Judy Miller, owner and founder RSVP Communications, will share the story of how she built a thriving Greensboro-based business at the next Entrepreneurial Journeys program at UNCG on Wednesday, Oct. 16. The 5:30 p.m. event, which is free and open to the public, will be held in Room 1215 of… Continue reading…
Repost from UNCG Now Article by Mike Harris As part of UNCG’s continued commitment to community engagement and mutually beneficial partnerships, the Institute for Community and Economic Engagement (ICEE) is launching the UNCG Referral Desk. It’s a new service aimed at helping individuals and organizations within or outside of UNCG connect to the university…. Continue reading…
Repost from UNCG Now Article by Betsi Robinson UNCG’s 23rd Annual Conference on African American Culture and Experience (CACE), slated to take place Oct. 3-4, will focus on the theme “The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: Fifty Years Later.” Hosted by UNCG’s African American Studies Program, the annual conference will explore the status of… Continue reading…
Repost from Campus Weekly Dr. Perry Flynn (Communication Sciences and Disorders) received a continuation in funding from Phoenix Academy for “Speech Language Pathology Service Contract with Phoenix Academy.” The purpose of this agreement is to provide speech and language therapy services to qualifying children in the Phoenix Academy.
Repost from Campus Weekly UNCG’s Art department has a newly formed partnership with Community Theater of Greensboro involving CTG’s gallery/event space on South Elm Street. The space is called the Studio at CTG. This collaboration will allow UNCG students a space to display work – sometimes their own and sometimes… Continue reading…
Repost from UNCG Now Article by Michelle Hines If you missed UNC-TV’s NC Science Now on Sept. 18, you can still hear UNCG researchers talk about their work to protect the state’s box turtles – and educate teachers and students about the reptiles and amphibians they might encounter. The segment is posted online at http://video.unctv.org/video/2365081383/…. Continue reading…
Repost from UNCG Now Article by Mike Harris Work toward a collaborative downtown campus steadily continues. Greensboro has seven colleges and universities, 47,000 college students and 6,376 college employees. Of the seven, UNCG is the largest. Opportunity Greensboro, an initiative of the Greensboro Partnership, has been working on the idea of… Continue reading…
Repost from Campus Weekly The Office of Leadership and Service-Learning (OLSL) is pleased to announce Dr. Marianne LeGreco as the 2013-14 Faculty Fellow. The Service-Learning Faculty Fellow program is sponsored by the Office of Leadership and Service-Learning. The Service-Learning Faculty Fellow program promotes faculty development and the scholarship of engagement… Continue reading…
Repost from Campus Weekly Dr. Chris Payne (Human Development and Family Studies/Center for Youth, Family, and Community Partnerships) received new funding from Youth Focus Inc. for the project “My Sister Susan’s House parenting workshops.” My Sister Susan’s House is a transitional living program that supports young pregnant women or young… Continue reading…
Times are tough right now in research. In a recent survey, 64% of U.S. scientists reported decreases in grant funding, and almost half of federal science funding recipients say they have laid off or will lay off scientists and researchers due to tightening federal budgets (CNNMoney, Inside Higher Ed). And,… Continue reading…
