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Future Teachers Conference 2020

UNC Asheville will present a conference for people interested in getting teacher certification, whether currently in high school, college, or considering a return to college as a post-bac student. In addition to learning about teacher certification programs at UNC Asheville, attendees will hear from English teacher Bobbie Cavnar, 2017 N.C. Teacher of the Year and 2018 NEA Foundation Top Public School Teacher in the Nation. This conference is free and online registration is available.

Elizabeth Barnes in the classroom

2020 Philosophy of Disability Conference

Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum

UNC Asheville will host its third biennial Philosophy of Disability Conference, March 6-7, 2020, in Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum. All conference presentations are free and open to everyone.

Pints with Professors – Ashley Moraguez and Anne Jansen

Archetype Brewing 174 Broadway St.,, Asheville

Ashley Moraguez and Anne Jansen, UNC Asheville assistant professors of political science, will be the presenters at the next Pints with Professors gathering, from 5-7 p.m. on Monday, March 16, at Archetype Brewing, 174 Broadway St., Asheville. Admission is free; food and beverages are not.

Campus Events Canceled or Postponed

UNC Asheville has canceled or postponed all public events other than those shown here. Please check back for updates - when new online events are confirmed, we will post information here. We apologize for any inconvenience and encourage everyone to try to stay safe.

Free Webinar: Recap of COVID-19 Employment Law Changes

This free webinar, which begins at 2 p.m. on Monday, April 20 and is presented by UNC Asheville's Family Business Forum, will feature attorneys Sabrina Rockoff and Murphy Fletcher from McGuire, Wood & Bissette. They will recap all of the recent changes to employment laws related to COVID-19, including sick pay and leave laws, unemployment, and how to handle other practical workplace problems presented by COVID-19.

Saul and Ruby singing and playing their instruments

Livestream Film: “Saul and Ruby’s Holocaust Survivor Band”

UNC Asheville's Center for Jewish Studies, in partnership with the Fine Arts Theater, will offer a free, online, on-demand screening, April 22-24, of the new documentary film by Tod Lending, Saul and Ruby's Holocaust Survivor Band. Viewing will be free for the first 75 people who register by April 21.

old photo of children standing on a rope bridge above a mountain stream

Trey Adcock Presents Stories of the Snowbird Day School

Trey Adcock, Associate Professor and Chair of Interdisciplinary Studies at UNC Asheville, will present a webinar, from 10:30-11:30 a.m. on Monday, May 18, based on the oral histories and photos he and his students have gathered to document the history and impact of the Snowbird Day School in the Qualla Boundary.

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Online Panel: “Does Your Vote Count? The Impact of Gerrymandering”

Ashley Moraguez, UNC Asheville assistant professor of political science will be on the panel discussing "Does Your Vote Count: The Impact of Gerrymandering" hosted online by the League of Women Voters of Asheville-Buncombe County, at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, June 3, via Zoom.

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Drive-In Movie: “Space Jam”

UNC Asheville will host a free drive-in screening of the movie "Space Jam," on Thursday evening, July 30. To help maintain safe social distancing, only 65 vehicles will be admitted and advance tickets are required, first-come first served.

Leadership Asheville Buzz Breakfast Webinar: The Upcoming Election and The Pandemic

The next Leadership Asheville Buzz Breakfast webinar will take place via Zoom at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 26. The topic will be November's election, and featured panelists will be Western Carolina University Department Head of Political Science and Public Affairs Chris Cooper, and Buncombe County Director of Election Services Corinne Duncan.

OLLI Webinar on Racial Disparity – Criminal Justice

OLLI - the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville - will continue its series of webinars on racial disparity with a discussion of criminal justice issues, at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 27, free and open to everyone, with pre-registration required.

UNC Asheville Economics Webinar with Heather Boushey, Author of “Unbound: How Inequality Constricts Our Economy and What We Can Do about It”

UNC Asheville will begin a series of a free webinars on economics with a talk at noon on Thursday, Sept. 3, by Heather Boushey, president and CEO of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, and author of "Unbound: How Inequality Constricts Our Economy and What We Can Do about It." This online event is free and open to everyone via Zoom. A link will be posted here closer to the event date.

Library of Congress 2020 Kellogg Biennial Lecture in Jurisprudence – Professor of Philosophy Brian Butler Interviews Martha Nussbaum

Philosopher Martha C. Nussbaum will be interviewed by UNC Asheville Professor of Philosophy Brian E. Butler, in the 2020 Frederic R. and Molly S. Kellogg Biennial Lecture in Jurisprudence, presented online this year by the Library of Congress. This event is free and open to all, with limited registration, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, at 3 p.m.

Visiting Writer Series Fall 2020 – The Katherine Min Memorial Reading

The fall 2020 Visiting Writer Series from UNC Asheville's Department of English begins with the Katherine Min Memorial Reading and will feature an introductory reading by Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Andrew Sean Greer, and readings by two alumni poets - Zefyr Lisowski and Jesse Rice-Evans. This online event is free and open to everyone, and takes place at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 9.

