UNCG News Dr. Ernestine Small felt compelled to apply for a teaching position at UNC Greensboro, even though she had other job opportunities. UNCG had announced in the mid-1960s that it was opening a nursing school. Small thought it would be a great opportunity to expand her career and be a part of something new […]

UNCG News You likely know of the pivotal 1960 Woolworth sit-in, which integrated the lunch counter of that Greensboro Woolworth store and sparked similar sit-ins that year in other cities. Do you know about the 1963 Tate Street protest? Read the full story…

UNCG News The Weatherspoon Art Museum at UNC Greensboro continues to take huge strides in its equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts. The museum will collaborate on anti-racist project models and practices as part of the Museum Partnerships for Social Justice Project, a recently announced initiative of the Henry Luce Foundation’s American Art Program.  Read the […]

UNCG News For the fourth consecutive year, UNC Greensboro has received the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education. The national honor recognizes U.S. colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion. UNCG is among 101 institutions across the […]

The Future Trends Forum with Bryan Alexander How can a university best establish equity in the 21st century? What role can a campus executive leader play in this? We met with Dr. Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr. (on Twitter), the eleventh Chancellor of UNC Greensboro (UNCG), to explore his strategies and commitment. Watch the full interview…

Office of the Chancellor Building on an Inclusive Legacy From our history as a college founded to educate women, to the present day as a diverse, co-educational institution, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) has had a history of providing access and opportunity. The Board of Trustees of UNCG supports building on this […]

UNCG News | By Matthew Bryant, University Communications University Communications recently spoke with Dr. Andrea Hunter, one of the Chancellor’s Fellows for Campus Climate and professor in the department of human development and family studies, about her work on a new website that focuses on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) at UNCG. In collaboration with […]

Diverse Issues in Higher Education | By Jessica Ruf (EDU) In the past five years alone, the University of North Carolina Greensboro (UNCG) has experienced a notable jump in faculty diversity for each ethnicity category, excluding White. More specifically, the school has nearly doubled its African American faculty from 58 members in 2015 to 107 […]

University Business | By: Chris Burt Filled with resources, messages from university leaders and students, and links to important topics and policies, this site has it all. The events that shaped 2020 – and the many that occurred long before the high-profile George Floyd murder, the Black Lives Matter movement and rallying cries for social […]

University Business | By: Chris Burt Dr. Andrea Hunter at the University of North Carolina Greensboro discusses the transformational work happening on campus, the national social justice movements and the changing landscape of higher education. When the George Floyd murder occurred on May 25, 2020, it took less than 24 hours for protests over police […]