The Tradition Since 1966, when a class of 66 students were the first to receive four-year B.A. degrees from then-named Asheville-Biltmore College, the Quad has set the stage for annual celebrations in the spring and in the fall. As Nancy Dillingham, a literature major from that class recalls, “UNC Asheville was a parade of changing landscapes and faces then. In 1963, the campus consisted of three buildings. The library occupied the top floor of Phillips Administration Building, one large room with a small, glassed-in reading room. Classes were held in the Science Building and the Administrative Building. I vividly remember attending the openings of the Lipinsky Student Center and D. Hiden Ramsey Library that make up the Quad today.� Read more about the four sides of the Quad from our alumni, students, faculty and staff and share your story at magazine.unca.edu/quad.
Graduates celebrate Commencement on the Quad each spring, one of many traditions that shape the campus.
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