Starting this fall, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro will serve as a national pilot site for ThinkHouseU, an innovative residential program for budding entrepreneurs. Raleigh-based Forward Impact and UNCG are partnering to renovate a house near UNCG’s campus that will be home to eight students who are exploring … Continued
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
The application is now open for 2015-16 Student Reflection Leaders, hosted by the Office of Leadership and Service-Learning. Faculty can request a Student Reflection Leader (SRL) through the OLSL to help facilitate the reflection portion of a service-learning course. SRLs are trained and paid by the OLSL. Both the faculty … Continued
Are you interested in collaborating on projects that connect UNCG to the greater Greensboro community through the design of the built environment? Do you have a passion for community and civic engagement? Do you want to be part of a team engaged in meaningful projects using your skills and knowledge … Continued
The Jerry McGuire Student Entrepreneur Award is an annual $1,000 award going to UNCG’s most entrepreneurial student or student team. This fund was established in honor of Jerry’s retirement in 2014. The 2015 recipient will be announced at UNCG Entrepreneur Day on March 31, 2015. Nominations are due by March 1st, … Continued
Graduate students in social work at two area universities will get paid internships thanks to a new federal grant. UNCG announced Monday that the Joint Master of Social Work Program — a combined effort between N.C. A&T and UNCG — will share a $1.1 million grant over the next three years. Starting … Continued
On Wednesday, January 21, 2015, from 9 am-11:30 am, the National Issues Forums Institute will stream the event live from the National Press Club. UNCG’s Office of Leadership and Service-Learning (OLSL) will stream this broadcast in Room 169 of the Stone Building (note the location change). Organized by the National Issues Forums Institute, the American … Continued
Quite often in these days of high technology, historical archives are hidden away – so far away that even the location’s archivist doesn’t know of their existence, much less is able to put his finger on them. But thanks to the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center (DHC), many of those … Continued
Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week (H+HAW) is an annual week of events that takes place the last full week before Thanksgiving. The purpose is to raise awareness of hunger and homelessness on a local and national level. The Greensboro & High Point Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) is currently ranked fourth … 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