More News
Bulldog Athletics
The Blue Banner
News Releases
Asheville Educational Television
Podcasts

More Information
Special Event Publicity
Speakers Bureau
Events Master Calendar
Events & Calendars
Weather
Highlights
Quick Facts
Fact Books

Contact Us

Submit Information for Hometown News Releases

Sign Up to Receive News Releases

News & Events Home

December 2004

• UNC Asheville Names Distinguished Staff Members of the Year
• Leadership Haywood Now Accepting Applications
• Leadership Asheville 23 Convenes
• UNC Asheville Offers Required Teachers' Course
• UNC Asheville Board of Trustees Approves Tuition Increase; Funds to be Set Aside for Students with Financial Need
• UNC Asheville Closes for the Holidays
• Jim Mullen to Step Down as UNC Asheville Chancellor in May; Will Return to Massachusetts to Lead Catholic Liberal Arts College
• UNC Asheville Students Inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma National Business Honor Society
• UNC Asheville Student Awarded the Governor's Institute on Substance and Alcohol Abuse Scholarship
• Timothy N. McClain Named Assistant Vice Chancellor for Development at UNC Asheville
• UNC Asheville and Montreat College Receives $3 Million Trust from J. Alfred Miller; Funds to Benefit Student Scholarships
• UNC Asheville Students Ring in the Holidays with Party for Head Start Centers
• UNC Asheville to Hold Winter Graduation Reception December 11

November 2004

• UNC Asheville Continues Philosophy Lecture Series with Talk on "The Primacy of Perception"
• UNC Asheville Offers 20th Annual WNC Weather Calendar
• UNC Asheville's Family Business Forum Holds Talk on Conflict and Communication
• UNC Asheville to Hold Holiday Art Sale December 3-4
• UNC Asheville Wraps Up Fall Concert Season with Holiday Show
• UNC Asheville Students Engaged in the Right Stuff;
  National Survey Affirms UNC Asheville's Approach to Teaching and Learning
• UNC Asheville Prepares Students for a Global Community;
  Changing World Addressed in a Variety of Courses and Special Events
• UNC Asheville Drama Department Receives Prestigious North Carolina Theater Award
• UNC Asheville's Writers at Home Series Continues with Poetry Reading
• UNC Asheville to Observe International Education Week
• Brevard High School Wins 37th Annual UNC Asheville Knowledge Bowl
• TheatreUNCA Presents "The Playboy of the Western World" November 17-21
• UNC Asheville Board of Trustees to Meet in Retreat November 9
• UNC Asheville Celebrates French Week November 8-11
• Dual Senior Exhibition on View at UNC Asheville's University Gallery
• UNC Asheville Fraternity to Sponsor 5K Run for Cancer;
  Proceeds to Benefit the American Cancer Society
• UNC Asheville to Host Talk on "The Truth Behind the Da Vinci Code"
• UNC Asheville Hosts Talk on "Excavations at Cullowhee Mound"
• UNC Asheville Continues Philosophy Lecture Series with Talk on "Aesthetic Experiences"

