WES MILLER AND TRINA PATTERSON have adapted their leadership strategies during these unusual times. “The key is in life, like basketball, you have to be flexible and prepared for the unknown,” said Patterson, head coach of UNCG Women’s Basketball. “During these times, you have to prepare your players somewhat differently… Continue reading…
COVID-19 is not the first pandemic our campus has faced. In 1918, influenza hit what was then called State Normal and Industrial College. That was just months after the campus was shortly quarantined for a measles and diphtheria outbreak. Sophomore Abigail Knight began researching the flu pandemic’s effects on the… Continue reading…
“I will never forget how you aided me in my time of need,” wrote one health and human sciences student to UNCG’s Division of Student Affairs. “I was going to be in way over my head this summer with bills and tuition.” Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this student –… Continue reading…
TASMIN FARZANA ’14 MBA has learned plenty of new things while working from home during quarantine. For one, there’s chess, a game she admits she hasn’t quite mastered. Another is chemistry. Farzana, senior procurement manager of Global Operations at Hanesbrands Inc., oversaw the chemical component of the company’s agreement to… Continue reading…
BEVIN STRICKLAND ’20 DNP, who graduated this August from UNCG’s Nurse Anesthesia Program, worked last spring in the emergency department of Mount Sinai Queens in New York City. The city was the nation’s hot spot for the virus, and she was compelled to help. She cared for the critically ill… Continue reading…
DR. SETH ARMAH, assistant professor of nutrition, has received new funding from the NC Policy Collaboratory to research nutrition as it relates to COVID-19 in North Carolina. Armah is the lead PI for the study, and DR. MARYANNE PERRIN, assistant professor of nutrition, is the PI. The impact of nutrition… Continue reading…
DR. ERNEST GRANT ’93 MSN, ’15 PHD was invited to the White House in May. He presented his views to Dr. Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, about the challenges nurses are facing. He also spoke with Vice President Pence. “I asked him to strongly suggest to the governors… Continue reading…
UNCG has been a remarkable place during these extraordinary times. In our faculty and staff, I see tireless dedication to our mission – literally thousands of people pulling together to create the best possible academic, social, and cultural experience for our students as they pursue their dreams. In our alumni,… Continue reading…
Classes during COVID The semester would have no fall break, and exams would begin in November. Arts performances were canceled or postponed until later. In-person conferences and symposia were rescheduled. Fall sporting events would not be held. Even move-in was radically different. And it worked. Students had a two-stage approach… Continue reading…
