UNCA
This Native American tribe is the original inhabitant of the land we are currently occupying.
Cherokee
The University of North Carolina Asheville acknowledges, with respect, that the land we are on today is ancestral land of the Anikituwagi, more commonly known as the Cherokee. We recognize the Cherokee as the native people and original stewards of this land.
To the Anikituwagi, this land was known as Togiyasdi, Where They Race, and was part of the Cherokee Nation, Tsalagi Ayeli, which covered as many as 108,000 square miles of the American Southeast as late as 1730 and consisted of sixty or more towns.
The largest privately owned home in the United States.
Biltmore Estate
This is our galaxy.
The Milky Way
❄️🛳👩❤️👨🚪
Titanic
These are 5 traditions at UNCA.
Patting Rocky's head, Convocation and Rockypalooza, Founders Day, Turning of the Maples, Homecoming, GreenFest, MLK day of service, Exam Breakfast, Commencement
Robert Moog (1934–2005) was an American engineer and pioneer of electronic music, widely recognized as the father of this device.
Moog Synthesizer
This is the number of bones in the human body.
206!
In Heated Rivalry, these are the first names of the two rival hockey players at the center of the story: Hollander and Rozanov.
Shane and Ilya
The year UNCA opened.
1927
This famous American author, known for Look Homeward, Angel, was born in Asheville.
Thomas Wolfe
This is the strongest bone in the human body.
The thigh bone (femur)
This viral portmanteau coined by moviegoers refers to the same-day release phenomenon of two popular movies in summer 2023.
Barbenheimer
This is the English translation of the Latin phrase “Levo oculos meos in montes.”
“I lift up my eyes to the mountains”
This is the highest point (elevation-wise) of the Appalachian Mountains.
Mount Mitchell
This animal has 3 hearts!
Octopus (squid, cuttlefish)
"I see dead people."
The Sixth Sense
This was originally UNCA's name.
Buncombe County Junior College
Before adopting its current name, Asheville was originally known by this name in the late 18th century.
Morristown
This is Mercury's abbreviation on the periodic table.
Hg
Jennifer Coolidge has a slight problem while staying at this title place: "Please! These gays, they're trying to murder me."