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Spartan Summer Excursions: Date Night (or Day) Ideas
Use this guide to plan the perfect date for your special someone before summer’s over.
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Spartan Summer Excursions: Date Night (or Day) Ideas
Use this guide to plan the perfect date for your special someone before summer’s over.
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5 Perks of a UNCG Degree That Maximize Lifelong Earnings
UNCG’s excellence, value, and beloved student experience coupled with the benefits of a school of its size and diversity make it a practical decision for prospects hoping to maximize their profitability.
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UNCG School of Nursing Receives $2.4 Million Award
The state is allocating more than $2.4 million to increase nursing degree completions.
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Spartans serving the Community
January 26, 2023
From volunteering at food banks or cleaning the streets of our city, each year, thousands of Spartans dedicated more than 600,000 hours of community service to the Greater Greensboro Community in 2022.
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A $10,000 idea: JSNN student wins NASA prize
January 26, 2023
Nanoscience PhD candidate Kyle Williamson is turning dust into cash with a proposal to NASA. Now, the space agency is giving him $10,000 to learn more.
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Creating ‘Change Agents’ through high-quality mentorship
January 25, 2023
Dr. Aileen Reid, assistant professor in the Educational Research Methodology Department, has mentored 28 students and won a Thomas Undergraduate Research Mentor Award applying her values-engaged educative training model.
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alumna to be inducted into sports hall of fame
January 24, 2023
UNCG alumna Ellen Griffin ’40 will be inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame. Griffin was a pioneer in women’s golf and helped form the Women’s Professional Golf Association, the forerunner of the LPGA.
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UNCG Launches curriculum-focused Esports League
January 24, 2023
On Monday, January 23, UNCG announced the launch of the UNCG Scholastic Esports Alliance (UNCG SEA) — the nation’s first university-led, curriculum-focused statewide high school esports league.
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For the Love of the Lab
January 23, 2023
UNCG alumna Sajedeh Pourianejad, PhD ’21 is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard’s Center for Integrated Quantum Materials.
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Making music with the Indigo Girls
January 20, 2023
Before their University Concert and Lecture Series performance, the Indigo Girls talked making music and collaboration with students.
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A Journey of 0.4 Miles in Twenty Years
January 19, 2023
It took Kevin Lawson 20 years to go 0.4 miles from the Music Building as a freshmen piano performance major to Taylor Theatre as the first MFA with a concentration in Musical Theatre Directing.