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DECEMBER 2003

• N.C. State Professor Shares Good Fortune with UNC Asheville Students
• UNCA to Hold Winter Continuing Education Classes
• UNCA Offers College Test Prep Classes
• UNCA's Great Smokies Writing Program Offers Winter Workshops
• UNC Asheville Board of Trustees Approves Tuition Increase Recommendation
• UNCA Offers Required Teachers'  Course
• UNCA Closes for Holidays
• UNCA to Hold Winter Graduation Reception December 13

• "Visualism" Student Art Exhibition on View in UNCA's Blowers Gallery

NOVEMBER 2003

• UNCA to Hold Holiday Ceramics and Art Sale December 5-6
• UNCA Offers Summer Science Program in England
• UNCA Continues Philosophy Lectures Series with Talk on "Responses to Terrorism and Civil Rights"
• "Stratosphere" Student Ceramic Exhibition on View at UNCA
• UNCA to Hold December Concerts
• Local Sculptor Presents at Regional Conference, Holds Ongoing Exhibits
• UNCA Art Faculty Honored with Award at Southeastern College Art Conference
• UNCA Offers Annual WNC Weather Calendar
• "The Veil" Student Art Exhibition on View at UNCA
• UNCA's Family Business Forum to Host Talk by Budd Group CFO
• UNCA to Host International Education Week
• UNC Asheville's Athletic Director Named to AD Post at American University
• UNCA's Issues Forum to Explore Affordable Housing in Asheville
• TheatreUNCA Presents "The Music Lesson" November 19-23
• UNCA to Host Multimedia Gullah Program
• Sones de Mexico to Perform at UNCA
• UNC Asheville Students to Screen at Asheville Film Festival
• UNCA Dance Program to Host Dual Benefit Performance
• UNCA to Host Screening of "Shalom Y’All;"
  Documentary Film Includes Segment on Local Couple’s Family
• UNCA Screens Documentary by Filmmaker Richard Breyer;
  Film Explores the Aftermath of 9/11
• UNCA Board of Trustees to Meet November 11-12
• UNCA Writers at Home Series Continues with Readings by Valerie Ann Leff and Gilbert Allen
• UNCA to Host "Women’s Voices in War Zones" Program
• "Excavating the Present" Student Ceramic Exhibition on View at UNCA
• "Weaving the Story: Maya Women in Chiapas" Student Exhibition on View in UNCA's Blowers Gallery

• Wilkes Central High School Wins UNCA Knowledge Bowl

OCTOBER 2003

• N.C. Center for Creative Retirement to Host Two Health Care Decisions Forums
• UNCA Hosts "Renewal" Student Photography Exhibition
• UNCA to Host French Week November 3-7
• UNCA Fall Open House Set for November 15
• UNCA Knowledge Bowl Holds Final Rounds November 1;
  Eight Western Region Teams Advance
• UNCA to Host Free Workshop for Contractors and Construction Suppliers; Event Focuses on Doing Business with UNCA
• UNCA to Host Free Film Financing Workshop
• UNCA Continues Philosophy Lecture Series with Talk on Terrorism, Civil Rights
• UNCA to Host "Soup and Stories for the Soul"
• UNCA Student Groups Raise $600 for Regional Breast Care Center
• UNCA to Host Talk on Women's Rights by LaShawn Jefferson of Human Rights Watch
• UNCA to Host Talk on Herod's Palace
• UNC Asheville and Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute Launch PARSEC; Cold War Relic Finds New Use as National/International Observatory
• UNCA Continues Fall Music Series with Six November Concerts
• UNCA Knowledge Bowl Kicks Off October 25
• UNCA Career and Graduate School Fair Set for October 28
• New Faculty Join UNCA
• UNCA to Host Talk on Early China and Ancient Rome
• UNCA Hosts "Great Voices in American Judaism" Program
• Center for Creative Retirement to Dedicate Piano with Free Concert
• UNCA Drama Department Hosts Seventh Annual Haunted Theatre, Costume Sale
• UNCA to Host an Evening with Poet Edward Hirsch
• UNCA's Family Business Forum Hosts Talk by Leading Family Business Expert
• UNCA Writers at Home Series Continues with Readings by Aly Goodwin and Naomi Johnson
• UNCA to Hold Fall Continuing Education Classes; Courses in Investing, Russian Language and Culture and LSAT Prep Offered
• Leadership Haywood Now Accepting Applications