October 2004

• UNC Asheville Hosts Renowned Scholar of Islam and Human Rights; Abdullahi An-Na`im to Give Talk on "Genocide in Darfur"
• UNC Asheville Senior Holds Sculpture Exhibition at Wedge Gallery
• UNC Asheville’s Music Department Continues Fall Concert Season; Seven Events Scheduled for November
• UNC Asheville Celebrates Native American Heritage Month with a Variety of Events
• UNC Asheville Dance Program to Host Benefit Performance; Proceeds to Benefit Manna Food Bank and Dance Program
• UNC Asheville's Blowers Gallery Hosts Traveling Photography Exhibition; Show Features Images of Native Americans by Local Artist Tracey Schmidt
• UNC Asheville’s Fall Open House Set for November 13
• UNC Asheville Hosts ACE Fellow Jena Burges;
  Burges to Train as a University Senior Administrator During Fall Semester
• UNC Asheville’s Physics Department Hosts Viewing of Total Lunar Eclipse October 27; Last Chance to See Total Lunar Eclipse in Asheville Until 2007
• UNC Asheville's Family Business Forum Hosts Workshop
• UNC Asheville’s Issues Forum to Explore the Economy and the Presidential Election
• Human Rights Activist to Speak at UNC Asheville;
  Robin Kirk to Discuss "Colombia and the War on Terror"
• UNC Asheville Career and Graduate School Fair Set for October 26
• Tom Savini, "The Godfather of Gore," to Speak at UNC Asheville;
  Audience Treated to a Behind-the-Scenes Look at Horror Movies
• UNC Asheville's Carol Belk Theatre Becomes Haunted October 22-31; Terrifying Tours Await the Brave, Lights on Tours Available for Kids
• UNC Asheville Professor's Book is Inaugural Selection for Tennessee Reads Book Club
• UNC Asheville to Screen Emmy-Nominated Documentary "Blue Vinyl" October 21
• UNC Asheville Dedicates Highsmith University Union Oct. 14; First Campus Building Completed with Higher Education Bonds
• Writers at Home Series Continues with Readings by Anthony Kellman and Pat Riviere-Seel
• UNC Asheville Hosts Renowned Feminist Author
• International Caravan for Justice to Visit UNC Asheville; Group Raising Awareness About Women Murdered along U.S./Mexico Border
• UNC Asheville Receives $10,000 Low Ropes Course from Diamond Brand Outdoors; Course to be Dedicated October 13
• UNC Asheville Hosts an Evening with Comedian David J. Nash
• UNC Asheville's Blowers Gallery Hosts Textile Art Exhibition
• UNC Asheville Hosts Talk by Ceramic Artist Josh DeWeese
• UNC Asheville’s Music Department Continues Its Fall Concert Season; Mississippi State University Faculty Brass Quintet Featured Performer in October

September 2004

• UNC Asheville’s Fall Open House, Future Teachers Workshop Both Set for October 16
• UNC Asheville Senior Holds Interactive Sculpture Exhibition
• UNC Asheville Offers Standardized Test Prep Classes
• UNC Asheville Hosts Award-Winning Environmental Scientist
• UNC Asheville Offers Required Teacher's Course
• UNC Asheville Continues Philosophy Lecture Series
• UNC Asheville Hosts Talk on the Role of Jews in the Civil War; Preeminent Jewish Historian Eli Evans to Speak
• UNC Asheville Hosts Talk on Asheville's Civil War History
• Rotary International Scholars Attending UNC Asheville
• UNC Asheville Student Groups Host "Rock the Vote" October 2
• Young Engineers Invited to Test Their Creativity in Design Competitions at UNC Asheville
• UNC Asheville Hosts Talk on Roman Inscriptions
• UNC Asheville 2004-05 Writers at Home Series Continues with Readings by David Schulman and Katherine Soniat
• UNC Asheville Hosts College Night September 23 at Asheville Mall; 130 Colleges, Universities to Participate
• UNC Asheville’s Music Department Kicks Off 2004-05 Concert Season
• Congressman Charles Taylor to Seek $6 Million in Federal Funds for UNC Asheville
• Asheville's Significant Buildings, Homes and Their Histories to be Available Online; Grant to UNC Asheville's Ramsey Library Will Support Development of Virtual Collection
• UNC Asheville Acquires Julian Price Papers
• UNC Asheville's Super Saturday Program Offers Super Classes for Kids
• Telash Theatre Company Stages Spanish-Language Play at UNC Asheville
• UNC Asheville's Family Business Forum to Kick off 2004-05 Program Season

