PERRY HEBARD
UNC Asheville honors retiring senior faculty members Eight senior faculty members who helped shape UNC Asheville over the past three decades were honored in May as they move into retirement. L–R: (Front row) Brenda Hopper, Teaching Fellows program director; Margaret Downes, Literature professor and Master of Liberal Arts program director; Sandra Byrd, assistant provost for Graduate and Continuing Education and associate professor of Education. (Back row) Jim McGlinn, Education professor; Charles Massey, Computer Science lecturer; Forest Davenport, Physics professor; Joseph Daugherty, Computer Science professor; and Mark Boyd, Computer Science associate professor.
Previously, Jill served UNC Asheville for 10 years as assistant director of News dedicated to Jill Tompkins Yarnall, who served as editor of the magazine until her Services, where she brought her curiosdeath on April 20 after a brief but valiant ity and talents to wide-ranging writing assignments. She won many area and battle with cancer. She was 39. regional communications awards. A contributing writer for the magazine since its inception, Jill was named editor In 2010, she was named the university’s Distinguished Staff Member of the Year, in July 2010. This year, her efforts on recognizing her extraordinary contribubehalf of the magazine were recognized tions to the university’s communication by the Council for Advancement and efforts and her tireless dedication to the Support of Education with a special university community. merit award.
THIS ISSUE of UNC Asheville Magazine is
DEBBIE GRIFFITH
in memoriam: Jill Tompkins Yarnall
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