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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 say, such artists are expected…
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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 alumna Mary-Helen Kolousek ’23, the…
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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 in 2024. “James McBride is…
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Trane! High Point’s music hero gets spotlight, thanks to Spartan
When you have a lifelong passion for both history and music, you’ll find plenty of both in North Carolina. Tori Hinshaw’s award-winning capstone project at this month’s UNCG Research Expo is another step in her impactful research. “In high school (in Tennessee), I realized that my favorite bands – Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Eagles…
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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 Passe, the Motown executive who…
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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.
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Jeffrey Soles at Mochlos: 50 years of discovery
UNCG’s Dr. Jeffrey Soles studies Bronze Age Minoan culture. His work has impacted generations of students.
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Wall Street Journal and NY Times weigh in
The New York Times launched a new ratings system – and guess who’s North Carolina’s most affordable university? That’s just one of the superlative recognitions over the past year: See full stories at UNCG News site here and here.
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On our horizon, spring/summer 2024
UNCG’s annual day of giving, Believe in the G, is April 17-18. Graduation ceremonies will be May 2-3. And the coming months, as well, hold exciting opportunities for our University: By Mike Harris ’93 MA