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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 colleges in the United States|women's college]] 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. |
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 colleges in the United States|women's college]] 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. |
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| Motto | "Inspire. Change." |
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| Endowment | $156 Million |
| Chancellor | Patricia A. Sullivan |
Academic staff | 989 (part and full time) |
| Undergraduates | 12,692 (Fall 2006) |
| Postgraduates | 3,769 (Fall 2005) |
| Location | , , |
| Campus | Urban, 210 acres (0.85 km²) |
| Colors | Gold, White, and Navy Blue |
| Mascot | Spartan & Minerva |
| Website | www.uncg.edu |
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The University of North Carolina at Greensboro is an American public university in Greensboro, North Carolina and is a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina system. Also known as UNCG, the university offers over 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, Lloyd International Honors College, Music, Nursing, and Graduate School.
Additionally, UNCG 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, 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 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 ranked UNCG #2 in its list of best bargains in public universities in the nation[citation needed]. 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 for nursing schools. The National League of Nursing 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 33rd in the country for 2004. 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 intimate campus with distinctively unique landmarks. Among these eclectic features is a statue of Minerva, the goddess of wisdom, located to the east of Elliot 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.
Other landmarks include "Charlie," a statue of the University's founder Charles Duncan McIver 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 Rock" 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 — Duke, Elon, High Point, NC State, UNC-Chapel Hill, UNC-Charlotte, and Wake Forest.
Students
Of the approximately 16,632 (12,692 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: 16:1
- 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, and all teams have competed in Division 1 since Fall 1991. In 2004, the UNC Greensboro'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.
There is a student organization dedicated to cheering on the Spartans in all of their athletic events. They are called the Blue Crew. In 2006, Blue Crew was joined by 8 dedicated young men who formed a new group called "The OCHO". The eight of them paint their chests to spell out 'SPARTANS'. They are always a crowd favorite.
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, Wrestling,
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[1] and several foreign culture groups, a Neo-Black Society, PRIDE! (a LGBT 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 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.
PRIDE!, UNCG's LGBT group founded in 1973-1974, may be the oldest such student group in the State of North Carolina and is among some of the oldest such groups nationwide.[2]
Club Sports: Disc Golf, Equestrian, Fencing, Football, Ice Hockey, Kendo, Rugby (Men's), Rugby (Women's), Soccer (Men's), Swimming, Ultimate (Men's and Women's) , Volleyball, Women's Soccer, Tennis
Greek Life
UNCG is home to 19 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:
National Panhellenic Conference:
National Pan-Hellenic Council Sororities:
National Pan-Hellenic Council Fraternities:
Council Independent:
Traditions
Some of the most visible traditions at UNCG take place between the University Dining Hall and the Elliott University Center where "The Rock" and the clock tower are located.
The Rawk
The Rawk[3] is a large boulder donated by members of Alpha Phi Omega in 1973 and spray-painted nearly every day by students, who use it as a giant message board. Unofficial rules govern the use of the Rock, and students know not to use foul language and that messages painted on the rock 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 Rock 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 Rock 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 Rock. 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 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."[4]) 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 UNC Chapel Hill Campus on Founder's Day. This is done by the Alumni of the universities.
Administration
- Charles Duncan McIver (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-Present)
Academic Units
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 politics and philanthropy. It is accredited by the 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 Hospitality Management degree, and the program is very well known on the east coast.
Majors in this school include:
- Public Health
- Dance
- Exercise and Sport Science
- Hospitality Management
- Leisure Service Management
- Recreation and Parks Management
- Therapeutic Recreation
- Travel and Tourism
Faculty for the RTH Department include:
- Dr. Leandra Bedini
- Dr. Erick Byrd
- Dr. David Cardenas
- Dr. Bonnie Canziani
- Dr. Nancy Gladwell
- Dr. Jerrie Hsieh
- Dr. Stephen Maynard
- Dr. Stuart Schelein
- Dr. Jim Sellers
- Dr. Charlsena Stone
School of Human Environmental Sciences
- Bachelor of Science in Interior Architecture (4+ year degree)
Department of Interior Architecture
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, Alpha-Xi chapter
- Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Iota Epsilon chapter
- Sigma Alpha Iota, Kappa Gamma chapter
- Collegiate Music Educators National Conference
- American Choral Directors Association
- American String Teachers Association
- Graduate Music Student Association
School of Nursing
The School of Nursing was established in September of 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 is a selective honors college within the University of North Carolina at Greensoro 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.
Lloyd International Honors College offers its students enhanced academic opportunities, international and global perspectives, and a variety of co-curricular and extra-curricular options that help round out their education.
The College offers three Honors academic programs that allow 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 (UNCG) is responsible for the welfare of all the graduate programs on campus and approximately 3600 graduate students from 33 states and 34 foreign countries.
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.
M.F.A. Writing Program
The MFA Writing Program at Greensboro 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, Caroline Gordon, John Crowe Ransom, Hiram Haydn, Peter Taylor, and Randall Jarrell. They invited other distinguished writers to campus to read from their work and to meet with students; these writers included Robert Lowell, Robert Frost, Flannery O’Connor, Robert Penn Warren, Eudora Welty, and Saul Bellow. 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, H.T. Kirby-Smith, Michael Parker, Craig Nova, Stuart Dischell, Jennifer Grotz and David Roderick. Notable graduates include Claudia Emerson, Lee Hadaway and Rodney Jones.
The Graduate Dean is the chief administrative officer of The Graduate School, taking general responsibility for the development, improvement, and administration of all graduate study at The University. The Dean of The Graduate School serves as an admissions officer who is responsible for administering the services to graduate students and programs. All matters of policy, procedures, and graduate curriculum are developed, approved, and implemented in consultation with programs and the Graduate Studies Committee.
Some of the activities coordinated by The Graduate School Staff:
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 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.
Residential College
The Residential College at Mary Foust, 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, 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 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 Residential College. Many of the staff are alumni.
Notable Alumni
- Gerald Austin - NFL Referee
- Richard M. Coffey - American conductor
- Claudia Emerson - Pulitzer Prize-winning author
- Dale Folwell - North Carolina House of Representatives, Republican, District 74, (2004-Present)
- Emmylou Harris - Country music/folk singer-songwriter
- Beth Leavel - Tony Award-winning broadway actress
- Andy Cabic - Singer and songwriter for the band Vetiver.
- Russ Bowen - News Anchor and Reporter for WLOS-13
- Alejandro Moreno - MLS Forward for Columbus Crew
Notable events
- 1993 - House of Cards with Tommy Lee Jones, filmed on location.
- 2005 - Home of the Giants filmed on location.
- 2006 - Inauguration of current University of North Carolina System President Erskine Bowles
Shooting
On Saturday March 24, 2007 a shooting occurred in Weil Residence hall. UNCG Police charged Brian Patrick Martin, 19, of Greensboro, in the shooting. Charges filed against Martin are attempted first degree murder, attempted robbery with a firearm, possession of a weapon on campus, and discharge of a weapon on campus. Sidney R. Lowe Jr., son of Sidney Lowe Sr. who currently serves as head basketball coach at NC State University, turned himself in to UNCG Police officers at the Guilford County Magistrate’s Office in Greensboro. Charges due to drugs were also filed against the victim, Stephen D. Cobb, the UNCG freshman who was shot in his room.
External links
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- Official athletics site
- Postcards of UNC-Greensboro from the North Carolina Collection, UNC-Chapel Hill
- Princeton Review site