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Dancers Connect Culminates with “Kids Create” Performance
January 15, 2014
On Saturday, December 7th, the Dancers Connect fall session will culminate with its “Kids Create” performance. Dr. Mila Parrish started Dancers Connect while a faculty member at University of South Carolina. When she came to UNCG in the fall of 2012, she decided to start-up a sister program. What began … Continued
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Healthcare Summit Report Off to Washington
January 8, 2014
Organizers of the recent Healthcare Faith Community Summit in Greensboro are sending their findings to the White House in a report that was presented at a news conference on Friday. The 22-page report details efforts in Greensboro to show how communities can organize to solve health care issues for their … Continued
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UNCG Health Outreach Partnership Makes Front-Page News
January 6, 2014
Organizers of the recent Healthcare Faith Community Summit in Greensboro, including Bob Wineburg, professor of social work and director of community-engaged scholarship for UNCG’s School of Health and Human Services, were profiled in a front-page story Sunday in the News & Record. Columnist Jeri Rowe highlighted the work of Wineburg … Continued
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UNCG Athletics’ First GCS Education Day is a Slam Dunk
December 15, 2013
UNCG Athletics hosted several thousand middle-school students for the first-ever Guilford County Schools Education Day on Dec. 11. It was held in conjunction with the UNCG vs. Claflin men’s basketball game, which began at noon. About 4,000 students from 14 schools in the Guilford County system attended. The event was … Continued
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Executive Director of White House Office to give the Keynote Address at Faith Community Healthcare Summit
December 15, 2013
This Thursday, November 14th, leaders from the academic, healthcare, and faith communities will come together at the Faith Community Health Summit to focus on healthcare issues facing the Greensboro community and to explore what can be done to tackle them. The Summit’s Plenary Keynote Speaker has just been announced as … Continued
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Lumina Foundation Invests in Degrees Matter!
December 11, 2013
Greensboro’s Degrees Matter! initiative, fostered in part by UNCG’s Office of Undergraduate Studies, is among 20 projects nationwide chosen by the Lumina Foundation as pilot programs. Those programs will each receive up to $200,000 from Lumina over the next three years. Lumina is a private foundation working to increase the nation’s credentialed or … Continued
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Public History Students Bring “GTMO” to Civil Rights Museum
December 9, 2013
What comes to mind when you hear “Guantánamo”? A prison? A military base? What about a place of refuge? Or your home? Public History master’s students at UNCG have uncovered a rich set of stories about the naval base that they are featuring in a new exhibition, The Guantánamo Public … Continued
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Greensboro Gets Grant to Boost College Degrees
December 5, 2013
A national foundation agrees with Greensboro: Degrees do matter. The Lumina Foundation on Wednesday announced that Greensboro is among its first 20 cities picked for its national initiative to get more Americans to get college degrees. Lumina will give up to $200,000 to the local Degrees Matter! program over the … Continued