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
The Office of Leadership and Service-Learning, Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creativity Office, and The Graduate School are pleased to offer grants supporting community-based research teams of faculty and students. The community-based research (CBR) initiation grant supports proposals that represent collaborative partnerships among community partner, student, and faculty teams. Projects should … Continued
A UNCG-led effort to increase the number of adults in Greensboro and High Point with college degrees just got a major boost from the John M. Belk Endowment. The Charlotte-based charitable foundation awarded $125,000 to Degrees Matter!, a community partnership that is housed within the UNCG Office of Research and Economic Development. … Continued
The UNCG Child and Family Research Network has $4000.00 available for summer salary/research support for the month of June, 2015. The goal of this funding is to facilitate interdisciplinary faculty research that will increase external funding. The funding will be awarded to one team of researchers and may be used for … Continued
Do you represent a first-generation or minority-serving institution (MSI)? Are you working to advance intercultural competence, civic engagement, and/or global learning through summer 2015 programming? Would you like to be able to compare your students’ global learning outcomes with other institutions? Would you like to participate in a community of … Continued
Two service-learning related professional development seminars are on tap in coming weeks: “Reflection 101: Using reflection to enhance learning in service-learning courses.” Wednesday Jan. 21, 4 – 5 p.m., McIver 140 This workshop is designed for faculty and staff teaching service-learning courses. It will cover reflection models, best practices, assignments, … Continued
The School of Education at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro is pleased to announce the “return” of the Teaching Fellows program to its campus with the newly created UNCG Teacher Education Fellows Program beginning in Fall 2015. The Teacher Education Fellows Program is a campus-based scholarship and enrichment … Continued
The MacJannet Prize was established by the Talloires Network and the MacJannet Foundation to recognize exceptional student community engagement initiatives at Talloires Network member universities and contributes financially to their ongoing public service efforts. The seventh annual MacJannet Prize will recognize exceptional student civic engagement initiatives based in Talloires Network member … Continued
UNCG File Photo — Dr. Deborah Cassidy, UNCG professor of Human Development and Family Studies, visits with children at UNCG’s North Drive Child Care Center. Cassidy is director of the NC Rated License Assessment Project, which rates the quality of family child care homes/programs across the state. Professionals who work … Continued
UNCG’s School of Education has been awarded a five-year, $7.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The grant will further UNCG’s efforts to emphasize technology integration across all teaching fields as well as recruit, train and support more Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) teachers. The grant was … Continued