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News Items from UNC Greensboro
UNCG News
Month: June 2018
Cathy Hamilton will retire after 14 years’ leadership of OLSL
Dr. Cathy Hamilton, director of UNCG’s Office of Leadership and Service Learning for the past 14 years, will retire at the end of this month. A retirement celebration was held on June 25 in the Alumni House’s Virginia Dare Room. Dr. Hamilton has worked in educational human resource development at the national and international level […]
Summer Stipend applications deadlines
The National Endowment for the Humanities has established a deadline of September 26, 2018, at 5 p.m. for Summer Stipend applications, for projects to take place in the Summer of 2019. UNCG may may nominate up to two faculty members. Additional details are available from the NEH at: https://www.neh.gov/grants/research/summer-stipends The internal deadline for UNCG applications […]
Looking ahead: July 27, 2018
EMF’s Eastern Chamber Players, Monday, July 2, 8 p.m., Recital Hall, Music Building Spartan Cinema, “Brave” Friday, June 29, LeBauer Park Independence Day Holiday Wednesday, July 4 Spartan Cinema, “Captain America: Civil War” Friday, July 6, LeBauer Park CHCS Housing Hangout: State Housing Policy Friday, July 13, 2 p.m., MHRA, Room […]
Professor awarded Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship
UNC Greensboro’s Dr. Moses Acquaah, professor and head of the Department of Management, was recently awarded a fellowship by the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (CADFP) to conduct research and mentor students in Ghana. Acquaah will be working with the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and Dr. David Asamoah on collaborative research with business […]
Spartans study Spanish language, culture in Madrid

You can read about Spanish culture for hours on end. You can study conjugation charts, memorize new vocabulary and practice with textbook activities and smartphone apps. But the best way to learn a new language and culture is to step outside of the classroom and live it. For the 29 Spartans who traveled to Madrid, […]
Students gain hands-on experience in interior architecture’s preservation field school

Restoring gravestones in an old fishing village on the Outer Banks of North Carolina – it’s not your typical classroom experience. But for 10 students in UNC Greensboro’s IAR 555 (Field Methods in Preservation Technology), the three-week field school was transformative. “The skills gained from field school are immediately applicable to my life, and I […]
Professor explores relationship between Arctic sea ice decline, increased wildfire activity

The post below originally appeared in the spring edition of UNCG Research Magazine. To read more and view additional images, click here. Last year, more than 10 million acres burned in the United States, making 2017 the second-worst wildfire season in recorded history. There were many contributing factors – unusually strong winds, high temperatures, and the […]
Interior architecture student places in Sherwin-Williams contest

UNC Greensboro’s interior architecture program recently earned a nod from global coatings giant Sherwin-Williams, when senior Amber McCullough snagged third place for residential design in the eighth-annual Sherwin-Williams Student Design Challenge. The challenge? Create a rendering of a residential or commercial interior space using a minimum of three Sherwin-Williams colors. Students who applied to the […]
SOAR welcomes new students into Spartan family

The Spartan family is growing. This summer, approximately 2,800 first-year students and 1,400 transfer students will begin their UNC Greensboro journey at SOAR, the university’s two-day orientation program for incoming Spartans. SOAR is specifically designed to help students get connected to their academic community. Students build their schedules for the fall with the help of academic […]
Dr. Dianne Welsh receives national entrepreneurship award

Leaders in educating the next generation of entrepreneurs gathered at UMass Lowell this month for the seventh annual Deshpande Symposium for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The symposium featured the annual Deshpande Symposium Awards, recognizing the best in entrepreneurial education. The Excellence in Curriculum Innovation in Entrepreneurship Award was presented to UNC Greensboro’s Entrepreneurship Cross-Disciplinary Program. Dr. […]
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