DECEMBER 2000

• December 12 - Course to Focus on Aging and Older Adults
• December 8 - Teacher Education Program Earns Exemplary Rating in New Report
• December 1 - "What Is...Philosophy?" Series Continues Dec. 6

NOVEMBER 2000

• November 30 - Music Department Wraps Up Fall Concert Season
• November 21 - Annual Weather Calendar Available
• November 21 - Regional Authors John Lane and George Singleton to Read
• November 17 - "Facing Human Rights" Exhibition Open in Blower's Gallery
• November 15 - Asheville Sales and Marketing Executives Association Establishes Marketing Scholarship
• November 15 - "After the Fall: Gatherings" Exhibition Opens Dec. 1
• November 9 - Robert Morgan Named P.B. Parris Visiting Writer
• November 9 - Theatre UNCA's Tanglewood Children's Theatre Presents "Selkie"
• November 8 - Wayne McDevitt Nominated for Vice Chancellor Role
• November 7 - Richard Chess to Read at Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe Nov. 19
• November 3 - Students Organize Bond Rally; Five Legislators to Speak at the November 6 Event
• November 3 - Student Group to Host Talks by Rabi Maharaj Nov. 13-14
• November 3 - Classics Department to Host Talk on the City of Cyrene Nov. 16
• November 1 - Center for Jewish Studies to Host Best-Selling Author Stephen Dubner in Earl Schrier Memorial Lecture Nov. 14
• November 1 - Fall Open House to be Held Nov. 18
• November 1 - Knowledge Bowl Holds Final Rounds Nov. 4
• November 1 - "Inhibition" Exhibition Opens Nov. 3 at Asheville Area Arts Council

OCTOBER 2000

• October 30 - Native American Heritage Month to be Celebrated
• October 30 - Music Department Continues Fall Concert Season
• October 27 - Foundation Board Elects New Members, Officers
• October 25 - UNCA Knowledge Bowl Kicks Off Oct. 28
• October 23 - Faculty, Staff and Students Present Charitable Dance 
  Program Nov. 10
• October 23 - Third Annual S. Dexter Squibb Lecture Series to be Held 
  Oct. 30-31
• October 20 - Oumou Sangare to Perform with Habib Koite and Bamada Oct. 31
• October 18 - Ann Barrett, Lori Horvitz to Read Oct. 29
• October 17 - Learn to Be a Career Survivor
• October 17 - Humanities Program Continues Lecture Series at Kellogg Center
• October 17 - "Phase One: Release" Exhibition Opens Oct. 20 in University Gallery
• October 16 - Poet Peter Meinke to Read Oct. 22
• October 12 - Board of Trustees to Meet Oct. 17-18
• October 10 - Drama Department Hosts Fourth Annual Haunted Theatre
• October 9 - Fall Open House is Set for Oct. 21
• October 6 - Chancellor James H. Mullen Installed; UNCA to Become Nation's First Intergenerational College Campus
• October 5 - Chancellor James H. Mullen's Installation Set for Oct. 6
• October 4 - Acclaimed Poet Jessica Care Moore to Give Reading Oct. 9
• October 2 - "What Is...Philosophy?" Lecture Series Continues Oct. 11
• October 2 - Teatro Hugo & Ines Present Fanciful Puppetry Oct. 10

