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(1997 - present)

The Dedication of Robert Johnson’s “8 Views of Mt. Pisgah” . (April 4, 1997) Featuring Mel Blowers – University Librarian and Robert Johnson

The Installation of Chancellor James H. Mullen, Jr.. (October 6, 2000) Fifth Chancellor, The University of North Carolina Asheville

Stepping Down from the Ivory Tower: A University’s Responsibility to its Community (October 5, 2000) Academic Symposium Featuring Dr. Evan Dobelle – President Trinity College

Poet Laureate of the United States – Robert Pinsky (October 5, 2000)

Founders Day Dinner Honoring Wilma Dykeman, Distinguished Alumna (October 6, 2000)

Why Does it Matter What I Do?  Energy & the Environment. (October 13, 2000) Humanities 414 Lecture by Dr. Richard P. Maas – Director & Professor, Environmental Studies Department, UNCA

Why Does it Matter What I Do?  Human Health & the Environment. (October 2000) Humanities 414 Lecture by Dr. Richard P. Maas – Director & Professor, Environmental Studies Department, UNCA

A Blue Print for the Future: The 2000 Bond Referendum for North Carolina’s Community Colleges & Universities (October 2000) . Featuring Don Locke – Director, Asheville Graduate Center  ;  K. Ray Bailey – President, A-B Tech Community College ;  James H. Mullen, Jr. – Chancellor, UNC Asheville ; George Briggs – Executive Director, NC Arboretum.

The Legacy of Matthew Shepard – A Personal talk with Judy Shepard. (April 18, 2001) With moderated questions and answers, facilitated by Dr. Marcia Ghidina and Dr. Ken Betsalel

Second Annual Honorands Dinner (May 11, 2001). Featuring: Myra Janco Daniels, Adelaide Daniels Key, and John Hope Franklin.

Terror in the Stacks:  Preserving Library Collections . (XXXX)  Addresses Collections, Environment, Storage & Housing, Handling, Security, Disaster Planning & Response, and Conservation.  Written and produced by Lynn Savage and Kate Rehkopf.

Commencement 2001 (May 12, 2001). Commencement Address:  John Hope Franklin – James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of History, Duke University

The Economic Impact of the Middle Eastern Conflict (August 22, 2001). A panel discussion by Hani Abu-Dayyeh and Bob Deutsch. Moderated by Dr. Jeff Konz

The Humanities & Social Justice:  Teaching for the Public Good (September 14, 2001) Featuring: Wilma Dykeman

Founders Day Dinner (October 5, 2001). Honoring Dr. Zollie Stevenson – Recipient, Distinguished Alumnus Award

Groundbreaking Ceremony for the New Residence Hall in the Governors Village at UNC Asheville (October 5, 2001)

UNC Asheville Career Fair (October 23, 2001) Featuring Kerri Day Keller – Director, Career Center, UNC Asheville

Gamelan Kyai Tatit Ratri (Venerable Night Lightning) (February 19, 2002) Presented by The Arts & Ideas Program.  A gamelan is an orchestra of tuned metal percussion instruments characteristic of Java, Bali, Malaysia and other island cultures off the coast of Southeast Asia.

Mountain Echoes Storyfest (April 6, 2002). Featuring: Jamal Koram – Storyteller.  Koram, known as the Story Man, is a nationally acclaimed storyteller, educator, author, spirit drummer and singer with more than 20 years experience.

Commencement 2002 (May 18, 2002).  Commencement Address:  LeRoy T. Walker – Chancellor Emeritus of North Carolina Central University & President Emeritus of the U.S. Olympic Committee.

Live of the 4^th: City of Asheville Fireworks (July 4, 2002)

Vision for Peace and Justice in Israel and Palestine (September 10, 2002). Featuring: Father Elias Chacour, who chose nonviolence to break the cycle of violence and hatred in Israel and Palestine, establishing the Israeli Arabs civil rights movement.

All About Eve:  Gender & the Garden of Eden Tale (XXXX) A talk by Dr. Carol Meyers – The Mary Grace Wilson Professor in Religion at Duke University.

Air Quality in the Southern Appalachians:  Challenges & Opportunities (November 6, 2002). Featuring: Tom Elmore – Southern Appalachian Mountains Initiative.

