The first
state-supported school for the higher education of women in North
Carolina was chartered in 1891 as the State Normal and Industrial
School. It opened on October 5, 1892 to 223 students, a 15-member
faculty, and classes in three departments: business, domestic science,
and teaching. Charles Duncan McIver, who with other pioneers in public
education crusaded for higher education for women, was the first president
of the institution, serving from 1892 until his death in 1906.
In
1896 State Normal's name was changed to the State Normal and Industrial
College.
In
1919, the school was renamed North Carolina College for Women, as
it continued to educate women in the liberal arts with particular
emphasis in the fields of teaching, home economics, music, and physical
education.
The
first graduate degree, the Master of Arts, was awarded in 1922.
The
General Assembly of 1931 combined the North Carolina College for Women,
The University of North Carolina (at Chapel Hill) and the North Carolina
State College of Agriculture and Engineering (at Raleigh) into a Consolidated
University. The campus at Greensboro thus became The Woman's College
of the University of North Carolina.
"WC"
became coeducational in 1963 when laws were amended to authorize admission
of both men and women at all levels of instruction on all University
campuses. At that time, the Greensboro campus was again renamed as
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The first doctoral
degree was awarded in 1963.
In
October 1971 the General Assembly adopted legislation which combined
all 16 of the state-supported institutions of higher education into
a single University of North Carolina, governed by a board of governors
and administered by a president. Each constituent institution has
a separate board of trustees and is administered by a chancellor.
Patricia
A. Sullivan became the ninth chancellor and the first woman chancellor
of the University.
UNCG's
Fall 2001 enrollment was 13,343 22% of whom were graduate students.
There are 753 budgeted FTE faculty positions. UNCG offers over 100
undergraduate, 59 master's, and 14 doctoral programs. The campus on
Spring Garden Street, its original location, has grown to 200 acres
and 76 buildings.
