At Gatewood: What a design we weave
UNCG’s Claudia Aguilera, an Interior Architecture master’s student from El Salvador on a Fulbright Scholarship, installed her thesis exhibition “Decoding Crafts” this week at UNCG’s Gatewood Studio...
View ArticleUNCG Opera Theatre brings girl’s story to life
The first opera Annabel Gigley saw was her own. Annabel, a fifth-grader at Erwin Montessori, won Greensboro Opera’s 2012 “Write Your Own Opera!” competition, judged by UNCG Opera Theatre Director David...
View ArticleUNCG wins award for use of social media in marketing
UNCG is winning awards for its use of social media. The University Relations Department at UNCG has won an Award of Excellence for use of social media in its integrated marketing and strategic...
View ArticleAlexander will head School of Music, Theatre and Dance
Dr. Peter Alexander Dr. Peter Alexander, dean emeritus of Butler University’s Jordan College of Fine Arts, will head UNCG’s School of Music,Theatre and Dance. Alexander, principal clarinetist for the...
View ArticleUNCG’s RHA named “School of the Year” in N.C.
The UNCG Residence Hall Association was named “School of the Year” by the North Carolina Association of Residence Halls during its annual conference in February. The award, the highest given by the...
View ArticleA look back
This yellowed press release, written by University President Charles Duncan McIver, is now part of UNCG’s University Archives collection. The release, in response to a dormitory fire on campus in 1904,...
View ArticleArea media reports on Spartan Village fire
A 4-alarm structure fire at the Spartan Village construction site on West Lee Street last night drew attention from newspapers and TV stations across the Triad. More than 55 firefighters responded to...
View ArticleInvestigation continues into cause of Spartan Village fire
Updated 4-3-13, 10 a.m. – The Greensboro Fire Department has ruled that the fire that destroyed a UNCG residence hall under construction on Lee Street was accidental. A final determination of the cause...
View ArticleJefferson Suites Residence Hall certified LEED Silver
UNCG’s Jefferson Suites Residence Hall has been awarded LEED Silver certification by the U.S. Green Building Council, an acknowledgement of the 176,000-square-foot building’s sustainable design,...
View ArticleN&R: UNCG hall earns LEED Silver certification
The U.S. Green Building Council awarded one of UNCG’s newest dorms with the LEED Silver certification, the News & Record reported. The residence hall, which is located at Spring Garden and...
View ArticleUNCG pumps up the pedal power
Bicycling at UNCG just keeps getting more convenient. Four bicycle repair stations – called Fixit Stations – have been set up on campus. They have the typical tools a biker may need, such as standard...
View ArticleNext phase of Dining Hall renovation begins
Farewell stairwell. The Dining Hall as thousands of Spartans know it is undergoing an extreme makeover. The next phase of the Dining Hall renovation — the third of four parts – includes renovations in...
View ArticleCelebrating 50 years as UNCG
This July marks UNCG’s golden anniversary — as UNCG. Fifty years ago this month, the university’s name was officially changed to The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The institution has...
View ArticleUNCG is in partnership with program for aspiring principals
UNCG is a partner with a program to help produce the next generation of principals, The Burlington Times-News reported. The school is in collaboration with the Piedmont Triad Leadership Academy that...
View ArticleByers interviewed about restarted construction on Spartan Village
Mike Byers, an associate vice chancellor, was interviewed by The Business Journal regarding the restarting of construction on Spartan Village after a fire delayed it back in March. “We probably could...
View ArticleJohnson interviewed by News 14 Carolina about campus housing
Tim Johnson, director for Housing and Residence Life, was interviewed by News 14 Carolina about the propensity of campus housing at UNCG. While the article references a survey from the National Retail...
View ArticleUNCG police chief referenced by News 14 Carolina about gun bill
UNCG police chief J.C. Herring was referenced in an article by News 14 Carolina as opposing a state gun bill that is headed for the governor’s desk. The bill, which was approved by both the NC house...
View ArticleLacks family speaks to students
The granddaughter and daughter-in-law of the late Henrietta Lacks, a poor African-American woman whose cells were used in medical research unbeknownst to her or her family, will speak and answer...
View ArticleSpartans move into cool new digs
Roommates Tony Sanders and Daniel Luciano marveled at their new surroundings during move-in day Wednesday at Spartan Village, UNCG’s new apartment-style housing for upperclassmen. A full kitchen with...
View ArticlePerrin will return to teaching
UNCG Provost David H. Perrin has announced plans to return to the university’s teaching faculty at the end of the academic year. “This academic year will complete my seventh as provost, and now is the...
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