BONUS! Bryan Online Non-traditional Undergraduate Student initiative

The Bryan School of Business and Economics is focused on recruiting and advising more adult learners. Through the new Bryan Online Non-traditional Undergraduate Student (BONUS!) initiative, the school’s reaching out to students in the 25-45 (and older) demographic with some college but no degree. Building on its history of providing… Continue reading…

UNCG’s Light the Way: Faculty and staff at the fore

Of all the segments of our UNCG community supporting the Light the Way campaign, one stands out for its high level of participation in giving: faculty and staff. In fact, 3,368 of the campaign’s donors are current or former employees of the University, an August 2024 Advancement report shows. Their… Continue reading…

UNCG receives $2.4 million to address nursing shortage

North Carolina needs more nurses. In Summer 2024, UNCG’s School of Nursing received more than $2.4 million to enroll more nursing students. UNCG Nursing anticipates expanding enrollment in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program by more than 50% in two years. In addition to increases in the pre-licensure BSN… Continue reading…

At Weatherspoon, artists engage with disability

The year’s most anticipated Weatherspoon Art Museum exhibition presents contemporary artists engaging with experiences and understandings of disability. Some artists in the exhibition “Crip” identify as disabled and some do not, but each has a relationship to at least one identity that is not perceived as normal. Too often, organizers… Continue reading…

Ashley Oliva at National Interns Day

Record-breaking summer for Campus Greensboro internships

When you celebrate the interns of Campus Greensboro – and all of Guilford County – on National Intern Day, you do it big.   The year’s biggest news for the Campus Greensboro Fellows? The number of interns this summer skyrocketed by 80 percent. A year ago there were 98, says UNCG… Continue reading…

James McBride

James McBride at UNCG May 16

Greensboro Bound and UNC Greensboro are collaborating to bring National Book Award-winning author James McBride to the Elliott University Center May 16 at 7 p.m.   During the event, McBride will be in conversation with UNCG alumna Tita Ramírez ’00 MFA, author of the novel “Tell It To Me Singing,” published… Continue reading…

UNCG theatre: Broadway bound

They say the neon lights are bright there. Some Spartans undergrads are shining brightly, too. Dasia Amos, a huge Michael Jackson fan, is helping tell his life story in “MJ: The Musical” at the Neil Simon Theatre. Part of the ensemble, she also has a speaking role as Suzanna de… Continue reading…

A man uses a virtual reality headset.

Virtual reality? It’s in fashion

Department of Consumer, Apparel, and Retail Studies professors completed three years of research funded by a $528,000 USDA Higher Education Challenge grant.