Chemistry Seminar: Chirality-assisted synthesis towards the generation of helical ladder polymers

UNC Asheville Research and Teaching Fellow Kyle Murphy will present a chemistry seminar, "Chirality-assisted synthesis towards the generation of helical ladder polymers," from 2:30 to 3:20 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 11. This is the first in a series of weekly seminars from UNC Asheville's Department of Chemistry. The seminar is free and open to everyone via Zoom.

OLLI Webinar Series on Racial Disparity – Educational Equity

OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville will continue its series on racial disparity with a free webinar at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 16 – What is the Path to Achieving Educational Equity for Students of Color? This event is free and open to all; pre-registration is required.

Lunchtime Webinar: Historic Monuments and Telling the ‘Full Story of American History:’ The RAIL Memorial Project and the Case for Memorializing the Incarcerated Laborers who Brought the Railroad to Western North Carolina

UNC Asheville Professor of History Daniel Pierce, and Ashley Whittle of Ramsey Library Special Collections will present a free webinar, "Historic Monuments and Telling the 'Full Story of American History:' The RAIL Memorial Project and the Case for Memorializing the Incarcerated Laborers who Brought the Railroad to Western North Carolina," at noon on Thursday, Sept. 17, via Zoom, with pre-registration required. 

Chemistry Seminar: Metabolic effects of naphthalene exposure

UNC Asheville's Fall 2020 Chemistry Seminar Series continues at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 18, with a talk on "Metabolic effects of naphthalene exposure," by Chase Stevens, a doctoral student in pharmacology and toxicology in the Feihn Lab at the UC Davis, and a 2017 UNC Asheville graduate. This seminar is free and open to everyone via Zoom.

Webinar: What is a College Basketball Bubble?

With proposals now being considered that college basketball be played in "bubbles" similar to those of the NBA and NHL, UNC Asheville's Department of Athletics will present an online discussion about bubbles at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 23. Access to the webinar is open to all.

Angela Morales

Visiting Writer Series: Angela Morales

Angela Morales, author of The Girls in My Town, a collection of personal essays, will read and discuss her work when UNC Asheville’s Visiting Writer Series, all online this year, continues on Wednesday, Sept. 23 at 7:30 p.m.  This event is free and open to everyone on Zoom.

Online Organic Chemistry Seminar with Caitlin Farr

UNC Asheville Lecturer in Chemistry and Biochemistry Caitlin Farr will present an online seminar in organic chemistry at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 25. This online event is free and open to everyone via Zoom.

Students on a mountain top

Discovery Day – Online, September 26, 2020

Discovery Day is the UNC Asheville Open House that gives students and families a chance to see what makes the UNC Asheville experience unique. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, this year’s Discovery Day events will be held virtually.

Live at Lunch Concert – UNC Asheville’s Xtet

UNC Asheville’s student Xtet, directed by Justin Ray, will perform live at noon on Thursday, Oct. 1 at Reed Plaza on the campus. The show will be livestreamed on the Department of Music Facebook page – in-person attendance is free, but limited to UNC Asheville students, faculty and staff, with limited numbers and physical distancing to conform with COVID-19 safety protocols.

Visiting Writer Series: Luke Hankins and Sebastian Matthews

UNC Asheville's Fall 2020 Visiting Writer Series will continue at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 7 with readings by Luke Hankins and Sebastian Matthews. This Zoom event is presented by UNC Asheville's Department of English and is free and open to everyone with pre-registration required.

Tomáš Sedláček

UNC Asheville Economics Webinar with Tomáš Sedláček, Author of “Economics of Good and Evil”

UNC Asheville will continue its fall 2020 series of a free webinars on economics with a talk at noon on Thursday, Oct. 8, by Tomáš Sedláček, chief macroeconomic strategist at Czech commercial bank CSOB and author of Economics of Good and Evil: the Quest for Economic Meaning from Gilgamesh to Wall Street. This online event is free and open to everyone via Zoom.

Wiley Cash

What Do You Call A Novel, with Wiley Cash

In this online talk at noon on Thursday, Oct. 8, bestselling novelist Wiley Cash will discuss two questions he always asks when writing a novel. First, "what is this?" Second, "what do I call it?" He also will discuss and read from his forthcoming novel. Pre-registration is required.

Andrea Etter and a student examine a hen

Webinar: “Salmonella outbreaks in poultry: from the backyard flock to the processing plant”

UNC Asheville's Departments of Environmental Studies and Biology present the next in their series of webinars, "Salmonella outbreaks in poultry: from the backyard flock to the processing plant," by Andrea Etter, assistant professor in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at the University of Vermont. The webinar, free and open to everyone, takes place at noon on Thursday, Oct. 8, via Zoom.

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