reposted from UNCG Campus Weekly You want to get across town. Which bus routes are best for you at that moment – and when does each run? Open the new Greensboro Google Transit app. Plug in your location, and then plug in your destination. You’ll see your best options for … Continued
reposted from the Office of Leadership and Service-Learning NASPA, a national organization for student affairs administrators in higher education, has chosen UNCG as a lead institution in their national project on civic learning and democratic engagement. This initiative strives to make civic learning and democratic engagement (CLDE) part of every … Continued
For many kids, especially those in rural communities,The North Carolina Theatre for Young People (NCTYP) is their only exposure to live theater. That’s why NCTYP, based at UNCG and celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, is so vital. Since its start in 1962, NCTYP has reached well over one million kids with … Continued
Dr. Emily M. Janke received the 2012 Early Career Research Award from the International Association for Research on Service-learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE) at their international conference in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Janke is the Special Assistant at the helm of the Institute for Community and Economic Engagement (ICEE) in the … Continued
reposted from the Greensboro Voice, the Interactive Resource Center’s street newspaper Your smile is worth a million dollars, or in this case, a job that provides financial security. No matter how dressed-up you are, no matter how well rehearsed your answers are, if you enter a job interview slouching with … Continued
reposted from the UNCG Carolinian UNCG attracts all sorts of students, from different backgrounds, states, and even countries, creating a diverse atmosphere on the campus. Everyone has his or her own story to share and this one is well worth sharing. Meet Stephanie Perez, an out-of-state freshman from Miami, Florida. … Continued
reposted from UNCG’s Inspire.Change site Villa Maria del Triunfo. It’s a name that rolls off the tongue with the elegance of an upscale Spanish neighborhood – not a shanty town where residents literally lack roofs over their heads. What Aisha Crawford ’13 witnessed in this small Peruvian village profoundly affected … Continued
Spoma Jovanovic and Cathy Hamilton, long-time advocates of service-learning and community engagement, will be teaming up with North Carolina Campus Compact to provide leadership for the Compact’s online jounal Partnerships: A Journal of Service-Learning and Civic Engagement. Partnerships recognizes that successful engaged learning depends on effective partnerships between students, faculty, … Continued
Article by Kristin Medlin, ICEE Communications and Partnerships Manager Social entrepreneurship students team up with individuals struggling to make ends meet and win micro-loans to start businesses – and new lives – in Greensboro. A music professor and graduate students partner with the Greensboro Symphony, the Music Academy, and a … Continued
All the staff are formerly homeless, aside from founder Liz Seymour. All the guests are homeless. At the IRC – the Interactive Resource Center in downtown Greensboro – there are many stories to share. Dr. Elizabeth Chiseri-Strater, as editor of its guests’ “street newspaper,” helps ensure they are. Chiseri-Strater joined … Continued