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UNC Asheville Hosts Southern Appalachian Undergraduate Philosophy Conference Feb. 7-8

Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum

UNC Asheville will host its 21st annual Southern Appalachian Undergraduate Philosophy Conference, Feb. 7-8, 2020, with presentations on a variety of topics by 12 undergraduate students whose papers were selected by a process of blind review. Conference highlights will be keynote lectures by the distinguished faculty judges. The conference takes place in Karpen Hall, in the Laurel Forum, and conference presentations are free and open to everyone.

Film Screening: “Beasts of No Nation”

Highsmith Student Union, Grotto (108)

This film screening concludes UNC Asheville’s 10th Human Rights Film Festival, and takes place at 7 p.m. in the Highsmith Student Union Grotto, is free and open to everyone. The film will be followed by discussion joining together faculty, student and community viewers.

Flash Meditation Feb. 11

University Quad

UNC Asheville's student Mindfulness Club will host two "flash meditations," free and open to everyone, at 12:20 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday, Feb. 11 and 13, on the Quad.

World Affairs Council Lecture by Sonia Kapur: India-Pakistan-Kashmir

Reuter Center, Manheimer Room (102)

This lecture begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Reuter Center, Manheimer Room. Admission is $10 for the public; free to members of the World Affairs Council and UNC Asheville students. Admission is $10 for the public, and free to members of the World Affairs Council and UNC Asheville students.

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Flash Meditation Feb. 13

University Quad

UNC Asheville's student Mindfulness Club will host a "flash meditation," free and open to everyone, at 12:20 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 13, on the Quad. In case of inclement weather, the meditation will move to Highsmith Student Union.

Richard J. Davidson, Ph.D.

POSTPONED: Richard Davidson Lecture – “Well-Being is a Skill”

Richard J. Davidson, Ph.D., world-renowned neuroscientist and co-author of "Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body," will give a free public lecture at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 13, at UNC Asheville’s Lipinsky Auditorium.

Richard J. Davidson, Ph.D.

POSTPONED: Richard Davidson Master Class

Richard J. Davidson, Ph.D., world-renowned neuroscientist will give a free public master class at 9 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 14, in the Highsmith Student Union Blue Ridge Room

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Bulldog Pride Day Basketball Doubleheader Feb. 15

Sherrill Center, Kimmel Arena

This special Bulldog Pride Day doubleheader will feature the a performance of the national anthem by the Asheville Gay Men's Chorus before the first game. The hoops action begins at 2 p.m. when the women tip off against Winthrop. Then at 4:30, the men face Charleston Southern

Writers at Home at Malaprop’s – Readings by Great Smokies Writing Program Prose Master Class

Malaprops Bookstore and Cafe 55 Haywood St.,, Asheville

The next installment of the monthly Writers at Home series, featuring writers from the Prose Master Class taught by Elizabeth Lutyens at UNC Asheville's Great Smokies Writing Program, takes place at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 16, at Malaprop’s Bookstore/Café, 55 Haywood St., in downtown Asheville. This event is free and open to everyone.

CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER — OLLI Advance Care Planning Workshop

Reuter Center, Manheimer Room (102)

UPDATE at 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 20 -- THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO THE WEATHER.
OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UNC Asheville will hold an advance care planning (ACP) workshop from 7-9 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 20 in the Reuter Center, in the Manheimer Room.  Free and open to everyone, this workshop is co-sponsored by the Osher Life Long Learning Institute and Mission Health Partners.

photo of Blue Ridge Mountains with text saying "The Mountains Are Calling You Home"

Homecoming 2020

UNC Asheville alumni, students and families will celebrate Homecoming 2020 with many special events, headlined by a  Bulldog basketball doubleheader, the Alumni Awards Banquet, and special closeout parties for alumni and students, on and off campus.

Death Café February

Reuter Center

February's Death Café will be held from 5-6:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 21, at UNC Asheville's Reuter Center, home of OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Center. This event is free and open to everyone.

Bulldog Basketball Homecoming Doubleheader Feb. 22

Sherrill Center, Kimmel Arena

The Bulldog men's and women's teams will face Big South rivals in a Homecoming weekend doubleheader at Kimmel Arena. The action begins at 2 p.m. on Saturday when the women tip off against USC Upstate. Then at 4:30, the men face Presbyterian in their final home game of the regular season.

UNC Asheville Wind Ensemble, University Chorale and Reuter Center Singers in Concert

This joint concert, Music Leads the Way, will celebrate the women's suffrage movement, and feature the University Chorale and Reuter Center Singers, both directed by Chuck Taft, and the student musicians of UNC Asheville's Wind Ensemble, directed by Fletcher Peacock, the university's director of instrumental studies. The concert takes place at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 23 in Lipinsky Auditorium, free and open to everyone.

Disability is Diversity Week 2020

Disability is Diversity Week is an annual event at UNC Asheville, formerly known as Disability Awareness Week. The week's workshops, films and more, all free and open to everyone, focus on  disability as an identity of diversity and difference to be not only accepted but celebrated.

Arden Stockdell-Giesler poses in period constume with pistol

TheatreUNCA Presents Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler”

Carol Belk Theatre

TheatreUNCA will present four performances of Henrick Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, adapted by Patrick Marber, directed by Aaron Snook. Curtain will be 7:30 p.m. on Thursday-Saturday, and 2 p.m. for Sunday's matinee. General admission tickets are $12.

Old map shows route of Odysseus

The Odyssey Project: The Journey Home – Part Two

Sherrill Center, Ingles Mountain View Room

This second community dialogue in the The Odyssey Project: The Journey Home series will take place at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 27 in the Sherrill Center on campus, in the Ingles Mountain View Room. The series is free and open to everyone.

N.C. Student Academy of Sciences District 8 Competition

Highsmith Student Union, Alumni Hall (114)

Middle and high school students from the region will present their original research during this N.C. Student Academy of Sciences District 8 Competition, which takes place from 12:30-5 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 28 in Highsmith Student Union, Alumni Hall. 

Erik Larson

Erik Larson Book Event with Denise Kiernan: “The Splendid and the Vile”

Erik Larson, in conversation with Denise Kiernan, will discuss his new book, The Splendid and the Vile – A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz. This ticketed event takes place at 6:30 p.m. in the Highsmith Student Union Blue Ridge Room, presented in partnership by Malaprop’s Bookstore/Café, and UNC Asheville’s Great Smokies Writing Program and Departments of English and History.

“In Voice and Image” – Guatemalan Mayan Leaders Speak

University Quad

Elodia Castillo and Roderico Y. Diaz, two Mayan leaders from Guatemala, will speak and present photographs at noon on Tuesday, March 3, in Karpen Hall, Laurel Forum. This event is free and open to everyone. 

Bulldog Women’s Basketball vs. Radford

Sherrill Center, Kimmel Arena

The Bulldogs take on defending Big South champion Radford at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 4, in Kimmel Arena. In this final home game of the regular season, the Bulldogs will honor the graduating seniors at halftime.

Frame from Bill Plympton's "Footprints" (2014) shows meadow full of flowers

Presentation by Independent Animator Bill Plympton

Bill Plympton will present and discuss his works as an independent animator at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 4, in Rhoades Robinson Hall Room 125. This event is free and open to everyone.

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.

$5

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.

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