University of North Carolina at Greensboro
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The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG), also known as UNC Greensboro, is a public
university
in Greensboro
, North Carolina
, United States
and is a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina system
. The university offers more than 100 undergraduate, 61 master's and 26 doctoral programs. The university's academic schools and programs include Arts & Sciences, Business & Economics, Education, Health & Human Performance, Human Environmental Sciences, Nanoscience & Nanoengineering, Music, Theatre & Dance, Nursing, Continual Learning, Graduate School, Ashby Residential College and Lloyd International Honors College.
The university holds two classifications from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, as a “research university with high research activity” and for “community engagement” in curriculum, outreach and partnerships.
UNCG is distinguished by its five leadership areas – business, cultural leadership, education, public policy and social change, and science. Additionally, the university is home to a bevy of research institutes and centers including the Gateway University Research Park, Center for Applied Research, Center for Creative Writing in the Arts, Center for Drug Discovery, Institute for Community and Economic Engagement, Center for Biotechnology, Genomics & Health Research, Music Research Institute and the Southeastern Regional Vision for Education (SERVE).
Credit for the founding of UNCG goes mainly to Charles Duncan McIver, a crusader for the cause of women's education. The school was established as a women's college
by legislative enactment on February 18, 1891 as the State Normal and Industrial School and opened October 5, 1892. The school provided instruction in business, domestic science, and teaching with a student body of 223 and a faculty of 15 in its first year. R. S. Pullen and R. T. Gray gave the original 10 acres (40,468.6 m²) site in Greensboro, N.C. where the first building was erected with state funds totaling $30,000.
The school has seen many names over the years, changing from the "State Normal and Industrial School" to the State Normal and Industrial College in 1896, and again in 1919 to North Carolina College for Women. In 1932, it changed to the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, when it became one of the three charter institutions of the Consolidated University of North Carolina, and changed again to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro when men were first admitted to the school in 1963. It is remembered fondly by many graduates of the Woman's College simply as "the W.C."
Charles D. McIver served the institution as its first chief executive officer with the title of President. This position has also seen various names, with the administrator being known as the Dean of Administration after 1934 and Chancellor from 1945 to present.
According to the 2012 US News & Report, UNCG is classified as a Tier 1 University with an overall National University rank of #108 among public colleges and universities in the United States.
The Princeton Review
ranked UNCG #2 in its list of "Best Values" in public universities in the nation. It also places UNCG in the "Best in the Southeast" category and ranks UNCG among the nation's top colleges in "The Best 373 Colleges."
UNCG is recognized in Forbes 2010 America's Best Colleges, a student-perspective ranking
Kiplinger's ranks UNCG as one of the 100 best values among public, 4-year schools in the United States. Six other North Carolina institutions made the list—Appalachian State, East Carolina, NC State, UNC-Asheville, UNC-Chapel Hill, and UNC-Wilmington.
The UNCG School of Nursing has received one of the top national honors by the National League of Nursing, which has listed the school as a Center of Excellence in Nursing Education.
UNCG's Counselor Education program is ranked by US News and World Report-The Department of Counseling and Educational Development as fourth (nationally) among counseling programs in the magazine’s 2010. The program – the only specialty education program in the state to be ranked – has been consistently been ranked in the top five.
The School of Education is 56th in the country for 2010. In previous years, UNCG has been ranked in the top 50.
UNCG was named as having the best public university chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in the country for the year 2006. It is also the home institution of NC Poet Laureate emeritus Fred Chappell.
The University's endowment is ranked third among North Carolina's public institutions of higher learning (behind UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State University) and 275th nationally.
UNCG has an architecturally diverse campus with distinctively unique landmarks. Historic structures include the Foust Building (1891), Spencer Hall (1904, 1907), the Quad (1919–1923), the Chancellor's Residence (1923), Aycock Auditorium (1927), and Alumni House (1937). Other features include a statue of Minerva, the goddess of wisdom, located to the east of Elliott University Center. Minerva has been a part of campus from the first diploma bearing her likeness in 1894 to the statue erected near the center in 2003. Minerva also inspired the university's new graphic identity program, which was launched in 2004.
Other landmarks include "Charlie," a statue of the University's founder Charles Duncan McIver
outside Jackson Library. The white tower stacks of the Jackson Library and the Spartan water tower are recognizable structures in the Greensboro community, and the campus is also home to "the Rawk" and the clock tower—two campus landmarks—and school traditions (See Traditions below). A new bell tower at the corner of College Ave. and Spring Garden St. was completed in 2005.
The Fountain is another landmark on UNCG's campus, and is a common meeting place for student groups. Visible from parts of the quad all the way to the Elliot University Center and from above in the Jackson Library and "the Caf," the large steps and platform around the fountain are frequently home to demonstrations, performances, and fraternity/sorority functions.
The campus is in close proximity (within 1.5 hours drive) to many other universities — North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
, Duke
, Elon
, High Point University
, NC State, UNC-Chapel Hill
, UNC Charlotte, Wake Forest
, and Winston-Salem State University
.
The intercollegiate athletics program at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro reaches as far back as the late 1940s during the days of the WCUNC, with students participating in national golf tournaments in 1948 and the school hosting the national tournaments for women's golf (1954) and tennis (1965). During the 1980s, all Spartan teams competed in Division III (non-scholarship) and then Division II (scholarship) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association
, and all teams have competed in Division 1 since Fall 1991. Between 1982-1987 the Men's Soccer team has won the NCAA Division III national championship title every year except for 1984.
The 18 athletic teams currently at UNCG include:
Baseball, Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country, Men's Golf, Women's Golf, Men's Soccer, Women's Soccer, Softball, Men's Indoor Track, Women's Indoor Track, Men's Tennis, Women's Tennis, Men's Track, Women's Track, Women's Volleyball, and Wrestling.
In March 2011, UNCG announced the school was dropping wrestling.
support and acceptance group.) , The Science Fiction Fantasy Federation, and various performing arts, religious and service programs. Student media groups also produce UNCG's newspaper The Carolinian, CORADDI Fine Arts Magazine, and WUAG
103.1 Campus Radio Station. The campus also includes numerous political organizations for students, including the College Republicans, College Democrats, College Libertarians and the International Socialist Organization and other activist groups including STAND, an organization focused on the situation in the Darfur region of Sudan.
Club Sports: Lacrosse (Men's), Equestrian, Fencing, Ice Hockey, Rugby (Men's and Women's), Soccer (Men's and Women's), Swimming, Ultimate Frisbee
(Men's and Women's), Quidditch
, Volleyball, Tennis.
