“Wild Caught,” a documentary by UNCG faculty member Matt Barr recounting the travails of the 300-year-old fishing industry in Snead’s Ferry, will be shown statewide on WUNC-TV at 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 3.
“Wild Caught: The Life and Struggles of an American Fishing Town” describes the disappearing way of life for fishermen as skyrocketing real estate taxes and fuel costs coupled with environmental degradation and globalization challenge their livelihood. Barr, an associate professor of media studies, premiered the film on campus in 2006.
Josh Green feels lucky. Although he spent five years as a military policeman, he was never deployed.
When he left the military, he earned an undergraduate degree from UNCG. Since 2006, he has worked in the Dean of Students’ Office.
Green is not alone. Nationwide, 270,666 students used the new G.I. Bill benefits in 2009-10, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education.
With the idea of helping other veterans get their bearings after completing their military service, Green is working with U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan and colleagues at UNCG to organize the first annual Veterans and Military Expo 1-4 p.m. Sept. 7 at UNCG. Free and open to all veterans, their families and friends, the expo is the first such event to take place on a UNC system campus, Green says.
Dr. Zhanxiang Zhou, an accomplished researcher of liver disease, has been named co-director of UNCG’s Center for Research Excellence in Bioactive Food Components.
Dr. Wei Jia is the other co-director of the center based in Kannapolis at the North Carolina Research Campus. Zhou, whose appointment includes a faculty position in the UNCG Department of Nutrition, joins the center from the University of Louisville School of Medicine, where he was a tenured associate professor.
It’s the first day of school at the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering. That’s not just for the new school year; it’s the first day of school ever for one of the UNC system’s most innovative educational initiatives.
With the opening of classes, the JSNN becomes one of fewer than 10 schools nationally to offer degree programs in nanotechnology, according to the National Nanotechnology Initiative. And it’s the only one created and operated collaboratively by two universities. The school was created by The University of North Carolina at Greensboro and North Carolina A&T State University.
A renovated North Spencer Residence Hall will see new life this fall as home to 194 students in Lloyd International Honors College.
The $250,000-plus renovation, funded primarily through housing receipts, took a year and a half to complete. Changes include refurbished bathroom and laundry facilities, office space for faculty, a refurbished parlor and north end porch, a touch-screen computer portal linking students to University Libraries, a computer lab, and a new classroom for use as a global teleconferencing center.
Cheryl Lovelady, a nutrition professor, receives her Research Excellence Award.
One of the real strengths of UNCG? Chancellor Linda P. Brady says that it is the commitment so many show. It's revealed in classes, in laboratories, in studios and in offices, on all parts of campus.
At a ceremony Aug. 18 in Aycock Auditorium, awards were presented to faculty and staff for teaching, research and service. Provost David H. Perrin, Vice Chancellor Terri Shelton and Alumni Association President Keith Ayscue assisted the chancellor in presenting the awards,
UNCG faces an even tougher budget situation for 2011-13, while the university remains committed to academic quality and student success. It’s all part of the “new normal,” a term used more than once by Chancellor Linda P. Brady in her State of the Campus Address Aug. 18 in Aycock Auditorium.
“We must embark upon a course that will position us for an even more competitive future,” she said.
The Princeton Review has included UNCG in its “The Best 373 Colleges,” an honor earned by only about 15 percent of the nation’s four-year colleges. The 2011 edition of the book hit store shelves this month.
UNCG’s academic year will spring to life Wednesday, Aug. 18, when new freshman and transfer students begin their moves onto campus. Classes begin Monday, Aug. 23.
But those students won’t be the only new elements at UNCG. The 2010-11 academic year also marks the start of several programs and initiatives at the university.
