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The University of North Carolina at Greensboro is a public university
University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education....
 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, North Carolina and the surrounding Piedmont Triad metropolitan region....
, North Carolina
North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north....
 and is a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina system
University of North Carolina

The University of North Carolina system includes all sixteen public four-year universities in North Carolina, United States and one North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics....
. Also known as UNCG, the university offers more than 100 undergraduate, 59 master's and 22 doctoral programs. The University's academic schools and programs include Arts & Sciences, Business & Economics, Education, Health & Human Performance, Human Environmental Sciences, Music, Nursing, Continual Learning, Graduate School and Lloyd International Honors College.

UNCG is distinguished by its five leadership areas - business, cultural leadership, education, public policy and social change, and science.






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The University of North Carolina at Greensboro is a public university
University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education....
 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, North Carolina and the surrounding Piedmont Triad metropolitan region....
, North Carolina
North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north....
 and is a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina system
University of North Carolina

The University of North Carolina system includes all sixteen public four-year universities in North Carolina, United States and one North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics....
. Also known as UNCG, the university offers more than 100 undergraduate, 59 master's and 22 doctoral programs. The University's academic schools and programs include Arts & Sciences, Business & Economics, Education, Health & Human Performance, Human Environmental Sciences, Music, Nursing, Continual Learning, Graduate School and Lloyd International Honors College.

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 Center for Applied Research, Center for Creating Writing in the Arts, Center for Global Business Education & Research, Center for Biotechnology, Genomics & Health Research, McDowell Research Center for Global IT Management, Center for Music Research and the Southeastern Regional Vision for Education (SERVE).

History


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
Women's colleges in the United States

Women's colleges in the United States are higher education in the United States that exclude or limit males from admission. They are often Liberal arts colleges in the United States....
 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 acre 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

The Princeton Review
The Princeton Review

The Princeton Review is an United States educational preparation company. It offers test preparation for standardized aptitude tests such as the SAT and advice regarding college admissions....
 ranked UNCG #2 in its list of best bargains in public universities in the nation. It also placed UNCG in the top 136 colleges named "Best in the Southeast." For the eighth year in a row, The Princeton Review ranked UNCG among the nation's top colleges in the 2007 edition of "The Best 357 Colleges" guide. Students say UNCG "is a small university in comparison to other public universities, but it is big enough for a variety of people – poor and rich, rural and urban, in-state and out-of-state, and international."

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 named the school a Center of Excellence in Nursing Education, a distinction held by only three other schools in the country for 2006.

UNCG's Counselor Education program is among the best in the nation. US News and World Report-The Department of Counseling and Educational Development is ranked second (nationally) among counseling programs in the magazine’s 2006-2007 list. The program – the only specialty education program in the state to be ranked – was ranked fifth last year and third the year before.

The School of Education is 73rd in the country for 2008. UNC-Chapel Hill is the only other North Carolina school in the top 50, coming in at 31st place. Previously, UNCG was ranked 29th.

UNCG was named as having the best chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in the country at a public university 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


UNCG has an architecturally diverse campus with distinctively unique landmarks. Among these features is 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
Charles Duncan McIver

Charles Duncan McIver is known as the founder and first president of UNCG.He was born 1860 in Moore County, North Carolina and graduated from UNC Chapel Hill in 1881....
 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 at the end of the 2004-2005 academic year.

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 historically black colleges and universities and is a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina System....
, Duke
Duke University

Duke University is a private university research university located in Durham, North Carolina, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodism and Religious Society of Friends in the present-day town of Trinity, North Carolina in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892....
, Elon
Elon University

Elon University is a private, liberal arts university located in Elon, North Carolina.The University was founded in 1889 by the Christian Connection, which is now the United Church of Christ....
, High Point University
High Point University

High Point University is a private school, selective liberal arts university in High Point, North Carolina, USA, affiliated with the United Methodist Church....
, NC State, UNC-Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public university research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, North Carolina, United States....
, UNC Charlotte, Wake Forest
Wake Forest University

Wake Forest University is a Private university, 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 Carolina, near the state capital Raleigh, North Carolina....
, and Winston-Salem State University
Winston-Salem State University

Winston-Salem State University is a four-year public, coeducational, research university located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It was established by Dr....
.

Students

Of the approximately 17,157 (13,156 undergraduate) 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 acres (0.85 km²)
  • Male-female ratio: 1:2
  • African-American: 19.8% undergraduate, 13% graduate
  • Asian-American: 3.3% undergraduate, 5.3% graduate
  • White: 69.9% 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 amount of diverse and active sports and student organizations from Greek life to a radio station, and some traditions unique to the school.

