Month: September 2020
UNCG recognized for excellence in diversity
For the third 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 89 institutions across the nation, and […]
School of Health and Human Sciences
The mission of the School of Health and Human Sciences (HHS) is to prepare new generations of professionals, leaders, scholars, and entrepreneurs to enhance the quality of life of individuals, families, and communities. To do so, it is imperative that HHS value and commit to an academic environment in which anti-racism, diversity, equity, inclusiveness, and respect […]
Research explores free people of color in the early South
The history of race relations in the U.S. South often tends to be viewed from a strict Black-White binary. Most of us learn that from the colonial period through the Civil War, Black people were slaves, and White people were free. But what about multiracial people? Were they free or enslaved? And how did gender […]
Yes, and Cafe – Episode 10: A Step in this Grand March Towards Freedom
Yes, and Cafe – Episode 10: A Step in this Grand March Towards Freedom. The Yes, and Cafe podcast speaks with Chancellor Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr., as he begins his sixth academic year as chancellor of UNC Greensboro. UNCG student Luis Mejia Cruz also joins the conversation.
For basketball coaches at A&T and UNCG, outcry for justice a teachable moment
For basketball coaches at A&T and UNCG, outcry for justice a teachable moment. UNCG Head Coach Wes Miller talks to the News & Record about how he, his staff, and his players have responded to racial injustice this summer.