The Institute for Community and Economic Engagement (ICEE) is now accepting student applications to join the Institute in Spring 2017 as a student research fellow. Students may earn independent study credit with Dr. Emily Janke, director of ICEE and associate professor in the Peace and Conflict Studies Department. Fellows will … Continued
The Office of the Provost is soliciting cross/multi/interdisciplinary research and creative activity proposals tied to the thematic areas of focus in the UNCG strategic plan: health and wellbeing, vibrant communities, and global connections. Faculty are being asked to review these themes in the University Plan and consider responding to one of … Continued
UNCG supports community-engaged teaching, research, and service. This brown bag will provide a brief overview of community engagement at UNCG. We will focus on best practices for identifying collaborators within the community, how to get the word out about your community engagement, and how to plan for documenting your community … Continued
The Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education has just published its latest issue. The current volume is a special edition that focuses on the University of Minnesota’s Extension Scholars Program. The Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education is an on-line, refereed journal concerned with exploring community engagement and … 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
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
This year’s School of Education (SOE) Research Symposium will be held on Friday, November 13 from 9 am to 1 pm in the Bryan Building, Room 160. The goal of this year’s symposium is to highlight several of the seminal resources that are here at UNCG and in SOE that promote … 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
Less than 3 percent of the more than 4,000 colleges and universities across the nation have formal sales programs. Starting this fall, UNCG is now a member of that exclusive group. UNCG’s Bryan School of Business and Economics has launched the North Carolina Sales Institute (NCSI), an initiative aimed at … Continued
Her research focus began when she took a university post in North Carolina. With her master’s in hand, Laura Gonzalez came to work at NC State’s First Year College as an academic counselor. She earned her doctorate in counselor education and met her future husband, who is from Panama. She … Continued