The following Greek organizations are present at UNCG:
Interfraternity Conference:
National Panhellenic Conference:
National Pan-Hellenic Council Sororities:
National Pan-Hellenic Council Fraternities:
Multicultural Greek Council:
National Interfraternity Music Council
Professional Business Fraternities:
in 1973 and painted nearly every day by students, who use it as a giant message board. Unofficial rules govern the use of the Rawk, and students know not to use foul language and that messages must be left for at least 24 hours before being painted over. Students know when they can begin to paint over the previous message on The Rawk by the two smaller rocks in front of it; one for the date, and one for the time at which the message was painted. The Rawk was originally placed where the Fountain is today, on the hill in front of the Dining Hall.
The spelling of 'The Rawk' came about as a means to express the more iconic status of it. It is a part of UNCG's "Rawkin' Welcome Week," which they host a venue of activities to welcome the incoming freshman at the university.
Students are also told not to depend on the time shown on any of the clock's faces. All four faces tend to show slightly different times.
A new clock and bell tower, the Nicholas A. Vacc Bell Tower, was constructed in 2005 on the site of the old University Bell, at the corner of College Avenue and Spring Garden Street. The bells ring on the hour and on every quarter of the hour in a sequence made famous by the Big Ben
chimes.
Yet another tradition is to put a wreath of daisies at the foot of the statue of Charles McIver at UNCG and on the grounds of the North Carolina state capitol on Founder's Day. This is done by the Alumni of the University.
In addition, planning for a more comprehensive “Center for Sustainability” has been approved and is now underway. Although UNCG has no LEED-certified buildings, two members of the Facilities Design & Construction team are now LEED accredited and will be able to help steer future projects in a more sustainable direction. Within the university’s dining system, “Nature's Healthy Corner,” a small area of the cafeteria, offers some locally grown and organic options, and fryer oil is recycled to create biodiesel. On the College Sustainability Report Card 2009, UNCG received an overall grade of “C” from the publisher, the Sustainable Endowments Institute.
system has five branches on campus. In addition to the main Walter Clinton Jackson Library, the system contains the Teaching and Learning Center (which houses materials on film and video), the Music Library, the Chemistry/Biochemistry Library, the Teaching Resource Center in the School of Education and the Multicultural Resource Center (located in the Elliot University Center). The University Archives and Manuscripts, Special Collections and Rare Books, and Digital Projects Office are also considered part of the Jackson Library system.
, a prominent figure in North Carolina
business and philanthropy. It is accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, and is in the top 10% of schools in the nation that have earned this accreditation for business and economics. The school is organized into four different departments; Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, and Information Systems and Operations Management. A new degree in Marketing was added in the Fall of 2006. The entrepreneurship concentration became a full major in January 2010.
The Bryan School offers degrees at different levels. They include:
Undergraduate:
Graduate:
Certificates:
The Bryan School has 75 full-time faculty as well as 2,000 undergraduates and 450 graduate students. There are also more than 18,000 alumni.
Undergraduate Programs
Department of Interior Architecture
(With concentrations in Birth through Kindergarten Teacher Licensure, Child and Adolescent Development in the Family, Early Care and Education, and Family Studies.)
http://www.uncg.edu/reg/Catalog/current/HDF/major.html
Music has been a central discipline at UNCG since the University's founding. The school was the first in the South to offer an undergraduate music education degree (1912). The North Carolina High School Music Contest Festival – the precursor of today's influential North Carolina Music Educators Association
– arose on campus during the 1920s.
The UNCG School of Music has been fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music since 1938. The school offers the only comprehensive music program from undergraduate through doctoral study in performance and music education in North Carolina.
Degree Programs offered include:
Student Organizations include:
The average passage rate for the NCLEX is over 90% for prelicensure graduates and all of the graduates from the nurse anesthesia program are nationally certified. The Adult and Gerontological Nurse Practitioner program leads to eligibility for national certification.
Students have the opportunity for clinical experiences in over 400 agencies throughout the state of North Carolina. The School supports four nursing clinics for the elderly as educational sites for students. All students are advised by nursing faculty.
The College offers three Honors academic programs that allows students to enhance their general-education studies (General-Education Honors Program), work in their major (Disciplinary Honors Program), or their entire undergraduate education while at UNCG (Full University Honors Program). All Honors students take special Honors courses that are generally restricted to no more than 20–25 students and often have an interdisciplinary focus. For those who wish to complete General-Education Honors or Full University Honors, an international experience and a second language are required.
There are also a variety of independent study and research opportunities that give Honors students the chance to design courses that fit their special needs and interests and to work one-on-one with faculty. Finally, Lloyd International Honors College offers a variety of extracurricular opportunities including weekly coffees where students and faculty discuss issues of the day, student symposia, debates, special lectures and performances, enhanced study abroad opportunities, and special residence hall options.
Some of the activities coordinated by The Graduate School Staff:
, Caroline Gordon
,
John Crowe Ransom
, Hiram Haydn, Peter Taylor
, Robie Macauley
and Randall Jarrell
. They invited other distinguished writers to campus to read from their work and to meet with students; these writers included Robert Lowell
, Robert Frost
, Flannery O’Connor, Robert Penn Warren
, Eudora Welty
, and Saul Bellow
. In 1965, under the leadership of Robert Watson, creative writing offerings were formalized. Since that time, enrollment has grown, but the faculty has intentionally kept the program small, enabling students to have individual conferences with faculty. Notable faculty members have included Fred Chappell
, H.T. Kirby-Smith, Michael Parker
, Craig Nova
, Stuart Dischell
, Jennifer Grotz
and David Roderick
. Notable graduates include Claudia Emerson
, Steve Almond
, Keith Lee Morris
, Lee Hadaway and Rodney Jones
.
provides a social and academic community within the context of the larger university. There is no specific curriculum. The college is open to resident and non-resident undergraduate and graduate students. Strong College fellows are faculty members who take an active role in the development of Strong College's student members.
, established in 1970, is a community of freshman and sophomore students, faculty and staff who live or work in Mary Foust Hall. Also known as RC (or ARC), the college offers small classes, close student and faculty interaction and a rich community living experience.
In addition to freshmen and sophomores, those who have graduated from the program and are rising juniors or seniors may apply to be Mary Foust upperclassmen. Typically 8–12 or so juniors and seniors are selected each year to continue living in Mary Foust as mentors. Each upperclassman is required to complete an "upperclassman project." These projects are typically activities that support community interaction within Mary Foust.
Many Mary Foust alumni continue to support and participate in Ashby Residential College. Many of the staff are alumni.
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university
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in Greensboro
Greensboro, North Carolina
Greensboro is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the third-largest city by population in North Carolina and the largest city in Guilford County and the surrounding Piedmont Triad metropolitan region. According to the 2010 U.S...
, North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
, United States
United States
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and is a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina system
University of North Carolina
Chartered in 1789, the University of North Carolina was one of the first public universities in the United States and the only one to graduate students in the eighteenth century...