August 2004

• UNC Asheville Announces 2003-04 Cultural and Special Events Season; Sharon Katz and The Peace Train Kick Off Series on September 10
• Nobel Laureate F. Sherwood Rowland to Speak at UNC Asheville September 9-10
• UNC Asheville Kicks Off Annual Philosophy Lecture Series
• UNC Asheville's Blowers Gallery Hosts Photography and Painting Exhibition
• UNC Asheville Receives $100,000 Kresge Grant;
  Funds to be Used for Craft Campus Green Building Planning
• UNC Asheville Breaks Ground for New Carmichael Hall
• UNC Asheville's National Environmental Modeling and Analysis Center Plays Key Role in Providing Critical Data During Hurricane Charley
• Two UNC Asheville Staff Members Named to New Posts
• UNC Asheville to Offer Financial Investing Classes in Asheville and Hendersonville
• UNC Asheville Board of Trustees to Meet August 24-25
• UNC Asheville Holds Free Concert Series
• UNC Asheville Faculty Promoted, New Chairs Named
• UNC Asheville Names 2004 Summer Graduates
• UNC Asheville Hosts Singer-Songwriter Ari Hest
• UNC Asheville Art Faculty to Hold Annual Exhibition
• UNC Asheville Freshmen Take on 28 Community Service Projects; Eighth Annual Bulldog Day a Success
• UNC Asheville Alumnus Holds Painting Exhibition on Campus
• UNC Asheville Introduces Largest Freshman Class to Community Service; Some 733 Students to Work at 28 Sites
• UNC Asheville's Great Smokies Writing Program Offers Fall Workshops
• UNC Asheville 2004-05 Writers at Home Series Kicks Off with Readings by Keith Flynn and Mindy Friddle
• UNC Asheville Classes Begin August 18; Community Service Day Set for August 16

• UNC Asheville Named a Best Buy in the "Fiske Guide to Colleges"

July 2004

• UNC Asheville to Offer PSAT Prep Class
• How to Plan a Creative Retirement in Uncertain Times;
  September Seminar Offered by N.C. Center for Creative Retirement
• UNC Asheville Offers Continuing Education Classes in Creative Writing
• UNC Asheville to Hold Summer Graduation Reception July 30
• UNC Asheville’s Concerts on the Quad Wraps Up on July 19
• Leadership Asheville Accepting Applications for 2004-2005 Program
• Appalachian State and UNC Asheville Ranked Among 50 Best Values in Nation
• UNC Asheville's Concerts on the Quad Features Roger Day on July 12
• N.C. Center for Creative Retirement Offers Leadership Training for Older Persons; Course Funded by Grant from the National Council on Aging

• UNC Asheville Offers Required Teachers' Course

June 2004

• UNC Asheville's Largest Freshman Class Creates Opportunities, Challenges for Campus; Questions About Growth to be Explored during Coming Year
• UNC Asheville’s Concerts on the Quad Features Bagpipes and Bluegrass on July 5
• UNC Asheville Faculty Awards Presented
• UNC Asheville Offers Stage Management Class
• UNC Asheville's Concerts on the Quad Hosts the Jazz Composers Forum
• UNC Asheville’s Concerts on the Quad Series Continues with the Community Jazz Band
• UNC Asheville Hires Ken Elder as Associate Athletic Director
• UNC Asheville to Offer SAT Test Prep Class
• Exhibition by Painter Peter Olevnik on View at UNC Asheville
• College for Seniors Offers Summer Term
• UNC Asheville Students Receive Teaching Licenses
• UNC Asheville to Host Talk on the Future of Weapons of Mass Destruction
• UNC Asheville’s Concerts on the Quad Series Hosts Tradewinds Quartet

