You might measure a year at UNC Asheville in the number of all-nighters students spent finishing final papers, or ounces (gallons?) of coffee required by faculty to finish grading exams, or how many sheets of paper it would take to print out all the emails in any one staff member's inbox. This year, you might measure it in the number of minutes spent washing hands, the number of times we've forgotten to mute the mic, or just the number of times someone reached out to us to offer help on a challenging day.
There are some things we can't measure, but you might be surprised by some of the numbers we have collected from the past year (spoiler alert: we spent A LOT of time on Zoom).
We have 270 student-athletes competing in Division I sports, with 27 student-athletes graduating this summer.
The average GPA for the graduating seniors is 3.33.
We inducted 42 members as our inaugural class of the Chi Alpha Sigma National Honor Society for student-athletes.Â
We conducted 2,649 COVID tests among student athletes.
The Bulldogs earned 20 All-Big South Conference Awards, 5 All-Big South honors for men's tennis players, 7 Coastal Collegiate Sports Association Honors for swimming and diving, and 4 Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year Awards.
This spring 300 employees have been working on campus. 125 essential employees kept our facilities and our grounds in healthy condition and in good shape.Â
The total traffic in Highsmith Student Union this year was 293,000 people (not all unique individuals), with 1,804 events and meetings in Highsmith, and 19,243 people attending those events
Just over 10,000 people voted at the Buncombe County Early Voting site on campus.
Dining Services produced 35 different theme events in Brown Hall; coordinated 30 Food Truck Fridays; created 2 “ghost kitchens,” Absurd Bird and The Sweet Shop, to provide additional contact-free pick up options; and donated 7,071 pounds of food to the community through Food Connection.
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute has held 168 remote courses via Zoom, almost 40 special programs, over 70 Zoom training sessions, and published 80 newsletters since March 2020.
Between traditional visits and programs UNC Asheville welcomed 1,206 prospective students to campus working within COVID guidelines; we've held over 650 virtual and in-person event, and made more than 2,400 calls to prospective students.
More than 1,800 high schools students were served through college readiness programming.
UNC Asheville awarded 2,121 new financial aid packages, and 1,762 continuing financial aid packages.
With 19 faculty, 116 staff, and 70 students volunteering at the UNC Asheville/MAHEC Immunization Clinic on campus, a total of 16,394 vaccinations were administered—with more on the way as the clinic reopens. That's more vaccines than any other clinic in the UNC System, and accounts for 20% of the vaccines administered in Buncombe County.
Even when physically separated, we stayed connected. Since August 3, 2019, we've spent 16,422,794 minutes on Zoom.
Whether they were over Zoom or masked and in-person, 2,148 classes were taught, amounting to 3,200 credit hours taught in the the Spring semester, and and 3,125 in the Fall.
UNC Asheville's first-ever Day of Giving was a success! Thanks to 1,218 generous donors, the University raised $303,995.
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