P.B. Parris Visiting Writer – Marilyn Nelson. (XXXX) Nelson, current Poet Laureate of Connecticut, has published numerous books on poetry.  Since 1978, she has been professor of English at the University of Connecticut in Storrs.

Down Home:  400 Years of Jewish Life in North Carolina (February 4, 2003) Featuring:  Leonard Rogoff – Research Historian, Jewish Heritage Foundation of North Carolina.

Moving People in the Mountains: The Growing Challenge of Transportation (February 5, 2003). Featuring: Linda Giltz – Land-of-Sky Regional Council

Science Olympiad Regional Tournament (February 15, 2003). Featuring Judy Beck and Cathy Whitlock

Afghanistan (February 17, 2003). Featuring Professor Bill Forstchen – Department of History, Montreat College

A Special Performance by Magdalen Hsu-Li & Dale Fanning  (February 20, 2003) Magdalen Hus-Li is an Asian-American music artist, painter, poet, and speaker.  This passionate and unique multimedia artist digs deep to expose the cracks beneath the surface, breaking through the armor within herself and in others to connect, uplift, and inspire through music, art, and the five elements.  Dale Fanning of The Living Daylights plays percussion & drums.

The United States and Saudi Arabia (March 17, 2003). Featuring:  Professor Elmoiz Abunura – Director of Africana Studies, UNCA

Humanities 324, Racism & Slavery (March 7, 2003) Featuring: Dr. Dwight Mullen – Director of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs and Professor, Political Science, UNC Asheville

Mount Mitchell & the Black Mountains: An Environmental History of the Highest Peaks in Eastern America (April 7, 2003). Featuring:  Timothy Silver – Environmental Historian, Appalachian State University. 

Mark Twain:  Traveling… Twain’s travels across America and to countries around the world.  (April 23, 2003). Featuring: Veteran Actor Calvin Pritner in his one-man show.

Mark Twain:  Unlearning Racism (April 22, 2003). Featuring:  Veteran Actor Calvin Pritner in his one-man show.

Commencement 2003 (May 17, 2003).Commencement Address:  Frank Rhodes – President Emeritus of Cornell University

The Future of Peace, Development, and Democracy in Iraq (XXXX) Featuring Ken Schested – Co-pastor, Circle of Mercy and Elmoiz Abunura – Director, Africana Studies Program at UNCA. 

2003 Summer Nonproliferation Education Institute:  Why Study Nonproliferation?  (Summer 2003) Featuring: Dr. Clay Moltz – Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies

Weapons of Mass Destruction, Nonproliferation and Disarmament: Prospects and Policy Options (Summer 2003) Featuring Dr. Randall Forsberg – Executive Director, Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies, Cambridge.

Mechatronics Engineering Workshop:  Boe-Bot’s (Summer 2003). NC State Engineering Programs at UNC Asheville Featurning: Dr. Yusef Fahmy - Engineering, NC State University

 Noontime Concert and Talk with Dr. Robert Moog (September 3, 2003) Dr. Moog demonstrates the Theremin and the Minimoog Voyager and talks about how a musician learns to become a skilled player.

The West in the World:  An Unlikely Ascent 1500-2003 (September 8, 2003). Featuring Dr. William Spellman – Dean of Humanities, UNC Asheville

Founders Day 2003, Unveiling Patsy Reed’s Portrait (XXXX)

Reuter Center Dedication, Telling Our Story: Celebrating Our Past, Present and Future (September 13, 2003) Featuring:  James Hegglund, Ronald Manheimer, James H. Mullen, Molly C. Broad, and others.

Beyond the Miracle: Politics, Society & the Economy in Post-Apartheid South Africa (September 30, 2003) Featuring Dr. Mueni Wa Muiu – Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science, UNCA

UNC Asheville and The Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute Launch - PARSEC: Pisgah Astronomical Research, Science & Education Center (October 20, 2003) Press Conference.

How Did The French Get To Be That Way? (November 3, 2003). Featuring Dr. William Kennedy – Professor of Comparative Literature, Cornell University

The Problem of Affordable Housing in Asheville: Myth or Reality (November 20, 2003)  Featuring Scott Dedman – Executive Director, Mountain Housing Opportunities.

