UNCG faculty and staff can get a spring refresh this coming month thanks to incubators, jams, and other events provided by their colleagues for fun or professional development. There’s also a wide array of musical performances featuring Latin and Mongolian music, and the return of faculty member Steve Haines who is showing his gratitude for his health by dedicating a concert to his supporters.
WEDOIT Accessibility Incubator
March 2, 11 a.m.–1 p.m.
School of Education Building, Room 302
This hands-on event is designed to help instructors enhance their course materials for better accessibility. Bring syllabi, assignments, or any course content, and the SOE specialists will provide expert guidance and technical support, whether that be small tweaks or big changes.
Gale Archival Materials
March 3, 11 a.m.–Noon
Online
In 2025, the University Libraries increased its digital holdings with new Gale archival materials, providing access to more historical and contemporary voices with perspectives on social, political, and cultural events across time. This webinar led by Jenny Dale and Joshua Olsen discusses how these additions from Archives of Sexuality & Gender, British Library Newspapers, Indigenous Peoples of North America, and more complement the existing online library resources.
Three College Observatory Public Night
March 7, 7:30–9:30 p.m.
5106 Thompson Mill Road, Graham, NC 27253
Hosted by faculty volunteers from Physics & Astronomy, the public can take a closer look at objects through the observatory’s 32-inch telescope, including star clusters, nebulae, galaxies, double stars, planets, and the moon if available.
Reservations are required and all interested may sign up on the waiting list for upcoming public nights. On most nights prior to events, a decision will be made as to cloud conditions, sky suitability, and road conditions on the afternoon of the event. Participants are encouraged to check Is My TCO Public Night Cancelled before they arrive.
School of Education ATS Drop-in
March 13, 11 a.m.–Noon
Online
All SOE instructors — including faculty, lecturers, adjuncts, and teaching assistants, etc. — are invited to drop-in and receive the “just in time” assistance needed for their courses. They can receive assistance on such things as instructional design, course revisions & updates, as well as receive suggestions and recommendations for selecting and implementing learning tools like Canvas, Teams, and Microsoft Office 365. Register in advance.
New AI-powered Tools for Scholarly Literature Discovery
March 24, Noon–1 p.m.
Online
Learn about some of the AI-augmented databases for research discovery, citation analysis, and literature reviews. University Libraries’ Steve Cramer will go over tools including Scite, Research Rabbit, Consensus, Undermind, and Elicit, which allow researchers to search by semantics (concepts), map scholarly networks, provide context for citations, and evaluate citation patterns.
Governance Indexes
March 25, Noon–1 p.m.
Online
Governance indexes are composite measures that assess how effectively institutions govern, based on political, legal, and administrative indicators, but they are also complicated and sometimes controversial. This University Libraries session led by Rachel Olsen will go over different governance indexes and other index types and discuss how to evaluate and cite these tools. The free webinar is open to all regardless of their level of familiarity with these sources.
LLC Hands-on Culture Jam
March 30, Noon–3 p.m.
EUC, Cone Ballroom
Experience a wide-array of hands-on mini workshops presented by Language, Literatures, and Culture faculty, staff, students, and community members. Refreshments will be provided.
Music Performances
Her Piano, Her Voice: South American Women Composers
March 1, 7:30–9 p.m.
Tew Recital Hall
Enjoy the performance by Brazilian pianist, Dr. Alessandra Feris, assistant professor of piano and a scholar with a distinguished career as a performer, pedagogue, and advocate for Latin-American piano music.
Symphonic Band
March 3, 7:30–9 p.m.
UNCG Auditorium
Conductor Jonathan Caldwell is joined by Professor of Horn Abigail Peck among others with a musical selection featuring the works of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Catherine Likhuta, and Théo Schmitt.
Sympthony Orchestra
March 4, 7:30–9 p.m.
UNCG Auditorium
Dr. Jungho Kim, associate professor of conducting, welcomes acclaimed Mongolian artists for a collaborative presentation of Mongolian works: “Horqin Rhapsody” and the “Horsehead Fiddle Concerto.”
Steve Haines and Friends
March 21, 7:30–9 p.m.
School of Music Organ Hall
Steve Haines, interim director of the Miles Davis Jazz Studies program, gratefully returns to playing and teaching after the repair of a heart aneurysm in August. This concert is dedicated to the doctors at the Cleveland Clinic and to his incredibly supportive family. His fellow faculty, Janinah Burnett and Dr. Thomas Heflin, will provide vocals and trumpet respectively.
Tickets are free, but a reservation is requested.
Lorena Guillén Tango Ensemble: Música para Todos
March 22, 3:30–5 p.m.
Tew Recital Hall
The award-winning band features music faculty, Drs. Lorena Guillén, Alejandro Rutty, Guy Capuzzo, and Adam Ricci. They’ll perform a soul-filled selection based based on Argentine tango, jazz, classical and contemporary music, and other world and popular music styles.
Conferences hosted at UNCG
Harriet Elliott Lecture Series
March 24-25
EUC Auditorium and Kirkland Room
Hosted by Communication Studies
Brock’s Critical Conversations Conference (formerly the ELCCCC)
March 21
School of Education Building, Room 366
Hosted by Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations
