Wednesday’s kick-off party at Moran Commons is the start of the 2022 Homecoming celebration at UNC Greensboro. Join students, alumni, and faculty and staff, catch all the big games, and mingle with old friends at the reunions. A full schedule of events is available.
Chancellor Gilliam spoke to the campus community about the state of affairs for UNC Greensboro. You can listen to his remarks in this video.
“My mother and two sisters attended, and I was happy to follow in their footsteps.” Guilford County historian Gayle Hicks Fripp ’63, ’69 MA hopes to further UNC Greensboro’s reach and legacy with a $454,787 gift that will benefit three different funds.
The new full-time faculty members who joined the UNCG School of Nursing this fall are an eclectic group of nurse educators from across the globe. One worked in off-Broadway plays in New York; another brings the perspective of a patient from a multiple sclerosis diagnosis early in her nursing career.
The funding, which aims at increasing STEM faculty among historically underrepresented communities, has been approved for the 2022-23 academic year. The Spartans ADVANCE team provides guidelines on who is eligible and how to apply.
Luther Hodges Jr. further supports UNCG’s Light the Way campaign and honors his mother, the namesake of the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA). The gift will create an archival researcher room as well as support special collections residents, graduate student fellows, and interns.
Dr. Merlyn Griffiths joined the Bryan School faculty in 2007. Read about how she found her way to UNCG, her reaction to getting the new position, and how she will advance the Bryan School’s goals for enhancing the student experience.
This week on October 6, five different spots on campus will offer tasty treats and fun giveaways ahead of the party on Kaplan Commons. It’s all part of UNC Greensboro’s Founders Day celebration, marking 130 of teaching students.
Counselors, psychologists, therapists, and other professionals such as educators are struggling to help the vast numbers of traumatized people in their care. A new certificate program offered by the Department of Counseling and Educational Development at UNC Greensboro aims to equip mental health professionals with the tools they need to identify and treat trauma.
Students, faculty, and staff can drop in to learn more about the newly-announced Jackson Library Addition and Renovation Project. Pop-up sessions on September 28 will allow them to share their thoughts on the vision for the library’s future.