Repost from Campus Weekly Article by Michelle Hines Opportunity Greensboro wants to locate the Downtown University Campus at South Elm and Lee streets as a cornerstone of redevelopment in the corridor. The organization — a partnership between area businesses, city leaders and local universities — announced the preferred location for the… Continue reading…
Repost from UNCG Now Article by Michelle Hines Robin Remsburg, dean of UNCG’s School of Nursing, spoke to Fox 8 News reporter Carter Coyle about plans for the Downtown University Campus that would be shared by area universities. The idea is to increase opportunities for students and keep costs down by… Continue reading…
Repost from The Center for New North Carolinians Article by Elizabeth Biddle On Friday, October 4th, a new community center opened at Oakwood Forest, a predominantly Latino mobile home park on U.S. 29 North in northern Guilford County. Opening the community education and tutoring center at this isolated mobile home park… Continue reading…
Repost from UNCG Now Article by Lanita Withers Goins It’s one thing to devote your professional career to studying anti-poverty measures. It’s something else to feed your research to your teenage children. Unless you’re UNCG economics professor Dr. David Ribar. In a quest to discover if the federal government’s Thrifty… Continue reading…
Repost from Campus Weekly Michael Crumpton (University Libraries) and Nora Bird (Library and Information Science) have co-authored “Handbook for Community College Librarians,” recently published by Libraries Unlimited. Their book covers all aspects of librarianship that apply to community colleges in a one-stop reference book.
Repost from UNCG Now Article by Lanita Withers Goins The UNCG Bryan School of Business and Economics’ evening MBA program has vaulted to No. 13 in the nation in newly released rankings of the best part-time MBA programs by Bloomberg Businessweek. The No. 13 ranking is the fourth best among public universities… Continue reading…
Repost from UNCG Now Article by Christine Maillet Dr. Benjamin Filene, associate professor in the Department of History, wrote a Letter to the Editor of the News & Record regarding the partnership of the International Civil Rights Center & Museum and the museum studies program at UNCG. Filene describes the impending partnership as “fruitful” and… Continue reading…
Article by Mary McLean and Sangeetha Shivaji UNCG professor Eric Ford and doctoral student Dmytro Babik have created a peer assessment system that revolutionizes the ways students learn and grow in large and online courses. The technique, which takes its inspiration from the Socratic Method, emphasizes constructive discussion and feedback…. Continue reading…
Repost from Campus Weekly Liz Jodoin (Student Health Services) receiving a Channing Briggs Small Research Grant from the NASPA Foundation. It will help fund the project “Assisting Distressed College Students: Assessment of an Online Interactive Training for Student Support Professionals.” Jodoin is a staff counselor in The Counseling Center, UNCG… Continue reading…
Repost from Campus Weekly Dr. Raleigh Bailey (Office of Research and Economic Development) received a competitive renewal of funding from the North Carolina Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service for the project “AmeriCorps ACCESS Project.” The purpose of this project is to help immigrants gain access to human services, build… Continue reading…
