HHS Alumni Awards and Reception 2025 – 26
The UNCG School of Health and Human Sciences was pleased to host the 2025 Alumni Awards Reception and Ceremony on October 16, 2025 at the beautiful Weatherspoon Art Museum.
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PE Class of 1975 Shows How to Make an Impact
For 50 years, members of UNCG’s Physical Education class of 1975 held onto coursework notes, textbooks from their time at the University, old uniforms and jackets, and photos showing them with their classmates.
HDFS alum, award winner, passes away
UNCG alum Dr. Jay A. Mancini passed away on Oct. 10, 2024. Mancini, 75, was a lifelong friend of the University and the School of Health and Human Sciences. He earned his Ph.D. from UNCG in 1977 in Child Development and Family Relations (HDFS).
HHS Remembers Trailblazer Jo Safrit
In addition to funding kinesiology at UNCG, Safrit also invested in numerous other areas. She also provided support to the Center for Women’s Health and Wellness, the College of Visual and Performing Arts, the Weatherspoon Art Museum, the UNCG Alumni Association Fund, the Spartan Athletics Scholarship Fund, and UNCG as a whole.
UNCG Alumna Creates Legacy Through Scholarships
The Class of 1958/Gail Hennis Scholarship Fund, established in 1996, and the Rosemary McGee Scholarship Endowment, established in 1999. Bobbi’s lifetime and estate giving to these scholarship funds exceeds $2.25 million.
Penny Family Fund Supports Faculty Research
Faculty at UNCG’s School of Health and Human Sciences (HHS) will receive additional support for research thanks to a planned gift from Judy Penny ’70, ’74 MA, ’89 PhD. The gift will establish the Penny Family Faculty First Endowment and advance HHS faculty research.
Melinda Hamrick ’69
Hamrick did so by establishing a charitable gift annuity with her alma mater. The Melinda Hamrick ’69 Graduate Award in the Joint Master’s Degree in Social Work Program will support graduate students accepted into UNCG’s and NC A&T’s Joint Master in Social Work Program who hope to pursue careers in public social services.
Charles and Lois Lee ’65
The Helen Canaday Scholarship supports undergraduate students pursuing careers in human development and family studies. Thus far, 21 students have received it. In 2015, Charles and Lois Lee named the Helen Canaday Scholarship as a beneficiary in their will, and in 2018, they established a charitable gift annuity to provide additional support.
Elizabeth Rosenthal ’27
Elizabeth established the Joe Rosenthal Professorship herself, endowing it over the last five years of her life. After her death in 1971, the Wayne Foundation used funds from Elizabeth’s bequest to establish the Elizabeth Rosenthal Professorship in her honor.
Barbara Wike ’80
In 2018, she established the Barbara J. Wike Scholarship for Non-Traditional Students in the School of Health and Human Sciences. This will bequest, designated for non-traditional students pursuing any School of Health and Human Sciences major, will create a lasting impact by supporting this growing sector of our undergraduate population.