For one week of the summer, about a dozen kids gather on the outskirts of Greensboro at Piney Lake. They canoe. They swim. They jump on a giant water trampoline. They act in plays and do yoga and crafts and explore nature. And they talk about their stutter and learning to accept it.
You can be a famous soccer/football player at the World Cup or an amateur pickleball player at your local park, and heat will be the biggest opponent you may face all summer. The climate pattern El Niño is in full swing and expected to bring multiple dangerous heat waves across the globe.
“How would you like your mom or dad or your grandma or grandpa to be treated?”
That question summarizes the ideology of Hope Niedrich, who just defended her capstone project before the faculty in UNC Greensboro’s gerontology program.
Meet the 2026–2027 FASEB Executive Committee
Kinesiology alumna and Public Health Education doctoral student Lexi Kier is the recipient of this year’s Association for Applied Sport Psychology Inclusion, Diversity and Excellence in Advocacy and Social Justice (IDEAS) student award.
Gerontology Professor Dr. Rebecca Adams talks about the science of friendships, and what to do if you’re in an epidemic of loneliness.
Human Health Sciences Program Director Dr. Jeannette Wade was selected to attend the four-week BRIDGES program at UNC this fall. She is the only representative from UNCG to attend.
The new master’s program comes from UNCG’s School of Health and Human Sciences Department of Sport Management and Recreational Therapy, formerly known as the Department of Community and Therapeutic Recreation.
Sometimes alumni connections can give an aspiring health care worker the perfect boost to propel them into their careers.
