Star teacher help students reach for stars

When interviewed for a 2016 UNCG Magazine cover story, Leslie Ross ’97, ’08 MEd said, “Teaching is a work of the heart.” An educator and activist, she’d recently returned from a US Department of Education panel on high-need schools and a White House lunch with then-President Obama. She’d won national… Continue reading…

Broadway star Beth Leavel will speak at May Commencement

Beth Leavel owns some of Broadway’s biggest awards, including a Tony. On May 6, she’ll receive an honorary degree from UNCG Greensboro, her alma mater. And she will address the graduates as the commencement speaker. After graduating from UNCG with her master’s in fine arts in 1980, she headed to… Continue reading…