UNCG’s home court gets new name
A familiar Spartan Athletics home has a new name. Bodford Arena – the former Fleming Gym – honors Alvin “Al” Bodford and the Bodford family for their extraordinary support of Spartan Athletics.
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Team Norway comes to UNCG
There are new colors in UNCG’s soccer stadium. That’s because the Norwegian National Football Team selected UNCG as its official Team Base Camp ahead of the 2026 World Cup, the premier international soccer event.
Tip your cap: Spartans graduate in style
With a personalized graduation cap to wear to Commencement, Spartans make every moment count. Through humor or heartfelt messages, each cap reveals a personality or life story that makes the celebration uniquely theirs. With a tradition that sprang up in earnest within the last two decades, the graduates’ fun designs… Continue reading…
UNCG hosts state’s first SparkHub
To bridge the gap between K-12 education, higher education, and the global workforce, SparkNC, UNCG, and Guilford County Schools (GCS) have launched North Carolina’s first SparkHub. This new learning environment is designed to connect high school students with innovative higher education experiences and in-demand technology careers.
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of North Carolina invests in UNCG
A $715,000 investment from UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of North Carolina is helping UNCG’s School of Nursing expand its goal of providing health care in underserved areas of the state.
Haase leads UNCG Men’s Basketball
Jerod Haase, named the new men’s basketball coach in March, comes to UNCG with over 25 years of coaching experience, including head coach stints at Stanford and The University of Alabama at Birmingham and coaching staff stints with the UNC Tar Heels and Kansas Jayhawks. He takes over the position… Continue reading…
Spartans celebrate America 250
Across the Triad, UNCG alumni are helping their communities mark America’s semiquincentennial – its 250th anniversary – through the America 250 – Guilford County committee. Committee member James Watterson ’91, chief operating officer at the Greensboro Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, says the committee wants to honor both local and national history. “Our goal is to foster an inclusive, community-wide celebration… Continue reading…
Be a part of UNCG T-shirt Archive
Do you have a UNCG T-shirt (or sweatshirt) that is fun or interesting? Something that documents a special event or activity from your time on campus? Perhaps a shirt that features your favorite student group or an event? T-shirts provide a unique perspective on campus life at UNCG, and the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special… Continue reading…
Safran and Kaplan receive honorary degrees
UNC Greensboro conferred honorary doctorates to Light the Way campaign co-chairs Susan Safran ’77 and Randall Kaplan during the May 7 Doctoral and Master’s Commencement ceremony at First Horizon Coliseum. Safran received an honorary doctor of science degree for her exceptional guidance in advanced learning in health care, emergency training,… Continue reading…
Dual-degree Spartan funds education scholarship
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…