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News Items from UNC Greensboro

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News Items from UNC Greensboro

Atiba Rorie plays West African drums at the 2022 NC Folk Festival.

Music and dancing filled the downtown Greensboro area over the weekend. Students, alumni, and faculty provided some of the top performances of the 2022 NC Folk Festival.

Singer sings into microphone on stage in front of sign reading "NC Folk Festival."

Jazz, R&B, salsa, and pop-rock are just some of the musical styles that delight the UNC Greensboro community. Spartans with a talent for singing, dancing, and playing instruments from around the world will perform at the 2022 NC Folk Festival September 9 through 11.

Three students stand or sit around a museum exhibit made of cloth birds and flowers on a mannequin.

Students help shape the many thought-provoking exhibits found at the Weatherspoon Art Museum. Hear from one alumna about the profound lessons she took from the artwork she curated and learn about the upcoming exhibits.

Tal Blevins holds up a glass of red wine behind the bar of his restaurant.

Tal Blevins ’95 is the owner of Machete, a restaurant recently named one of the Top 20 in the country by Yelp and honored as a semifinalist by the James Beard Foundation. His background includes 20 years as a tech journalist, and he can trace his multidimensional success back to his UNCG experience in the geography program. And it’s the stories, the places, and the flavors of the world that inspire him.

Students sitting in lecture hall looking towards the front of the class.

Nominations are now open and faculty, staff, students, and alumni may take part. To recognize outstanding teaching and demonstrate our commitment to teaching excellence, the University presents three awards to UNCG faculty members every year, while the UNC System presents an annual award for teaching excellence. The deadline to submit a nomination is September 2.

Chris Lea interviews Duke Women's Basketball forward/guard Azurá Stevens.

From newspapers to radio to TV, Chris Lea’s journey through media has had a lot of twists and turns. Read about how his experiences at UNCG prepared him for his career and some of the memorable moments that remind him why he loves his work.

UNCG's Madeleine Meinhold is the team nutritionist for the Greensboro Grasshoppers this baseball season.

The UNCG alumna and assistant professor of nutrition makes sure Spartans are healthy on and off the field. This baseball season, she brings her skills as team nutritionist to the Greensboro Grasshoppers. Read more about how she builds trust and bonds with athletes.

Alumna Jennifer Baddour’s passion for helping others led her to UNCG’s human development and family studies program. Since then, she’s been serving her community through social work and individual and family counseling.

UNCG alumnus Tyler Barnhardt at the premiere of Netflix's "Senior Year" with Rebel Wilson

From on-screen actors to behind-the-scenes writers and producers, UNCG students and alumni are making their mark on the film and TV industry. Be sure to add these shows and movies to your summer watchlist.

It was long after dark in the wee small hours of the morning when Aiyanah Tyler-Cooper finally arrived at the apartment she’d never seen before, in the city she’d never […]

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 […]

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 […]