The holiday season is here again, and we’ve got the perfect gifts for the Bulldogs (and future Bulldogs) in your life.
Save-the-date for June 2022 and sign up now for first dibs on Pre-College Programs at UNC Asheville. These weeklong summer immersion programs at UNC Asheville offer students a deep dive into academic topics such as climate science, pre-med, robotics, river ecology, cellular biology, creative writing, and more, plus hands-on experience working side-by-side with faculty experts and industry professionals.
UNC Asheville’s Pre-College Programs introduce high school students to college-level study, university life, and career options in a dynamic learning environment. Each one-week residential program offers deep immersion into an academic topic, challenging activities, and the opportunity to experience campus life.
To sign up for more information, visit https://camps.unca.edu/pre-college-programs/.
Bulldogs Basketball tips-off in November. Tickets can be purchased by visiting uncabulldogs.com/tickets or by calling 828-258-7900, but we also have a few special offers for fans looking to reserve their seat at several games.
The Weekend Warrior Package includes all men's and women's home games played on Saturdays or Sundays, for a total of seven men’s games and six women’s contests. Reserve your Sideline Seats for $85/each or General Admission (Behind Baskets) for $60/each.
The Big South Conference Package includes all men's and women's home games vs. Big South Conference opponents for a total of eight men's games and nine women's contests. Reserve your Sideline Seats for $100/each or General Admission (Behind Baskets) for $70/each.
Men's single-game tickets and admission on doubleheader days start as low as $10 for general admission. Reserved seat options along the sidelines are available for $15 as well. Women's single-game tickets and all youth tickets (ages 5-17) are just $5.
Get your tickets at uncabulldogs.com/tickets.
UNC Asheville socks are back in stock, with a limited-edition design and a feel-good mission, and they’re yours with a gift of $25, while supplies last, plus you’ll be supporting student scholarships.
This Giving Tuesday at UNC Asheville, the first 200 alumni who give will unlock a $21,000 challenge gift from the UNC Asheville Alumni Association Board of Directors. Whether you give to the Diversity Engagement Scholarship, the Bulldog Athletics Fund, or our Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, you are the reason UNC Asheville students break down conventions, overcome obstacles, and expand horizons.
Give here.
The annual holiday UNC Asheville Student Art and Ceramics Sale will be held Friday, Nov. 19 from 4 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, Owen Hall, University Heights off Edgewood Rd.
A wide variety of functional and decorative pottery and other artwork crafted by UNC Asheville students will be on sale. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Department of Art and Art History. Cash or checks only.
Package up some poetry, prose, or the first pages of a novel with a spring course in UNC Asheville’s Great Smokies Writing Program. The program offers opportunities for writers of all levels to join a supportive learning community in which their skills and talents can be explored, practiced, and forged under the careful eye of professional writers. Each course carries academic credit awarded through UNC Asheville.
Registration for spring 2022 classes opens November 11 with more information at https://greatsmokies.unca.edu/spring-2022-classes/.
Take a page or two from UNC Asheville Faculty and pick up one of the latest publications at your favorite bookseller or order online. With topics of entrepreneurship and ethics to new releases and prized fiction, you’ll find something to add to your shelf.
When Ghosts Come Home by Wiley Cash ’00, writer-in-residence
Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: A Gendered Perspective co-authored by Susan Clark Muntean, associate professor of management and accountancy
Ethics of Governance by Keya Maitra, Howerton Distinguished Professor of Philosophy
A History of the Booker Prize by Merritt Moseley, professor emeritus of English
Routledge Handbook of Remix Studies and the Digital Humanities featuring chapters by Christine Boone, associate professor of music, and Victoria Bradbury, assistant professor of new media
Disability in Medieval Christian Philosophy and Theology by Scott Williams, associate professor of philosophy
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at UNC Asheville offers courses and programs year-round and registration for winter courses is open in November. The College for Seniors (CFS) is your opportunity to learn something just for the fun of it! Courses are taught by OLLI members who have passion and professional expertise, as well by UNC Asheville faculty and independent scholars in our area. Courses range from T’ai Chi Chih to #33: President Harry Truman, from Accidental Poetry: Language at Play to Stupidity: Why Smart People Make Stupid Decisions, from Beginning Chess to Beginning Oil Painting.
Learn more at https://olliasheville.unca.edu/calendar/
For the gifts that show spirit and the gifts that dazzle, the UNC Asheville bookstore has you covered. Find selections under $25 and under $50, plus a full selection to fit any need. If you’ve got a new grad this December, don’t forget the diploma frame and alumni-wear as well!
Start your shopping at https://www.bkstr.com/unc-ashevillestore/home.
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