Commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a focus for the University in January, with Provost Kai Campbell speaking at the annual downtown Asheville Peace March and Rally on the King holiday, and then a series of well-attended events on campus.
Every seat in the Highsmith Student Union Blue Ridge Room was taken when Charlayne Hunter-Gault, the renowned author and journalist, delivered the commemoration keynote address. Chancellor Cable began the evening, framing it with this quote from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that really matter.
Leadership Asheville, a program of UNC Asheville, extended its signature Buzz Breakfast Series to a new season, offering three Winter Buzz Breakfast talks in 2020. Each panel brings new perspectives to answer the series question of “How resilient are we as a community?”
Blue Ridge Public Radio commissioned an on-air news diversity study, which was conducted by UNC Asheville junior Anitra Griffin. From BPR:
“Having the station reach out to me to help them foster change and to know where they stand meant a lot," says Griffin. "Not many organizations want to be aware of their demographical standing, especially with the aim to change or even with the idea to publish it publicly. BPR guessed their standings would lack some diversity. However, they wanted to do more and considered what I noticed to start an active change, which I can’t wait to see.”
UNC Asheville offers many resources, organizations, and events to promote positive mental health and help students navigate the stressors of college, including the Health and Counseling Center, Peers Educating Peers and Advocating Health (PEPAH), therapy dogs, and Fresh Check Day, a mental health promotion and suicide prevention event geared specifically to college students.
Associate Professor of Psychology Patrick Foo talks to Mountain Xpress about the neuroscience of meditative practices.
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