Fighting homelessness and hunger is no small task. But armed with a Newman Civic Fellowship, UNC Greensboro’s Terrell Saunders is up for the challenge. Chancellor Franklin D. Gilliam nominated Saunders, who has shown potential for public leadership. Saunders is the first Spartan student to receive this fellowship. Saunders, a junior … Continued
The School of Health and Human Sciences (HHS) recently concluded its involvement as one of four institutions nation-wide in a study that piloted an institutionalization rubric for community engaged scholarship within Schools and Colleges (unit-level). The study was a collaboration between researchers at the University of Massachusetts Boston (New England … Continued
Dr. Barbara Holland, ICEE Senior Scholar, hosted a partnership retreat with the community-engaged seed strategic seed grant teams on April 21, 2017 at HQ Greensboro. The teams explored five discussion areas: What are your goals and expectations for this project? What questions, challenges, concerns, uncertainties about how we are going … Continued
NC Campus Compact member campus, UNC Greensboro, hosted a very successful Gulf-South Summit on March 22-24. Over 300 individuals representing 90 institutions attended from the Gulf and southern states, including 168 participants from North Carolina. Multiple North Carolinians facilitated workshops also. Congratulations to the North Carolina practitioners who received three … Continued
Last fall, proposals were solicited for seed grants to fund research and creativity activity tied to the thematic areas of focus in the UNCG strategic plan. This opportunity was designed to support faculty engagement in multidisciplinary endeavors that advance understanding of key factors related to and/or develop solutions to some … Continued
The Office of Research and Economic Development in partnership with the Institute for Community and Economic Engagement convened a group of community-engaged scholars on Wednesday, November 9th to encourage cross-discipline, community-engaged collaboration. Read about the work UNCG community-engaged scholars are doing and view highlights of their work. Cross/multi/interdisciplinary research and creative … Continued
The Office of the Provost is soliciting cross/multi/interdisciplinary research and creative activity proposals tied to the thematic areas of focus in the UNCG strategic plan: health and wellbeing, vibrant communities, and global connections. Faculty are being asked to review these themes in the University Plan and consider responding to one of … Continued
Integrating community-engaged scholarship in promotion and tenure policy and practice is a key indicator of institutions committed to community engagement. The UNCG process was utilized as a case study in a newly published an article in Metropolitan Universities. Through this article the authors Emily Janke, Barbara Holland, and Kristin Medlin … Continued
UNCG students are helping to feed the hungry across the Triad while also cutting their own waste. “I know sometimes I put too much food on my plate,” said student Christan Stephaney ”I’ll be like, I’m not going to eat all this. I might want to downsize my food.” It’s … Continued
Christina Dukes has received the 2015 Award for Distinguished Service and Leadership from the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth. She has been a part of SERVE since 2000. The first several years she concentrated on migrant education, and for the past 12 years she has been a … Continued