. The university offers more than 100 undergraduate, 61 master's and 26 doctoral programs. The university's academic schools and programs include Arts & Sciences, Business & Economics, Education, Health & Human Performance, Human Environmental Sciences, Nanoscience & Nanoengineering, Music, Theatre & Dance, Nursing, Continual Learning, Graduate School, Ashby Residential College and Lloyd International Honors College.
The university holds two classifications from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, as a “research university with high research activity” and for “community engagement” in curriculum, outreach and partnerships.
UNCG is distinguished by its five leadership areas – business, cultural leadership, education, public policy and social change, and science. Additionally, the university is home to a bevy of research institutes and centers including the Gateway University Research Park, Center for Applied Research, Center for Creative Writing in the Arts, Center for Drug Discovery, Institute for Community and Economic Engagement, Center for Biotechnology, Genomics & Health Research, Music Research Institute and the Southeastern Regional Vision for Education (SERVE).
History
Women's colleges in the United States
Women's colleges in the United States are single-sex U.S. institutions of higher education that exclude or limit males from admission. They are often liberal arts colleges...
by legislative enactment on February 18, 1891 as the State Normal and Industrial School and opened October 5, 1892. The school provided instruction in business, domestic science, and teaching with a student body of 223 and a faculty of 15 in its first year. R. S. Pullen and R. T. Gray gave the original 10 acres (40,468.6 m²) site in Greensboro, N.C. where the first building was erected with state funds totaling $30,000.
The school has seen many names over the years, changing from the "State Normal and Industrial School" to the State Normal and Industrial College in 1896, and again in 1919 to North Carolina College for Women. In 1932, it changed to the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, when it became one of the three charter institutions of the Consolidated University of North Carolina, and changed again to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro when men were first admitted to the school in 1963. It is remembered fondly by many graduates of the Woman's College simply as "the W.C."
Charles D. McIver served the institution as its first chief executive officer with the title of President. This position has also seen various names, with the administrator being known as the Dean of Administration after 1934 and Chancellor from 1945 to present.
Recognition
UNCG is consistently ranked among the best academic institutions in terms of value, academics, and student performance.According to the 2012 US News & Report, UNCG is classified as a Tier 1 University with an overall National University rank of #108 among public colleges and universities in the United States.
The Princeton Review
The Princeton Review
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ranked UNCG #2 in its list of "Best Values" in public universities in the nation. It also places UNCG in the "Best in the Southeast" category and ranks UNCG among the nation's top colleges in "The Best 373 Colleges."
UNCG is recognized in Forbes 2010 America's Best Colleges, a student-perspective ranking
Kiplinger's ranks UNCG as one of the 100 best values among public, 4-year schools in the United States. Six other North Carolina institutions made the list—Appalachian State, East Carolina, NC State, UNC-Asheville, UNC-Chapel Hill, and UNC-Wilmington.
The UNCG School of Nursing has received one of the top national honors by the National League of Nursing, which has listed the school as a Center of Excellence in Nursing Education.
UNCG's Counselor Education program is ranked by US News and World Report-The Department of Counseling and Educational Development as fourth (nationally) among counseling programs in the magazine’s 2010. The program – the only specialty education program in the state to be ranked – has been consistently been ranked in the top five.
The School of Education is 56th in the country for 2010. In previous years, UNCG has been ranked in the top 50.
UNCG was named as having the best public university chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in the country for the year 2006. It is also the home institution of NC Poet Laureate emeritus Fred Chappell.
The University's endowment is ranked third among North Carolina's public institutions of higher learning (behind UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State University) and 275th nationally.
Campus
Other landmarks include "Charlie," a statue of the University's founder Charles Duncan McIver
Charles Duncan McIver
Charles Duncan McIver is known as the founder and first president of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro....
outside Jackson Library. The white tower stacks of the Jackson Library and the Spartan water tower are recognizable structures in the Greensboro community, and the campus is also home to "the Rawk" and the clock tower—two campus landmarks—and school traditions (See Traditions below). A new bell tower at the corner of College Ave. and Spring Garden St. was completed in 2005.
The Fountain is another landmark on UNCG's campus, and is a common meeting place for student groups. Visible from parts of the quad all the way to the Elliot University Center and from above in the Jackson Library and "the Caf," the large steps and platform around the fountain are frequently home to demonstrations, performances, and fraternity/sorority functions.
The campus is in close proximity (within 1.5 hours drive) to many other universities — North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is a land-grant university located in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. It is the largest publicly funded historically black college in the state of North Carolina.NC A&T is a constituent institution of the University of North...
, Duke
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
, Elon
Elon University
Elon University is a private liberal arts university in Elon, North Carolina, United States. Formerly known as Elon College, it became Elon University on June 1, 2001. The campus is a botanical garden and features oak trees, brick sidewalks, fountains, and lakes...
, High Point University
High Point University
High Point University is a private liberal arts university in High Point, North Carolina, USA, affiliated with the United Methodist Church.- Beginnings :...
, NC State, UNC-Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States...
, UNC Charlotte, Wake Forest
Wake Forest University
Wake Forest University is a private, coeducational university in the U.S. state of North Carolina, founded in 1834. The university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina, the state capital. The Reynolda Campus, the university's main campus, is...
, and Winston-Salem State University
Winston-Salem State University
Winston-Salem State University , a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina, is a historically black public research university located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. It is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund.Winston-Salem State has been...
.
Students
Of the students enrolled at the school, 32 percent are male and 68 percent female. Students come from 46 states and 90 countries. Around 25 percent of undergraduates are minorities, and 20 percent are African-American.Student demographics
- Faculty: 891 (Fall 2005)
- Student-faculty ratio: 17:1
- Average class size: 27 students
- Classes with 20 or fewer students: 30%
- Average SAT score: 1051
- Campus size: 210 acre (0.8498406 km²)
- Male-female ratio: 1:2
- African-American: 25% undergraduate, 13% graduate
- Asian-American: 3.3% undergraduate, 5.3% graduate
- White: 62% undergraduate, 75.7% graduate
- Hispanic: 2.2% undergraduate, 1.6% graduate
- Native American: .39% undergraduate, .4% graduate
Sports, clubs, and traditions
UNCG is home to a large number of diverse and active sports and student organizations from Greek life to a radio station, and some traditions unique to the school.Athletics
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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, and all teams have competed in Division 1 since Fall 1991. Between 1982-1987 the Men's Soccer team has won the NCAA Division III national championship title every year except for 1984.
The 18 athletic teams currently at UNCG include:
Baseball, Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country, Men's Golf, Women's Golf, Men's Soccer, Women's Soccer, Softball, Men's Indoor Track, Women's Indoor Track, Men's Tennis, Women's Tennis, Men's Track, Women's Track, Women's Volleyball, and Wrestling.
In March 2011, UNCG announced the school was dropping wrestling.
