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News Items from UNC Greensboro

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News Items from UNC Greensboro

Dr. Katie Dorsett was the first Black woman to serve on the Greensboro City Council. She became the first Black woman to serve on the North Carolina governor’s cabinet. When she died earlier this week, just shy of her 88th birthday, she left a legacy of milestones and impact on Guilford County and this state. […]

This fall, Spartans will enjoy Homecoming without leaving home. UNC Greensboro will host its Homecoming 2020 in a virtual, online format on October 23-24, 2020. This decision, a change from the traditional in-person event-driven one to an exclusively online one, comes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and continued efforts to adhere to state and […]

Like anyone else starting a new job, Ginger Carroll hoped for a smooth transition when she began in January as the new chief executive officer of Citrus Memorial Hospital in Inverness, Florida. However, Carroll was confronted with a global pandemic only a few weeks after her first day on the job. Instead of easing into […]

Representing all of the nation’s 4.3 million registered nurses is a big undertaking. Especially during this global pandemic, when medical supplies are limited, personal protective equipment can be hard to obtain, and the whole health care system is under strain. Dr. Ernest Grant, a UNC Greensboro alumnus, holds that responsibility. “It’s vitally important that we […]

Portrait of Ben and Jordan Cassidy holding hands in front of School of Nursing building

Ben and Jordan Cassidy have grown accustomed to sitting in their living room and working on their laptops, with the sound of a children’s cartoon playing in the background. They occasionally must step away from their schoolwork to get one of their sons – Brayden, 2, and Miles, 8 months – some juice or a […]

Image of artist and alumnus Sharif Bey in his studio.

“All of it.” That was the curator’s answer when Sharif Bey MFA ’00 asked which of his works the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum wanted to show. The UNC Greensboro alumnus is one of four emerging artists chosen to be featured in the Renwick’s “Disrupting Craft: Renwick Invitational 2018” exhibition, on display […]