UNC Asheville, Institute for
Applied Philosophy Launch Lecture Series; Bill Sabo to Discuss
Electoral College on September 2
Noted political scientist Bill Sabo, UNC Asheville
professor of political science, will kick off UNC Asheville's 11th
annual philosophy lecture series with a talk on "Republicanism
versus the Democratic Impulse: The Electoral College" at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 2. The talk will be held at UNC Asheville's Kellogg
Center, 11 Broyles Rd., Hendersonville. The event is open to the
public. A donation of $5 will be suggested at the door to support
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UNC Asheville Announces
Summer Graduates
The following students received bachelor degrees from
UNC Asheville in August 2008
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UNC Asheville Faculty and
Staff Show Off Artistic Skills in Annual Exhibition
UNC Asheville's faculty and staff have talents that
extend beyond the classroom and office. Many are skilled artists
whose work is now on exhibit at UNC Asheville's Blowers Gallery.
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UNC Asheville's Great
Smokies Writing Program Offers Fall Workshops
Local writers will have the opportunity to hone their
skills with the Great Smokies Writing Program's fall workshop series
of eight courses in poetry and prose. The classes, held at varying
locations in Asheville, are open to writers of varying levels.
Students will earn UNC Asheville credit hours in Literature and
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UNC Asheville Offers
Astronomy Class for K-12 Teachers
This fall, UNC Asheville will offer a special online
science class for local K-12 teachers. The course, "Stars,
Constellations and Deep Sky Objects," will be offered pass/fail
September 1-December 12. Upon completion, teachers will earn one
academic credit and three technology continuing education units.
Cost is $86.06. Twelve $100 stipends are also available; preference
will be given to K-8 teachers.
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UNC Asheville Art Students,
Recent Graduates to Hold Fifth Annual Exhibition
Works by UNC Asheville art students and recent
graduates will be featured in the Selected Student Exhibit on view
August 14-September 9 at UNC Asheville's Highsmith University Union
Gallery. This fifth annual exhibition showcases upper-level student
work produced in the past year. A closing reception will be held 5-7
p.m. Friday, Sept. 5, in the gallery.
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UNC Asheville Welcomes 572
Freshmen on Friday;
Fall Semester Classes Begin August 19
UNC Asheville is gearing up to welcome some 572
freshmen to campus on Friday to kick off the fall semester. Freshmen
will check into residence halls on the morning of Friday, Aug. 15.
Transfer students will move into the residence halls on Saturday,
Aug. 16. Returning students will move in on Sunday and Monday, Aug.
17-18. Some 86 UNC Asheville faculty and staff will be on hand to
help freshman and their parents with the move.
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UNC Asheville Art Faculty to
Hold Annual Exhibition
Works by 10 UNC Asheville Art Department faculty
members will be featured in a wide-ranging exhibition August
22-September 23 at UNC Asheville's S. Tucker Cooke Gallery. The show
kicks off the gallery's 2008-2009 season. An opening reception will
be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 22, in the gallery.
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UNC Chapel Hill School of Social
Work to Hold Information Session for Asheville Program
Since 1985, the UNC Chapel Hill School of Social Work
has offered its Master of Social Work degree through the Asheville
Graduate Center on the campus of UNC Asheville. This distance
education program enables students to study in Asheville, completing
the first half of the program within two years. Students are then
required to attend classes in Chapel Hill to finish the degree. The
program will accept its next cohort of students for fall 2009.
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Renowned Artist Sigmund Abeles
to Visits UNC Asheville for Workshop, Lecture
Internationally acclaimed, New York-based artist
Sigmund Abeles will visit UNC Asheville August 26-28 for a series of
special events. Abele's visit will coincide with the two-person
exhibition "Uncommon Expressions: The Art of Sigmund Abeles and
Jerome Witkin" on display at the Asheville Art Museum through August
28. » MORE
Registration Now Open
for College for Seniors Fall Term;
More than 80 Classes Begin September 15
Older adults can go back to school this fall at UNC
Asheville’s nationally renowned College for Seniors. More than 84
courses are available during the fall term from September
15-November 13. Classes will be held at UNC Asheville's Reuter
Center, home of the North Carolina Center for Creative Retirement.
