Enjoy UNCG Magazine: campaign, luminaires, Weatherspoon, and more

Posted on November 02, 2021

five copies of the magazine fanned out across a white background
five copies of the magazine fanned out across a white background

The Fall 2021 issue is hot off the presses – and now online.

Enjoy lots of features and news items, including:

Light the Way Through UNCG’s newly announced comprehensive campaign, with a $200 million goal, is set to transform our university, elevating each unit and part of the university. See details and how to get involved in this exciting initiative. See story.

Illuminating tradition Luminaires have lit up the walkways of campus on December Reading Day for five decades. See how it all started – from alumni who were on campus at the time. See story.

‘The art of now’ “The Weatherspoon is one of the best institutions of its kind in the Southeast,” Director Juliette Bianco points out, and features artists who are wrestling with very timely issues. More than ever, the museum is ensuring UNCG students are front and center at the museum, both on staff and among its stakeholders. See story.

UNCG’s alumni principals and ELC A remarkable number of principals and superintendents in this state and beyond are Spartans. How are they leading their schools through this challenging time? And how is the ELC Department making an impact? See story.

Molly Oldham As she prepared to move to UNCG her freshman year, she learned the reason for her increasingly severe headaches: a brain mass the size of a tennis ball. She had a rare cancer. “Mighty Molly” in UNCG Musical Theatre is now nationally known, and her performances are empowering. See story.

Gifts with forethought Did you know 4 in 10 dollars in gifts to UNCG comes through “planned giving.” Many donors at UNC Greensboro are visionary, opting to give gifts – through wills, trusts, retirement plans, life insurance policies – that they may never see come to full fruition. See story.

Enjoy the full magazine site here.

By Mike Harris ’93 MA
Cover illustration by Antwain Hairson ’21

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