SEPTEMBER 2000

• September 27 - Chancellor's Installation, Academic Symposium to Highlight Four-Day Fall Celebration at UNC Asheville October 5-8
• September 27 - "This Is the Place Where I Live" to be Staged Oct. 7
• September 26 - Music Department Continues Fall Concert Series
• September 25 - "What Is...Philosophy?" Lecture Series Continues Sept. 27
• September 25 - U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky to Read Oct. 5
• September 25 - "Makin' Waves" Exhibition Opens Sept. 29 in Owen Hall Gallery
• September 25 - Peace Corps Day Set for Sept. 27
• September 25 - Alumni Association to Honor Wilma Dykeman at Founders Day Dinner Oct. 6
• September 20 - Leadership 19 Convenes Sept. 22
• September 19 - Drama Department and Theatre UNCA Announce 
  2000-01 Season
• September 15 - UNCA-City Partnership Creates Bulldog Express
• September 14 - Humanities Program Kicks Off Community Lecture Series
• September 13 - Humanities Program Hosts Workshop on India
• September 12 - Jan Harrow, Susan Weinberg to Read Sept. 24
• September 12 - Teaching Fellows Return from Recent Trip to Cambridge
• September 11 - Professor to Publish Book on Electronic Commerce
• September 7 - Cultural and Special Events Season Opens with Donald Byrd/The Group
• September 5 - Global Trade the Focus of World Affairs Council Programs
• September 4 - Second Annual Hispanic Film Festival Begins Sept. 11

AUGUST 2000

• August 29 - UNCA Named One of the Best 331 Colleges in the U.S.
• August 29 - Great Smokies Writing Program Offers Fall Workshops
• August 29 - Music Department Kicks Off Fall Concert Season
• August 28 - Continuing Education Program Offers Up A Variety of Classes Beginning in September
• August 25 - UNC Asheville Board Unanimously Votes Bond Referendum a Priority; Board of Trustees Declares Support for Higher Education Dollars in WNC
• August 18 - UNC Asheville Named a "Best Buy" Among American Colleges
• August 17 - Thomas Walton Patton Biographical Documentary Premieres 
  Aug. 21; Produced by Two UNCA Faculty Members
• August 17 - Continuing Education Program to Offer College Test Prep Classes
• August 17 - Super Saturday Program to Offer Super Classes for Kids Beginning in September
• August 16 - UNC Asheville Foundation Pursues Penney's Building for UNCA; Downtown Investments will Enhance Student Experience, Create Opportunity
• August 14 - Fourth Annual Bulldog Day A Success
• August 14 - Community Chorus Accepting New Members
• August 14 - First On-Line Course Offered for Fall Semester
• August 14 - College for Seniors Launches Fall Term
• August 10 - UNCA Introduces New Students to Community Service August 14

JULY 2000

• July 24 - UNCA and Blue Ridge Community Collaborate on Distance Learning Humanities Course
• July 11 - Folkmoot Troupe Macuilxochitl to Perform at Concert Series July 17 
• July 7 - Symposium on Aging Examines Inequalities of Gender, Race and Class
• July 6 - North American Vegetarian Society Hosts 26th Annual Summerfest

JUNE 2000

• June 27 - Billy Jonas to Perform at Concert Series on July 10
• June 22-Pilot Program Launched to Promote College
• June 20- The Georgia Sea Island Singers to Perform at Concert Series on July 3
• June 14 - Taspy to Perform at Concerts Series on June 26
• June 9 - Purdue's Joni Comstock Named Athletic Director
• June 7 - Tommy Hays, Abigail DeWitt to Read June 25
• June 7 - The Carolina Connection to Perform at Concert Series June 19
• June 5 - N.C. Center for Creative Retirement’s College for Seniors Launches Summer Term
• June 1 - New York Tango Trio to Perform at Concert Series on June 12

MAY 2000

• May 30 - Locke Named Asheville Graduate Center Director
• May 25 - "Never No Light" Ceramics Exhibition Opens June 2 at University Gallery
• May 19 - Chancellor Jim Mullen to Appear on Popular Television Show
• May 18 - Workshops for New Advanced Placement Teachers Offered
• May 17 - 18th Annual Concerts on the Quad Begin June 5
• May 15 - More Than 500 Students Receive Degrees at 71^st Commencement
• May 9 - Athletic Director Search Finalists Announced
• May 9 - Stephen Kirbach, Peter Turchi to Read May 21
• May 9 - Great Smokies Writing Program Offers Summer Workshops
• May 3 - Students, Faculty and Staff Honored with Academic and Leadership Awards
• May 2 - Creative Retirement Exploration Weekend Coming May 26-28
• May 2 - "With: For You Isabella Marie" Exhibition Opens May 5 in Owen Hall
• May 1 - "Farming Big Sandy" Exhibition Open in Blowers Gallery