The Blue Crew
The Blue Crew is a student organization dedicated to cheering on the Spartans at athletic events. The Blue Crew adds excitement to games and makes opposing teams feel incredibly unwelcome with a sea of blue/yellow tie dyed shirts and loud cheers.Clubs
In Fall 2010, the Clubs and Organizations affiliated with UNCG included 36 Honor Societies and 20 Fraternities and Sororities. The University also has an active Student Government Association, founded in 1910, Campus Activities Board (CAB), and several foreign culture groups, a Neo-Black Society, PRIDE! (A LGBTLGBT
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support and acceptance group.) , The Science Fiction Fantasy Federation, and various performing arts, religious and service programs. Student media groups also produce UNCG's newspaper The Carolinian, CORADDI Fine Arts Magazine, and WUAG
WUAG
WUAG is a radio station broadcasting a Variety format. Licensed to Greensboro, North Carolina, United States, the station serves the Piedmont Triad area. The station is currently owned by the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.-History:...
103.1 Campus Radio Station. The campus also includes numerous political organizations for students, including the College Republicans, College Democrats, College Libertarians and the International Socialist Organization and other activist groups including STAND, an organization focused on the situation in the Darfur region of Sudan.
Club Sports: Lacrosse (Men's), Equestrian, Fencing, Ice Hockey, Rugby (Men's and Women's), Soccer (Men's and Women's), Swimming, Ultimate Frisbee
Ultimate (sport)
Ultimate is a sport played with a 175 gram flying disc. The object of the game is to score points by passing the disc to a player in the opposing end zone, similar to an end zone in American football or rugby...
(Men's and Women's), Quidditch
Muggle Quidditch
Muggle Quidditch is a sport based on Quidditch, the fictional sport developed by British author J. K. Rowling in the Harry Potter series of novels. It is popular with fans of the novels, aficionados of fictional sports, and children. The sport was created in Advance, North Carolina.In Muggle...
, Volleyball, Tennis.
Greek life
UNCG is home to 20 Social Fraternities and Sororities that each have their own traditions. Their main event is Greek Week, a weeklong celebration of Greek life and team building games that take place each year in April. Other events include Greek Treats in October and a luminary display in December.The following Greek organizations are present at UNCG:
Interfraternity Conference:
- Kappa Delta RhoKappa Delta RhoKappa Delta Rho is an American college social fraternity, with 77 chapters spread out over the United States, primarily in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions...
- Lambda Chi AlphaLambda Chi AlphaLambda Chi Alpha is one of the largest men's secret general fraternities in North America, having initiated more than 280,000 members and held chapters at more than 300 universities. It is a member of the North-American Interfraternity Conference and was founded by Warren A. Cole, while he was a...
- Pi Kappa AlphaPi Kappa AlphaPi Kappa Alpha is a Greek social fraternity with over 230 chapters and colonies and over 250,000 lifetime initiates in the United States and Canada.-History:...
- Pi Kappa PhiPi Kappa PhiPi Kappa Phi is an American social fraternity. It was founded by Andrew Alexander Kroeg, Jr., Lawrence Harry Mixson, and Simon Fogarty, Jr. on December 10, 1904 at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina...
- Sigma Phi EpsilonSigma Phi EpsilonSigma Phi Epsilon , commonly nicknamed SigEp or SPE, is a social college fraternity for male college students in the United States. It was founded on November 1, 1901, at Richmond College , and its national headquarters remains in Richmond, Virginia. It was founded on three principles: Virtue,...
- Theta Delta ChiTheta Delta ChiTheta Delta Chi is a social fraternity that was founded in 1847 at Union College. While nicknames differ from institution to institution, the most common nicknames for the fraternity are Theta Delt, Thete, TDX, and TDC. Theta Delta Chi brothers refer to their local organization as Charges rather...
National Panhellenic Conference:
- Alpha Chi OmegaAlpha Chi OmegaAlpha Chi Omega is a women's fraternity founded on October 15, 1885. Currently, there are 135 chapters of Alpha Chi Omega at colleges and universities across the United States and more than 200,000 lifetime members...
- Alpha Delta PiAlpha Delta PiAlpha Delta Pi is a fraternity founded on May 15, 1851 at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia. The Executive office for this sorority is located on Ponce de Leon Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia. Alpha Delta Pi is one of the two "Macon Magnolias," a term used to celebrate the bonds it shares with Phi Mu...
- Chi OmegaChi OmegaChi Omega is a women's fraternity and the largest member of the National Panhellenic Conference. Chi Omega has 174 active collegiate chapters and over 230 alumnae chapters. Chi Omega's national headquarters is located in Memphis, Tennessee....
- Sigma Sigma SigmaSigma Sigma SigmaSigma Sigma Sigma , also known as Tri Sigma, is a national American women’s sorority with membership of more than 100,000 members. Sigma Sigma Sigma is a member of the National Panhellenic Conference and hosts chapters on more than 110 college campuses and 89 alumnae chapters in communities all...
National Pan-Hellenic Council Sororities:
- Alpha Kappa AlphaAlpha Kappa AlphaAlpha Kappa Alpha is the first Greek-lettered sorority established and incorporated by African American college women. The sorority was founded on January 15, 1908, at Howard University in Washington, D.C., by a group of nine students, led by Ethel Hedgeman Lyle...
- Delta Sigma ThetaDelta Sigma ThetaDelta Sigma Theta is a non-profit Greek-lettered sorority of college-educated women who perform public service and place emphasis on the African American community. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority was founded on January 13, 1913 by twenty-two collegiate women at Howard University...
- Sigma Gamma RhoSigma Gamma RhoSigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. was founded on the campus of Butler University on November 12, 1922, by seven school teachers in Indianapolis, Indiana...
- Zeta Phi BetaZeta Phi BetaZeta Phi Beta is an international, historically black Greek-lettered sorority and a member of the National Pan-Hellenic Council.Zeta Phi Beta is organized into 800+ chapters, in eight intercontinental regions including the USA, Africa, Europe, Asia and the Caribbean...
National Pan-Hellenic Council Fraternities:
- Alpha Phi AlphaAlpha Phi AlphaAlpha Phi Alpha is the first Inter-Collegiate Black Greek Letter fraternity. It was founded on December 4, 1906 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Its founders are known as the "Seven Jewels". Alpha Phi Alpha developed a model that was used by the many Black Greek Letter Organizations ...
- Kappa Alpha PsiKappa Alpha PsiKappa Alpha Psi is a collegiate Greek-letter fraternity with a predominantly African American membership. Since the fraternity's founding on January 5, 1911 at Indiana University Bloomington, the fraternity has never limited membership based on color, creed or national origin...
- Phi Beta SigmaPhi Beta SigmaPhi Beta Sigma is a predominantly African-American fraternity which was founded at Howard University in Washington, D.C. on January 9, 1914, by three young African-American male students. The founders A. Langston Taylor, Leonard F. Morse, and Charles I...
