Featured Stories & News
Featured Stories
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Kinesiology student uses yoga therapy to help area immigrants and refugees
“Yoga therapy is not just physical practice,” says Mona Flynn, third- year Ed.D. candidate in kinesiology. “People tend to equate yoga with posture, but there’s so much more it has to offer. I want yoga to be recognized for its worth, as both a restorative practice and a preventative one.”
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Gender Affirming Communication Program Helps Clients Find Their Voice
Sena Crutchley didn’t set out to become a specialist in gender affirming voice work. When she joined UNC Greensboro’s Communication Sciences and Disorders Department (CSD) in 2007, the University already had an established program housed within the Speech and Hearing Center.
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Making Kids Feel Like Part of a Community
A rare moment of quiet falls over the dozen Dudley High School freshmen seated in a circle in Coach Mitchell’s physical education class. It’s Tuesday, so the class is being led by UNCG’s Michael Hemphill, Jeremy Rinker, and Omari Dyson.
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Visiting an Audiologist Isn’t Something to Fear
Imagine being newly retired and excited to embrace hobbies. As the days go on, you begin to notice difficulty hearing some of your favorite sounds. This scenario can be an unfortunate reality for many people, with an estimated 15% of adults in the U.S. experiencing difficulty hearing.
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PCS Student Learns from a New Culture, and Applies Lessons from UNCG
My parents have been a strong influence on me in so many ways. They are givers! Growing up, we used to have a lot of people live with us, and I saw how they did everything to ensure that everyone was comfortable. They gave their time, resources, and everything to ensure that my siblings and I,…
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HDFS Alumna Emphasizes Importance of Mental Health
At just 13 years old, people began to notice that Jennifer Baddour ’96 had a natural inclination for listening and supporting others. After being nominated to serve as a peer supporter in junior high, she learned skills and gained experience guiding young people through challenging times.
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Student Fuses Kinesiology and Business to Fuel his Passion
Kinesiology senior Jaden Lassiter knows that increasing his skillset is the best way to get ahead in a competitive job market. He wanted to have a career in the health industry, but at the end of his junior year, he thought he should do something to make himself more marketable.
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Welcome Students 2022
WE ARE SO GLAD YOU ARE HERE! We’re happy to see everyone at UNC Greensboro. We are excited to see so many new students, and extend a warm welcome to all of you returning for another year.
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Madeleine Meinhold Takes Summer Job as Hoppers Nutritionist
UNCG’s Madeleine Meinhold BS ’19, MS ’21, is an alumna and assistant professor of nutrition in the School of Health and Human Sciences. But her summer job this year finds her working for the Pittsburgh Pirates as the dietician and nutritionist for the Greensboro Grasshoppers.
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CSD Hosted Unique Camp for Children with Communications Disorders
UNC Greensboro’s Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) hosted a new summer camp this June for children at Piney Lake. The camp was the first of its kind in North Carolina. Six graduate clinicians and one CSD faculty member conducted therapy activities with children aged 7 to 11 who have stutters.
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A Calling in Life and a Passion for Social Work
Todd Perry has spent much of his life in long-term recovery, using his experience to help others through substance abuse and mental health battles by drawing upon his own experiences.
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Success Fits Nick Lyerly to a Tee
By its very nature, golf is a game that challenges the mind as much as the body. Sure, there’s plenty of physical skill involved in a good golf swing. Everything works in unison: hands, wrists, shoulders, torso, legs – all flowing through a synchronized, graceful movement.
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GCSTOP Researcher, Professor Stresses Need for Narcan in Triad
“What we want to do is to say ‘you know here are some safer things’ like have Narcan with you, we have fentanyl test strips, ways to identify counterfeit anything. That will save a life.”
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Genetic Counseling Professor, Alumna Discuss AI Chat Tools in Genetic Testing
“There’s a place for utilization for all of these technologies. I think we just need to figure out what situations, what patients, and what indications are the most appropriate for each.”
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Director of Culinary Medicine Trains Students for Real World
The foodservice business can be an unpredictable one—and that’s a lesson dietetic interns at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) have been learning first-hand.
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Kinesiology Professor Explains Why Sports Pull at Emotions
People identify with (a team) and they identify through them — their sense of self, in part, can be constructed through sport. — Adam Berg, Kinesiology Associate Professor
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HDFS Professors Study Limited Language, Child Care Subsidies During COVID
Subsidy staff shared that Latino families experienced language barriers, difficulties accessing the internet or other electronic communication channels, and difficulties accessing in-person services.
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Social Work Professor Discusses Lessons from US, UK Pandemic Responses
While uninterrupted attachment to the labor force is a good thing, higher levels of job loss in the US may have benefited economic efficiency as workers had more incentive to consider better job opportunities.
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PHE Alumna Selected as Guilford County’s First Drug and Injury Prevention Manager
Amanda Clark, a 2018 Public Education alumna, was selected as the Guilford County Division of Public Health’s first Drug and Injury Prevention Manager.
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Tippett Gift Creates Tunstall Scholarship For Adult Students
Deborah Tunstall Tippett ’73, ’81 MS, ’91 PhD has established the Ann Satterwhite Tunstall Scholarship Fund with a planned gift to UNC Greensboro.
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Lindsey D. Sanders, ’12 JMSW, ’21 PhD
Dr. Lindsey Sanders graduated from UNCG in 2012 and 2021. She received her Masters in Social Work and her Doctorate in Community Health Education. Learn how to get and stay involved as we catch up with Lindsey!
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Virginia Hester ’39
L.B. and Virginia Edwards Hester Merit Scholarship Virginia Edwards Hester (1918-2018) came to Woman’s College in 1935 from the small town of Marshville in Union County, North Carolina. She arrived along with seven classmates from her high school, and has many fond memories of being a student. “How happy we…
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Alumni Spotlight: Physical Education Class of 1975
If you’ve ever met a graduate of the Physical Education (P.E.) Class of 1975, consider yourself lucky. Fifty years ago, in the Fall of 1971, a group of women began their first semester of college courses here at UNCG.
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Dr. Deborah E. Jones ’75, ’82 MEd, ’97 EdD
“Highly effective, risk-taking women principals” was the description Donna Cox Peters ’80 MS, ’99 PhD put forth while seeking subjects for her dissertation. Professional referrals led Donna to Deborah E. Jones, a familiar colleague who would evolve into a lifelong inspiration.
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Ron G. Morrow, ’84 MS, ’00 EdD
In his 27 years of physical education experience, Ron Morrow has directed health, physical education and recreation departments for YMCAs, taught K-6 Physical Education, served as Physical Education Department Chair of Davidson College, and served as adjunct faculty member.
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Charles and Lois Lee ’65
When looking back on her experience at Woman’s College, now UNC Greensboro, Lois Lee ’65 remembers the people first. “There were so many people who helped me find out who I was supposed to be,” says Lee. Among them was Dr. Grace Keziah, her freshman world history professor. Dr. Keziah,…
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Sarah Shoffner ’62, ’64 MS, ’77 PhD
To read more about Sarah, check out the UNCG Magazine article on Woman’s College (WC), As the ’60s Neared and Passing the Torch, on Sarah and her time spent in the School of Health and Environmental Sciences (now School of Health and Human Sciences) at the WC. AS THE ’60S…