Staff Senate Endowed Scholarship Applications Open
The scholarship from Staff Senate supports staff members or one of their family members wishing to further their education. Applications can be made through March 25.
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Health Expo Tour Makes a Stop at UNCG
The Health Professions Graduate School Fair is part of the North Carolina Health Career Expo Tour. It will present 75 programs from various health fields on March 25. Students of all majors are welcome to come by and learn more about potential educational and career pathways for after they graduate.
CYFCP Celebrates 30 Years With Night with the Gargoyles
This year, the Center for Youth, Families, and Community Partnerships commemorates three decades as a statewide force for community wellbeing. Among its celebrations, it invites everyone to join it at the Greensboro Gargoyles hockey game on April 11. Part of the ticket proceeds will go back into CYFCP’s community work.
Nursing Professor’s Legacy Funds Scholarship
Mary Jo Helfers, a clinical nurse professor who passed away in 2023, continues to guide the paths of UNCG School of Nursing students. She first established the Mary Jo Helfers Endowed Scholarship in 2013 to honor her great aunt, and an estate gift is now increasing the endowment.
Brand Assets Move to Canto for Easy Access
University Communications moved wallpapers, emblems, logos, digital swag, fonts, and more into Canto, the University’s official digital asset management system which is available to all faculty and staff.
A Model UN for kids, entirely in Spanish, comes to the G
This is the fourth year UNCG has hosted this Model UN, in partnership with Participate Learning, an educational nonprofit that prepares students for career success through cultural exchange, dual language programs, and global learning.
Author Casey McQuiston Holding a Panel and Book Signing
Acclaimed author Casey McQuiston will visit UNCG on April 9 for an event co-sponsored by University Libraries and the Greensboro Bound Book Festival. Their moderated discussion, Q&A, and book signing are free and open to the public, but RSVPs are required. McQuiston’s works include Red, White, and Royal Blue, One Last Stop, I Kissed Shara Wheeler, and The Pairing.
Catering End-of-Semester Events
Catering’s schedule is filling quickly. Spartan Dining encourages all departments and offices planning special events in April and for Commencement to submit orders as soon as possible.
Opening Doors in Psychology
Dr. Susan Keane, who came to UNCG in 1983, has advanced research that can help families identify behavioral problems early and treat them. Her Candace Bernard and Robert Glickman Distinguished Professorship also helps her students get ahead in their own cutting-edge research.
SOAR Signing Up Volunteers to Support Summer Orientation
UNCG employees can welcome new students and their families to campus this summer and help them get to know their University before classes begin. All interested should sign up by May 4.