Athletics

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
National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a voluntary association of about 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and University in the United States ....
, and all teams have competed in Division 1 since Fall 1991.

Men's Soccer team:

Under Michael Parker’s direction, the men’s soccer team became the first in NCAA history to win three consecutive national championships, in 1985, 1986 and 1987.

UNCG Soccer Stadium, a $3.6 million facility, opened for its first game on September 7, 1991.

1997: SoCon Regular Season Champions. 1998: SoCon Regular Season Champions. 2004: Was ranked #1 in the country for 11 weeks. SoCon Regular Season Champions. The UNCG's Men's Soccer team lost in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament to UC-Santa Barbara's Men's Soccer team, 1-0 in Overtime. 2005: SoCon Regular Season Champions. SoCon Tournament Champions. The UNCG's Men's Soccer team advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament to which they lost at SMU 1-3. 2006: Socon Regular Season Champions. SoCon Tournament Champions. Once again advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament and lost to Northwestern 1-2. 2007: Advanced to the SoCon Tournament Championship game and lost to Furman in Overtime. 2008: Went into the SoCon Tourny as the #7 seat. They shocked the conference by winning the SoCon Championship being the lowest seat to ever get to ever win the championship. During their unbelievable run, the Spartans knocked off Duke in the first round or the NCAA tournament, Loyola (MD) in overtime in the second round, and were the first team with a losing record to make it to the final 16 of the NCAA tournament with a losing record.

Woman's Soccer:

1997: SoCon Regular Season Champions and SoCon Tournament Champions. 1998: SoCon Regular Season Champions and SoCon Tournament Champions. 2000: SoCon Tournament Champions. 2001: SoCon Reular Season Champions and SoCon Tournament Champions. 2004: SoCon Regular Season Champions. 2006: SoCon Regular Season Champions and SoCon Tournament Champions. 2007: SoCon Regular Season Champions and SoCon Tournament Runner up. 2008: SoCon Regular Season Champions and SoCon Tournament Runner up.

Men's Basketball:

On March 2, 1996, men’s basketball knocked off Liberty, 79-53, to claim the Big South Tournament Championship and advance to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in Division I. The Spartans lost to Cincinnati in the NCAA Tournament, 66-61. The five seniors from the team had their numbers honored. Scott Hartzell finished his career as the mens basketball’s all-time leading scorer with 1,539.

On March 4, 2001, the men’s basketball team won its first Southern Conference championship on David Schuck’s buzzer-beating layup. The team went on to play top-ranked Stanford in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, its second trip to the "Big Dance" in five years. Guard Nathan Jameson was named first-team Verizon Academic All-America.

On December 31, 2005, UNCG hosted top-ranked Duke at the Greensboro Coliseum in front of a record crowd of 21,124. The near capacity crowd was the largest to ever see a UNCG athletic event.

Beginning with the 2009-2010 season, the men's basketball team will host all of its home games in the Greensboro Coliseum. The arena, which holds over 21,000 seats, will be configured to hold just under 8,000 spectators for most games. The coliseum will be renovated to feature a UNCG court design and locker rooms.

Baseball:

On April 18, 2006, UNCG earned its first win over a top-ranked team in any sport during the university’s Division I era. The baseball team beat top-ranked North Carolina, 7-6, in front of a crowd of 1,033.

Women's Basketball:

In December 2005, UNCG’s women’s basketball program enjoyed two of its greatest non-conference wins since moving to the Division I level. In a 12-day span, UNCG knocked off Big East foe West Virginia at home and ACC member Wake Forest on the road. It was UNCG’s first-ever win over a Big East school and the program’s first victory over Wake Forest since 1977.

In March 2006, the UNCG women’s basketball team made its first SoCon Tournament title game appearance since 2002. The Spartans rallied from nearly all of a 21-point deficit, closing to within three in the final four minutes. However, Chattanooga pulled away late for a 91-79 win.

The 16 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 Tennis, Women's Tennis, Men's Track, Women's Track, Women's Volleyball, and Wrestling.

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 2004, the Clubs and Organizations affiliated with UNCG included 36 Honor Societies and 18 Fraternities and Sororities. The University also has an active Student Government Association, founded in 1910 and several foreign culture groups, a Neo-Black Society, PRIDE! (A LGBT
LGBT

LGBT is an acronym and initialism referring collectively to Lesbian,Gay, Bisexuality, and Transgender people. In use since the 1990s, the term ?LGBT? is an adaptation of the initialism ?LGBT? which itself started replacing the phrase ?gay community? which many within LGBT communities felt did not represent accurately all those to which it...
 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, USA, the station serves the Piedmont Triad area....
 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), Rugby (Women's), Soccer (Men's), Swimming, Ultimate Frisbee
Ultimate (sport)

Ultimate is a Contact sport team sport played with a 175 gram flying disc invented by Laura Hinz. The object of the sport 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 football....
 (Men's and Women's) , Volleyball, Women's Soccer, 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.