SEPTEMBER 2003

• UNCA to Host Talk on the Greek Temple of Apollo
• UNCA Music Department Holds October Concerts
• UNCA Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with a Variety of Programs
• UNCA Hosts Talk on Post-Apartheid South Africa
• UNCA's Blowers Gallery Hosts Black-and-White Photography Exhibition
• UNCA Fall Open House Set for October 18
• UNCA Receives $412,000 Grant from the National Science Foundation; Funds Will Establish a Center for Imaging and Nondestructive Chemical Analysis
• TheatreUNCA to Stage "Come Back to the Five & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean"
• UNCA Continues Philosophy Lecture Series with Talk on "Violence and Compassion"
• Leadership Asheville 22 Convenes
• "FO CO" Photography Exhibition on View at UNCA
• UNC Asheville Fraternity to Sponsor 5K Run For Cancer 
• Turtle Island String Quartet to Perform, Hold Workshops at UNCA
• N.C. Center for Creative Retirement Offers Free Computer Literacy Classes
• UNCA Annual Alumni Art Exhibition On View September 20-October 7
• UNCA Writers at Home Series Continues with Readings by Jasmine Beach-Ferrara and Dannye Romine Powell
• UNCA Celebrates Founders Day September 19-20
• Preeminent Chemist Richard Zare to Speak at UNCA September 15-16; Talk is Sixth Annual S. Dexter Squibb Lecture Series
• UNCA Faculty Promoted, New Chairs Named
• Asheville Theatre for Young Audiences Offers After-School Drama Classes
• UNCA to Offer SAT Test Prep Class
• UNCA Offers Required Teachers' Course
• UNC Asheville Hosts College Night September 18 at Asheville Mall; 130 Colleges, Universities to Participate
• UNCA's Family Business Forum Hosts Talk by President of Staub Leadership Consultants
• UNCA to Host Argentine Tango Dance Workshop, QuinTango in Concert
• UNCA to Present Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award to Richard Wynne
• UNC Asheville Board of Trustees Elects New Officers
• N.C. Center for Creative Retirement to Celebrate Opening of Reuter Center; September 13 Dedication Features Sampler of Center's Offerings

AUGUST 2003

• Sociologist Named UNC Asheville Africana Studies Director
• TheatreUNCA Announces 2003-2004 Season
• UNCA Announces 2003-2004 Cultural and Special Events Season
• UNCA to Host Mars Viewing;
  Planet in Closest Approach to Earth in Thousands of Years
• UNCA to Host Talk on Imperial Tombs of Japan
• UNCA Announces Fall Music Season
• UNCA Kicks Off Annual Philosophy Lecture Series
• UNCA Gaining in National Recognition; Moves to Fourth in U.S. News & World Report's Ranking of Public Liberal Arts Colleges
• Charlotte Museum of History President Named Vice Chancellor at UNC Asheville
• UNCA's Blowers Gallery Hosts Fiber-Art Quilts Exhibition
• UNCA to Host Talk on Developing Compassion by Tibetan Buddhist Lama
• New UNCA Students Roll up Sleeves, Take on 33 Community Service Projects
• UNCA's Super Saturday Program Offers Super Classes for Kids Beginning September 27
• UNCA's Great Smokies Writing Program Offers Fall Classes
• UNCA Art Faculty to Hold Annual Exhibition
• UNCA Introduces New Students to Community Service August 18; Hundreds of Students to Work at 33 Sites
• UNCA Classes Begin August 20; Community Service Day Set for August 18
• UNCA's Writers at Home Series Kicks Off with Readings by Sebastian Matthews, Kathy Sheldon
• N.C. Center for Creative Retirement's College for Seniors Offers Fall Term
• UNCA Names Summer 2003 Graduates
• State Treasurer Richard Moore Presents Student Grant Funds to UNC Asheville
• UNC Asheville Named a Best Buy in the Fiske Guide to Colleges

