Several UNC Asheville faculty members recently received promotions. Promoted to full professor were Gwen Ashburn, literature and language; Robert Dunning, art; Claudel McKenzie, management and accountancy; and Dave Peifer, mathematics. Promoted to associate professor were Joseph Berryhill, psychology; Nancy Ruppert, education; and Lorraine Walsh, multimedia arts and sciences.

New department chairs and programs directors are J.W. "Bill" Miller, environmental studies; Edward Katz, interim for Africana Studies; Kathie Garbe, health and wellness; Susan Reiser, interim for multimedia arts and sciences for fall semester; Elizabeth Snyder, international studies; William Spellman, master's of liberal arts; Henry Stern, interim for foreign languages; Blake Hobby, director, and Barbara "Kitti" Reynolds, assistant director for honors; and Alice Weldon and Marcia Ghidina, women's studies co-chairs.