Month: October 2016
Coleman Entrepreneur-in-Residence Brings Expertise to the Classroom
The Coleman Foundation Faculty Entrepreneurship Fellows program extends self-employment education across 17 university and college campuses. Faculty Fellows are typically professors from outside the school of business at their institution. They engage in the development of courses and leadership of projects in support of entrepreneurship education on their campus, inspiring students in non-business disciplines to […]
UNC-GA Announces RFP for UNC Undergraduate Research Program Award
UNC General Administration is pleased to announce the release of a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the UNC Undergraduate Research Program Award, a newly-established mechanism to provide funding to universities or consortia of universities within the UNC System to support and enhance undergraduate research (UR) in the UNC system. To learn more about the RFP […]
Strategic Seed Grants: Call for Proposals – Deadline is December 9, 2016
The Office of the Provost is soliciting cross/multi/interdisciplinary research, creative activity, and course design/redesign proposals that are tied to the thematic areas of focus in the UNCG Strategic Plan: health and wellbeing, vibrant communities, and global connections. The deadline for submission of all proposals is Friday, December 9, 2016.
BOG Excellence in Teaching and UNCG Alumni Teaching Excellence Awards Deadline Extended to October 24, 2016
The nomination submission deadline for the UNC Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching Award and the UNCG Alumni Teaching Excellence Awards has been extended to October 24, 2016, at 5 pm.
10/20: English PhD Program Celebrates “50 Years of Graduate Education”
The PhD in English is celebrating its first 50 years of graduate education with a “kickoff” event — “How Education Shapes More than Our Minds: Alumni Speak about Intellectual Formation”.
10/19: Faculty Senate Forum – Global Engagement & Strategic Planning
The Faculty Senate Forum will be held on Wednesday, October 19, at 3pm in the Virginia Dare Room of the Alumni House.
#PublicUValues: Improving Graduates’ Employment and Earnings Potential
It’s a Public University Value to Help Improve Graduates’ Employment and Earnings Potential. Did you know that, one year after graduation, 2,287 of 2,821, or 81%, of UNCG bachelor’s degree recipients from the class of 2012 were employed in the state of North Carolina? (Source: http://nctower.com/) Earning a college degree enhances stability in the workforce. Today’s jobless […]
UNCG’s Center for Housing and Community Studies: An Advocate and Partner for Decent and Affordable Housing
The Center for Housing and Community Studies (CHCS) brings together faculty and student researchers to focus on the issues of housing, segregation, and community development.
Princeton Review Ranks Bryan School as #6 in the U.S. for the “Greatest Opportunity for Minority Students”
Based on the “Top Ten” list in Princeton Review’s “Best 294 Business Schools” for 2017, the Bryan School ranked 6th in the U.S., 3rd in the Southeast, and 1st in North Carolina for providing the greatest opportunity for minority students.
School of Education Receives Largest-Ever Gift of $2.3 Million from Local Foundation
Thanks to a $2.3 million gift from the Tom Haggai and Associates Foundation, non-traditional students will be trained to teach. The gift is the largest-ever awarded to the School of Education, and UNCG will use matching funds to create a permanent endowment for a new teacher training program.