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Child Care Stars
How do you decide on the right child care facility? A star rating at a North Carolina child care facility can ease the minds of parents and caregivers. The NC Rated License Assessment Project, run by UNCG for nearly 25 years, has helped improve the lives of millions of children in North Carolina and beyond.
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Spartan Athletes Play And Find Their Way
At UNC Greensboro, many students land here because of athletics. Some are offered scholarships, while others choose UNCG because they can walk-on to a team and continue to play a sport they love.
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School Social Work Licensure: Impact Beyond The Classroom
Making a remarkable, real-world impact is at the center of UNC Greensboro’s school social work licensure program. “Our students get lots of touch points throughout the entire bachelor of social work program with volunteering, community service, and then their formal internship.”
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Promoting Peace: Where A Peace And Conflict Studies Degree Takes UNCG Students
A UNC Greensboro student who comes to the Peace and Conflict Studies Department will be matched with dedicated faculty, an innovative curriculum, impactful research, and a commitment to community engagement.
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Former Olympian Redefining Life After Competition At UNCG
Yeong-Jun (YJ) Seo spent most of his childhood playing ice hockey – including in the 2018 Winter Olympics where he competed on the South Korean team in PyeongChang. “As I transitioned out of the sport, I felt I wasn’t really prepared because there wasn’t a lot of support.”
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UNCG Departments Partner to Create Sensory Room
Behind the brick façade of UNC Greensboro’s Ferguson building lies a new escape, both for learning and calming: a sensory room.
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Kinesiology Professor Partners with High Point University in 2 Studies
Researchers at UNC Greensboro and High Point University are collaborating on two studies to improve treatments for concussion and burning mouth syndrome – a complex neuropathic condition that is often seen in cancer patients – also known as glossodynia.
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Health and Human Sciences majors popular with military-affiliated students
UNC Greensboro is among the Top 10 “Military Friendly” institutions across the country, and now it’s one of the top 10 “Military Spouse Friendly” schools.
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Welcome New Faculty and Staff
We’d like to welcome the following staff and faculty members to the School of Health and Human Sciences for the 2023-24 school year
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HHS alumna focuses on conveying truth in sexual education
Sexuality educator and UNCG alumna Shemeka Thorpe has a strong desire to effect change in women’s healthcare.
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HHS Announces Human Health Sciences B.S. Degree
UNCG will unveil a new degree this fall with the soft launch of Human Health Sciences (HHSci) Bachelor of Science.
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Public Health Education Professor Improving Kids’ Mental Health through Fist Bumps
A UNC Greensboro professor is launching a new initiative to promote the well-being of children – and it starts with a fist bump.
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Public Health Education faculty offers state training to support students
When faculty representatives from the UNC System met for the Faculty Assembly, hosted for the first time by UNC Greensboro on April 14, they learned about a program being offered to faculty and staff members in the System’s institutions across the state.
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Camp helps kids, grad students, to grow
Emily Hamuka, a clinical educator in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department at UNC Greensboro, was once asked what she would do if she could design any summer camp. From that question – the Sports and Language Camp was formed.
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Nutrition Undergrads Discover Mentors at HHS
Students at UNC Greensboro don’t have to wait until graduate school to form close bonds with researchers. The professors frequently take undergraduates under their wing, letting them experience all the practical work of compiling data in the lab and even publishing in academic journals.
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Economic Hardships Common Among Gig & Frontline Workers During Pandemic
Dr. Mathieu Despard wants to understand and address the barriers that prevent Americans from reaching their financial goals: a goal fueled by his past working as a social worker. Before entering academia, Despard held diverse roles that gave him a glimpse into everyday financial challenges.
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Students and Community Partners Essential to UNC Greensboro Nutrition Research
“The first 1,000 days, the period from conception until age 2, lay the foundation for a person’s health later in life.” Her research explores the relationship between food insecurity and health outcomes. She also studies the risk for obesity and related chronic diseases like type 2 diabetes and high blood…
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Student Mohammed Jibriel: Announcing the Interfaith Innovation Fellowship 2023
Mohammed Jibriel is a biomedical and public health professional with backgrounds in molecular biology, emerging infectious diseases, and global health security. His research focuses on exploring the impact of religion on individual health behaviors and outcomes.
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Perko: Changing Young Athletes’ Lives Through 500 Fist Bumps
500 Fist Bumps is the brainchild of Dr. Mike Perko, a professor of public health education at UNCG. He knows the impact a child’s coach can have on their life. Perko first started coaching in 1978 and still remembers his own childhood ice hockey coach, who was there for him…
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Dr. Laurie Wideman: One of the 17 Fellows Inducted into the 2023 National Academy of Kinesiology
Dr. Laurie Wideman was recently named one of the 17 fellows inducted into the 2023 National Academy of Kinesiology. She was inducted at the annual meeting Sept. 30
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Eifert: Creative Aging Network-NC’s New Exhibition Debuts Tuesday
A new art exhibition is debuting in Greensboro curated by the Creative Aging Network-NC. They are inviting the public to meet the artist and attend their opening reception on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
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Public Health Education Double Alum Selected for National Fellowship
Dr. Denzongpa’s interest in learning more about evaluation theory, methods, and the profession and her commitment to integrating new learning from initiative participation within CCPH enabled her to be selected as the only non-faculty fellow, making Dr. Denzongpa’s selection even more notable.
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Doyle: NC’s New Abortion Law Creates New Challenges for Genetic Counselors and Patients
Rachel Veazey, a genetic counselor in North Carolina, is trained in several fields of genetic counseling, but what she really enjoys is getting to know families through their pregnancy journeys. “It’s an honor to support families and help them understand their value system, and what’s happening.”
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Public Health Education Professor Shares Tips on New Covid Vaccine
The survey found that 35% said they don’t trust the government. But UNC Greensboro social epidemiologist Jennifer Toller Erausquin said there are other people with reasonable questions like vaccine safety, effectiveness, why it’s a good idea, and potential for side effects.
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Alumna Annie Vasquez: Gov. Roy Cooper Declares Overdose Awareness Day in North Carolina
Gov. Roy Cooper has declared Aug. 31 to be Overdose Awareness Day in North Carolina in conjunction with International Awareness Day. The goal is to honor and remember loved ones lost and recognize community partners working to provide help.
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Kinesiology Professor Shares Benefits of Sports on Kids
Activity like riding a bike “triggers hormonal releases, including endorphins that promote our brain health ― reducing stress and improving sleep ― and cognitive function, enhancing the ability to think,” Alan Chu, certified mental performance consultant and associate professor of applied sport psychology at the University of North Carolina at…
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Happy first week of Classes!
Welcome to UNCG and the School of Health and Human Sciences! We’re happy to have you here. Please find below a list of useful links to campus resources that you may need throughout the semester.
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Former Nutrition professor shares memories of Liberia
Former UNCG alumna and Department of Nutrition Professor Burgin Ross served in Liberia with the Peace Corps, and learned a lot while there.
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Communication Sciences & Disorders Alumna Debuts Movie on Understudied Brain Disorder
CSD alumna (’14) Dr. Jamilia Mijnga, Ph.D, CCC-SLP, knew that her debut documentary about the understudied communication disorder that can follow after right hemisphere brain damage, or RHD, was bound to stimulate everyone’s tear ducts.
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Kinesiology Alumna Named N.C. Athletic Director of the Year
“My job is to support our student-athletes and our coaches,” said Stephanie Wilkerson, athletic director at Olympic High School in Charlotte. “I won’t get it right every time. I’m still learning. I don’t think I’ll ever feel that I’ve ‘arrived.’”