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Media Studies Students present their work at Short Film Screening

Still from a digital production film made by student depicting future

Nearly four dozen UNC Greensboro students will start their Fall 2024 semester walking the red carpet. They get their own premiere for short films they’ve created around the theme “the Future.” The Sanarchy Student Film Screening is being held in the Weatherspoon Art Museum on August 29 at 5:30 p.m. Students in UNCG’s Department of Media Studies and the animation concentration directed, edited, animated, and acted in their own productions. They’ll present 39 works in a show that is open to their peers and the community.

This summer, read a book by a UNCG faculty member

Compilation of book covers with"Books by UNCG CAS Faculty" overlayed

Are you searching for a book to read this summer – one that will test your knowledge, challenge your perspective, or offer beautiful lyrics and prose? Look no further than this list of 24 books published by faculty in the College of Arts & Sciences over the past year. Maybe … Continued

In Photos: Screening of Fred Chappell documentary

  On Friday, November 5, UNC Greensboro’s MFA Writing Program and Department of Media Studies hosted a special sneak-preview screening of the documentary film, “Fred Chappell: I Am One of You Forever.” The film is directed by Dr. Michael Frierson, a filmmaker and professor of media studies at UNCG. The … Continued

Books published by College of Arts & Sciences faculty

Over the past year, faculty in UNC Greensboro’s College of Arts & Sciences (CAS) have published more than 25 books! From poetry to history – textbooks to social commentaries – this range of books represents the breadth and depth of scholarly activity across UNCG’s largest and most diverse academic unit. … Continued

A Spartan Family: Five siblings thrive at UNCG

Image of Benjamin, Sarah, Joy, Philip and Tabitha Woods

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

UNCG alum produces Oscar-nominated ‘1917’

still from the movie 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