National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa has announced that the NC Entrepreneurship Center (NCEC) at UNCG is one of 886 nonprofit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant. The grant will support the Southern Entrepreneurship in the Arts (SEA) Conference to be held on … Continued
Service is UNCG’s motto. For UNCG’s Residence Life leadership, it’s also a commitment and way of life. On July 17, 2014, professional staff from the Office of Housing and Residence Life (HRL) visited Alamance Elementary through a collaboration with Guilford County Schools to make a positive impact on 200 second … Continued
UNCG’s Center for Community-Engaged Design unveiled their latest public art project Friday at the corner of Glenwood Avenue and Grove Street. The mural was worked on by over 100 people in the area with the help of design students with UNCG design students and community volunteers. The university says the … Continued
Emmanuel Malette, a sophomore dance major, smiles as he watches the dancers rehearse this bright spring morning. They waft across the sunlight-infused studio inside the Health and Human Performance (HHP) Building, swirling like near-weightless petals in the wind. One of the youngest dancers, 9-year-old Kinu Dailey, rolls across the hardwood … Continued
North Carolina’s wine and grape industry has experienced exponential growth in the past decade, employing more than 7,600 people. Now the industry has a five-year roadmap for continued growth and economic impact. Researchers from the UNCG Bryan School of Business and Economics have developed the first comprehensive strategic plan for the North Carolina wine … Continued
The 32nd Annual Summer Music Camp program at UNCG is again hosting a capacity crowd of young musicians, retaining the title of largest university music camp in the nation. Enrollment for 2014 is the largest in the history of the UNCG Summer Music Camp, with approximately 1,830 students in attendance. … Continued
Photo caption: Ibrahim Salih owns a towing service in Greensboro. Many of his clients are members of the refugee community. Ahmed Mustafa Abdullah believes that unemployment among immigrants and refugees would decrease if they had easier access to small business loans. Abdullah, who coordinates the Microenterprise for Refugees in the … Continued
To the average person, the charts look like waves. To UNCG’s Roy Stine and Linda Stine, they show something interesting under the earth. And when that ground is the backyard of one of North Carolina’s most historic houses – used as a hospital during the state’s largest Civil War battle … Continued
UNCG Chancellor Linda P. Brady and Dr. Algie Gatewood, president of Alamance Community College, put pens to paper Thursday, cementing an agreement that will bring UNCG’s bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN) to the community college’s Graham campus. For associate degree nursing graduates and RNs in the area, the new partnership … Continued
The Piedmont Triad Leadership Academy (PTLA) graduated 22 aspiring school leaders in June. The graduates represented the third cohort of the three-year Race to the Top grant funded principal preparation program. PTLA is a partnership among the UNCG School of Education, Alamance Burlington School System (ABSS), Asheboro City Schools (ACS), … Continued