- Omega Psi PhiOmega Psi PhiOmega Psi Phi is a fraternity and is the first African-American national fraternal organization to be founded at a historically black college. Omega Psi Phi was founded on November 17, 1911, at Howard University in Washington, D.C.. The founders were three Howard University juniors, Edgar Amos...
Multicultural Greek Council:
- Theta Nu XiTheta Nu XiTheta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority, Inc. is a historically multicultural sorority founded on April 11, 1997, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, by seven women who sought to bridge cultural gaps...
- Chi Upsilon SigmaChi Upsilon SigmaChi Upsilon Sigma — official name is Corazones Unidos Siempre — is a Latina oriented Greek letter intercollegiate sorority. Chi Upsilon Sigma was founded on April 29, 1980, at the New Brunswick Campus of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey...
- Psi Sigma PhiPsi Sigma PhiPsi Sigma Phi Multicultural Fraternity was founded December 12, 1990 at Montclair State University and New Jersey City University. It is the nation's first fraternity founded under the ideal of multicultural membership. The Eighteen Founding Fathers established Psi Sigma Phi as a service oriented...
National Interfraternity Music Council
- Phi Mu Alpha SinfoniaPhi Mu Alpha SinfoniaPhi Mu Alpha Sinfonia is an American collegiate social fraternity for men with a special interest in music...
- Mu Phi EpsilonMu Phi EpsilonMu Phi Epsilon is a co-ed international professional music fraternity and honor society. It boasts over 75,000 members in 128 collegiate chapters and 74 alumni chapters in the US and abroad.-History:...
- Sigma Alpha IotaSigma Alpha IotaSigma Alpha Iota , International Music Fraternity for Women. Formed to "uphold the highest standards of music" and "to further the development of music in America and throughout the world", it continues to provide musical and educational resources to its members and the general public...
Professional Business Fraternities:
- Alpha Kappa PsiAlpha Kappa PsiΑΚΨ is the oldest and largest professional business fraternity. The Alpha Kappa Psi Fraternity was founded on October 5, 1904 at New York University, and was incorporated on May 20, 1905...
- Delta Sigma PiDelta Sigma PiΔΣΠ ' is one of the largest co-ed professional business fraternities. Delta Sigma Pi was founded on November 7, 1907 at the School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance, New York University, New York, New York and is currently headquartered in Oxford, Ohio...
Traditions
Some of the most visible traditions at UNCG take place between the University Dining Hall and the Elliott University Center where "The Rawk" and the clock tower are located.The Rawk
The Rawk is a large boulder donated by members of Alpha Phi OmegaAlpha Phi Omega
Alpha Phi Omega is the largest collegiate fraternity in the United States, with chapters at over 350 campuses, an active membership of approximately 17,000 students, and over 350,000 alumni members...
in 1973 and painted nearly every day by students, who use it as a giant message board. Unofficial rules govern the use of the Rawk, and students know not to use foul language and that messages must be left for at least 24 hours before being painted over. Students know when they can begin to paint over the previous message on The Rawk by the two smaller rocks in front of it; one for the date, and one for the time at which the message was painted. The Rawk was originally placed where the Fountain is today, on the hill in front of the Dining Hall.
The spelling of 'The Rawk' came about as a means to express the more iconic status of it. It is a part of UNCG's "Rawkin' Welcome Week," which they host a venue of activities to welcome the incoming freshman at the university.
Clock Towers
Most students at the University also uphold the tradition of not walking beneath the four-faced clock tower located near the Rawk. It is said that those who walk under the clock will not graduate on time, and some students believe in this almost religiously, avoiding the bricks around the clock tower as well. Only graduates and the occasional unbeliever walk through the middle of the four posts to read the plaque below the clocks.Students are also told not to depend on the time shown on any of the clock's faces. All four faces tend to show slightly different times.
A new clock and bell tower, the Nicholas A. Vacc Bell Tower, was constructed in 2005 on the site of the old University Bell, at the corner of College Avenue and Spring Garden Street. The bells ring on the hour and on every quarter of the hour in a sequence made famous by the Big Ben
Clock Tower, Palace of Westminster
Big Ben is the nickname for the great bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, and is generally extended to refer to the clock or the clock tower as well. It is the largest four-faced chiming clock and the third-tallest free-standing clock tower in the world...
chimes.
Other traditions
It is also a tradition each year to give new students a Spartan pin and a daisy—the school flower of UNCG—after student convocation. The daisy was the inspiration for the original two school colors: gold and white. (Navy blue was added to the color palette in 1987 "to provide better visual contrast to publications, merchandise and athletic uniforms.") Another tradition is the ringing of the University Bell to open the academic year at the start of each Fall Semester.Yet another tradition is to put a wreath of daisies at the foot of the statue of Charles McIver at UNCG and on the grounds of the North Carolina state capitol on Founder's Day. This is done by the Alumni of the University.
Administration
- Charles Duncan McIverCharles Duncan McIverCharles Duncan McIver is known as the founder and first president of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro....
(president, 1891–1906) - Julius Foust (president/dean 1906–1934)
- Walter Clinton Jackson (dean of administration, 1934–1945; chancellor, 1945–1950)
- Edward Kidder Graham (chancellor, 1950–1956)
- William Whatley Pierson (acting chancellor, 1956–1957)
- Gordon Williams Blackwell (chancellor, 1957–1960)
- William Whatley Pierson (acting chancellor, 1960–1961)
- Otis Arnold Singletary (chancellor, 1961–1966)
- James Sharbrough Ferguson (acting chancellor, 1964–1967; chancellor, 1967–1979)
- William Edward Moran (chancellor, 1979–1994)
- Debra W. Stewart (interim chancellor, 1994)
- Patricia Ann Sullivan (chancellor, 1995–2008)
- Linda P. Brady (chancellor, 2008–present)
Sustainability
In fall 2006, the first University Committee on Sustainability was formed at UNC Greensboro and consists of over 40 voluntary members, reflecting a diverse and widespread interest on campus.In addition, planning for a more comprehensive “Center for Sustainability” has been approved and is now underway. Although UNCG has no LEED-certified buildings, two members of the Facilities Design & Construction team are now LEED accredited and will be able to help steer future projects in a more sustainable direction. Within the university’s dining system, “Nature's Healthy Corner,” a small area of the cafeteria, offers some locally grown and organic options, and fryer oil is recycled to create biodiesel. On the College Sustainability Report Card 2009, UNCG received an overall grade of “C” from the publisher, the Sustainable Endowments Institute.
