Featured Stories & News
Featured Stories
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National Hispanic Heritage Month
The School of Health and Human Sciences acknowledges the National Hispanic Heritage Month. We are grateful for our Faculty, Staff, Students, and Friends who identify as Hispanic or Latinx and we continue to stay committed to the advocacy and work needed to ensure their racial, ethnic, economic, social, and environmental
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Racial Trauma in an Uncertain World: Maximizing College Students’ Strengths and Taking Care – A Webinar
This session will provide you with information on the types of issues BIPOC students face, coping strategies for maintaining physical and emotional well-being, best practices for offering help, and available resources. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions.
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Welcome, HHS Spartans!
We are so glad you are here – in person! Welcome to our brand-new students and welcome back to our returning students.
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University of Pittsburgh’s Diversity Forum 2021
Dismantling Oppressive Systems: Building Just Communities Dates: July 26-29, 2021. Pitt’s 2021 Diversity Forum, Dismantling Oppressive Systems: Building Just Communities, is online, free, and open to all. This year’s forum sessions and workshops will engage and equip participants with the knowledge, skills and resources to identify sources of systemic oppression,
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Spartans Lead COVID-19 Community Health Outreach
North Carolina and the Piedmont Triad region have a history of successful refugee resettlement dating back to the early 1980s, making it a natural laboratory for examining the health and integration of ethnically and linguistically diverse newcomer communities.
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Dave Demo and Kathy Williams honored as they retire this summer
It is with mixed emotions that we announce two of our treasured associate deans will head into retirement this summer.
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Recruiting Black/African-American College Students For Interviews
Dr. Yarnecia Dyson (NCSU) and Dr. Naomi Hall-Byers (of Winston Salem State University and the Principal Investigator on an NSF Grant), are conducting a study that is focused on understanding interpersonal aggression and factors that contribute to violence among Black/African American college students. They are currently recruiting for *virtual* private one-on-one
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STUDENT INTERNS SUPPORT VACCINATION EFFORTS
Students in UNC Greensboro’s Master of Public Health in Community Health Education program (MPH) are required to complete a five to six-month-long internship that builds upon three core competencies: leadership principles, systems thinking, and coalition building.
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A Colored Girl Speaks Podcast by Andrea Hunter
Dr. Andrea Hunter is a scholar, teacher, mentor, writer – and colored girl. In her new podcast, A Colored Girl Speaks, Dr Hunter reveals everyday people living ordinary lives who do so with agency, with dignity, with great verve, and with the full range of harmony and chaos a human
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Bringing a Race Equity Lens to HHS: Discussion about the RACE TALK Project, April 23, 2021 at noon
Dr. Stephanie I. Coard, Associate Professor and Director of the African American Families Strengths and Strategies Lab will be the INAUGURAL Speaker for our Series, “Bringing a Race Equity Lens to Health and Human Sciences”. In the company of her student lab members, they will facilitate a discussion on their RACE TALK Project.
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TRICKLE-DOWN EFFECT: WHAT BIDEN’S DIVERSE CABINET MEANS FOR HIGHER ED
President Biden’s proposed cabinet would be the most diverse in U.S. history. What could this mean for higher education, and more specifically, for the School of Health and Human Sciences (HHS) at UNC Greensboro?
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UNCG presents “The R-Word” film screening
The old adage was once used as a defense against insults and bullying because language has power. For underserved populations, some words can be incredibly damaging. What is the effect of language on people with intellectual and developmental disabilities?
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Dr. Hunter Discusses the Importance of Family Relationships and Youth on Podcast
The relationships that form among young people and their family is a rich tapestry of experiences. ” A complex web of social relationships and networks that fold across multiple contexts and generations.”
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Kinesiology Professor Touts Benefits of Low-impact Exercise
They (athletes) didn’t really have experience with other types of exercise. They didn’t like the track and field training just for fun, and so, they did nothing. — Dr. DeAnne Brooks,Kinesiology Associate Professor
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SGA Led by Kinesiology Student Hazael Mengesha
SGA President, Hazael Mengesha, a senior kinesiology major with minors in biology and chemistry, never saw himself in a political position in college. “UNCG is so diverse. We are trying our best to represent each and every student.”
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Greensboro makerspace hires HDFS alum as first education coordinator
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Nutrition App Helps Fort Bragg Soldiers Make Healthier Eating Choices
Dr. Jared McGuirt is leading a study that consists of Fort Bragg soldiers receiving text alerts, helping them make healthy food choices so they remain fit for duty.
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UNCG Study to Examine Role of Kinship Care on Black Families
Dr. Tyreasa Washington is a professor in the Department of Social Work and has led the research. If we are pushing to keep children in kinship care as a first option, then we really want to make sure that we’re providing the caregivers some services and support. Article: https://www.peacemakeronline.com/studies-show-that-african-americans-are-overrepresented-in-kinship-care/
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How the Roe v Wade Decision Impacts Genetic Testing
Testing for potential genetic defects in a developing fetus has become a common component of prenatal care. However, the ability to terminate a pregnancy due to a profound or fatal genetic deformity is being limited or even eliminated altogether in states that have imposed new abortion restrictions in the wake……
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Six Steps to Sustaining Lifelong Friendships
Adams realized that friendship was a very significant interpersonal relationship that deserved far more attention than it was getting.
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Black Women Disproportionately Affected by Roe Overturn
Christina Yongue is an associate professor in the Department of Public Health Education, and also a member of Black Girls & Women Matter Greensboro. “There are more Black women who are dying in childbirth. There are more Black women who are not having access to prenatal visits. There are more……
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Dr. Smith Lee on Gun Violence and Trauma
“Experiences of gun violence are particularly hard to navigate, because they require us to both manage trauma and grief simultaneously,” said Jocelyn Smith Lee, an assistant professor of Human Development and Family Studies. “And that’s a steep learning curve for anyone, but particularly for children.“ Article: For Young Victims of……
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Podcast: The Joys of Caregiving
The E-Series: The Joy of Caregiving
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Dr. Myers on Medicare and Hearing Aids
Hearing aids are expensive, and there are a few things to think about when shopping for them. As hearing loss affects 48 million Americans, consistent with the Hearing Loss Association of America (PDF), payment options are important to consider. “A diagnostic hearing evaluation is covered by most insurance companies, although……
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UNCG Veteran and PHE Student Service Member Discuss Military Life
https://news.uncg.edu/spartan-to-spartan-active-duty-sailor-evans-veteran-shea/
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HDFS Alum Breaking Barriers as Latinx Educator
Perspective | Watch: This Latina professor never had a Latinx educator. Now, she offers this representation by teaching future N.C. educators
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Faculty and Staff Awards – Spring 2022