Batchelor’s Life: A food critic’s career

Written by Avery O'donnell Campbell on September 24, 2019. Posted in Fall 2019, News Front.

The most exciting careers have twists and turns. UNCG’s career services experts say most people have multiple careers over a lifetime. Just ask Dr. John Batchelor ’83 MA. Teacher A junior high school...

Ken Jeong vs Charlie Chaplin

Written by Matt Bryant on September 24, 2019. Posted in Fall 2019, News Front.

The two comedians spoke to huge audiences at our university, nearly one century apart.

Fond Farewell for Michael Parker

Written by Michael David Harris on September 23, 2019. Posted in Fall 2019, News Front.

Michael Parker published his first book the first year he taught at UNCG, 1992. He published his 10th book as he retired from UNCG earlier this year. ”I’ve always loved teaching the undergraduates here,”...

Google guru

Written by Matt Bryant on September 23, 2019. Posted in Fall 2019, News Front.

Jaime Casap, education evangelist at Google, advocates for building innovation into our education policies and practices. Raised by a single immigrant mother, Jaime believes strongly in the power of...

Refugee Resource

Written by Matt Bryant on September 23, 2019. Posted in Fall 2019, News Front.

After a tragic 2018 apartment fire in Greensboro, many immigrants and refugees there needed support securing new places to live. UNCG’s Center for New North Carolinians (CNNC) helped. Student interns...

Spartans will storm the streets

Written by Matt Bryant on September 23, 2019. Posted in Fall 2019, News Front.

The men’s basketball home opener vs NC A&T tips off Tuesday, Nov. 5, at 7 p.m. The cheering will begin hours earlier. The UNCG community is invited to join for a festive spirit march from campus...

New academic success coaching program for students

Written by Alyssa Bedrosian on September 23, 2019. Posted in Fall 2019, News Front.

UNCG has launched a new initiative designed to transform the first-year student experience and prepare new students for success at the university level and beyond. The Academic Success Coaching program,...

From ‘SNL’ to Greenpoint

Written by Alyssa Bedrosian on September 23, 2019. Posted in Fall 2019, News Front.

Comedy writer and producer Emily Spivey ’93 has been a highly successful – and hilarious – creative force in American television for nearly two decades. The High Point native, UNC Greensboro alumna,...

McNair Scholars find grad school success

Written by Alyssa Bedrosian on September 23, 2019. Posted in Fall 2019, News Front.

UNC Greensboro graduated its inaugural class of McNair Scholars in May, and now 11 of the 17 scholars have started the next chapter in their academic journey: graduate school. The UNCG-McNair Scholars...

Back in the strike of ’69

Written by Michael David Harris on September 23, 2019. Posted in Fall 2019, News Front.

1969. The first steps on the moon. Vietnam War protests. And at UNCG, a big strike and protests. The cafeteria workers, a majority of whom were black, expressed dissatisfaction with working conditions...

Banking on mother’s milk

Written by Susan C Kirby-Smith on September 20, 2019. Posted in Fall 2019, News Front.

Best-case scenario, says Dr. Maryanne Perrin, a baby drinks its mother’s milk. But that’s not always possible, especially for preemies, because the mother’s mammary glands don’t fully develop until...

Insight on cardiac care

Written by Susan C Kirby-Smith on September 20, 2019. Posted in Fall 2019, News Front.

Kayla Martin’s mother told her as a child that she was born with a hole in her heart. Neither of them fully understood what that meant at the time. “I kind of thought it was cool, and I would tell my...

Spartan dogs have their day

Written by Susan C Kirby-Smith on September 20, 2019. Posted in Fall 2019, News Front.

What could be more lovable than a Spartan pup? How about dozens of them posing in favorite spots all over UNCG’s beautiful campus? Enjoy these great photos and video. And watch for more photos on social...

Watch that frog

Written by Susan C Kirby-Smith on September 20, 2019. Posted in Fall 2019, News Front.

This year, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission unveiled a newly designed wildlife conservation license plate, and UNCG faculty and alumni are the initiators behind the design. In 2014, Ann Somers...

Zadie Smith’s other lives

Written by Susan C Kirby-Smith on September 20, 2019. Posted in Fall 2019, News Front.

In May, UNCG University Libraries hosted bestselling author Zadie Smith for a reading and public conversation. The event in Cone Ballroom, attended by 500 community members, was one of the two largest...

What’s in a name? Exhibit at UNCG Auditorium

Written by Matt Bryant on September 20, 2019. Posted in Fall 2019, News Front.

“OUR HEROES CHANGE.” That simple statement opens “Etched in Stone? Governor Charles Aycock and the Power of Commemoration,” a permanent exhibition in UNCG Auditorium. Opened in 2018, it examines Aycock’s...

Dive in! Ann Berry Somers’ scuba adventure

Written by Susan C Kirby-Smith on September 19, 2019. Posted in Fall 2019, News Front.

“Fresh out of the swimming pool, into the ocean we go,” says Ann Berry Somers in describing her 2019 summer study abroad course – the first at UNCG that has involved scuba diving. A passionate conservationist...