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UNCG Trains to Help Prevent Suicide

Rebecca Mathews is on a mission to prevent suicide by training community members to recognize the signs in their students, friends, and colleagues.

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Huff Captures First Place, People’s Choice Honors in 3MT Competition

Stacy Huff, who earned a Master’s in Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research in 2022 and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Educational Research Methodology, was the big winner at UNC Greensboro’s recent Three-Minute Thesis competition. Huff claimed both first place and the People’s Choice award in the annual event.

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Connection and Wellbeing for Student Veterans

At UNCG, over 8%, or more than 1,500, of enrolled students are military-affiliated students, 500 of whom are veterans and servicemembers. For the past several years Dr. Erin Reifsteck, associate professor in the Department of Kinesiology and newly appointed Faculty Fellow for Student Veteran Wellbeing, has closely studied student veterans at UNCG and at other universities across the UNC system. Her research findings are now helping inform how UNCG’s Division of Student Affairs and Military-Affiliated Services address issues impacting student veterans.

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Funding Friday | November 8, 2024

It’s new funding Friday! Check out some of the grants that recently came through our Office of Sponsored Programs AND find your next funding opportunity.

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$3.75M will aid NC youth with mental illness at critical life stage

NCDHHS UNCG Healthy Transitions collaboration aims to improve outcomes for youth in our state diagnosed with mental health disorders, with a focus on improving access to behavioral health services and supporting youth as they transition from child-centered services to adult systems of care.

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UNCG Professors Help Moms Guide Girls’ Body Image Development

Drs. Janet Boseovski and Ashleigh Gallagher are experts in psychology, but their most recent book makes scientific concepts easy to digest for moms and girls of all ages, so they can cultivate healthy body image development before they’re even teenagers.

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Paper by Ramos, TEHE Students Earns Honor

A paper authored by the Department of Teacher Education and Higher Education’s Dr. Delma Ramos, Dr. Cathryn Bennett of the Department of Justice and Policy Studies at Guilford College, and UNC Greensboro students Paul Nava and Akira Goodman has been recognized with the North Carolina Association for Research in Education with the 2024 Distinguished Paper Award.

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Principal Preparation Key Focus For Two ELC Projects

School administrators or teachers looking to become a principal have multiple paths to that goal within the UNCG School of Education. A pair of programs specifically provide the essential training to achieve that goal – the Principal Preparation for Excellence and Equity in Rural Schools and the Assistant Principal Leadership Academy.