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HES Research Centers & Programs

Center for Innovation in Interior Architecture (IARC)

Phone: (336)334-4947; Director: Richard Goldberg, MFA

The Department of Interior Architecture is the home of the Center for Innovation in Interior Architecture (CIIA). A state-of-the-art design facility and "think tank," CIIA seeks to marry local industry needs with students and faculty who engage with them to solve interior environment and product design issues. Goals include developing a highly skilled design workforce able to turn ideas into practical solutions; offering training in proven and cutting edge design technologies, processes and methods; and pushing the boundaries of current trends in a sustainable approach to design issues. CIIA is developing a lecture series that partners academic and design professionals, builds partnerships with industry to establish mutually beneficial relationships, and contributes to community outreach and collaboration.

Center for New North Carolinians (CNNC)

Phone: (336)256-1061; Director: Nolo Martinez, PhD

The Center for New North Carolinians, administered within the Department of Social Work, was designed to enhance UNCG's historic commitment to the well-being of special populations. The CNNC grew out of a "Task Force on Outreach to New North Carolinians" created by UNCG Chancellor Patricia Sullivan in September of 1997, in response to the major influx of immigrants who were settling in North Carolina. Beginning in the early 1990s, large numbers of Hispanic/Latinos began settling in North Carolina to work in factories, construction, and agribusiness, joining Latino migrant workers who were already here as seasonal agricultural workers plus immigrants and refugees from other parts of the world who had started coming in larger numbers in the eighties. The task force determined that these newest North Carolinians must have greater access to education, medical and social services, and job training. The Center for New North Carolinians builds bridges among immigrant populations and existing communities throughout the state of North Carolina by providing outreach and educational programming, research and valuation, information services, technical support, and immigrant and refugee leadership development. CNNC collaborates with government and social organizations to enhance responsiveness to immigrant needs, and to provide training and workshops for immigrants and refugees as well as those who work with them.

Family Research Center (HDFS)

Phone: (336)(336)334-3601; Director: Marion O'Brien, PhD

The UNCG Family Research Center (FRC) was founded to contribute to the understanding of positive family relationships and the role of families in children's development. Initially supported by a grant from the William T. Grant foundation in 1977, the Family Research Center is now an integral part of the Department of Human Development and Family Studies in the School of Human Environmental Sciences at UNCG. The goals of the Family Research Center are to foster collaborative research on families at UNCG and to create a supportive atmosphere for interdisciplinary programs of research on families. The FRC is housed in a 9-room campus facility renovated in 2001 for use in observational and interview research with children and families. The facility provides office space for administrative staff, faculty, graduate students, and research teams. Researchers affiliated with the FRC are involved in research on early social-emotional and cognitive development; childcare, and families of children with special needs.

Center for Research Excellence in Bioactive Food Components (NTR)

Phone: (336)334-5313 (NTR); Interim Director: Debbie Kipp, PhD

The UNCG Center for Research Excellence in Bioactive Food Components within the Department of Nutrition, will focus on innovative research programs in areas related to the role of bioactive components of foods, such as fruits and vegetables, in preventing and treating obesity and chronic diseases. The Center will be located in The North Carolina Research Campus being constructed on the site of the former Pillowtex Corporation headquarters in Kannapolis. Functioning as a satellite center of the UNCG Department of Nutrition, the Center will utilize lab and office space on the fourth floor of the UNC Nutrition Research Building. UNCG is one of the universities involved with the research campus within the biotech center; others include UNC Chapel Hill, UNC Charlotte, UNC Central, NC A&T State University, NC State University, Duke University and the NC Community College System.

Child Care Education Program (CCEP)

Phone: (336)334-5810; Director: Sharon Mims, MEd

The Child Care Education Program (CCEP) is the lab school for the Department of Human Development and Family Studies. The Program is accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and functions as a laboratory for teacher training and applied development research, and specializes in inclusion practices. The program is available to children of faculty, staff, and community from ages three months to five years.

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