May 2004

• UNC Asheville Professor Receives Sasakawa Fellowship to Study Modern Japan
• Chancellor's List Announced
• Dean's List Announced
• UNC Asheville Forgoes Use of South Campus for Parking This Fall; Temporary Campus Lots and Former Elementary School site to Provide Extra Space
• UNC Asheville Kicks Off 22nd Annual Concerts on the Quad Series June 7; Hot Club of Cowtown Heads Lineup
• Newspaper Reading Affects Beliefs About Crime and Terrorism
• UNCA's Family Business Forum to Host Program on the FISH! Philosophy
• UNC Asheville Convenes Two-Day Workshop Exploring WNC Environmental Issues
• UNC Asheville to Offer Financial Investing Classes in Asheville and Hendersonville
• Black Student Association Presents Awards
• 22nd Leadership Asheville Class Graduates
• Great Smokies Writing Program Offers Summer Workshops
• UNC Asheville Names Graduates;
  Class of 594 Largest in University's History
• Leadership Haywood 16 Graduates
• "Memories of Community" Photography Exhibition on View in UNC Asheville's Blowers Gallery
• UNC Asheville Offers GRE Prep Class
• UNC Asheville Receives Grant Valued at $300,000 from Vitria;
  Funds Will Establish a New Computer Science Course
• Clifton Wharton Inspires UNC Asheville Graduates with Address on Human Rights, Excellence; Graduating Class of 594 Largest in University's History
• UNC Asheville's Management and Accountancy Program Earns Elite Accreditation
• "Spirit-Filled Earth" Ceramics Exhibition on View at UNCA
• Memory Circles Form to Remember the Desegregation of Buncombe County
• UNC Asheville Writers at Home Series Concludes with Readings by Tommy Hays and Sam Hodges
• UNCA Board of Trustees to Meet May 7
• UNCA Students Present Undergraduate Research at NCUR

April 2004

• UNCA Senior Holds Painting Exhibition at Grove Arcade
• UNCA Students and Faculty Honored with Academic and Leadership Awards
• UNCA Wraps Up 2003-04 Concert Season
• UNCA Senior to Exhibit Unique Fiber Art and Printmaking Installation
• UNCA Lecture Series Concludes with Talk on "Artificial Intelligence and Ethics"
• UNCA Offers Kids' Summer Bug Camp
• UNCA Students Screen Film Projects
• Janet Cone Named New Athletics Director
• Clifton Wharton to Deliver UNCA Commencement Address;
  Four to Receive Honorary Degrees
• UNCA to Hold Spring Ceramics and Art Sale
• UNC Asheville Named a "Best Value" by Princeton Review;
  One of Only Three North Carolina Institutions to Make the List
• New Members Elected to UNCA Foundation Board of Directors
• UNCA to Hold Third Annual Spring Symposium on Undergraduate Research and Creativity
• UNCA Offers LSAT Prep Program
• UNCA to Host Reading and Book Signing by Poet Lee Ann Roripaugh
• UNCA to Hold 32nd Annual Spring Wildflower and Bird Pilgrimage April 30-May 2
• UNCA's Creative Writing Program Seniors to Give Readings
• UNCA to Host Talk on No Child Left Behind Act; Speaker is U.S. Department of Education Senior Administrator, UNCA Graduate
• UNCA Sponsors Program on Asheville’s Segregation, Desegregation; Dwight Mullen to Give Talk on Brown vs. Board of Education
• UNCA's Family Business Forum to Host Discussion on Family Business Successors
• "Children in Transition" Photography Exhibition on View at UNCA
• UNCA Writers at Home Series Continues with Readings by Tom Godleski and Linda Holden
• UNCA's Creative Writing Program Seniors to Give Readings
• UNCA Listed Among "America's Best Value Colleges" in New Princeton Review Book
• UNCA Students Organize Asheville's Second Annual Earth Day
• TheatreUNCA Presents the Premiere Performance of "The Frankenstein Project"
• UNCA to Observe Holocaust Education Days with a Variety of Programs
• UNC Asheville-Buncombe County Partnership Creates New Use for Landfill Methane; New Craft Campus to Model Green Building, Add to Region's Craft Economy
• UNCA Hosts 20th Annual Crystal Ball Seminar