The following Greek organizations are present at UNCG:

Interfraternity Conference:
  • Kappa Delta Rho
    Kappa Delta Rho

    Kappa Delta Rho is an United States college social fraternities and sororities, with 36 active chapters spread out over the United States, primarily in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions....
  • Lambda Chi Alpha
    Lambda Chi Alpha

    For a list of prominent members of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, see: List of notable members of Lambda Chi AlphaLambda Chi Alpha , headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, is a member of the North-American Interfraternity Conference and one of the largest men's general Fraternities and sororities in North America, by its own count...
  • Pi Kappa Phi
    Pi Kappa Phi

    Pi Kappa Phi is an United States social Fraternities and sororities. It was founded by Andrew Alexander Kroeg, Jr., Lawrence Harry Mixson, and Simon Fogarty, Jr....
  • Pi Kappa Alpha
    Pi Kappa Alpha

    Pi Kappa Alpha International Fraternity is an international, secret, social, Greek alphabet, college fraternities and sororities. It was founded at 47 West The Range at the University of Virginia in the United States on Sunday evening, March 1 1868....
  • Sigma Nu
    Sigma Nu

    SN is an undergraduate college fraternity with chapters in the United States and Canada. Sigma Nu was founded in 1869 by three cadets at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia, Virginia....
  • Sigma Phi Epsilon
    Sigma Phi Epsilon

    SF? , commonly nicknamed SigEp, is a secret letter, social college Fraternities and sororities for male college students in the United States....
  • Theta Delta Chi
    Theta Delta Chi

    Theta Delta Chi is a social Fraternities and sororities 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 than using the co...


National Panhellenic Conference:
  • Alpha Chi Omega
    Alpha Chi Omega

    Alpha Chi Omega is a women's Fraternities and sororities founded on October 15, 1885. Currently, there are over 135 chapters of Alpha Chi Omega at colleges and universities across the United States and over 200,000 lifetime members....
  • Alpha Delta Pi
    Alpha Delta Pi

    Alpha Delta Pi was founded May 15 1851 at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia making it the first female fraternal organization established. The Executive office for this sorority is located on Ponce de Leon Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia....
  • Chi Omega
    Chi Omega

    Chi Omega is a women's Fraternities and sororities and the largest member of the National Panhellenic Conference. Chi Omega boasts 174 active collegiate chapters and hundreds of alumnae chapters....
  • Phi Mu
    Phi Mu

    Phi Mu is the second oldest female fraternities and sororities established in the United States. It was founded at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia....
  • Sigma Sigma Sigma
    Sigma Sigma Sigma

    Sigma Sigma Sigma , also known as Tri Sigma or Sigma, is a national American women?s sorority with membership of more than 100,000 members....
National Pan-Hellenic Council Sororities:
  • Alpha Kappa Alpha
    Alpha Kappa Alpha

    Alpha Kappa Alpha is the first Greek alphabet 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 Theta
    Delta Sigma Theta

    Delta 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....
  • Sigma Gamma Rho
    Sigma Gamma Rho

    Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated was founded on the campus of Butler University on November 12, 1922, by seven school teachers in Indianapolis, Indiana....
  • Zeta Phi Beta
    Zeta Phi Beta

    Zeta Phi Beta is an international, historically black Greek-lettered fraternities and sororities and a member of the National Pan-Hellenic Council....
National Pan-Hellenic Council Fraternities:
  • Alpha Phi Alpha
    Alpha Phi Alpha

    Alpha Phi Alpha is the first intercollegiate Fraternities and sororities established by African Americans. Founded on December 4, 1906, on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, Alpha Phi Alpha has initiated over 185,000 men into the organization and has been open to men of all races since 1940....
  • Kappa Alpha Psi
    Kappa Alpha Psi

    Kappa Alpha Psi is a collegiate Greek alphabet Fraternities and sororities 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 Sigma
    Phi Beta Sigma

    Phi Beta Sigma is a predominantly African-American Fraternities and sororities which was founded at Howard University in Washington, D.C. on January 9, 1914, by three young African-American male students....