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Registration Now
Open for Blue Ridge Naturalist Program's Fall Classes; Some 28
Classes Offered Through the N.C. Center for Creative Retirement
What do hawks, medicinal herbs and biofuels have in
common? All are among the topics covered in the Blue Ridge
Naturalist Program's fall classes. Some 28 courses are available,
beginning September 9. The Blue Ridge Naturalist Program is hosted
by the nationally acclaimed North Carolina Center for Creative
Retirement located on the UNC Asheville campus. Classes are open to
students of all ages.
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North Asheville
Tailgate Market Celebrates Summer Harvest Saturday, Aug. 16;
Festivities Highlight First Year Anniversary at UNC Asheville
Come and join the festivities at the North Asheville
Tailgate Market as it celebrates its first anniversary on the UNC
Asheville campus on Saturday, August 16. The market, a Saturday
morning institution for those who love fresh produce and flowers, is
the area's oldest producer-only tailgate.
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UNC Asheville Hosts Course on
Radon, Lead and Mold Safety
UNC Asheville's Lead Poisoning Prevention Program will
host a course covering proper testing and mitigation systems for
radon, ways to identify and remove mold, and ways to check for lead
paint and determine what constitutes a lead hazard. The course will
be held from 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3, at UNC Asheville's Owen
Conference Center. » MORE
Senator Elizabeth Dole Visits UNC
Asheville
Undergraduate research on cancer, the boom in
post-retirement careers, and new work on climate change were all
part of an intensive morning visit today by Senator Elizabeth Dole.
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UNC Asheville, N.C. Center for
Creative Retirement Honor Billie Ruth Sudduth; Reception with
Esteemed Basket Maker Set for September 26
Famed North Carolina basket maker Billie Ruth Sudduth
will be honored at a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, at
UNC Asheville's Reuter Center. The reception, hosted by UNC
Asheville and the North Carolina Center for Creative Retirement,
will celebrate Sudduth's 25 prestigious years in basket making.
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Jonathan Frappier Named UNC
Asheville Major Gifts Officer
Jonathan Frappier was recently named Major Gifts
Officer at UNC Asheville. His primary focus is identification,
cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of appropriate major and
planned gift prospects for the University.
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UNC Asheville Offers
Distance Learning Courses for Lateral Entry Teachers
UNC Asheville and A-B Technical Community College
will host two distance learning courses designed for lateral entry
teachers beginning in August. The courses, "EDUC 373: Teaching
Reading in the Content Areas" and "EDUC 243: Learning Theory," will
each consist of eight weeks of classroom training with a 15-hour
online component and be available via teleconference.
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UNC Asheville Offers LSAT Prep
Class
Registration is now open for the Law School Admission
Test (LSAT) prep class offered by UNC Asheville's Office of
Professional Education Programs. The six-week course will meet on
the UNC Asheville campus.
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UNC Asheville Earns Top Spot in
Fiske Guide to Colleges;
University Named Best Buy for 15 Consecutive Years
UNC Asheville continues to stand with some of the
nation's finest colleges in popular college rankings. The annual
"Fiske Guide to Colleges" released its 2009 list of Best Buys of
American and Canadian colleges earlier this month. UNC Asheville is
alone among public colleges in Western North Carolina to earn a spot
on the list. It is the 15th consecutive year that UNC Asheville has
been named a Best Buy.
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North Carolina Center for Creative
Retirement Offers Free Leadership Training
The North Carolina Center for Creative Retirement will
offer a free, seven-week course entitled "Leadership Training for
Older Persons." The class will meet on the UNC Asheville Campus on
Fridays from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. from September 12-October 24.
