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Winter NCCC Meetings Focus on Social Justice

How do we define difference and diversity? When when we talk about inclusion, who is in the “unnamed center”? And how do concepts of social justice inform our community engagement work? Over 55 staff and faculty from 21 campuses explored these questions during North Carolina Campus Compact’s winter network meetings at … Continued


Sonia Sanchez to speak at UNCG-NC A&T King Celebration

Poet, educator and activist Dr. Sonia Sanchez will deliver the keynote address at the 2015 MLK celebration sponsored jointly by UNCG and NC A&T. This year’s celebration is titled “Arts and the Civil Rights Movement: An Evening with Sonia Sanchez”. Sanchez will speak beginning at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 21, … Continued


UNCG begins work on IMLS Sparks! Ignition Grant project

The UNCG Digital Projects Unit has been awarded a 2014-2015 IMLS Sparks! Ignition Grant for Libraries and will manage this $23,522 grant in partnership with the Hayes-Taylor YMCA and their Achievers Program.

Work has begun on a new collaborative project involving the Digital Projects Unit of the University Libraries at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the Hayes-Taylor YMCA. The Digital Projects Unit has been awarded a 2014-2015 IMLS Sparks! Ignition Grant for Libraries and will manage this $23,522 grant in partnership with … Continued


Taking Charge

At 6 feet, 9 inches, UNCG post player Jordy Kuiper is a big presence in the lane. What’s more impressive is his role as supporter for those living – and living their dreams – with diabetes. He is ambassador for the Bas van de Goor Foundation, whose mission is to enhance … Continued


Service-Learning at UNCG: Tonight on NC Now

Dr. Cathy Hamilton, director of UNCG’s Office of Leadership and Service-Learning, appears on “NC Now” tonight at 7:30 p.m. on PBS. For the second straight year, UNCG made the President’s Higher Education and Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction. Hamilton will talk about the university’s commitment to service-learning and how UNCG students … Continued


Partnership to Improve Nonprofit Evaluation Support in the Triad

Evaluation is a critical tool for nonprofit organizations. A well-crafted program evaluation helps to ensure that programs are actually accomplishing their intended goals, provides accountability to funders, and helps map plans for the future. But only 28% of nonprofit organizations have promising capacities and behaviors in place to meaningfully engage … Continued


Education history goes digital

Quite often in these days of high technology, historical archives are hidden away – so far away that even the location’s archivist doesn’t know of their existence, much less is able to put his finger on them. But thanks to the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center (DHC), many of those … Continued


Fashion show will feature students’ Petty-inspired designs

After visiting the Richard Petty Museum, the UNCG students returned to the classroom to work on their designs RANDOLPH COUNTY — Here’s a fashion show fit for a king. Or, in this case, “The King.” The Petty Family Foundation, the nonprofit arm of NASCAR legend Richard “The King” Petty’s Petty Enterprises, has … Continued