In response to the April 15th tornado in Greensboro, there are many efforts being organized for volunteering and donating. The Office of Leadership and Service-Learning is keeping a running list of ways to volunteer and donate. Please consult their page to learn of current information. Photo: Tornado damage in Greensboro,… Continue reading…
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… Continue reading…
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… Continue reading…
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… Continue reading…
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… Continue reading…
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… Continue reading…
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… Continue reading…
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… Continue reading…
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… Continue reading…
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… Continue reading…