JULY 2003

• "Sacred Ignorance" Bromoil Prints Exhibition Opens at UNCA
• Tom Lawton Named UNC Asheville's First General Counsel
• UNCA Professor Exhibits Work at Two Charlotte Galleries
• UNCA Offers Creative Writing Classes
• N.C. Center for Creative Retirement Elects Steering Council Officers
• UNCA to Hold Summer Graduation Reception July 22
• UNCA to Host Asheville Performances of Folkmoot USA
• UNCA to Offer SAT Test Prep Class
• Asheville Theatre for Young Audiences Presents "HONK! The Ugly Duckling Musical" July 17-20
• UNCA Offers Required Teachers' Course
• Sons of Steel Performs at UNCA's Concert on the Quad Series July 14
• Two UNCA Faculty Members Named Feldman Professors
• UNCA to Host Festival for Chiapas;
  Peggy Seeger and The Muses Headline Benefit Concert
• 2003 Faculty Awards Presented

JUNE 2003

• Picante Performs at UNCA’s 21st Annual Concerts on the Quad Series July 7
• Area Teachers Attend Asheville Area Arts Council's Teacher Training Institute for Arts-Integration
• UNCA Students Spend Summer Studying in Italy
• Zoe Speaks Performs at UNCA's 21st Annual Concerts on the Quad Series June 30
• U.S. Forest Service Collection Now Housed at UNCA;
  More Than 3,000 Online Images Portray Local Forest History
• Painting Exhibition by Alumni on View at UNCA
• Cotangent Performs at UNCA’s 21st Annual Concerts on the Quad Series June 23
• College for Seniors Offers Summer Term
• Leadership Haywood 15 Graduates
• 21st Leadership Asheville Class Graduates
• Mel Melton and the Wicked Mojos Perform at UNCA's 21st Annual Concerts on the Quad Series
• UNCA Names Students to Spring 2003 Dean's List
• UNCA Names Students to Spring 2003 Chancellor's List
• UNCA Students, Faculty and Staff Honored with Academic and Leadership Awards
• UNCA Names 2003 Graduates

MAY 2003

• ...Different Drum Performs at UNCA's 21st Annual Concerts on the Quad Series June 9
• UNCA Co-Hosts National Conference on Education
  May 31-June 4;
  Conference to Focus on Effective Change on Campuses
• UNCA Holds 21st Annual Concerts on the Quad Series;
  Lineup Kicks Off with UNCA's Jazz Lab Big Band June 2
• UNCA to Host "Portraits of Chiapas" Photography Exhibition
• Frank Rhodes Inspires Graduates at UNCA Commencement; 576 Students Receive Diplomas
• UNCA Student Sculpture Exhibition on View at 29 Carolina Lane
• Student Painting Exhibition on View at UNCA
• UNCA's Margaret Downes Presented UNC Board of Governor's Teaching Excellence Award
• UNCA Board of Trustees to Meet May 16
• UNCA's Great Smokies Writing Program Offers Summer Workshops
• UNCA's Family Business Forum Hosts Talk by President of Bush Brothers & Co.
• UNCA Offers Kids' Summer Bug Camp
• UNCA to Hold Commencement May 17;
  Frank Rhodes to Deliver Address
• UNCA's Writers at Home Series Wraps Up with Readings by Ron Rash, Michael Chitwood
• Regional Mathematics Final Held at UNCA May 1

