Combining design, history, and computer science, UNC Greensboro is bringing a piece of important local history to life. Members of UNCG’s Interior Architecture and Computer Science departments recently teamed up to create a virtual reality (VR) tour of the historic Magnolia House as it would have appeared in the 1950s. … Continued
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
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