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UNCG hosts Fall Virtual Open House

Join UNC Greensboro for its annual fall open house event, this year with a virtual twist. UNCG has created a program that will allow prospective students to connect with faculty, staff, and students in more ways than ever, including 12 days of information sessions and more than 40 hours of dedicated content.
Spartan gifts, in words and music

UNC Greensboro has plenty to offer music and book lovers. This year, stuff the stockings with gifts created by talented UNCG faculty and alumni, or pick up tickets to a University Concert and Lecture Series performance. And, for Spartan gear, remember the Pop Up Shop. Compiled by Susan Kirby-Smith, University Communications
Fall 2019 Commencement: ‘A new beginning’

As the fall 2019 UNC Greensboro Spartan graduates turned their tassels in Greensboro Coliseum today, they also turned a new page in their life journeys. UNCG conferred approximately 1,490 bachelor’s degrees, 338 master’s degrees, 126 doctoral degrees, and three specialist in education degrees. Of the degrees awarded, 74 were conferred to international students. The most […]
JSNN announces establishment of first institute

The Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN) revealed the newly minted Joint School’s Institute for Research Technologies this month. The institute will further strengthen the facilitation of industry partnerships with faculty at UNC Greensboro and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Additionally, the institute will focus on preparing the next generation of students […]
Spartans give back with Branches of Love event

Spartans are celebrating the holiday season by giving back with the 14th annual Branches of Love event. This Saturday, Dec. 7, UNC Greensboro students, alumni, faculty, and staff will spend the afternoon decorating holiday trees that will be donated to local families in transition through Greensboro Urban Ministry’s Partnership Village Transitional Housing Program. The event […]
Spartans take Broadway: Beth Leavel

The 2019 Tony’s telecast begins. The full casts of the nominated musicals hit the stage. One actress cheekily plops a hat on the host’s head. Only one of Broadway’s brightest stars could do that. That was Beth Leavel ’80 MFA. Leavel premiered on Broadway in “42nd Street” in 1980. Her Manhattan cabaret shows are legendary. […]
From music school, to the military, to the physics lab

Aidan Lytle has been interested in physics – “the purest science,” he says – since he was a kid. But a less-than-stellar academic record meant, instead of pursuing science, he initially focused on another passion – music. That talent led him to playing in a battle of the bands at Carnegie Hall at 16, to […]
UNCG ranked as a ‘Best for Vets’ college

For the fifth year in a row, Military Times has recognized UNC Greensboro for its commitment to serving veteran students with excellence. The University was ranked No. 51 out of 134 institutions on the publication’s Best for Vets: Colleges 2020 list, the most comprehensive school-by-school assessment of veteran and military student services and rates of […]
Chancellor Gilliam named 2019 Triad Power Player

UNC Greensboro Chancellor Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr. has been named one of the Triad Business Journal’s 2019 Power Players. Each year, the Triad Business Journal identifies key leaders who have put impactful ideas into action to lead the region forward. The Triad Business Journal recognized Chancellor Gilliam’s efforts in guiding the school’s Millennial Campus initiative, as well […]
UNCG launches student success program for new Spartans

The first year of a student’s college experience is often the most exciting – new freedom, new friends, and new opportunities. But there are challenges, too. College is an adjustment. Often, if students don’t develop time management, organizational, and study skills, they may struggle. To help students better transition to academic life here on campus, […]
Women’s hoops to start season with big goals

Seniors Nadine Soliman, Te’ja Twitty, Alexis Pitchford, and Alexus Willey started their UNC Greensboro basketball careers three years ago with a 20-win season and an exciting postseason run. Now, as the veteran players look ahead to the Nov. 5 season opener, they are hoping to once again find that kind of success. Notching 20 wins […]
Spartans spook in ‘Dracula,’ adapted by UNCG professor

Just in time for Halloween, Bram Stoker’s classic vampire tale, “Dracula,” is hitting Triad Stage with a cast and creative crew that includes 11 UNC Greensboro alumni, faculty, and students. Preston Lane, Triad Stage co-founder and an adjunct graduate faculty member in the School of Theatre, serves as the playwright. “I think it’s a story that […]
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