News and Events - Follow these links to more information
- Ashby College HAUNTED HOUSE : This year's HH raised $1000.00 for the Newcomers School in Greensboro, NC and a food donation of 205 pounds to the Greensboro Food Bank of the Greensboro Urban Ministry.
- All Ashby College Alums -- The next RC (ARC) REUNION date has been changed to THIS Spring, May 14-16, 2010! We will have more information here soon, but please plan on joining us as we celebrate Fran Arndt's retirement as Director of the college in the spring and maybe have opportunity to meet the new director to take her place.
- ALSO: RC Alumni: if you have a Facebook account, search for "Ashby Residential College Reunion" and you will find out much more info about when/what/where it is and who is currently planning on attending. JOIN the group!
- Read the latest March, 2009 edition of our Alumni newsletter the following (PDF file format)
- Read article here about Warren Ashby Residential College in Spring 2007 UNCG Magazine (PDF document)
Ashby Residential College
Description
Since its inception in 1970, UNCG's Residential College has combined educational innovation with many of the better features of traditional college programs. The result is a unique living and learning environment that stresses connections among the members of the College--students, faculty and staff-- and within the University at large.
During each semester of their freshman and sophomore years, RC students select six to nine course hours from special Residential College offerings. These seminar courses, which fulfill all University Liberal Education Requirements, include an inter-disciplinary American experience Core course (in which all freshman and sophomore students enroll), myriad courses from a variety of University disciplines, community service work, and independent study. The remainder of the students' work is derived from the University beyond the Residential College.
The many activities in the College center around Mary Foust Hall where RC students live and learn together. In addition to dormitory facilities, the College offers several seminar rooms, a small library, a networked computer lab, large and smaller meeting rooms, a game room, and offices for the faculty and staff who are an integral part of the Residential College community. Residential College fosters a deep sense of community among its members: students, faculty and staff participate together in the committees which oversee the College, in athletic competitions, and picnics on the patio. Rich in tradition, the Residential College maintains a series of events which include the Warren Ashby Dialogues and scholarships (2), alumni-sponsored orientation programs, pumpkin carving contests, bi-annual mountain retreats, art festivals, theater productions, a literary magazine, a choir, a community-wide Thanksgiving dinner, exam week bagel breaks, and a tendency to solve the problems of the world at the picnic table out front.
And every semester the Residential College changes as the people here incorporate new ideas and new experiences into the fabric of the community. Recent trends in social and environmental awareness are not simply mirrored here; they are amplified by a community which is as interested in the world around it as it is in itself. With the flexibility and accommodation that such an intentionally small-scale setting fosters, students are encouraged to work with each other and with the faculty and staff to develop innovations and improvements in and around the RC.
The Residential College embodies an extraordinary cooperation between the Office of the Provost, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Office of Housing and Residence Life, the University as a whole, and--perhaps most importantly--the devotion of the individuals who make the University thrive and who further dedicate themselves to the enrichment and continuationof the RC: students--we--are the life blood of this endeavor.