UNC Greensboro

School of Education scholar Shameeka M. Wilson ’18, ’20 MEd established an endowment at UNCG in 2019 as she was finishing her master’s program. Her first scholarship was awarded in 2020.  This eastern North Carolina native created the Shameeka Monay Wilson Legacy in Furthering Education (LIFE) Endowed Scholarship in Education to honor her mother and grandmother, and her own successful path to a career in education, teaching Deaf students… Continue reading…

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…

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

In honor of the Warmath family’s 60 years of support to the Weatherspoon Art Museum, its iconic central atrium has been named Warmath Commons in recognition of Sarah Dew Warmath and her late husband, Jack. The naming ceremony was held Sept. 25, 2015. Says Juliette Bianco, the Anne and Ben… Continue reading…

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…

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…

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…

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…