• UNCA to Host Talk on Local Archeology

March 2004

• UNCA to Host Talk by Poet, Writer and Translator Reginald Gibbons
• UNCA Music Department Continues Spring Concert Season
• UNCA to Host Talk by Reginald Gibbons and Alan Shapiro
• UNCA Continues Philosophy Lecture Series with Talk on Patriotism
• UNCA Spring Open House Set for April 17
• "Within These Hills" Photography Exhibition on View in UNCA's Blowers Gallery
• Samuel A. Floyd Jr. to Give 2004 Dorr Endowed Lecture
• UNCA to Hold Annual Soup-and-Salad Bowl Sale April 2
• UNCA to Host One-Man Play "Vincent"
• UNCA to Host Tri-Partisan Constitutional Forum;
  Libertarian Presidential Candidate to Speak
• UNCA Offers Summer Program in England for Science Teachers;
  Registration Deadline Extended
• UNC Asheville and North Carolina State Launch Joint Undergraduate Degree Program in Mechatronics Engineering
• UNCA Student Groups to Host Community First Festival
• Religious Scholar to Discuss "Lost Christianities" at UNCA
• "Fluxing.net" Photography Exhibition on View at UNCA
• UNCA Offers Required Teachers’ Course
• UNCA Offers GRE Prep Class
• UNCA Music Department Continues Spring Concert Season
• Painter Reni Gower to Jury UNCA’s 37th Annual Student Art Exhibition
• UNCA to Host Lecture on the Archeology of Byzantine Greece and Sicily
• UNCA Writers at Home Series Continues with Readings by Jan Bailey and Laura Swenson
• UNCA Hosts Third Annual Parsons' Lecture;
  Renowned Mathematician John H. Conway to Speak
• UNCA's Center for Jewish Studies to Host Talk with Rodger Kamenetz
• UNCA's Family Business Forum to Host Talk on Exit Strategies

• "Belleza di Italia" Multi-media Installation on View in UNCA's Blowers Gallery

February 2004

• UNCA Offers Continuing Education Classes in Creative Writing
• UNCA Hosts High School Media Career Workshop March 12
• UNCA Continues Philosophy Lecture Series with Talk on Pacifism
• UNCA Teaching Fellows Visit New York City Schools
• UNCA Launches National Environmental Modeling and Analysis Center; $1.28 Million Grant from Education & Research Consortium Funds First Project
• UNCA to Host Talk on Contemporary Racism
• UNCA Offers a Variety of Programs Celebrating Women's History Month
• UNCA to Host Reading and Book Signing by Playwright Brian Silberman
• UNCA to Host Summer Employment Fair
• UNCA Offers SAT Test Prep Class
• UNCA’s Super Saturday Program Offers Super Classes for Kids
• UNCA Celebrates Homecoming February 16-21
• Renowned Painter Tarleton Blackwell Holds Exhibition at UNCA
• UNCA Hosts Regional Science Olympiad
• UNCA to Host Reading and Book Signing by Poet Adrian Blevins
• UNCA Board of Trustees to Meet February 10-11
• UNCA to Host Talk on the Rebuilding of Rwanda
• UNCA Writers at Home Series Continues with Readings by Local Students
• UNCA's Family Business Forum to Host Talk on Valuing the Family Business
• UNCA Hosts Performance of "The Vagina Monologues;"
  Proceeds to Benefit Our Voice
• UNCA to Host Talk on Roman Cemetery Food Offerings in North Africa
• Les Yeux Noirs to Perform at UNCA February 13

January 2004

• UNCA to Hold February Concerts
• UNCA Celebrates Black History Month with a Variety of Progams
• UNCA Continues Philosophy Lecture Series with Talk on War Theories
• Civil Rights Legend Julian Bond to Give UNCA Black History Month Keynote Address
• UNCA to Host Printmaking Invitational
• UNCA to Host "Good Company" Dance Performance
• UNCA to Host Talk on Tibetan Heart Yoga
• UNCA Names Students to Fall 2003 Dean's List
• UNCA Names Students to Fall 2003 Chancellor's List
• UNCA to Host Talk on American Indian Aging Issues
• UNCA Names Distinguished Staff Members of the Year
• UNCA Announces December Graduates
• UNC Asheville CSAC Scholarship Winners Named
• U.S. Air Force Jazz Ensemble to Perform Free Concert at UNCA
• UNCA Continues Philosophy Lecture Series with Talk on "The Existentialists' Responses to War"
• UNCA Writers at Home Spring Series Kicks Off with Readings by Anthony Abbott and Neal Thompson
• N.C. Center for Creative Retirement Offers Free Computer Literacy Classes