The Life of Tsali, Cherokee Brave (XXXX)  Featuring Clayton Davis as part of Native American History Month

Affirmative Action: The Just Spoils of a Rightous War (February 6, 2004) Featuring Civil Rights legend Julian Bond, keynote speaker for Black History Month

Rwanda Builds its Future on a Fractured Past (February 11, 2004) Featuring Dr. Paul J. Magnarella

UNCA Launches National Environmental Modeling & Analysis Center NEMAC (February 23, 2004) Press Conference

Gaza: Searching the Remains (February 24, 2004) UNC Asheville student Jeremie Smith speaks about his experiences living and working at a human rights organization in the Gaza Strip from June to December 2003.

New Joint Bachelor of Science in Engineering Degree Program (March 22, 2004)  Press Conference featuring Chancellor James H. Mullen, Jr.

Gospel Fest 2004 (February 29, 2004)

Knots & Tangles (March 18, 2004) Third Annual Parsons’ Lecture, Featuring: Dr. John H. Conway – Professor of Mathematics, Princeton University

The North Korean Crisis: How it Began, Where is Stands, Future Prospects (March 25, 2004) Featuring Don Oberdorfer – Journalist-in-Residence at Johns Hopkins University’s Nitze School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C.

Mountain Reflections on Brown v. Board of Education: 50 Years Later  (April 20, 2004) UNCA sponsors program on Asheville’s segregation and desegregation at the historic YMI Cultural Center in Downtown Asheville.  Featuring: Dwight Mullen, Jennie Eblen, Marian Boggs, George Ray, John Holt, Julia Ray, and others.

The Seventh Annual International Students’ Forum (April 8, 2004) Students from Croatia (Zelijo Mataic), France (Genevieve Grandadam), Egypt (May Wahdan), and Argentinia (Analia Giorgio) discusscustoms, religion, politics, economics, women’s rights and social mobility

The 20^th Economic Crystal Ball Seminar: A Toothless Recovery?  (April 15, 2004) Featuring:  Dr. David W. Berson – Vice President & Chief Economist at Fannie Mae and Dr. James F. Smith – Chief Economist at the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors, and Professor of Finance at the Kenan-Flagler School of Business, UNC Chapel Hill

UNCA Names New Athletics Director (April 27, 2004) Press Conference announcing Janet Cone.

UNC Asheville Announces New Craft Campus  (XXXX) Press Conference announcing craft campus to be located adjacent to Buncombe County’s former landfill, and methane from the capped landfill will serve as the campus primary energy source.

The Commitment Chronicles: The Power of Staying Together  (XXXX)  Featuring:  Cheryl McClary, Ph.D.  The Commitment Chronicles is McClary’s gift to every woman who seeks to create with her mate a strong relationship based on honesty, humor, mutual respect, intimacy and wholeness.

Ralph Nader 2004 (March 26, 2004) Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader visits UNC Asheville.

Commencement 2004 (May 8, 2004) Commencement Address:  Clifton R. Wharton, Jr. – Distinguished Educator, Corporate Leader and Diplomat

The Future of Weapons of Mass Destruction (June 13, 2004) Featuring:  Avner Cohen.  Considered the leading expert on Israel and the bomb, Cohen is the author of “The Nuclear Age as Moral History”, Israel and the Bomb”, and most recently, “The Last Israeli Taboo.”  He has held positions at the U.S. Institute of Peace and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Defense and Arms Control Studies Program’s Project on Nuclear Arms Control in the Middle East. 

Our Changing Atmosphere: Stratospheric Ozone Depletion and Global Warming (September 9, 2004) S. Dexter Squibb Distinguished Lecture Series featuring Nobel Laureate Dr. F. Sherwood Rowland.  Rowland focuses on several important alterations in the chemical composition of Earth’s atmosphere and how these changes are likely to cause significant further changes in the coming decades.  He addresses how the world’s population is affecting ozone depletion and global warming by releasing gasses into the atmosphere.

Flashpoints & Shifting Sands: The Israeli/Palestinian Conflict in 2004 (September 13, 2004) Featuring:  Dr. Walter Ziffer – Theologian, and Ahmad Amara – UNCA College for Seniors

Hydrocarbons in Earth’s Atmosphere (September 10, 2004) Featuring:  Dr. F. Sherwood Rowland – 1995 Nobel Prize for Chemistry winner.  Rowland discusses his research on the hydrocarbon composition of cities around the world and its role in the creation of urban ozone.

Highsmith University Union Dedication (October 14, 2004) Keynote speaker – Molly Broad, President of the UNC University System

Gaining People, Losing Ground (September 22, 2004) Featuring Werner Fornos – President of the Population Institute since 1982.