• UNCA Offers Required Teachers' Course

APRIL 2003

• UNCA to Host Spring Ceramics and Art Sale May 9-10
• UNCA's Philosophy Lecture Series Wraps Up May 7
• UNCA to Host Lecture on Biltmore Archeology Site
• UNCA Music Department Wraps Up Season
• UNCA to Host Free Performance of Political Satire "Confetti"
• UNCA to Hold Student Photography Exhibition
• Two UNCA Student Ceramic Exhibitions Open May 2 in Owen Hall
• UNCA Hosts Reading and Book Signing by Grant Hardy;
  Poetry Collection Focuses on Family Relationships
• UNCA Presents 31st Annual Spring Wildflower and Bird Pilgrimage May 2-4
• Frank Rhodes to Deliver UNCA Commencement Address May 17; Four Distinguished Individuals to Receive Honorary Degrees
• UNCA Staff Organizes Yard Sale Extravaganza to Raise Funds for Scholarships, Staff Development
• UNCA Students Organize Asheville's Earth Day Festival and Campus Greenfest Events
• UNCA to Host Holocaust Education Week with a Variety of Programs
• UNCA Celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
• UNCA's Family Business Forum Hosts Workshop on the Psychology of Family Business
• UNCA to Host Talk on the Poetry of Nelly Sachs and Else Lasker-Schuler; Lecture Given as Part of UNCA's Holocaust Education Week
• Robert Melson to Give 2003 Phyllis Freed Sollod Memorial Lecture at UNCA April 24
• TheatreUNCA Presents "As You Like It" April 23-27
• UNCA to Host Graphite Drawings Exhibition
• UNCA Students Earn Awards in the Carolinas' Premier Electronic Media Festival
• UNCA Students Earn National Title in Theatre Technology Olympics
• UNCA Dance Program to Perform at Asheville's BEBE Theatre
• UNCA to Host Mark Twain Performances
• StoriesWork and UNCA Host Events to Empower Abused Women
• UNCA's Writers at Home Series Continues with Readings by Local High School Students
• UNCA to Hold Second Annual Multimedia Arts and Sciences Juried Student Exhibition
• Sculptor Melisa Cadell to Jury UNCA's 36th Annual Student Art Exhibition
• UNCA Hosts "Score for Scholarships" Basketball Shootout Competition; Funds to Benefit UNCA Foundation Scholarship Drive
• UNCA Hosts Environmental History Presentation
• UNCA to Hold Annual Soup-and-Salad Bowl Sale April 18
• UNCA Fall Open House Set for April 12
• UNCA to Hold Spring Dance Spree;
  Master Class with the Ailey II Company Featured
• UNCA Music Department Hosts Three April Concerts
• "The Nature of Process" Art Exhibition is on View at UNCA

MARCH 2003

• Acclaimed Psychologist, Author Kay Redfield Jamison to Speak at UNCA
• UNCA's Second Annual Parson Lecture in Mathematics Explores Conflicts Between Calculus Creators; Event Slated for April 3 in Humanities Lecture Hall
• Leadership Asheville Accepting Applications for 2003-2004 Program
• UNCA to Host a Talk and Book Signing with Novelist Laryce Harrison Rybka
• UNCA to Host Ceramics Exhibition
• Asheville City Schools' Development Process Explored in Seminar April 2 at UNC Asheville
• Laura Fuentes and Clicanto to Perform at UNCA March 29
• Noted Economists to Discuss the U.S. Economy at UNCA's 19th Annual Crystal Ball Seminar April 10
• UNCA's Philosophy Lecture Series Discusses Liberty
• UNCA to Host Lecture on "Alexander the Great, Mastermind of Money"
• UNCA to Host Talk by Acclaimed Native American Author Sherman Alexie
• UNCA to Host an Evening with Pulitzer-Prize Winning Poet and Writer Maxine Kumin
• UNCA to Host Talk on Christian Non-Violence
• UNCA to Host NCAA Selection Party;
  Campus Pumped about First Trip to the Big Dance
• UNCA to Host Comedy Review on Climate Change
• Noted Concert Pianist to Discuss Aesthetics and Music;
  Talk is UNCA's 2003 Dorr Endowed Lecture
• UNCA Concert Band and String Ensembles Perform Spring Concert
• UNCA to Host Fifth Scholarly Conference on GLBT Studies March 21-22; Keynote Performance Artist, Writer Tim Miller to Present "Glory Box"
• UNCA to Host Dramatic Portrayal of Sojourner Truth's Life
• "Old Times" Exhibition on View in UNCA's University Gallery
• UNCA to Host High School Media Career Workshop March 14
• UNCA's Writers at Home Series Continues with Readings by Claire Bateman and Julia Nunnally Duncan
• UNCA Students Head Out for Alternative Spring Break
• Auditions Announced for Asheville Theatre for Young Audiences' Production of "Honk"
• Public Invited to Upcoming UNCA Humanities Lecture