Council Independent:
  • Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority, Inc.
    Theta Nu Xi

    Theta Nu Xi developed during the surge of multicultural Greeks in the 1980s and 1990s. Theta Nu Xi was the first multicultural sorority founded in the Southeastern United States, a region of the U.S....


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 Omega
Alpha 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-eastern end of the Palace of Westminster in London. The nickname is often also used to refer to the clock and the clock tower....
 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 McIver
    Charles Duncan McIver

    Charles Duncan McIver is known as the founder and first president of UNCG.He was born 1860 in Moore County, North Carolina and graduated from UNC Chapel Hill in 1881....
     (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 A. Sullivan (chancellor, 1995-2008)
  • Linda P. Brady (chancellor, 2008-present)


University Libraries

The UNCG University Libraries
UNCG 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, the Teaching Resource Center in the School of Educ...
 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 Bryan, a prominent figure in North Carolina
North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north....
 politics and philanthropy. It is accredited by The Associate 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 Bryan School offers degrees at different levels. They include:

Undergraduate:
  • Accounting
  • Accounting and Information Systems
  • Business Administration
  • Economics
  • 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

School of Education
The school of Education has several graduate programs, one notable one being a PhD in Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundation which has a concentration in Cultural Studies.

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)
  • 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.)

School of Music
The UNCG School of Music is home to over 600 music majors and 60 distinguished faculty members. 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. It is continually recognized as one of the best music institutions in the United States.

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 Epsilon
    Mu Phi Epsilon

    Mu Phi Epsilon is a co-ed international professional fraternity and honor society. It boasts over 75,000 members in 128 collegiate chapters and 74 Alumnus/a chapters in the US and abroad....
    , Alpha-Xi chapter
  • Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
    Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia

    Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia is a collegiate social fraternity for men with an interest in music. The fraternity is also referred to as Phi Mu Alpha or Sinfonia, and its members are known as Sinfonians....
    , Iota Epsilon chapter
  • Sigma Alpha Iota
    Sigma Alpha Iota

    Sigma Alpha Iota , International Music Fraternity. Formed to "uphold the highest ideals of a music education" and "to further the development of music in America", it continues to provide musical and educational resources to its members and the general public....
    , Kappa Gamma chapter
  • Collegiate Music Educators National Conference
    Music Educators National Conference

    The National Association for Music Education, formerly the Music Educators National Conference , founded in 1907, is an American organization for music educators that provides professional development and advocacy....
  • American Choral Directors Association
    American Choral Directors Association

    The American Choral Directors Association , headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, is a non-profit organization with the stated purpose of promoting excellence in the field of choral music....
  • American String Teachers Association
    American String Teachers Association

    The 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....
  • 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
Lloyd International Honors College

Lloyd International Honors College is a selective honors college within the University of North Carolina at Greensboro that gives excellent undergraduate students in all majors the opportunity to reach a higher level of academic achievement in the same time it takes to earn a regular degree....
 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 their 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 Tate
    Allen 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....
    , Caroline Gordon
    Caroline Gordon

    Caroline Ferguson Gordon was a notable United States 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 United States poet, essayist, social and political theorist, man of letters, and academic....
    , Hiram Haydn, Peter Taylor
    Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor

    For other people named Peter Taylor, see Peter Taylor.Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor was a United States of America author and writer.Born in Trenton, Tennessee to a wealthy Nashville, Tennessee family, Taylor spent his early childhood between in Nashville and St....
    , and Randall Jarrell
    Randall Jarrell

    Randall Jarrell was an American poet, novelist, critic, children's author and essayist....
    . 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 in 1946....
    , 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....
    , Flannery O’Connor, Robert Penn Warren
    Robert Penn Warren

    Robert Penn Warren was an American poet, novelist, and literary critic, and one of the founders of New Criticism. He was also a charter member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers....
    , Eudora Welty
    Eudora Welty

    Eudora Alice Welty was an award-winning American author and photographer who wrote about the Southern United States....
    , and Saul Bellow
    Saul Bellow

    Saul Bellow , was an acclaimed Canada-United States writer born in Canada of Russian-Jewish origin. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1976 and the National Medal of Arts in 1988....
    . 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, Craig Nova
    Craig Nova

    Craig Nova is an American novelist and author of eleven novels.His writing has appeared in Esquire , The Paris Review, The New York Times Magazine, and Men's Journal, among others....
    , Stuart Dischell
    Stuart Dischell

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    , Jennifer Grotz
    Jennifer Grotz

