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Pride and Poetry, According to Emilia Phillips

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“My writing is definitely informed by my own worldview, experience, gender journey, and sexuality,” says Emilia Phillips, a poet and teacher in the MFA in Creative Writing program.

Phillips’ latest collection, “Nonbinary Bird of Paradise,” revises cultural, religious, and mythological narratives that support heterosexuality as “the norm.” They unveiled the book at a reading this spring with students and artists that inspired the work.

UNCG Students Receive Coveted National Science Foundation Fellowship

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Four students from UNC Greensboro were named fellows in the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP).

The oldest fellowship of its kind, the NSF GFRP is awarded to only 16 percent of applicants and supports outstanding graduate students who have demonstrated the potential to be high-achieving scientists and engineers.

CAS Faculty Sweep University Teaching Excellence Awards

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College of Arts & Sciences faculty were honored with all three of the University-wide teaching awards this year. From playing board games to overhauling entire courses, these professors have modeled a commitment to academics that they pass down to their students. It’s evident in more than good grades and attendance.

Classical Studies Graduate Sets A Shining Example For Daughter

Rylee Stephens with Tiffany Stephens, wearing graduation cords

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.

Class of 2024: Daniel Araya Dives Into Biology Research

Daniel Araya in cap and gown on UNCG campus

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.

CAS Faculty, Staff Honored at End-of-Year Celebration

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On Thursday, April 25, 2024, faculty and staff gathered in UNCG’s Cone Ballroom for the annual College of Arts & Sciences (CAS) End of Year Celebration. Interim Dean Amy Adamson delivered remarks and bestowed awards for excellence in teaching, advising, service, and more.

Class of 2024: Katherine Wyrick Pursues Her Passion for Literature

Katherine Wyrick in cap and gown and holding T.S. Eliot book

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.