During World War I, the students of the State Normal and Industrial College (now UNCG) took part in numerous aspects of campus work — including many of the jobs vacated by local men. In the summer of 1918, seven students calling themselves the “Carpenterettes,” banded together and built a YWCA… Continue reading…
During the summer of 1918, during World War I, ten Normal women heeded President Woodrow Wilson’s call to increase American food production and reduce food waste by volunteering to work on a 300-acre farm just outside of Greensboro. Most of these Farmerettes had no experience with farm work. In fact,… Continue reading…
John H. Cook began his work at the State Normal and Industrial College (later Woman’s College, now UNCG) when he was hired as head of the department of education in 1918. After a campus-wide reorganization in 1922, his title was changed from “head” to “dean.” In 1921, he worked to… Continue reading…
Mary Channing Coleman was born on July 11, 1883 in the small community of Ware Neck, Virginia. She was from a prominent Virginian family, and was reportedly a descendent of Pocahontas and two signers of the Declaration of Independence. Coleman was educated by private tutors until she went to Virginia’s… Continue reading…
As an undergraduate student at UNCG, Dr. Cheek actively served as the vice-president of the Alpha Xi chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon in addition to being the music editor for the Carolinian. She was also a member of the Outing Club and a university marshal. Dr. Cheek was also the first… Continue reading…
Yoko Ishikawa was born in 1930 in Yokohama, Japan. In September of 1952, through the support of a Fulbright Scholarship, the Service League of Women’s College in Greensboro, and the U.S. Department of State, Ishikawa was able to attend Woman’s College as an exchange student for a year. She enrolled in… Continue reading…
On October 5, 1892, when the doors of the State Normal and Industrial School officially opened for instruction, the women enrolled were called to classes by the chiming of the University Bell. Originally, the bell stood near the location of the current Alumni House. It was used wake students in… Continue reading…
Ralph Wilkerson was the first African American student at UNCG, male or female, elected as Student Government Association president (1978-1979). Entry by Lucy Mason, summer 2015 intern
Odessa Patrick received her B.S. in Biology from North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University in 1956. She received her M.A. in Biology from UNCG in 1969. In 1958, she was hired as a lab technician at Woman’s College. As a lab technician, Patrick was the first African American academic… Continue reading…
Larry McAdoo was one of the first African Americans male students to attend and the first to graduate from UNCG. An honor student, he was also a legislature representative for the town student association while at UNCG. Upon receiving his B.A. in Economics and Business Administration, McAdoo went on to… Continue reading…
