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Spartan alumna’s legacy leading West Point glee Club
Connie Lankford Chase ’76 spent nearly 26 years as conductor of the renowned West Point Military Academy Glee Club. But before she made it to those heights, she studied at UNCG.
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Tinseltown intern makes star turn
Katie Lambert ’16 leveraged her UNCG Theatre degree into a career as manager of digital marketing and design with Warner Brothers’ in-house label, WaterTower Music.
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Stitches in time at the Weatherspoon Art Museum
Threaded narratives are coming alive at the Weatherspoon Art Museum. Two exhibitions highlight the incredible artistry of quilting and the many roles this art form has played for Black communities in the South. “Harriet’s Powers” is on view until July 25, and “Of Salt and Spirit” can be seen through
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Poetry goes full circle at UNCG
This is a story of two Spartan MFA poets, born six decades apart. Sage Short ’26 MFA, a Myrtle Beach native with roots in West Virginia, grew up in post-9/11 America. After graduating from Coastal Carolina University, she got a master’s at Clemson, where she was assistant editor of the
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Helfers’ estate gift strengthens nursing scholarship
The late Mary Jo Helfers established the Mary Jo Helfers Endowed Scholarship in 2013 to honor the memory of her great aunt. An estate gift is increasing the fund’s endowment, making it possible to help even more Spartan nursing students.
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Career retrospective of Spartan sculptor James Barnhill
James Barnhill ’82 MFA first sculpted the human form while a UNC Greensboro graduate student, learning from esteemed artists on the UNCG faculty. Barnhill’s career as a sculptor, with works prominent in Greensboro and across the nation, has been widely lauded. In the city of Greensboro, he has literally shaped the way
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Greensboro’s Dance Project sparked by Spartans
Dance is continuous motion, and the Spartan-led Dance Project has continuously led dance programming at the NC Folk Festival from the start. Anne Morris ’11 MFA studied dance at UNCG under Jan Van Dyke ’89 EdD, known statewide and beyond for artsleadership. Van Dyke founded the nonprofit Dance Project, and
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The Studio: Arts at UNCG
In Fall 2025, UNCG Magazine celebrates students, alumni, and faculty of the performing arts. • Before landing his starring role in the HBOMax series “The Pitt,” a hyper-realistic drama set in a Pittsburgh emergency room, Patrick Ball ’22 was just a kid from Greensboro, unsure as of what life had in
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Music professor receives NC Heritage Award
Gaurang Doshi is a recipient of the 2025 North Carolina Heritage Award, presented by the North Carolina Arts Council. “It’s the highest honor given to a traditional artist in the state,” he says. For Doshi, instructor of UNCG’s Indian Music Ensemble, Indian classical music is not simple entertainment. “Music is