Elvira Green gets honorary degree, 2025 Fall Doctoral Hooding Ceremony

Elvira Green Receives UNCG Honorary Degree

UNCG conferred an honorary degree on music educator and renowned opera mezzo-soprano Elvira Green, at the Dec. 11 Doctoral Hooding ceremony in UNCG Auditorium. Born into a family of musicians, Elvira Green grew up on a family farm in eastern North Carolina and began playing the piano at the age… Continue reading…

Homecoming 2025

Highlights from Homecoming 2025, October 17-18 Photography by Sean Norona and Micciche Photography

Education scholarship will help educators ‘change the world’

Kids need heroes at home, at school, and in their communities, says Cathy Tisdale ’75. She believes philanthropy can help. With the establishment of the Cathy Tisdale Class of 1975 Teacher Education Endowed Scholarship, she hopes to encourage future educators to join the profession. “I’m a believer in a quality… Continue reading…

Hansen performing arts collection preserves theater history

Shortly after eBay was born, Dr. Robert Hansen nabbed a treasure: a first-century Roman theater token – now the oldest item in the Robert C. Hansen Performing Arts Collection at UNCG’s Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives. A retired associate dean in the University’s College of Arts and… Continue reading…

Kinesiology research becomes reality

After years of hard work, Dr. Sandra Shultz (UNCG) and colleague Dr. Randy Schmitz (NC A&T, formerly UNCG) are seeing more than two decades of research pay off. This past April, they earned a patent for a device that can help reduce the number of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries,… Continue reading…

First Class: Conway Scholars at UNCG Nursing

A MAJOR NATIONAL SUPPORTER OF NURSING EDUCATION, through its donor advanced fund, has committed to a $3 million gift to establish the Joanne and William Conway Nursing Scholarship.   The Bedford Falls Foundation was established by businessman and philanthropist Bill Conway Jr. and his late wife, Joanne Barkett Conway. Together with… Continue reading…

A woman teacher works with a young student

UNCG Deaf education alumna makes an impact

With at least 1,500 deaf students throughout North Carolina, Virginia Madorin ‘11 serves the Deaf community in her role with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. Madorin is currently an IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) consultant in the Office of Exceptional Children and co-director of the North Carolina… Continue reading…

Four award recipients and the 2025 awards logo

UNCG celebrates 2025 Alumni Awards

UNC Greensboro hosted its annual Alumni Awards Ceremony at the Elliot University Center Auditorium Oct. 17, honoring four recipients who represented excellence in education and coaching, fine arts, nursing, and student support. Each has made significant contributions to their profession, community, society, and university. Bobbi Osguthorpe ’83, who has impacted… Continue reading…

Alan LeQuire in Nashville's Parthenon

Spartan artist makes mark in ‘Athens of the South’ 

You can’t say Spartans don’t dream big.  While an MFA student at UNCG, Alan LeQuire ’81 MFA learned sculpture bids would soon be accepted for a statue in Nashville’s Centennial Park. His mom mailed him the newspaper clipping from Tennessee, telling of the request for proposals. Not just any statue…. Continue reading…