FEBRUARY 2003

• UNCA's Athletics Program Awarded Certification by NCAA
• Registration Now Open for UNCA's Asheville Theatre for Young Audiences Summer Studio Theatre Day Camp
• UNCA's Family Business Forum Hosts Leadership Workshop
• UNCA Offers a Variety of Programs Celebrating Women's History Month
• UNCA Offers Law, History and Genealogy Continuing Education Classes
• UNCA's Philosophy Lecture Series Discusses Maturity
• Klezmer Musician David Krakauer to Perform at UNCA March 25
• Historic Documents Find a New Home at UNC Asheville;
  Papers, Maps Trace Early History of Land Speculation in Western North Carolina
• UNCA to Host Lecture on Cyprus and the Beginning of the Late Bronze Age
• Scholarship Pilot Program Benefits Super Saturday Minority Students
• College for Seniors Offers Spring Term
• "Family Ties" Mixed Media Exhibition on View in UNCA's University Gallery
• N.C. Center for Creative Retirement Offers Free Computer Literacy Classes
• UNCA to Host Art Quilt Exhibition
• Asheville Native Named UNCA Distinguished Staff Member of the Year
• Civil War Historians to Discuss the Evolution of the Northern Virginia Army; UNCA Hosts Western North Carolina Civil War Round Table
• UNCA Hosts Performance of "The Vagina Monologues;"
  Proceeds to Benefit Helpmate of Buncombe, Madison Counties
• UNCA Black History Month Keynote Program Canceled Due to Travel Difficulties
• UNCA to Celebrate Homecoming February 24-March 1
• Theatre UNCA Presents "The Village Fable" February 21-23
• UNCA's Family Business Forum Hosts Workshop on Creating a Functioning Board of Directors in the Family Business
• UNCA Hosts Science Olympiad Tournament
• UNCA's Continuing Education Program to Offer College Test Prep Classes
• UNCA Board of Trustees to Meet February 11-12
• UNCA's Super Saturday Program Offers Super Classes for Kids
• UNCA's Writers at Home Series Continues with Readings by Cynn Chadwick and Dannye Romine Powell
• UNCA Hosts Tri-State Sculptors Suitcase Show

JANUARY 2003

• UNCA to Host Panel Discussion on "The Teaching of the Liberal Arts in the Context of the African American Civil Rights Movement"
• UNCA to Host Distinguished Poet Tyrone Williams
• UNCA Offers Creative Writing Classes
• UNCA Celebrates Black History Month with a Variety of Programs
• UNCA Music Department Continues Spring Concert Season
• Public Invited to Upcoming UNCA Humanities Lectures
• UNCA's Philosophy Lecture Series Discusses Morals
• UNCA to Host Talk on Jewish Life in North Carolina
• UNCA Board of Trustees Recommends Modest Student Fee Increase
• UNCA Announces Fall 2002 Dean's List
• UNCA Announces Fall 2002 Chancellor's List
• UNCA Announces December 2002 Graduates
• UNCA to Host Martin Luther King Day Celebration January 22;
  Jim Lucas to Perform Dramatic Renditions of King Speeches
• "Golden Mean" Exhibition on View in UNCA's University Gallery
• UNCA Offers Intergenerational Seminar on Appalachian Literature
• "Catching My Breath" Photography Exhibition Opens in UNCA's Ramsey Library
• UNCA's Philosophy Lecture Series Discusses the Nature of Evil
• Creative Retirement in Uncertain Times
• UNCA Offers Required Teachers' Course
• UNCA's Writers at Home Series Continues with Readings by Ann Dunn and Joan Grant