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UNC Asheville Board of Trustees
Elects New Officers, Adds New Trustee
The UNC Asheville Board of
Trustees elected new officers at its 2008-09 meeting July 10 on the
UNC Asheville campus. Al Whitesides, vice president of Mountain 1st
Bank & Trust, was elected chair; Pam Turner, Asheville community
leader, was elected vice chair; and Dr. David Cogburn, an Asheville
dermatologist and a 1977 alumnus of UNC Asheville, was elected
secretary.
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John G. Pierce Named UNC Asheville Vice Chancellor for Finance and
Campus Operations
John G. Pierce, former Vice
President and CFO of Sonopress, has been named Vice Chancellor for
Finance and Campus Operations at UNC Asheville. The appointment was
made by the UNC Asheville Board of Trustees at its meeting on July
10, upon recommendation by UNC Asheville Chancellor Anne Ponder.
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UNC Asheville Alumna Selected for
Elite Environmental Internship
UNC Asheville alumna Anna Lange recently was awarded an
internship with the national environmental group Green Corps. Lange
was one of some 25 candidates selected from more than 2,000
applicants from across the nation for the organization's highly
competitive year-long environmental leadership training program.
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UNC Asheville Professor Publishes
Book Examining Religion in the South
Rodger M. Payne, UNC Asheville associate professor
of religious studies, recently completed work on a new book entitled
"Southern Crossroads: Perspectives on Religion and Culture." The
University Press of Kentucky released the 390-page book on May 23.
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UNC Asheville Now Offers
Test Proctoring Services;
Variety of Testing Services, Formats Available
As the rise in distance education grows, so does the
need for distance assessment. Many online classes require that exams
be administered by a qualified proctor. Now, trained proctors at UNC
Asheville's Asheville Graduate Center can provide a variety of
tests, from post-graduate to professional exams. The Asheville
Graduate Center customizes its services to fit test-takers' needs.
Both computer- and paper-based testing services are provided.
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UNC Asheville Senior Selected for
National Leadership Program
Lexington, Ky. -- Omicron Delta Kappa, the National
Collegiate Leadership Honor Society, has announced that Cassaundra
Papaj from UNC Asheville's OΔK circle has been selected to
participate in the annual "Campus Leaders Today, Community Leaders
Tomorrow" program from June 10-13, 2008, in Washington, D.C.
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UNC Asheville Names First Cary
Caperton Owen Distinguished Professor in Economics; Professor's Work
will Focus on American Poverty Courses, Research
UNC Asheville Economics Professor Joseph M. Sulock has
been named the University's first Cary Caperton Owen Distinguished
Professor in Economics. The distinguished professorship was
established in October 2007 in honor of Cary Owen, who is known
throughout the state as a remarkable champion for public education.
It is especially fitting that the distinguished professorship is in
the field of economics; Owen was one of the first women to major in
economics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Awards $500,000 to Appalachian College Association; Funds to Support
New ACA-UNC Asheville Undergraduate Research Partnership
Berea, Ky. -- The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has
awarded a $500,000 grant to the Appalachian College Association (ACA)
that will expand undergraduate research expertise and opportunities
for faculty and students in the humanities and humanistic social
sciences at more than two dozen colleges in Central Appalachia, ACA
President Alice Brown announced today.
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UNC Asheville Breaks
Ground for North Carolina Center for
Health & Wellness
UNC Asheville held a celebratory groundbreaking
ceremony today for the North Carolina Center for Health & Wellness,
which will be the new home for a unique academic and outreach
initiative that is helping to address the state's most pressing
health concerns. »
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UNC Asheville Professor Kevin
Moorhead Honored for Teaching Excellence by UNC Board of Governors
One of UNC Asheville's most respected professors, Kevin
Moorhead, was named today as a recipient of the Award for Excellence
in Teaching from the University of North Carolina's Board of
Governors. Moorhead, professor and chair of environmental studies,
was nominated by a committee of UNC Asheville faculty. He will
receive a commemorative bronze medallion and a $7,500 cash prize at
a ceremony at UNC Chapel Hill next month.
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