US Foreign Policy: The Democratic & Republican Perspectives (October 11, 2004)  Featuring Mark Gibney, Linda Cornett, and Bill Forstchen

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  The Economy and the Presidential Election (October 27, 2004) Featuring Robert Tatum – Assistant Professor, UNCA Economics Department. Should we be concerned about job growth?  How much does the deficit matter?  Is inflation lurking beneath the surface?  Are we better off than we were four years ago?  Does it really matter who wins the election?

An Evening with Tito Amaya (Special guest Obligato) (October 29, 2004) 

Founders Day 2004 – Anderson Cooper (October 1, 2004). Featuring Anderson Cooper and Chancellor Mullen

Genocide in Darfur: Challenge and Response (November 3, 2004). UNCA hosts renowned scholar of Islam and Human Rights, Abdullahi an-Na’im, the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law at Emory University Law School.

Nutrition for Maximal Performance, Men Athletes (XXXX) Featuring Dr. Richard Lewis – Director, UGA Clinical and Sports Nutrition Laboratory

Nutrition for Maximal Performance, Women Athletes (XXXX) Featuring Dr. Richard Lewis – Director, UGA Clinical and Sports Nutrition Laboratory

China: Challenges Ahead (February 7, 2005). China is increasingly influential globally, but continues to face obstacles at home.  As China’s record economic growth continues, the country must still contend with a growing gap between rich and poor, devastating pollution and resource shortages.  What strategies can China adopt to sustain its economy while meeting the needs of its people?  Featuring Marc Mullinax – Associate Professor, Department of Religion and Philosophy, Mars Hill College.

Dialogue on Death, Reducing Fear and Loathing in the Capital Punishment Debate (Feruary 15, 2005)  Featuring Janet Moore from the North Carolina Appellate Defender’s Office.

Return Migration (February 25, 2005)  Prolific cultural commentator and acclaimed author Bell Hooks gives the UNC Asheville Black History Month keynote address. 

The Cherokee Sacred Calendar of Natal Days (November 19, 2004) Featuring Raven Hail, an 83-year-old elder from the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.

Pilgrimage to Shikoku, Japan (March 15, 2005) Peter and Jasmin Gentling discuss their pilgrimage to Shinto/Buddhist shrines on the ancient pilgrim road around Shikoku, Japan – an island just off of Hiroshima.  Along the way they took beautiful photographs of people, shrines, inns and forests that they encountered.  During this brown bag lunch they share their slides and their eye witness accounts.

New Engineering Program with a Concentration in Mechatronics, (XXXX) Press Conference

An Evening with Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet and Writer, Maxine Kumin (April 1, 2003) A highly acclaimed author, Kumin has written 15 books of Poetry and several collections of essays, short stories and novels.  She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1973.

8^th Annual International Forum – We Can Learn From Each Other, (April 14, 2005) Students from Croatia (Zelijo Mataic), France (Genevieve Grandadam), Indonesia (Tara Lucman), and Lebanon (Rabih Dahdouh) discusscustoms, religion, politics, economics, women’s rights and social mobility

Fuel Cells: The Future of Power is Happening Now (April 4, 2005), Featuring Tony Iacovelli, MD

21^st Economic Crystal Ball Seminar (April 25, 2005), Featuring:  Dr. David W. Berson – Vice President & Chief Economist at Fannie Mae and Dr. James F. Smith – Chief Economist at the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors, and Professor of Finance at the Kenan-Flagler School of Business, UNC Chapel Hill

Advertising Competition, Marketing Principles (Spring 2005), Students of Dennis Cole’s Promotion Management class, with limited video experience were charged with creating a 30 second Public Service Announcement based on their chosen topic.  Each group presents their finished PSA’s and explains their process to a panel of judges who choose the winner.

UNC Asheville Receives $3 Million Gift from Steve & Frosene Zeis (April 20, 2005) 

Immigration: Impact of Western North Carolina & the U.S., (May 10, 2005) Panel discussion featuring: Raleigh Bailey – Director, Center for New North Carolinians ; Milton Butterworth – Migrant Education Case Manager, Henderson County ; Susan Mims – Medical Director, Buncombe County Health Center ; Jerry Vehaun – Director, Emergency Services for Buncombe County ; Susan Kask – Chair, Economics Department, Warren Wilson College ; Gustavo Silva – WNC resident and advocate ; Moderator, Doug Mayer – Webcast Editor, Asheville Citizen-Times.

