UNCG Student Helps the Homeless
December 3, 2014
Melissa Donnell helps the homeless GREENSBORO, N.C. — A few times a week, Melissa Donnell spends about 15 to 20 minutes unloading the back seat of her car. It’s normally packed with boxes and bags filled with the basics. “Wipes, razors, Q-tips, anything you can think that you would need … Continued
Wendy Palmer, surrounded by 50 kids and Garth Brooks, has friends in high places
December 2, 2014
Country singer Garth Brooks and UNCG women’s basketball coach Wendy Palmer thrilled youngsters at the Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club in Greensboro, N.C. at the Garth Brooks Teammates for Kids Basketball ProCamp on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2014. On Friday, she was a little bit country. Saturday, she was all … Continued
Spring 2015 Events Calendar
December 1, 2014
All of the following events are hosted by the UNCG Libraries and are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.Thursday, February 5: Charlie Lovett, author of First Impressions: A Novel of Old Books, Unexpected Love, and Jane Austen. 7 p.m. Hodges Reading Room, second floor Jackson Library Monday, February 9: Friends … Continued
Second Annual Greensboro Dance Film Festival
December 1, 2014
Sugarfoote Productions and the UNCG Dance Department, with support from the Weatherspoon Art Gallery, are accepting submissions for the Second Annual Greensboro Dance Film Festival. Artists with dances for camera or dance media in any style or genre are encouraged to make a submission of completed work to be considered for … Continued
UNCG Students Pack Over 14,000 Meals To Stop Hunger
November 25, 2014
Over 14,000 meals were packed by the 80 UNCG student volunteers for the Stop Hunger Now program Greensboro, N.C. –The University of North Carolina at Greensboro is wrapping up “Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week” by packing meals. The meals will be sent to people who are malnourished and hungry around … Continued
Studio 1 uses sign language to enhance ‘Three Musketeers’
November 25, 2014
Matt Baccari, from left, Kyle Southern, Christian Moore, Dale Johnson, Jay Nauman, Michael King, Jacob Larkin and Richard Watkins Jr. star in a scene from Studio 1’s “The Three Musketeers, A Sign-Language Shadowed Production.” The play runs today through Sunday at Sara McMillan Brown Theatre at Studio 1 in Burlington. … Continued
UNCG students’ project on sexual health sparks community interest
November 22, 2014
Students in UNCG’s Human Sexuality Class used a community advocacy project called photovoice to capture images that represent sexual health on campus. GREENSBORO, N.C. — A class project leads to a broader discussion about how the Greensboro community influences people’s sexual health decisions. Students at the University of North Carolina … Continued
UNCG dedicates Veterans Resource Center
November 21, 2014
Brig. Gen. Ted Crichton, left, Chancellor Linda P. Brady and Spc. Chen-yang Liu, right, ring the university bell as they dedicate the new Veterans Resource Center. Spc. Chen-yang Liu, an Army Reserves combat photographer and vice president of UNCG’s Student Veterans Association, wore his dress blues for the Veterans … Continued