UNCG’s family-friendly science festival April 25
April 22, 2015
Science here. Science there. Science everywhere, this Saturday throughout the UNCG campus. Come learn about the ways science impacts us every day during UNCG Science Everywhere, a family-friendly interactive event of the NC Science Festival. It will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 25, 2015, … Continued
Mobile Market/Urban Farm Partnership Receives Funding
April 22, 2015
The mobile market/urban farm partnership that Dr. Marianne LeGreco (Communication Studies) and many of her students work with was just funded by the USDA for almost $100,000. The Guilford County Department of Health and Human Services received a $99,987 National Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive (FINI) grant. The Mobile Oasis Farmers … Continued
New Short Film Festival April 27 at UNCG
April 22, 2015
Come to the lawn in front of UNCG’s Jackson Library, bring a chair or a blanket, have a few slices of pizza and enjoy the creativity of UNCG students. Twenty have submitted short films in a new film festival at UNCG – no film is longer than 7 minutes and … Continued
August Wilson’s “Joe Turner’s Come & Gone” April 22-26
April 22, 2015
UNCG’S Brown Theatre stage will be transformed into a 1911 Pittsburgh boarding house April 22-26, as UNCG’s Theatre Department stages “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.” The play tells the stories of the inhabitants of a boarding house in 1911 Pittsburgh. It portrays the lives of a few former slaves who … Continued
Attend Scratch Day 2015!
April 21, 2015
Would you like to learn how to create awesome animations, digital stories, or video games? Come to our first Scratch Day at the UNCG SELF Design Studio! Free and open to the public! Scratch is an design and coding environment that makes it easy for people to create their own interactive … Continued
Summit in Greensboro Explores Mental Health Care
April 20, 2015
Kevin Hines, one of just 34 survivors of the thousands of suicide leaps off the Golden Gate Bridge over the years, speaks about what caused him to leap, and the work he has done since in spreading the news about mental illness. Hines was one of the speakers Thursday at … Continued
Service to the State: University Engagement by the Numbers
April 16, 2015
In the past year, North Carolina’s public colleges and universities interacted with more than 6 million North Carolinians, reaching far beyond the 220,000 students enrolled in full-time studies. That’s because the state’s public campuses are not isolated enclaves. Alongside teaching and research, public service is part of the University’s core mission, creating … Continued
Call for Applications: 2015-16 Publicly Active Graduate Education Fellows
April 16, 2015
PAGE (Publicly Active Graduate Education) is Imagining America’s network for publicly engaged graduate students in humanities, arts, and design. PAGE enhances the theoretical and practical tools for public engagement; fosters a national, interdisciplinary community of peers and veteran scholars; and creates opportunities for collaborative knowledge production. The PAGE consortium, made … Continued