On April 24, Justin LeBlanc will be coming to UNCG to share his experiences as a fashion designer, as one of the finalists on the TV show “Project Runway,” and of growing up deaf. LeBlanc is a native of Raleigh and teaches at NC State University. LeBlanc was quoted in… Continue reading…
The Fall 2015 issue of the Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning (MJCSL) will feature a second special section on global service-learning guest co-edited by Richard Kiely, Cornell University, and Eric Hartman, Kansas State University. Please consider submitting an article to this special section of the MJCSL. As framed in the introduction… Continue reading…
A collaboration between two Triad universities to establish a satellite office for commercial and intellectual property development within a new downtown co-working space is expected to help local entrepreneurs with their ideas and small businesses. UNC-Greensboro and N.C. A&T University are placing parts of their university engagement departments within HQ… Continue reading…
The application is now open for 2015-16 Student Reflection Leaders, hosted by the Office of Leadership and Service-Learning. Faculty can request a Student Reflection Leader (SRL) through the OLSL to help facilitate the reflection portion of a service-learning course. SRLs are trained and paid by the OLSL. Both the faculty… Continue reading…
UNCG will once again host the NC Writers’ Network Spring Conference. More than a hundred writers and aspiring writers will attend – with lots of learning and networking opportunities available. The 2015 conference will be held Saturday, April, 18, all day in the Moore HRA Building. Full information is at ncwriters.org…. Continue reading…
The UNCG Speech and Hearing Center, in operation since 1967, offers professional services for evaluation and treatment of speech, language, and hearing disorders to individuals across the lifespan. Services are open to UNCG students, faculty and staff, as well as to the community at large. Instruction is also offered to… Continue reading…
The NC Science Festival comes to the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering Thursday, April 16, 2015. They welcome community members, kids of all ages, school groups, civic clubs – everyone with an interest in science – from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m that day. The event title is “Gateway… Continue reading…
I’d heard from several people that the design work for “Galileo Galilei” was spectacular. I visited with costume designer Trent Pcenicni and with Costume Shop Manager Amy Amy Holroyd last Thursday – at least 15 students were at work on costumes when I stopped by. Renderings of the many costumes… Continue reading…
Congratulations to the second round of 2015 Global Engagement QEP Course Development Award recipients. These awards were $500 or $1,000: Dr. Deborah Bell, Department of Theatre, HSS 205: The Age of Masquerade Dr. Sarah Daynes, Department of Sociology, SOC 290: Thinking Sociologically: Classical Theory Dr. Donna Duffy and Professor Lisa… Continue reading…
GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT Call for Global Engagement Teaching Fellow The University Teaching & Learning Commons (UTLC) seeks a UNCG faculty member to serve as the Global Engagement Teaching Fellow for the 2015-16 academic year. This Teaching Fellow will work in coordination and collaboration with faculty and staff engaged in implementing UNCG’s… Continue reading…