University Libraries
The UNCG University LibrariesUNCG University Libraries
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro University Libraries system has five branches on campus all located in Greensboro, NC. In addition to the main Walter Clinton Jackson Library, the system contains the Teaching and Learning Center , the Music Library, the Chemistry/Biochemistry Library,...
system has five branches on campus. In addition to the main Walter Clinton Jackson Library, the system contains the Teaching and Learning Center (which houses materials on film and video), the Music Library, the Chemistry/Biochemistry Library, the Teaching Resource Center in the School of Education and the Multicultural Resource Center (located in the Elliot University Center). The University Archives and Manuscripts, Special Collections and Rare Books, and Digital Projects Office are also considered part of the Jackson Library system.
Academic Units
The University is organized into the College of Arts and Sciences and six professional schools: Joseph M. Bryan School of Business and Economics, School of Education, School of Health and Human Performance, School of Human Environmental Sciences, School of Music, and School of Nursing. The University offers three doctoral degrees in eighteen areas of study, master's degrees in a wide variety of concentrations including four Master of Fine Arts degrees, and a number of Post-Baccalaureate and Post-Master's Certificates.Bryan School of Business & Economics
The Bryan School of Business and Economics is the largest of UNCG's six professional schools. It was founded in 1969, and is named for Joseph M. BryanJoseph M. Bryan
Joseph McKinley Bryan was an American insurance executive, broadcast pioneer, and philanthropist.Born in Elyria, Ohio, Bryan was the second son of Bart and Caroline Ebert Bryan. After serving overseas in World War I, he returned to New York City to take a job with a cotton firm. In 1923 he became...
, a prominent figure in North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
business and philanthropy. It is accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, and is in the top 10% of schools in the nation that have earned this accreditation for business and economics. The school is organized into four different departments; Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, and Information Systems and Operations Management. A new degree in Marketing was added in the Fall of 2006. The entrepreneurship concentration became a full major in January 2010.
The Bryan School offers degrees at different levels. They include:
Undergraduate:
- Accounting
- Accounting and Information Systems
- Business Administration
- Economics
- Entrepreneurship
- Finance
- Information Systems and Operations Management
- International Business Studies
- Marketing
Graduate:
- Master of Arts in Applied Economics
- MBA
- MBA/Master of Science in Nursing joint degree
- Master of Science in Accounting
- Master of Science in Information Technology Management
- Ph.D. in Economics
- Ph.D. in Information Systems
Certificates:
- Post-baccalaureate Certificate for Studies in Business Administration
- Post-baccalaureate Certificate for Studies in Information Technology
- Post-master’s Certificate in Management
- Post-master’s Certificate in Financial Analysis
- Post-master’s Certificate in International Business
- Post-master’s Certificate in Information Technology
The Bryan School has 75 full-time faculty as well as 2,000 undergraduates and 450 graduate students. There are also more than 18,000 alumni.
College of Arts & Sciences
The College of Arts and Sciences has 7,135 undergraduates enrolled as of 2009 fall semster.School of Education
The School of Education has several graduate programs, one notable one being a Doctorate in Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Educational Studies with a Concentration in Cutural Studies from the Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations Department.School of Health & Human Performance
The School of Health and Human Performance is a growing and popular school of study at UNCG. It is one of two schools in the state to offer a Recreation and Hospitality Management degree.Undergraduate Programs
- Public Health
- Dance
- Exercise and Sport Science
- Hospitality Management
- Leisure Service Management
- Recreation and Parks Management
- Therapeutic Recreation
- Travel and Tourism
- Music Performance/Education
School of Human Environmental Sciences
- Bachelor of Science in Interior Architecture (4+ year degree)
Department of Interior Architecture
- Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Family Studies Major
(With concentrations in Birth through Kindergarten Teacher Licensure, Child and Adolescent Development in the Family, Early Care and Education, and Family Studies.)
http://www.uncg.edu/reg/Catalog/current/HDF/major.html
- Bachelor of Social Work (BSW)
School of Music, Theatre and Dance
The UNCG School of Music, Theatre and Dance is home to over 900 student majors and more than 100 distinguished faculty members. On July 1, 2010, the School of Music was combined administratively with the departments of theater and dance to create the School of Music, Theater, and Dance. The offices for the new combined school remain in the current music building.Music has been a central discipline at UNCG since the University's founding. The school was the first in the South to offer an undergraduate music education degree (1912). The North Carolina High School Music Contest Festival – the precursor of today's influential North Carolina Music Educators Association
North Carolina Music Educators Association
The North Carolina Music Educators Association is the North Carolina state-level affiliate of NAfME: The National Association for Music Education...
– arose on campus during the 1920s.
The UNCG School of Music has been fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music since 1938. The school offers the only comprehensive music program from undergraduate through doctoral study in performance and music education in North Carolina.
Degree Programs offered include:
- Bachelor of Music in Composition, Jazz Studies, Music Education, Vocal or Instrumental Performance
- Bachelor of Arts in Music
- Master of Music in Music Theory, Composition, Music Education, Vocal or Instrumental Performance with specialties in Accompanying, Conducting, Early Keyboard Instruments, Piano Pedagogy, or Vocal Pedagogy
- Doctor of Musical Arts in Accompanying, Conducting, Vocal or Instrumental Performance
- Doctor of Philosophy in Music Education
Student Organizations include:
- Mu Phi EpsilonMu Phi EpsilonMu Phi Epsilon is a co-ed international professional music fraternity and honor society. It boasts over 75,000 members in 128 collegiate chapters and 74 alumni chapters in the US and abroad.-History:...
, Alpha-Xi chapter - Phi Mu Alpha SinfoniaPhi Mu Alpha SinfoniaPhi Mu Alpha Sinfonia is an American collegiate social fraternity for men with a special interest in music...
, Iota Epsilon chapter - Sigma Alpha IotaSigma Alpha IotaSigma Alpha Iota , International Music Fraternity for Women. Formed to "uphold the highest standards of music" and "to further the development of music in America and throughout the world", it continues to provide musical and educational resources to its members and the general public...
, Kappa Gamma chapter - Collegiate Music Educators National ConferenceMENC: The National Association for Music EducationMENC: The National Association for Music Education is an organization of American music educators dedicated to advancing and preserving music education and as part of the core curriculum of schools in the United States...
- American Choral Directors AssociationAmerican Choral Directors AssociationThe American Choral Directors Association , headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, is a non-profit organization with the stated purpose of promoting excellence in the field of choral music...
- American String Teachers AssociationAmerican String Teachers AssociationThe American String Teacher's Association is a professional organization based in the United States for music teachers. It is the largest such national organization in the US for string teachers. It promotes learning to play string instruments in the next generation of American students, and...
- Graduate Music Student Association
- Society of Composers, Incorporated, Student Chapter
School of Nursing
The School of Nursing was established in September 1966 under the leadership of the first Dean, Eloise R. Lewis. The first class of BSN students graduated in 1970. In 1976, the MSN program was initiated. The School began the PhD program Fall 2005. The School continues to offer both undergraduate and graduate programs with over 4,000 alumni. The School also offers an outreach program in Hickory, North Carolina for RN to BSN students and a concentration in education for MSN students.The average passage rate for the NCLEX is over 90% for prelicensure graduates and all of the graduates from the nurse anesthesia program are nationally certified. The Adult and Gerontological Nurse Practitioner program leads to eligibility for national certification.