    Jennifer Grotz is an United States poet and translator who teaches English and creative writing at the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers and at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 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. Previously, he lectured at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill as the Kenan Visiting Writer, at the University of San Francisco and at Stanford University, where he also conducted classes for...
    . Notable graduates include Claudia Emerson
    Claudia Emerson

    Claudia Emerson is an United States poetry who won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for her collection Late Wife. She is a professor of English and Arrington Distinguished Chair in Poetry at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia....
    , Steve Almond
    Steve Almond

    File:SteveAlmondChocolateBoy.JPGFile:SteveAlmondCandyFreak.JPGSteve Almond is an United States writer. Almond was raised in Palo Alto, California and graduated from Henry M....
    , 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 a collection of short stories, The Best Seats in the House and Other Stories ....
    , Lee Hadaway and Rodney Jones
    Rodney Jones

    Rodney Jones is an United States 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....
    .

    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 College
    Cornelia 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.

    Warren Ashby Residential College
    The Warren Ashby Residential College at Mary Foust
    Warren 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....
    , 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 the RC (or WARC), 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 Almond
      Steve Almond

      File:SteveAlmondChocolateBoy.JPGFile:SteveAlmondCandyFreak.JPGSteve Almond is an United States writer. Almond was raised in Palo Alto, California and graduated from Henry M....
       - Author of Candyfreak, "My Life in Heavy Metal," and "The Evil B.B. Chow."
    • Gerald Austin
      Gerald Austin

      Dr. Gerald "Gerry" Austin was an American football official in the National Football League since the 1982 NFL season. He wore uniform number 34....
       - NFL Referee
    • Russ Bowen - News Anchor and Reporter for WLOS
      WLOS

      WLOS, channel 13, is the American Broadcasting Company-affiliated television station for western North Carolina and South Carolina that is licensed to Asheville, North Carolina....
      -13
    • Andy Cabic
      Andy Cabic

      Andy 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.
    • Richard M. Coffey - American conductor
    • Claudia Emerson
      Claudia Emerson

      Claudia Emerson is an United States poetry who won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for her collection Late Wife. She is a professor of English and Arrington Distinguished Chair in Poetry at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia....
       - Pulitzer Prize-winning author
    • Dale Folwell
      Dale Folwell

      Dale Folwell is a United States Republican Party member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's 74th House District, a part of Forsyth County, North Carolina....
       - North Carolina House of Representatives, Republican, District 74, (2004-Present)
    • Virginia Foxx
      Virginia Foxx

      Virginia Foxx is a Republican Party Congresswoman from the North Carolina's 5th congressional district of North Carolina first elected in 2004....
       - Congresswoman
    • Kyle Hines
      Kyle Hines

      Kyle Tyrrell Hines is an United States former college basketball player for the University of North Carolina Greensboro who is one of only six players in NCAA history to score 2,000 points, grab 1,000 rebounds and block 300 shots....
       - 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 Harris
      Emmylou Harris

      Emmylou Harris is an United States Country music 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 highly successful, well-known artists....
       - Grammy-winning Country music/folk singer-songwriter
    • Beth Leavel
      Beth Leavel

      Beth Leavel is an United States stage and screen actress....
       - Tony Award-winning broadway actress
    • Adam Martin - Producer (Ice Road Truckers) and Director (Too Late with Adam Carolla, Jimmy Kimmel Live)
    • Jason S. Martin- Planner for Alamance County, North Carolina.
    • Alejandro Moreno
      Alejandro Moreno

      Alejandro Moreno is a Venezuelan soccer player, who currently plays striker for Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer.Moreno played four years of college soccer at University of North Carolina at Greensboro....
       - MLS Forward for Columbus Crew
    • 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 a collection of short stories, The Best Seats in the House and Other Stories ....
       - Author of "The Dart League King," "The Greyhound God," and "The Best Seats in the House."
    • Cleveland Sellers, Jr. - Civil Rights Movement activist, Professor of History and Director of African American Studies at the University of South Carolina


    Notable events

    • 1993 - House of Cards
      House of Cards (1993 film)

      House of Cards is a 1993 in film 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....
       with Tommy Lee Jones, filmed on location.
    • 2005 - Home of the Giants
      Home of the Giants

      Home of the Giants is an American cinema, Screen writer and Film director by Rusty Gorman that stars Haley Joel Osment, Ryan Merriman and Danielle Panabaker....
       filmed on location.
    • 2006 - Inauguration of current University of North Carolina System President Erskine Bowles
      Erskine Bowles

      Erskine Boyce Bowles is an United States businessman and political figure from North Carolina. He currently serves as the president of the University of North Carolina system....


    External links

    • from the North Carolina Collection, UNC-Chapel Hill