UNCA Announces its Sixth Chancellor (May 12, 2005), Dr. Anne Ponder

2005 Honorands Dinner (May 13, 2005), Featuring:  William Ivey Long – Broadway Costume Designer, Amanda Swimmer – Cherokee Potter, and Martha C. Nussbaum – Philosopher and Author

Commencement 2005 (May 14, 2005), Commencement Address:  Martha C. Nussbaum – Philosopher, Public Intellectual and Author

The 4^th Annual Strive Not to Drive Film Festival (2005)

NEMAC, National Environmental Modeling & Analysis Center, (XXXX) Press Conference featuring:  Congressman Charles Taylor

Iraq, Terrorism, Nuclear Dangers & Global Warming: Feeling Secure Yet?  (September 20, 2005) Ira Shorr, Field Director of Physicians for Social Responsibility, and political satirist leads a lively discussion on new directions for national security policy. 

Founders Day 2005: State of the University – Chancellor Anne Ponder, (September 29, 2005)

Success in Life: How to Guarantee It (September 29, 2005), Featuring Scott Love.  Love is an author, consultant, and motivational speaker based in Asheville.  He has personally consulted to companies in nearly every major city in the country and is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy.

Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Steve and Frosene Zeis Science & Multimedia Building (October 11, 2005)

Reforming the U.N.: How, Why and What is Being Proposed, (September 13, 2005) Featuring Cleve Mathews – retired journalist and Professor Emeritus at Syracuse University, C. Jerome Jones, Brig. General United States Air Force, and David Johnson, PhD Professor Emeritus at the University of Tennessee. 

So Much Growth Yet So Few Jobs: How Globalization Has Shaped This Recovery & Impacted Employment Throughout the Carolinas,  (October 11, 2005) A presentation by Mark Vitner, Senior Economist – Wachovia Corporation Sponsored by the World Affairs Council of Western North Carolina.

Uranium and U – Catherine Middlecamp (October 20, 2005) Eighth Annual S. Dexter Squibb Distinguished Chemistry Lecture Series.  Middlecamp is a Distinguished Faculty Associate and Director of the Chemistry Learning Center at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. 

Forest Watersheds: A Long-Term Perspective on Providing Clean and Abundant Water for the Southern Appalachian Region (November 7, 2005), James Vose, Project Leader, Coweeta Hydrological Laboratory

Lead: The Toxin That Won’t Go Away (November 9, 2005), A presentation by Linda Block, Coordinator of UNC Asheville’s Lead Poisoning Prevention Program

Sometimes Taking a Stand Means Taking a Seat – ASCORE, (November 6, 2006) The Center for Diversity Education celebrates its 10^th anniversary with an awards ceremony honoring former members of ASCORE.  Featuring James Ferguson II, Eugene Ellison, Dwight Mullen, Chancellor Ponder, and others.

 Joe Kimmel Donates $2 Million for N.C. Center for Health & Wellness, (November 16, 2005) Press Conference – This first major private gift to the Center was announced by Chancellor Anne Ponder at a public event.

HIV/AIDS Healthy Choices (January 26, 2006), Featuring Ronald J. Weatherford – Author and Health Advocate. Having lost friends and family to AIDS, Weatherford fires up audiences with messages that expose health disparities and promote healthy lifestyles and community partnerships.

The Current State of the Middle East (January 31, 2006). Featuring Sir Eldon Griffiths, a cabinet member during the Margaret Thatcher government of the United Kingdom.

Healing the Wounds of Racism (February 2, 2006). UNC Asheville celebrates Black History Month with keynote speaker Nontombi Naomi Tutu – Daughter of South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Diversity in the Workplace: Finding a Common Ground Connecting the Liberal Arts to Career Choices (February 7, 2006), Featuring Tootsie Gloyne – Benefits Manager, Harrah’s Cherokee Casino ; Jacquelyn Hallum – Director of Health Careers & diversity MAHEC ; Kitty Hancock – Nurse Educator, VA Hospital ; Lewis Isaac – Training Coordinator, City of Asheville ;  Rosario Villareal – Small Business Owner, Business Services Association  ; Moderated by Don Locke – Director of Diversity & Multicultural, UNCA ; Patricia Digh – Author/Consultant and Co-founder of the Circle Project.

