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New beginnings for the Class of 2021

May 19, 2021 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

To commence means to begin. And after weathering a worldwide pandemic, commencement for the Class of 2021 indeed felt like a new beginning for thousands of UNC System graduates. AT UNC-CHAPEL HILL, Dr. Anthony Fauci and UNC alum Kizzmekia Corbett spoke to graduates and received honorary degrees.  Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2021, ECU, NCCU, NCSU, UNC Asheville, UNC Chapel Hill, UNC System

Small UNC System campuses keep COVID in check

October 7, 2020 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

(Oct. 6, 2020) – Let’s hear it for the little guys. As several of the UNC System’s largest institutions were forced to quickly shift classes online as the coronavirus erupted on their campuses, many of the System’s smaller institutions – including its Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) – have managed to keep the virus… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2020, Crisis Response, Elizabeth City State University, Fayetteville State University, HBCU, NCCU, North Carolina A&T, UNC Asheville, UNC Pembroke, UNC System, Western Carolina University, Winston-Salem State University

Recent grads urge students to ‘Embrace the Weirdness’

August 12, 2020 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

CHAPEL HILL – Three recent graduates of UNC System schools urge students to “Embrace the Weirdness” and abide by community standard during the pandemic in a lively video produced as a public service announcement. Graduates Annalee Banks of Western Carolina University, Liz Chung of UNC Asheville and Najawa Huntley of N.C. A&T State University worked… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2020, Crisis Response, HBCU, North Carolina A&T, UNC Asheville, UNC System, Western Carolina University

UNC Asheville Chancellor: ‘We can do this’

June 17, 2020 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

ASHEVILLE – Students and parents want to come back. Faculty and staff want to get back to work. And Western North Carolina’s economy needs it. So with pages and pages of health procedures in place to respond to any number of potential scenarios, “We believe we can do this,” UNC Asheville Chancellor Nancy J. Cable… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2020, Crisis Response, UNC Asheville

UNC Asheville helps build broadband in the West

June 17, 2020 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

ASHEVILLE – The COVID-19 shutdown revealed glaring gaps in high-speed internet access, especially among rural and minority communities, for both college and K-12 students. And in North Carolina’s mountains, the terrain makes access that much more a challenge. “Inequities in our community relative to broadband are significant,” UNC Asheville Chancellor Nancy J. Cable says in… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2020, UNC Asheville

Learning how to learn at UNC Asheville

September 3, 2019 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

ASHEVILLE – With the big emphasis on science, technology, engineering and math these days, Nancy J. Cable hears the question all the time: Why should my child attend a liberal-arts school? But the Chancellor of UNC Asheville insists the liberal arts and sciences remain the best route for students in today’s rapidly changing world –… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2019, Excellence, UNC Asheville

The draw of UNC Asheville

August 7, 2019 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

ASHEVILLE – Nancy J. Cable suspected she’d like being UNC Asheville’s chancellor.  But it’s even better than she thought. “This is a gem within the UNC System, and it’s been known a long time as a gem,” Cable says in the accompanying video, citing UNC Asheville’s strength in academics and the humanities in particular. The… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2019, Adult Learners, UNC Asheville

UNC Asheville and C15CO

August 7, 2019 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – At its campus in Research Triangle Park, Cisco Systems had a goal of zero waste. But it also had a cafeteria that generated 15,000 paper plates and plastic utensils a week as garbage. So the Fortune 500 company turned to the Mechatronics Engineering program at UNC Asheville for help. And a… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2019, Research, UNC Asheville

Cable to be installed today as Chancellor of UNC Asheville

April 26, 2019 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

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,… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2019, UNC Asheville Tagged With: Higher Education, North Carolina, UNC Asheville

UNC Asheville ‘an engine of economic growth’

February 7, 2018 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

ASHEVILLE – A recent study demonstrates how a single campus in the University of North Carolina System helps drive the local economy. The study found that UNC Asheville raised the economic output in the Asheville area by $450 million in 2017 – a $100 million increase from a similar study five years ago.  For every… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2018, Economic Impact, UNC Asheville

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