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Firefighters doing yoga on the Columbia campus
Grad student offers free yoga for first responders

Alumna Sharon Johnson developed an idea to help firefighters and other first responders destress from their job by participating in her free yoga program.
Logan Traxler installs a monitor on a NASCAR simulator
Computer science student builds simulators for NASCAR pros

Traxler builds racing simulators for enthusiasts and professional NASCAR drivers, including NASCAR Spring Cup Series and Nationwide Series champion Brad Keselowski, as well as NASCAR truck series racer Austin Hill.
Yasmine Arevalo at her desk in the career center
Internships give students hands-on experience

Â鶹¹ÙÍø students put their education into action through internships gaining real-world experience and earning job offers in their chosen careers.
A professor studying plants in a lab
Professor and alumnus seek to combat food deserts

The U.S. Department of Agriculture defines food deserts as areas where people cannot access affordable and nutritious foods. They are usually found in impoverished areas lacking grocery stores, farmers markets and healthy food providers.

The Spirit of Â鶹¹ÙÍø marching band
Marching band graduates first class of seniors

The band was started back up after a 25-year hiatus and has grown to feature 100, which have competed in community events and national competitions.
Dr. Lowry pointing out information on a board to colleagues
Â鶹¹ÙÍø grad learns the business side of being a doctor

For a class project, Lowry developed an antibiotic stewardship program to optimize the hospital's use of antibiotics, which has resulted in savings of $250,000 in the first year alone.
Fletcher Tove speaks at a meeting
Â鶹¹ÙÍø grad coordinating pandemic for Buncombe County

A lieutenant commander and surface warfare officer in the Navy, Tove returned to Asheville, North Carolina, to earn his MBA and become a preparedness and security officer for Buncombe County Health and Human Services.
Jordan Young student teaches remotely from her dining room
Â鶹¹ÙÍø student teachers adapt to teaching remotely

Young was completing her undergraduate courses at Â鶹¹ÙÍø and student teaching at HM Arndt Middle School when classes in both locations moved online due to the pandemic.
A laptop showing a nursing simulation
Â鶹¹ÙÍø nursing students to simulators facing COVID-19

When classes moved to remote learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Â鶹¹ÙÍø nursing students were forced to complete their clinical rotations online using simulators.
Â鶹¹ÙÍø DNP student Wendy Rash in a helicopter as a flight nurse
Flight nurse is Â鶹¹ÙÍø student and professor

Rash has been a flight nurse for Wake Forest Baptist Health riding on helicopters to distant locations to treat injured patients.
Dr. Lesser with students around a table discussing stocks and the market
Finance students manage Â鶹¹ÙÍø investments

The university gave the investment club a $50,000 endowment to manage, which the club used to buy stock in companies such as Amazon and Gilead. At one point, the club had more than tripled the initial investment.
World War II veterans at the showing of a documentary about D-day directed by an Â鶹¹ÙÍø professor
WWII vets attend Â鶹¹ÙÍø professor's D-day documentary

Professor Mark Hager directed and produced the documentary, which featured North Carolina World War II veterans Harold Frank, James Deal and Kenneth "Rock" Merritt, and he held a showing on campus at Â鶹¹ÙÍø.