NCUR 20: National Conference on Undergraduate Research  (April 7, 2006) Featuring:  Dr. Virginia Derryberry – Director, UNCA Undergraduate Research Program and Dr. Mark Harvey – Associate Director, UNCA Undergraduate Research Program

The Accidental Empire: Israel & The Birth of the Settlements 1967-1977 (March 28, 2006), Featuring Gershom Gorenberg – Columnist & Associate Editor at The Jerusalem Report.

Steep Canyon Rangers (March 28, 2006), Lecture/Demonstration with Dan Pierce

Breaking Drivers License Codes  -  The 2006 Parsons Lecture, (March 30, 2006) Featuring Joseph Gallian – Professor of Mathematics at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, and President of the Mathematics Association of America. 

A Career in Science: Things I Wish I’d Known Before I Morphed into a Lab Rat (April 7, 2006) NCUR Plenary Session. Featuring Geraldine L. Richmond – Richard M. and Patricia H. Noyes Professor

The Sounds of Spanglish (April 7, 2006) NCUR Plenary Session.  Featuring Ilan Stavans – Lewis-Sebring Professor of Latin American and Latino Culture and Five-College 40^th Anniversary Distinguished Professor at Amherst College.

Global Pandemics (April 11, 2006), Featuring Christina Simeonsson – Director of the N.C. State Bureau of Epidemiology

The 9^th Annual International Forum: We Can Learn From Each Other, (April 19, 2006) Students from England (Chris Burn), Germany (Peter Haschke), Indonesia (Tara Lucman), and Turkey (Elif Unlu) discuss customs, religion, politics, economics, women’s rights, and social mobility. 

Rational Terrorists: How Terrorist Organizations Employ Economic Principles to Conduct Their Beastly Business (April 20, 2006), Featuring Jurgen Brauer – Economics Professor, Augusta State University.

Illegal Immigration: Looking for Common Ground (April 25, 2006), Featuring Mark Gibney – Belk Professor of Humanities and Professor of Political Science and Hiroshi Motomura – Kenan Distinguished Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty at UNC Chapel Hill’s School of Law.

The 5^th Annual Strive Not To Drive Film Festival  (2006)

Crystal Ball XXII: The New Fed Chair, What Can We Expect, (April 27, 2006), Featuring David W. Berson – Vice President and Chief Economist at Fannie Mae, James F. Smith – Chief Economist, Parsec Financial. The economic outlook focuses on inflation, employment, interest rates, the strength of the dollar and the housing market.  The financial outlook explores the implications of Federal Reserve policy for financial markets.  Various investments are addressed, with an emphasis on interest rates and the bond market. 

Second Annual Advertising Competition (Spring 2006).  Students of Dennis Cole’s Promotion Management class, with limited video experience were charged with creating a 30 second Public Service Announcement based on their chosen topic.  Each group presents their finished PSA’s and explains their process to a panel of judges who choose the winner.

Conversations with Bill:  2006 Honorands (May 12, 2006), Interviews with Doris Betts – Professor of Creative Writing, UNC Chapel Hill. James Ferguson – Noted Attorney and former president of ASCORE. Interviews conducted by William Massey – Vice Chancellor Alumni & Development.

Commencement 2006 (May 13, 2006), Commencement Address:  Anne Ponder, Ph.D. – Sixth Chancellor of the University of North Carolina Asheville

A Brief History of UNC Asheville 1927-2006 (Fall 2006)

The Installation of Anne Ponder (September 15, 2006). Sixth Chancellor of The University of North Carolina Asheville

The Struggle for Peace and Justice (September 26, 2006). Featuring Father Roy Bourgeois – An Aamerican priest in the Maryknoll order of the Roman Catholic Church and founder of the human rights group School of the Americas Watch.

High Technology Startup: The Path From Fundamental Science to Worldwide Commercialization (October 16, 2006). The Ninth Annual S. Dexter Squibb lecture series, featuring David J. Rakestraw – Founder and General Manager of Eksigent Technologies. 