Students have the opportunity for clinical experiences in over 400 agencies throughout the state of North Carolina. The School supports four nursing clinics for the elderly as educational sites for students. All students are advised by nursing faculty.
Lloyd International Honors College
Lloyd International Honors College is a selective honors college at The University of North Carolina at Greensoro and provides undergraduate students in all majors an excellent opportunity to reach a higher level of academic achievement in the same time it takes to earn a regular degree.The College offers three Honors academic programs that allows students to enhance their general-education studies (General-Education Honors Program), work in their major (Disciplinary Honors Program), or their entire undergraduate education while at UNCG (Full University Honors Program). All Honors students take special Honors courses that are generally restricted to no more than 20–25 students and often have an interdisciplinary focus. For those who wish to complete General-Education Honors or Full University Honors, an international experience and a second language are required.
There are also a variety of independent study and research opportunities that give Honors students the chance to design courses that fit their special needs and interests and to work one-on-one with faculty. Finally, Lloyd International Honors College offers a variety of extracurricular opportunities including weekly coffees where students and faculty discuss issues of the day, student symposia, debates, special lectures and performances, enhanced study abroad opportunities, and special residence hall options.
The Graduate School
The Graduate School at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro directs and manages the graduate programs on campus for approximately 3600 graduate students from 33 states and 34 foreign countries.Some of the activities coordinated by The Graduate School Staff:
- Disseminate program and admission information to prospective students
- Collect and process application materials submitted to The University
- Coordinate the admission process with academic departments
- Assist students with interpretation of policy, course registration and withdrawal
- Monitor academic eligibility
- Review theses/dissertations for formatting requirements
- Process applications for Graduation
- Process degree audits/degree clearances
- Work with the Graduate Studies Committee to approve all new/revised graduate programs, curricula, and policy
M.F.A. Writing Program
The MFA Writing Program is one of the oldest such programs in the country. During the early years, the University had among its faculty a number of noted writers, such as Allen TateAllen Tate
John Orley Allen Tate was an American poet, essayist, social commentator, and Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1943 to 1944.-Life:...
, Caroline Gordon
Caroline Gordon
Caroline Ferguson Gordon was a notable American novelist and literary critic who, while still in her thirties, was the recipient of two prestigious literary awards, a 1932 Guggenheim Fellowship and a 1934 O...
,
John Crowe Ransom
John Crowe Ransom
John Crowe Ransom was an American poet, essayist, magazine editor, and professor.-Life:...
, Hiram Haydn, Peter Taylor
Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor
For other people named Peter Taylor, see Peter Taylor.Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor was a U.S. author and writer.-Biography:...
, Robie Macauley
Robie Macauley
Robie Mayhew Macauley was an editor, novelist and critic whose literary career spanned over 50 years.-Early life:...
and Randall Jarrell
Randall Jarrell
Randall Jarrell was an American poet, literary critic, children's author, essayist, and novelist. He was the 11th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, a role which now holds the title of US Poet Laureate.-Life:Jarrell was a native of Nashville, Tennessee...
. They invited other distinguished writers to campus to read from their work and to meet with students; these writers included Robert Lowell
Robert Lowell
Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV was an American poet, considered the founder of the confessional poetry movement. He was appointed the sixth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress where he served from 1947 until 1948...
, Robert Frost
Robert Frost
Robert Lee Frost was an American poet. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. His work frequently employed settings from rural life in New England in the early twentieth century, using them to examine complex social and...
, Flannery O’Connor, Robert Penn Warren
Robert Penn Warren
Robert Penn Warren was an American poet, novelist, and literary critic and was one of the founders of New Criticism. He was also a charter member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. He founded the influential literary journal The Southern Review with Cleanth Brooks in 1935...
, Eudora Welty
Eudora Welty
Eudora Alice Welty was an American author of short stories and novels about the American South. Her novel The Optimist's Daughter won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973. Welty was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among numerous awards. She was the first living author to have her works published...
, and Saul Bellow
Saul Bellow
Saul Bellow was a Canadian-born Jewish American writer. For his literary contributions, Bellow was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the National Medal of Arts...
. In 1965, under the leadership of Robert Watson, creative writing offerings were formalized. Since that time, enrollment has grown, but the faculty has intentionally kept the program small, enabling students to have individual conferences with faculty. Notable faculty members have included Fred Chappell
Fred Chappell
Fred Davis Chappell is an author and poet. He retired after 40 years as an English professor at University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He was the Poet Laureate of North Carolina from 1997-2002...
, H.T. Kirby-Smith, Michael Parker
Michael Parker (novelist)
Michael Parker is an American short story writer, novelist and journalist.-Life:His fiction has appeared in Five Points, Shenandoah, Carolina Quarterly, Epoch and The Georgia Review and has been anthologized in the Pushcart Prize Stories, the O. Henry Prize Stories and New Stories from the South...
, Craig Nova
Craig Nova
Craig Nova is an American novelist and author of twelve novels.His writing has appeared in Esquire, The Paris Review, The New York Times Magazine, and Men's Journal, among others. His short story, "The Prince," won an O.Henry Award. His first novel, "Turkey Hash", won the prestigious Harper-Saxton...
, Stuart Dischell
Stuart Dischell
Stuart Dischell is an American poet and Professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where he teaches in the Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing. He is also a contributing editor at The Alaska Quarterly Review....
, Jennifer Grotz
Jennifer Grotz
Jennifer Grotz is an American poet and translator who teaches English and creative writing at the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers and at the University of Rochester, where she is Assistant Professor...
and David Roderick
David Roderick
David Roderick is an award-winning American poet, who is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro...
. Notable graduates include Claudia Emerson
Claudia Emerson
Claudia Emerson is an American poet who won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for her collection Late Wife.-Background:...
, Steve Almond
Steve Almond
Steve Almond is an American short story writer and essayist. He is the author of eight books.-Life:He was raised in Palo Alto, California, and graduated from Henry M. Gunn High School. He received his undergraduate degree from Wesleyan University. He spent seven years as a newspaper reporter,...
, Keith Lee Morris
Keith Lee Morris
Keith Lee Morris is an American author who has published two novels, The Greyhound God and The Dart League King , as well as two collections of short stories, The Best Seats in the House and Other Stories and Call It What You Want...
, Lee Hadaway and Rodney Jones
Rodney Jones
Rodney Jones is an American poet and professor of English at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Jones was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the winner of the 1989 National Book Critics Circle Award. His other honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Peter I.B...
.