APRIL 2000

• April 27 - UNC-TV's "The Building Crisis" to Focus on Campus Facilities Needs; Airs May 3
• April 26 - African-American Student Awards Banquet Held April 25
• April 25 - UNCA and Claxton Elementary School Create "Internet Art Gallery"
• April 21- Acclaimed Author Cynthia Ozick to Give Reading May 11
• April 21 - Auditions Set for Tanglewood Summer Studio's Production of "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day"
• April 20 - Theatre UNCA Offers Tanglewood Summer Studio for Youth
• April 20 - "Exhibition (For Mature Audiences Only)" Opens April 28 in University Gallery
• April 19 - "Ethical Issues in Medicine" Lecture Series Concludes on May 3
• April 18 -- Award-Winning Economist Speaks at 16th Annual Economic Crystal Ball Seminar April 27
• April 18 - Annual Spring Wildflower and Bird Pilgrimage Set for May 5-7
• April 18 - Music Department Concludes Spring Concert Season
• April 14 - Dee James Honored for Excellence in Teaching by UNC Board of Governors 
• April 14 - Ceramics Program to Hold Soup-and-Salad Sale April 28; Mother's Day Pottery Sale May 5
• April 14 - Mary Culbertson Named Employee of the Quarter
• April 13 - UNC Asheville on Track to Raise $8 Million in First Comprehensive Campaign
• April 11 - Comprehensive Campaign Goal to be Announced April 12
• April 10 - Scott Lattimore, Valerie Leff to Read on April 30
• April 10 - Drama Students Sweep Tech Olympics
• April 10 - "Umbra" Exhibition Opens 21 at 27 Broadway in Asheville
• April 6 -  William Friday to Speak, Five Distinguished Individuals to Receive Honorary Degrees at May 13 Commencement 
• April 5 - Music Department Continues Spring Concert Season
• April 5 - CHIPS Group to Host Linux Install Day April 22

MARCH 2000

• March 31 - Wayne McDevitt, UNCA Alumnus and Govenor Hunt's Chief of Staff Awarded Chancellor's Medallion 
• March 30 - Charles Frazier Named as 2000 P.B. Parris Visiting Writer
• March 30 - Prominent Human Rights Leader Henry Thiagaraj to Visit  April 12-13
• March 30 - International Exhibition and Seminar Explores Economic and Cultural Differences April 10
• March 29 - Theatre UNCA Stages "The Yellow Boat" April 12-16
• March 29 - "Ethical Issues in Medicine" Lecture Series Continues on April 5
• March 29 - Breman Forum Continues Discussion "World Politics and the Human Condition" April 4 
• March 28 - "Still Relative" Exhibition Opens April 21 in Special Collections Gallery
• March 28 - "Urbana" Exhibition Opens April 21 in Owen Hall Second Floor Gallery
• March 28 - Renowned Artist Philip Pearlstein to Visit April 5-6
• March 28 - "I-26: Corridor of Change" Exhibition Opens April 3 in Blowers Gallery
• March 24 - Wayne McDevitt to Receive Chancellor's Medallion
• March 24 - Cuban Writer Mirta Yáñez to Visit March 29
• March 23 - UNC Asheville, Appalachian State and Western Carolina Universities to Discuss Funding Needs with State Legislators March 27 in Asheville
• March 22 - Music Department Hosts Guitarist Joseph Pecoraro
• March 22 - Art Faculty Present Exhibition of Works at Mars Hill's Weizenblatt Gallery
• March 21 - W. Michael Blumenthal to Speak on April 6; Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury to Discuss "The Invisible Wall" Germans and Jews"
• March 21 - Job Fair for College Students, Public to be Held March 28
• March 20 - Archaeological Institute of America Lecture Scheduled for March 30
• March 16 - Spring Open House to be Held April 1
• March 14 - Student Hippocrates Organization Hosts Travel and Wilderness Medicine Symposium March 18
• March 14 - Writers At Home Series Continues with Mendy Knott and Mary Larkin March 26
• March 13 - "Ethical Issues in Medicine" Lecture Series Continues on March 22
• March 13 - Grammy-Nominated Afro-Cuban All Stars to Perform March 21
• March 10 - "About Face" Exhibition Opens March 17 in University Gallery
• March 9 - Breman Forum Discusses "World Politics and the Human Condition" March 14
• March 9 - Creative Writing Program Seniors to Give Readings March 19
• March 8 - Frithjof Bergmann to Speak on New Work March 21
• March 8 - Mathematics Conference to be Held March 10
• March 1 - Music Department Hosts Piano Sale March 11

