On February 9, John Hilary Shepherd, a UNC Greensboro (UNCG) alumnus and native of North Carolina, is hoping to add a big accomplishment to his collection: a credit on an Academy Award-winning movie. The WWI feature “1917,” which he developed with New Republic Pictures, is up for Best Picture. The… Continue reading…
Jones came to UNCG as a graduate student in the master’s program in Biology after completing his bachelor’s degree at Guilford College. At UNCG, he worked with Dr. Robert Cannon and did his master’s thesis research under the direction of Dr. Steve Anderson, who was a molecular geneticist on UNCG’s… Continue reading…
Claudia established the The Dylan Rose Kadis and Eloise Hall Kadis Women’s Lecture Series to simultaneously celebrate her 50th class reunion and her golden wedding anniversary with her husband.
In fall 2017, I was a senior in the English department with no idea what kind of internship I’d be able to find for my upcoming final semester–only that I should find one, because everyone says an internship is worth its weight in gold on your resume, right? As you… Continue reading…
UNC Greensboro alumna Kelly Link ’95 MFA has been named a 2018 MacArthur Fellow. The prestigious MacArthur Fellowship – known as the ‘genius grant’– is a five-year, $625,000 grant given to individuals who show exceptional creativity in their work and the prospect for still more in the future. Link, a… Continue reading…
Dr. Candace Lapan ’09, ’12 MA, and ’16 PhD is an assistant professor of psychology at Wingate University. Her passion is teaching and training students in the field of psychology, giving back to her community through volunteer service and contributing to our understanding of child development. Dr. Lapan is a… Continue reading…
As a student at UNC Greensboro in the early 2000s, DJ Summitt rarely missed a women’s or men’s soccer game. He has fond memories of cheering on the Spartans against Furman’s Clint Dempsey – now an American soccer legend – and traveling across the state and beyond to support the… Continue reading…
Melissa is the second youngest to ever be elected to Fellow status, and is currently the youngest among all Fellows. She will be formally recognized at the NCHC annual conference in Boston this November.
Phil Koch is related to a lot of college graduates. His wife Anne is one. Their four children and all of their spouses have college degrees. And so do four of their grandchildren. On Friday, Koch will join this family club when he gets his bachelor’s degree in history from… Continue reading…
“It’s a reaffirmation of the idea that people of color can go anywhere they want without being afraid. Because the image of the international explorer includes us now, too.”
