High school counselors serve key roles in the college planning process – they often advise students on degree options, financial aid, and career pathways. But some students may not be getting the help they need. Students who are DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program) recipients, are undocumented, or live… Continue reading…
It has been a banner summer, fifty years in the making, for student-support grants on the UNCG campus. In early August, the U.S. Department of Education renewed UNCG’s TRiO Student Support Services Program grant, awarding $1.4 million over five years. 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of this program on our… Continue reading…
For the first time in nearly 10 years, the UNCG website is being redesigned. Launched in spring 2020, the Next Generation Website Project’s goal is to develop a new University website that communicates a clear and compelling story of student success and faculty accomplishments, fuels enrollment growth and alumni participation,… Continue reading…
Dr. Tyreasa Washington studies African American children and families, particularly those involved in kinship care – when a member of a family cares for children that are not their own but may be grandchildren, godchildren, or otherwise related. There is a long history of informal kinship care in African American… Continue reading…
The history of race relations in the U.S. South often tends to be viewed from a strict Black-White binary. Most of us learn that from the colonial period through the Civil War, Black people were slaves, and White people were free. But what about multiracial people? Were they free or… Continue reading…
Campus Weekly is a weekly email newsletter that includes items specifically of interest to faculty and staff, many of which are posted on UNCG News. Susan Kirby-Smith and Matt Bryant are the editors, succeeding Mike Harris who has passed the baton since taking on his new role as director of… Continue reading…
The new academic year is almost here, and Megan Cayton and Murphie Chappell, newly-elected Staff Senate co-chairs, are ready for the fall. Staff Senate is both a resource for the staff community at UNCG and a liaison to campus administration. Cayton and Chappell are committed to both of these facets… Continue reading…
Dr. Randy Penfield, dean of the UNC Greensboro School of Education, has been appointed to the North Carolina Professional Educator Preparation and Standards Commission (PEPSC). The Commission was created in 2017, and acts as an advising body to the North Carolina State Board of Education (SBE). Its purpose is to… Continue reading…
As the first day of classes, August 18, approaches, updates are available concerning Community Standards, University Libraries, Parking, the EUC and Bookstore, Spartan Cards, Dining Services, and Housing. Refer to the Return to Campus Guidebook and Workplace Safety During COVID-19 Manual for additional guidance, and visit the COVID-19 website for… Continue reading…
The shift to online in March didn’t just affect classroom instruction or student activities. Faculty research – much of which involves community partners, human subjects, labwork, focus groups, and interviews – also shifted in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some researchers were able to continue their work online, while… Continue reading…