Starting & Running a Global Business from Asheville (October 17, 2006). Featuring Paul J. Samuels – President/CEO Kimmel Worldwide Logistics

Leadership in Crisis: Lessons of the Roman Empire for America Today. (XXXX) Featuring Dr. J. Rufus Fears – David Ross Boyd Professor of Classics, The University of Oklahoma

The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America (November 8, 2006). Featuring National Book Award-winning Author Jonathan Kozol. Kozol’s passionate work over the past 40 years directly confronts the chilling effect of the virtual dismantling of Brown vs. the Board of Education.  He offers a humane, dramatic and head-on challenge to fulfill the educational promise made 50 years ago to all the youngest citizens of our nation.

Traditions of Life, Health, Wellness and Humor (November 10, 2006). Featuring Paula Nelson – Cherokee Performance Artist. Susan Leading Fox – Deputy Health Officer, Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation. Jeff Bachar – Program Manager, Cherokee Choices ; Karen Walter – Tsalagi Kv Hnv i (Cherokee Life) ; Keith Ray – Chairman & Associate Professor, Health and Wellness, UNCA ; Kathie Garbe – Associate Professor, Health and Wellness, UNCA ; Melissa Himelein – Professor of Psychology, UNCA.

Global Jihad: Challenge and Response (November 14, 2006). Featuring Peter Probst – Institute for the Study of Political Violence and Terrorism and former CIA official.

December Commencement 2006 (December 16, 2006). Commencement Address:  Merritt W. Moseley, Jr. – Professor of Literature & Language and Recipient of the 2005 Alumni Distinguished Teaching Award

The Future of China – Leadership Asheville Forum (January 18, 2007). Featuring Steven Levine – Author, Professor Emeritus of Asian Studies, UNC Chapel Hill and Sarah Ann Smith – Adjunct Associate Professor in the Master of Liberal Arts program, UNC Asheville.

Bambooduh – Free Lunchtime Concert (January 24, 2007). Beginning his music career 10 years ago in Kauai, Hawaii, Bambooduh plays various string, wind, and percussion instruments of his own invention, which he builds from bamboo gourds and coconuts.  He plays these instruments into a looping machine to combine them into a full-band sound.

Haiti’s Children and the Right to Good Health (February 6, 2007). Sponsored by the World Affairs Council of Western North Carolina. Featuring Tom Plaut – Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Mars Hill College.

UNC Asheville Athletics Hall of Fame Ceremony 2007 (February 15, 2007) Inductees:  Jill Young Booth (Women’s Soccer 1993-1996), Danielle Meyer Harrison (Volleyball 1990-1993), Patrick Britz (Men’s Soccer 1987-1990), Mike Grace (Men’s Basketball 1970-1974), and Mickey Gibson (Men’s Basketball 1968-1970)

South Africa: Old Problems, Peaceful Transitions and New Challenges (February 20, 2007). Featuring:  Dr. Afaf Omer – Associate Professor, Sociology Department, UNCA

Remembering the Tuskegee Airmen (February 22, 2007), Featuring Leonard “Hawk” Hunter – Retired Technical Sergeant, U.S. Air Force.

Creative Careers – Career Interest Panel (March 1, 2007). Panel: Michael Darnell – Independent Contractor, 3D, Creative Writing, Gaming ; Angie Flynn-McIver – Producing Director, NC Stage ; Leslie Klingner – Associate Curator, Biltmore Estate ; David Papandrea – President, Machristdan Media Solution/Big Deal Events ; Moderators:  Rob Bowen and Don Diefenbach.

Can the United Nations Tackle Climate Change?  (March 14, 2007). Sponsored by the World Affairs Council of Western North Carolina. Featuring Lenny Bernstein – Bernstein & Associates

Blood Done Sign My Name (March 15, 2007). Featuring Author Timothy Tyson – Professor of African-American Studies, University of Wisconsin Madison, his father Rev. Vernon Tyson and Mary Williams – Gospel Vocalist

Annual Spring Symposium on Undergraduate Research (March 27, 2007). Keynote Speaker:  Asheville Mayor Terry Bellamy

Why Does the Leandro Case Mean for North Carolina Children? (2007).Featuring:  Judge Howard Manning Jr. – For over 12 years as a judge, Manning has presided over hundreds of civil and criminal cases in North Carolina.

