An evening Humanities keynote lecture open to the public for anyone interested in learning more about Islam and Islamophobia, and receiving context to bridge divides.
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.
UNC Asheville’s Chemistry department proudly presents an evening with the 23rd S. Dexter Squibb Distinguished Lecturer, America Chemical Society fellow Dr. Benny Chan of the College of New Jersey.
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.
Exhibits from the Department of Art and Art History and Department of New Media will be on display, guided building tours will be available, gallery spaces will be open, and refreshments will be served outdoors with room for social distancing during Owen Hall's Open House.
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.
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!
New York Times bestselling author and UNC Asheville Alumni Author-in-Residence Wiley Cash will celebrate the publication of his newest novel, "When Ghosts Come Home," on Tuesday, September 21 at 7 p.m.
In partnership with UNC Asheville's Art & Art History, and Classics Departments, the Archaeological Institute of America presents a lecture by local archaeologist Dylan Clark of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
UNC Asheville's Ramsey Library presents EVANESCENT! featuring photography by Leigh Svenson. The collection of black and white photographs feature fleeting images captured during vacations at the Golden Isles of Georgia including images of driftwood cathedrals being taken by the sea and mercurial dune grass etchings and ebb tide carvings.
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.
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.
UNC Asheville Alumnus Mason Currey '02 is the author of Daily Rituals, and Daily Rituals: Women at Work (both published by Knopf) featuring brief profiles of the day-to-day working lives of more than 300 great creative minds.
As part of the Humanities Lecture Series, Sol Neely, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, will be giving an in-person talk on Indigenous cosmopolitanism, decarceration, and decolonial justice.
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.
The Faith in Arts Institute and festival celebrates the role of creative arts in spiritual practice and religious life and explores how spirituality and religion can impact the arts.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
UNC Asheville's Music Department presents the UNCA VINYL PARTY: A monthly listening party celebrating significant albums in their entirety.
As part of the two-part Critical Perspectives Lecture Series, the UNC Asheville English Department welcomes guest lecturer Ari Friedlander, assistant professor of English at the University of Mississippi.
As part of the two-part Critical Perspectives Lecture Series, the UNC Asheville English Department welcomes guest lecturer Cord Whitaker, associate professor of english at Wellesley College.
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 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.
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.
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.
UNC Asheville’s 2021 African Americans in Western North Carolina & Southern Appalachia Conference returns on November 6th. This virtual event will feature keynote speakers and panel discussions connected to this year’s theme: Reparations, Revelations & Racial Justice: The Path Forward. The event is free and open to everyone.
The French Broad Collegiate Invitational is the UNC Asheville Women's Golf Team's one and only annual fundraiser.
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.
Campus Week continues with a film screening of Masel Tov Cocktail, followed by Q&A with Director Arkadij Khaet.
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.
TheatreUNCA returns to the Carol Belk Theatre for their first seated in-person performance of the season with Radium Girls directed by Aubrie Holcomb ‘22.
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.
Join co-authors Banu Ozkazanc-Pan (Brown University) and Susan Clark Muntean (University of North Carolina Asheville) as they launch their new book, Entrepreneurial Ecosystems A Gender Perspective.
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 […]
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."
As part of the two-part Critical Perspectives Lecture Series, the UNC Asheville English Department welcomes guest lecturer Ari Friedlander, assistant professor of English at the University of Mississippi.
UNC Asheville's Sloan Indigenous Graduate Partnership and Cherokee High School are hosting a special lunchtime talk by Corey Gray and Sharon Yellowfly (Siksika Nation), who will share their work translating the physics of black holes and spacetime into the Blackfoot language.
A wide variety of functional and decorative pottery and other artwork crafted by UNC Asheville students will be on sale at the annual holiday UNC Asheville Student Art & Ceramics Sale.