Starting this week, African American History artifacts from University Libraries at UNC Greensboro can be viewed online by people around the world due to a new partnership between the Google Cultural Institute and the University Libraries. Visitors of the Google Cultural Institute site may also view an exhibit regarding African … Continued
The Department of Kinesiology and the Program for the Advancement of Girls and Women in Sport and Physical Activity welcome two Irish scholars to UNCG campus February 21st-24th to talk about Community-Based Participatory Research and their development of the “All Island, All Active” program. Dr. Fiona Chambers (University College Cork (UCC) … Continued
Partnerships: A Journal of Service-Learning & Civic Engagement has a new volume out. Launched in 2009, Partnerships focuses on how theories and practices can inform and improve partnerships, connections, and collaborations between students, faculty, community agencies, administrators, disciplines, and more. This peer-reviewed journal of North Carolina Campus Compact is hosted by … Continued
NEW BOOK on Transformative Change: An Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies (Lexington Books) written by UNCG Department of Peace and Conflict Studies professors! This book presents new and existing approaches to building the capacity of communities locally, nationally, and globally to transform conflict and build peace. A great read … Continued
The Service-Learning & Community Engagement (SLCE) Future Directions Project “…is intended to catalyze, facilitate, organize, and analyze international conversations in a way that positions everyone involved as a co-educator, co-learner, and co-generator of new questions and new knowledge. It is intended to stimulate and assemble ideas from new and established … Continued
Dr. Holly Sienkiewicz, ORED – The Center for New North Carolinians (CNNC), received funding for two different projects. First, funding was received from The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro for the project titled “Language Interpretation for Code Enforcement.” CNNC will provide interpretation services to accompany city inspectors to home visits. … Continued
The Global Engagement Office, in partnership with Lloyd International Honors College, is hosting a Keker First Year Common Read Capstone Conference for 150 first-year students this week. The conference will serve as a culminating experience for “Where Am I Wearing” by Kelsey Timmerman (the 2015-16 Keker First Year Common Read). … Continued
Hunger + Homelessness Awareness Week (H+HAW) is an annual week of events that takes place the last full week before Thanksgiving. The purpose is to raise awareness of hunger and homelessness on a local and national level. The Greensboro and High Point Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) is currently ranked first … Continued
The Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN), an academic collaboration between UNCG and NC A&T, is one of the 16 programs across the nation to receive funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to drive innovation in nanoscale science, engineering and technology. JSNN has teamed up with Georgia … Continued
The UNCG Office of Intercultural Engagement is partnering with the Center for New North Carolinians, the Latino Community Coalition of Guilford, and the American Friends Service Committee to host “Memory: Disputed Territory,” a photo exhibit by Roderico Y. Díaz commemorating the work of survivors of the Guatemalan Genocide as they … Continued