Crista McGee, a UNCG Interior Architecture alumna, designs animal habitats at the North Carolina Zoo, focusing on creating spaces that mimic the animals’ natural environments while engaging both the animals and visitors. She oversees exhibit design and maintenance, incorporating behavioral insights and naturalistic elements to enhance animal welfare and public education.
An alumna of UNCG’s master’s in communication studies, Dr. Zithobile “Zitty” Nxumalo ’11 is now the president of Guilford Education Alliance, a non-profit for public schools.
Tiffany Stephens ’24 is a U.S. Army veteran who lost her husband in 2012 while he was on a mission in Afghanistan and was left to raise their young daughter without him. Now, with her G.I. bill, Stephens has just completed her degree in classical studies – setting a shining example for their daughter, Rylee, now a teenager.
This Friday, May 3, Daniel Araya will join the Class of 2024 in UNC Greensboro’s commencement ceremony. Since his second year, the biology major has conducted biotechnology research in Dr. Ayalew Osena’s lab as a prestigious National Institute of Health (NIH) MARC fellow. His research has been actively supported by the Alice Ashton Bruton Endowment Fund and the MARC program.
On Friday, May 3, the UNC Greensboro class of 2024 will cross the commencement stage at the Greensboro Coliseum. Among this year’s graduates is English major Katherine Wyrick, a literature enthusiast with an exciting future.
Wyrick’s passion for literature and history will take her first to Florence, Italy — then Oxford, England — and finally, to a fully-funded master’s program in English at Wake Forest University.
Lorenzo Espada ’20 knew he wanted to be a chef since he was six years old: “I used to always watch cooking shows, while also learning from my mother and grandmother. Then I just started trial and error.”
That childhood aspiration has now become a reality with his first published cookbook, a massive social media following, and even an appearance on “The Jennifer Hudson Show.” Espada has found his way and come full circle, but one important stop on that journey was UNC Greensboro.
Only four stories were published in her lifetime. She died nearly six decades ago, two years after graduation from UNC Greensboro. But alumna Diane Oliver ’64 is now getting the acclaim few writers achieve.
The first collection of her short stories, “Neighbors and Other Stories,” has been published this month by the literary press Grove Atlantic.
Dominque Madruga ’15, a communication studies alumna, will get to see the Super Bowl up close this weekend. As an Emmy-award-winning senior talent producer for FOX Sports, Madruga has worked on several Super Bowl broadcasts, combining her passion for sports and skills in communication.
When there’s a large natural disaster in America, award-winning UNCG alumna Jessica Haynes-Titlebaum ’14 leaps into action. “I found the right toolbox for me – and that was anthropology.”
WHY THEM AND NOT ME? For one UNC Greensboro (UNCG) alumna, her education was fueled by a curiosity for how she avoided a dark path. Amanda Clark ’14, ’18 explains: “As a millennial, I went to middle school and high school in the height of the OxyContin era. I grew up… Continue reading…
