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For golfer Nick Lyerly, success is par for the course

UNCG graduate student Nick Lyerly, the first Spartans golfer to earn Southern Conference Player of the Year honors, has found success on the golf course and in the classroom.
Jennifer Baddour ’96: ‘Mental health is an everyday conversation’

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.
Students, faculty work with Beloved Community Center

For more than 15 years, UNCG faculty and students have worked with the social justice organization Beloved Community Center, which takes its name from the “Beloved Community” Martin Luther King Jr. spoke of achieving through nonviolent dialogue and universal cooperation.
Animations, animals, amazing alumna: WAM summer exhibitions

The Weatherspoon Art Museum has four fun exhibitions open this summer, including animation work, animal-centered work, many amazing sculptures, and a mural by alumna and Fulbright recipient Sheena Rose.
Class assignment becomes accounting career for mom of three

When the VA told April Dant, a wife, mom, and U.S. Army veteran that she would get paid to got to college, she though “Why not?” What she didn’t expect was to land a job thanks to a class assignment and the Bryan School’s Blueprint Series.
First Day Complete: Startin’ like a Spartan

Undergraduate students have a new option to skip lines and save money on their textbooks this school year. The “First Day Complete” program aims at easing some of the headaches that can hit students at the start of a semester, by automatically opting them in to have the bookstore prepare their course materials at a flat rate per credit hour.
Human milk banking: What we know – and don’t know yet

Infant formula shortages have raised interest in alternatives. UNCG expert Dr. Maryanne Perrin breaks down human milk banking, sharing information about its process, benefits, availability, and its safety.
A collaborative Juneteenth celebration, virtually and on campus

UNCG, N.C. A&T, and Guilford College team up to present a Juneteenth Celebration, with events on Zoom Friday, June 17, and in person on the morning of Monday, June 20, at the Weatherspoon Art Museum.
UNCG on TV: Your binge watch list for summer

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.
Alumna stars in Rhiannon Giddens’ opera at Spoleto Festival

When UNCG stars rise, they rise together. School of Music alumna and Grammy-winner Rhiannon Giddens launched an original opera, “Omar,” at Charleston’s Spoleto Festival, and Cheryse McLeod Lewis ’01 stars in the production. A current student, Michael Adams, sings in one of the choirs.
Rock steady, on the UNCG climbing wall

It has become one of the most popular features at the Leonard J. Kaplan Center for Wellness, which marks its fifth anniversary this year. The climbing wall saw 47,342 sessions in those first five years and led to many Spartans participating in Outdoor Adventure trips to the nearby Pilot Mountain, Hanging Rock, and other climbing destinations.
Spartan’s guide to speaking science

Winners from the Graduate School’s Scholarship & Creativity Expo provide valuable insight and tips about how to clearly communicate science with a general audience. Spartans can learn from these graduate student experts to cultivate their science communication skill set.
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