Residential Colleges
UNCG is home to three residential colleges, smaller communities within the university designed to enrich the student experience.Cornelia Strong College
Cornelia Strong CollegeCornelia Strong College
Cornelia Strong College is one of three residential colleges on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. It is currently housed in South Spencer Hall. It is usually abbreviated as Strong College....
provides a social and academic community within the context of the larger university. There is no specific curriculum. The college is open to resident and non-resident undergraduate and graduate students. Strong College fellows are faculty members who take an active role in the development of Strong College's student members.
Grogan College
Ione Grogan College, established in 1997, is limited to freshman and serves about 300 students per year. The college is divided into smaller learning communities, each headed by a faculty fellow. The college offers classes that meet general requirements, and ease freshman into the college experience.Ashby Residential College
The Warren Ashby Residential College at Mary FoustWarren Ashby Residential College at Mary Foust
The Warren Ashby Residential College at Mary Foust Hall is a living-learning community located on the campus of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The college is made up of about 120 students who apply to the program in their senior year of high school.- History :The was founded in...
, established in 1970, is a community of freshman and sophomore students, faculty and staff who live or work in Mary Foust Hall. Also known as RC (or ARC), the college offers small classes, close student and faculty interaction and a rich community living experience.
In addition to freshmen and sophomores, those who have graduated from the program and are rising juniors or seniors may apply to be Mary Foust upperclassmen. Typically 8–12 or so juniors and seniors are selected each year to continue living in Mary Foust as mentors. Each upperclassman is required to complete an "upperclassman project." These projects are typically activities that support community interaction within Mary Foust.
Many Mary Foust alumni continue to support and participate in Ashby Residential College. Many of the staff are alumni.
Notable alumni
- Steve AlmondSteve AlmondSteve Almond is an American short story writer and essayist. He is the author of eight books.-Life:He was raised in Palo Alto, California, and graduated from Henry M. Gunn High School. He received his undergraduate degree from Wesleyan University. He spent seven years as a newspaper reporter,...
– Author of Candyfreak, My Life in Heavy Metal, and The Evil B.B. Chow. - Gerald AustinGerald AustinDr. Gerald "Gerry" Austin is a retired American football official, who worked in the National Football League from the 1982 season through the 2007 season. He wore uniform number 34, which is now worn by Clete Blakeman. Austin has officiated in three Super Bowls, one as a side judge and two as a...
– NFL Referee - Andy CabicAndy CabicAndy Cabic is a folk rock singer-songwriter, and lead member of the band Vetiver.He was born in Virginia and attended school at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, where he played in a band called The Raymond Brake...
– Singer and songwriter for the band Vetiver. - Claudia EmersonClaudia EmersonClaudia Emerson is an American poet who won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for her collection Late Wife.-Background:...
– Pulitzer Prize-winning author - Dale FolwellDale FolwellDale Folwell is the Speaker Pro Tempore of the North Carolina House of Representatives. He is a Republican from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, serving his fourth term in the North Carolina General Assembly....
– North Carolina House of Representatives, Republican, District 74, (2004–Present) - Virginia FoxxVirginia FoxxVirginia Foxx is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. She is a member of the Republican Party. The district takes in much of the northwestern portion of the state and a portion of Winston-Salem....
– Congresswoman - Kyle HinesKyle HinesKyle Tyrrell Hines is an American former college basketball player for the University of North Carolina Greensboro Spartans and current professional player internationally.-Personal:...
– basketball player who is one of only six men's players in NCAA history to score 2,000 points, grab 1,000 rebounds and block 300 shots in a career - Emmylou HarrisEmmylou HarrisEmmylou Harris is an American singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other artists including...
– Grammy-winning Country music/folk singer-songwriter - Beth LeavelBeth Leavel-Biography:Leavel was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. She attended Meredith College, earning a degree in social work. She completed a graduate theatre degree at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1980. She acted during college, appearing in productions such as Cabaret and Hello,...
– Tony Award-winning broadway actress - Carol MannCarol MannCarol Mann is an American professional golfer.Mann was born in Buffalo, New York and grew up in Baltimore, Maryland After attending the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Mann joined the LPGA Tour in 1961. She won 38 tournaments on the tour, including two major championships, the 1964...
- LPGALPGAThe LPGA, in full the Ladies Professional Golf Association, is an American organization for female professional golfers. The organization, whose headquarters is in Daytona Beach, Florida, is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from...
Hall of Fame golfer - Lilit Marcus - Writer and journalist, author of Save the Assistants.
- Alejandro MorenoAlejandro MorenoAlejandro Moreno is a Venezuelan footballer. He played for the Dallas Texans Soccer Club before attending UNC Greensboro. He currently plays for Chivas USA in Major League Soccer.-College:...
– MLS Forward for Columbus Crew - Keith Lee MorrisKeith Lee MorrisKeith Lee Morris is an American author who has published two novels, The Greyhound God and The Dart League King , as well as two collections of short stories, The Best Seats in the House and Other Stories and Call It What You Want...
– Author of The Dart League King, The Greyhound God, and The Best Seats in the House. - Tom SmithTom and Matt SmithTom and Matt Smith are father and son jazz musicians best known for their work in the United States, Eastern Europe and China.Tom Smith is a long time American university professor and multiple Senior Fulbright Professor of Music at the Romanian National University of Music, the University of...
- Musician, Fulbright dignitary, IAJE Jazz Ambassador Recipient - Mary Ellen SnodgrassMary Ellen SnodgrassMary Ellen Snodgrass is an American author born in Wilmington, North Carolina to William Russell and Lucy Ella Robinson...
– Author and two-time New York Public Library award winner - Richard W. Helms- Two-Time Derringer Award winning writer
- Nadia Moffett - Miss North Carolina USA 2010
Notable events
- 1993 – House of CardsHouse of Cards (1993 film)House of Cards is a 1993 drama film directed by Michael Lessac and starring Kathleen Turner and Tommy Lee Jones. It follows the struggle of a mother to reconnect with her daughter who has been traumatized by the death of her father. The film premiered at the 1993 Sundance Film Festival before being...
with Tommy Lee Jones, filmed on location. - 2005 – Home of the GiantsHome of the GiantsHome of the Giants is a 2007 American film, written and directed by Rusty Gorman that stars Haley Joel Osment, Ryan Merriman and Danielle Panabaker. The film has been described as a coming of age tale and sports drama.-Plot:...
filmed on location. - 2006 – Inauguration of University of North Carolina System President Erskine BowlesErskine BowlesErskine Boyce Bowles is an American businessman and political figure from North Carolina. He served from 2005 to 2010 as the President of the University of North Carolina system...
, now retired
External links
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- Official athletics site
- Postcards of UNC-Greensboro from the North Carolina Collection, UNC-Chapel Hill
- Princeton Review site
- Division of Continual Learning
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro student yearbooks on DigitalNC.org