ASHEVILLE – Dr. Nancy J. Cable will be installed as the eighth Chancellor of UNC Asheville in ceremonies that begin at 3 p.m. today.

Cable is a nationally recognized leader in higher education, educational access, financial aid and affordability, and liberal arts and sciences curricula. She has held leadership positions at Denison University, Guilford College, Davidson College, the University of Virginia and Bates College, where she served as Interim President. She also served as president of the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations before she came to UNC Asheville.

She brings a depth and breadth of experience in leadership roles at both public and private institutions, in generating external resources for the enhancement of the university and in facilitating the implementation of an ambitious strategic plan.

Author, educator and interfaith leader Dr. Eboo Patel will give the invocation at the installation ceremony, with Dr. John J. DeGioia, 48th President of Georgetown University, giving the installation address, and Dr. John Kuykendall, president emeritus of Davidson College, will offer the benediction

To watch a livestream of the installation ceremony, click here: unca.edu/installation

Cable’s installation caps a week of special events at UNC Asheville, including roundtable discussions featuring national experts on the role of the liberal arts and science education in preserving democracy, health and wellness trends, the power of university partnerships on inclusiveness, interfaith leadership, and climate implications of the thawing of the Arctic permafrost.

Attorney, best-selling author and activist Bryan Stevenson also delivered a lecture last night at UNC Asheville’s Kimmel Arena. Stevenson is the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) and its National Memorial to Honor Victims of Lynching. EJI aims to end mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, challenge racial and economic injustice, and protect basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society.