The Evolution of Newton’s Universe (March 28, 2007). Featuring:  Dr. Donald Saari – UCI Distinguished Professor, University of California, Irvine

We Vote But Do We Elect Who We Really Want (March 29, 2007). 2007 Parsons Lecturer – Dr. Donald Saari – UCI Distinguished Professor, University of California, Irvine

The 10^th Annual International Forum – We Can Learn From Each Other. (April 18, 2007) Students from Britain (Chris Burn), Germany (Peter Haschke), Russia (Yana Volkova), and Turkey (Elif Unlu) discuss customs, religion, politics, economics, women’s rights, and social mobility.

Crystal Ball XXIII: Housing, Is the Worst Over? (April 26, 2007). Featuring noted economists David W. Berson – Vice President and Chief Economist at Fannie Mae, and James F. Smith – Chief Economist at Parsec Financial.

The 40^th Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition (Spring 2007). Juried by Greg Shelnutt – Director of Visual Arts, Visual Arts Faculty, North Carolina School of the Arts.

Commencement 2007 (May 12, 2007). Commencement Address:  Ernest J. Gaines – Award-winning novelist; professor of English and writer-in-residence, University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Donald Sultan – Asheville native; prominent contemporary artist, New York

Conversations with Bill: 2007 Honorands (May 12, 2007). Featuring Ernest J. Gaines – Professor of English and writer-in-residence at the University of Louisiana  and Donald Sultan – New York Artist and Asheville native. Hosted by William Massey and Wiley Cash

The State of Black Asheville Introduction & 1) Education (February 17, 2007). Welcome: Chancellor Anne Ponder, Mayor Terry Bellamy, Dr. Dwight Mullen. Panel: Al Whitesides, Gene Bell, Robert Logan, and Dolly Mullen. Moderator:  Don Locke

The State of Black Asheville 2) Health Care (February 17, 2007). Panel: Charles Blair, Sharon West, Marsha Stickford, Jim Pitts, Holly Jones. Moderator: Calvin Kelly

The State of Black Asheville 3) Law Enforcement (February 17, 2007). Panel: Van Duncan, Bill Hogan, Theodis Beck, Carl Mumpower, Jan Davis, Calvin Hill, Enita Okodiko, Jason Jackson. Moderator:  Mark Gibney.

The State of Black Asheville 4) Housing and Closing Session. (February 17, 2007) Panel:  Gene Bell, Isaac Coleman, Scott Dedman, Trina Boyd, Brownie Newman, Robin Cape   Moderator:  Jim Pitts

Advertising Competition (Spring 2007). Students of Dennis Cole’s Promotion Management class, with limited video experience were charged with creating a 30 second Public Service Announcement based on their chosen topic.  Each group presents their finished PSA’s and explains their process to a panel of judges who choose the winner.

The 14^th Century: An Age of Disasters – Constructing Identities, Groups, and Difference (September 24, 2007). Humanities 214 Lecture featuring Ann Dunn – Lecturer, Humanities Program

Chemical Education in the Global Environment (October 22, 2007). 10^th Annual S. Dexter Squibb Lecture featuring Dr. John C. Kotz – Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus at State of New York College at Oneonta.

UNC Tomorrow: Your Universities Are Listening (October 4, 2007). Community Listening Forum featuring Erskine Bowles – University of North Carolina President and Jim Phillips – UNC Board of Governors Chairman.

The Quest for Civil Rights Under the Constitution (September 17, 2007). Keynote Constitution Day address by James E. Ferguson II – Civil Rights Attorney and co-founder and president of the Charlotte law form of Ferguson, Stein, and Chambers

Dialogue on Immigration (September 27, 2007). Panel Discussion featuring Mark Gibney, Bill Haas, Carl Mumpower, and Jane Oaks

Escaping Poverty Traps: Strategy & Successful Examples (February 17, 2007). Featuring: Dr. Stephen C. Smith – Professor of Economics and International Affairs and Director of the Research Program in Poverty, Development, and Globalization at George Washington University.

Asheville City Council Candidates Forum 2007 (October 17, 2007). Public forum featuring Dwight Butner, Jan Davis, Bryan Freeborn, Elaine Lite, Brownie Newman, and Bill Russell

Annual University of North Carolina Asheville Boards Dinner (October 25, 2007). Featuring Former UNC Asheville Chancellors, David Brown, Sam Schuman, Patsy Reed, James Mullen, and current Chancellor Anne Ponder.

The Cliffs Communities Gifts $1 Million to UNC Asheville to Benefit the North Carolina Center for Health & Wellness  (XXXXX). Press Conference featuring Jim Anthony