michael Figueroa, associate professor of ethnomusicology at UNC Chapel Hill and Danielle Christmas, assistant professor of English & comparative literature at UNC Chapel Hill.

“De-Integration: The Making and Breaking of Jewish Identity in a Post-Migrant Germany” virtual lecture by Max Czollek. Part of Campus Week 2021, “Resistance, Recovery, Revival – Modern Jewish Life in Germany and Beyond.

German and Jewish poet Max Czollek is the acclaimed author of the bestseller "Desintegriert Euch" and the more recent "Gegenwartsbewältigung," both of which examine the actuality of modern Jewish life in Germany. His books, which critically analyze German representations of the federal republic’s Jewish minority, have sparked an important debate in German-speaking countries and beyond.

ReVIEWING Black Mountain College Conference

Reuter Center

ReVIEWING Black Mountain College conference is a forum for scholars and artists to contribute original work on topics related to Black Mountain College and its place in cultural history. The format is designed to be interdisciplinary, with a three-day program that includes a full schedule of speakers, panels, workshops, and performances.

Admission Open House

Sherrill Center, Kimmel Arena

UNC Asheville’s Open House gives students and families a chance to see what makes the UNC Asheville experience unique. Through distinctive academic and student life showcases, students can meet one-on-one […]

Common Word Community Read Shawn N. Mendez, Assistant Professor of Sociology “Beyond the Binary: Gender, Sexuality, and Family in the American Caste System”

Highsmith Student Union, Lookout Mountain Room (229)

Join from 12 - 1 p.m in Highsmith Union 229 or watch the livestream on UNC Asheville's YouTube channel as Dr. Shawn Mendez presents The Common Word Community Reads third faculty lecture of the semester, "Beyond the Binary: Gender, Sexuality, and Family in the American Caste System."

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