ANTHROPOLOGY ALUMNA BRINGS HER SKILLS TO FEMA
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.”
The Last Lecture featuring Dr. Denise Baker
The Last Lecture is an opportunity for retiring professors to reflect on a career in higher education and what they have learned over their years in the classroom.
English Department Homecoming Event
Join the UNCG Department of English as we welcome our returning alumni, renew our connections, and celebrate our achievements! UNCG English Department 336-334-5311 View Organizer Website [email protected] Add to calendar Google Calendar iCalendar Outlook 365 Outlook Live
Spartans at Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum connect history to today’s pressing issues
Off a busy, rural road in Gibsonville, North Carolina, stands the one state historic site in North Carolina focusing on African American history – and the only one honoring a woman. Brick dormitories, pastel teachers’ cottages, and a school bell mark what was once the Palmer Memorial Institute, a 20th-century … Continued
A Spartan Family: Five siblings thrive at UNCG
This semester marks a unique milestone for the Woods family: their fifth and youngest member, Benjamin, starts his first year at UNC Greensboro as a computer science major. He follows in the footsteps of his four older siblings: Tabitha ‘17, Philip ‘18, Sarah, a consumer apparel and retail studies major, … Continued
Biology alum battles on the front lines of COVID-19 pandemic
UNC Greensboro Biology alumna (1991) Dr. Tricia Dickens decided to leave her family farm in Idaho to offer her emergency medicine expertise on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City. The physician is currently working night shifts at a pop-up hospital on Roosevelt Island. “I knew I … Continued
A graduate’s journey: From the Appalachian Trail to the Aleutian Islands
Thomas Drennan McLenigan decided to apply to UNC Greensboro’s History MA program in an unusual place—while hiking the entirety of the Appalachian Trail. Now that he’s graduated with a concentration in Museum Studies, the adventure-seeker is headed to the Aleutian Islands in Alaska where he will work as the education outreach manager … Continued
CAS alumni, students, faculty win awards
Alumni Dr. Denise Rangel Tracy (Mathematics and Statistics alumna) received the Association for Women in Mathematics’ (AWM) 2020 Service Award. This award recognizes her volunteer service in helping to promote and support women in mathematics through AWM. Hoping to reach audiences beyond the mathematical community, Tracy has led projects using … Continued
UNCG alum produces Oscar-nominated ‘1917’
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 … Continued