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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 […]
Rituals and regalia at December hooding ceremony
UNC Greensboro conferred 121 doctoral degrees during its Doctoral Hooding Ceremony in UNCG Auditorium on Dec. 12, 2019. The new graduates were “launched to become the next generation of scholars, researchers, and professionals,” Chancellor Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr. said. “The rituals and formalities, the pomp and circumstance, are symbolic of the hallowed place that doctoral […]
Class of 2019: Akm Zubair Siam
Diversity was the most important factor for Akm Zubair Siam when he was making his decision on where to go to college. Siam moved to North Carolina from Bangladesh at age 11, and in middle school and high school, he often felt like he didn’t “fit in.” He knew that being part of a diverse […]
Class of 2019: Trina Pratt
Trina Pratt has spent the past six years juggling life as a student, researcher, teacher, volunteer, mentor, and single mother. Next week, when she walks across the graduation stage as Dr. Trina Pratt, the ups and downs of her journey will have been well worth it. Pratt had built a successful career in recreation, youth […]
UNCG to award 2,000 degrees at December Commencement
UNC Greensboro will award nearly 2,000 degrees at the December Commencement Ceremony and Doctoral Hooding Ceremony. The Commencement Ceremony will be held Friday, Dec. 13, at 10 a.m. at the Greensboro Coliseum. The University’s Doctoral Hooding Ceremony will take place Thursday, Dec. 12, at 3 p.m. at UNCG Auditorium. The University plans to confer approximately […]
Mayor Nancy Vaughan to speak at December Commencement
UNC Greensboro today announced that City of Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughan will deliver the keynote address at the University’s Commencement Ceremony on Friday, Dec. 13, at the Greensboro Coliseum. More than 1,950 students are expected to receive degrees at the ceremony. Vaughan is the 48th mayor of Greensboro, elected in 2013, and reelected in 2017 by an […]
Ken Jeong: Find your passion, be persistent
It was a day of celebration at UNC Greensboro, with nearly 2,500 Spartans turning their tassels at May Commencement and embarking on a new journey as future business executives, health professionals, artists, teachers, and community leaders. It was also a day full of laughter, thanks to comedian, actor, writer, producer, and physician Ken Jeong, who […]
‘In Spartan family forever,’ doctoral graduates hooded
Thursday’s Doctoral Hooding Ceremony marked a milestone in the lives of 111 UNC Greensboro doctoral scholars. As their names were individually announced in the ceremony in UNCG Auditorium, and they received their hooding from their faculty mentor, they also received a hug and applause. And they knew they had accomplished their goal. 111 doctoral degrees […]
Class of 2019: Nathaniel and Julianne Olson
Nathaniel and Julianne Olson are the definition of a “power couple.” Since getting married in 2014, the two have performed across the country and the world, taught voice at a university in Indonesia, and set the ambitious goal of completing their doctoral degrees together in just three years. This week, a goal that seems unattainable […]
Class of 2019: Brittney Gray
The world of color looks different for Brittney Gray. The consumer, apparel, and retail studies (CARS) major has a color vision deficiency that makes it difficult for her to distinguish certain colors. Gray is also partially blind. And after walking across the Commencement stage next week, she will head to New York City for a brand-new […]
