From Staff Reports

The UNC Asheville Spring Commencement will honor more than 450 students from the 2024 graduating class at 10 a.m. May 11 in Kimmel Arena. The doors will open at 8:30 a.m.

This class of graduates includes 92 percent in-state students and 8 percent out-of-state students. The youngest graduate is 19 years old, and the oldest is 60. Also graduating will be two international candidates representing Norway and Turkey.

Psychology and environmental science are the two most popular majors, with 57 and 37 graduates, respectively. health and wellness, biology and art rounded out the top five.

The average class cumulative GPA is 3.39. 

This day will be a particular cause for celebration for two graduates, a mother and son who will both be receiving degrees at this year’s commencement ceremony. Jennifer Alaine will be receiving a bachelor of arts in anthropology, and her son, Perrin Alaine-Sedano, will be receiving a bachelor of science in computer science. They will receive their degrees one after the other during the ceremony. 

This May also marks a momentous occasion for the UNCA-UNC Gillings Master of Public Health program, as this graduating class will be the first in program history to receive a jointly conferred degree from both UNCA and UNC-Chapel Hill.

The six graduates receiving joint degrees will be honored at a special ceremony in the Laurel Forum of UNC A on May 9, and they will walk in the UNC-Chapel Hill graduation ceremony on May 11.

The UNCA ceremony, which will be presided over by Chancellor Kimberly van Noort, may be viewed via livestream on UNCA’s YouTube Channel.