FEBRUARY 2000

• February 28 - "Ethical Issues in Medicine" Lecture Series Continues March 1
• February 28 - Atmospheric Sciences Department Hosts Severe Weather Workshop March 18
• February 28 - Continuing Education Program Offers Classes in Hendersonville
• February 24 - UNCA Celebrates Women's History Month Throughout March
• February 23 - Historic Asheville YWCA Photos on View at Ramsey Library Through March 31
• February 23 - Women Inspiring Women -- Exhibition of  Non-Traditional
  Textile Art Opens in Blowers Gallery March 3
• February 23 - Indonesian Percussion, Bartok Highlight Music Department's March Concert Series
• February 21 - Teaching Fellows Visit Multicultural Schools in San Francisco
• February 16 - "Blues in the Night" Takes the Stage Feb. 28
• February 16 - "beyond Olestra" Exhibition Opens Feb. 25 in University Gallery
• February 16 - Author Judy Goldman to Visit March 2
• February 14 - Homecoming 2000 Celebrated Feb. 14-20
• February 14 - Great Smokies Writing Program Announced
• February 14 - Chancellor Announces A.D. Search Committee
• February 9 - "Love Letters" Starring Andie MacDowell is Sold Out
• February 9 - Fall 1999 Chancellor's List
• February 9 - Fall 1999 Dean's List
• February 9 - Poet David Hopes to Read Feb. 23
• February 9 - Ugandan Philosopher to Visit Feb. 24
• February 8 - Theatre UNCA Stages "The Fantasticks" Feb. 23-27
• February 8 - Super Saturday Program Begins Feb. 26
• February 3 - UNCA Celebrates Black History Month
• February 3 - Third Annual Gay and Lesbian Studies Conference Feb. 18-20
• February 2 - Community Issues Forum: The Presidential Candidates Feb. 21 
• February 2 - Allendale Paleoindian Expedition Lecture Feb. 23
• February 2 - College for Seniors Launches Spring Term
• February 1 - Andie MacDowell Stars in "Love Letters" Feb. 14

• January 26 - Continuing Education Offers College Test Prep Classes
• January 26 - Acclaimed Poet Saul Williams to Visit Feb. 9
• January 26 - Blues Photo Exhibition Opens in Blowers Gallery Feb. 1
• January 26 - February Music Department Events
• January 21 - "Wake Up Little Susie" and "Warnings" Open Feb. 4 
  in University Gallery
• January 13 - An Evening of Images, Jazz and Langston Hughes Poetry Jan. 25
• January 13 - UNCA and Blue Ridge Community College Collaborate on Classes
• January 12 - "Reflection" Photography Exhibition Opens Jan. 14
• January 12 - Music Department Hosts Jazz Clinic Jan. 28
• January 12 - Acclaimed Poet Peter Cole to Visit Feb. 1
• January 5 - National Public Radio President to Speak Jan. 11
• January 4 - Medical Ethics Discussion Series Continues Jan.12
• January 4 - UNCA Offers Teachers' Summer Science Program in England
• January 4 - Continuing Education Program Offers Spring Classes
• January 4 - Cultural Critic Kevin Powell to Visit Jan. 19