UNC Greensboro

The Mathematics Department has been in existence at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro since its opening  as the State Normal and Industrial School in 1892. Its first department head was one of the charter members of the faculty, Gertrude Mendenhall. The department began to transform in 1965 with the… Continue reading…

The Mathematics Department has been in existence at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro since its opening  as the State Normal and Industrial School in 1892. In 1994, the name of the department was changed to the Department of Mathematical Sciences. In 2006, the department was split into two separate departments: the… Continue reading…

The Mathematics Department has been in existence at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro since its opening  as the State Normal and Industrial School in 1892. By 1993, the Department had grown to include three distinct sub-disciplines: mathematics, computer science, and statistics. In 1994, the name of the department was changed… Continue reading…

In the Spring of 2003, the name of UNCG’s Women’s Studies Program, which first offered courses in 1974, was changed to Women’s and Gender Studies to reflect a growing trend in women’s studies programs across the country. The new name also more accurately represented the Program’s evolving scope. Women’s and… Continue reading…

In 1972, UNCG formed a faculty-student committee be created to examine women’s studies in a larger academic context, define objectives of a women’s studies program, and to make recommendations on what type of form a program might be created at UNCG. The committee’s findings would eventually lead to the establishment of a Women’s… Continue reading…

UNCG’s Center for Critical Inquiry in the Liberal Arts was established within the College of Arts and Sciences in 1989 to foster cross-disciplinary curricular planning, research, discourse and community. The Center houses various liberal studies programs including the Honors Program and the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies. Dr. Henry… Continue reading…

In August 2014, the African American Studies Program‘s name was changed to African American and African Diaspora Studies to reflect a broader curriculum. This marked the second name change for the department, being previously known as the Black Studies Program. African American and African Diaspora Studies Program Directors: Tara Green… Continue reading…

In 1992-1993, the Black Studies Program officially changed its name to the African American Studies Program. In recent years, the department has continued to grow. On February 8, 2002, the Board of Governors approved UNCG’s request for authorization to establish a Bachelor of Arts degree in African American Studies. And… Continue reading…

In 1969, UNCG’s History Department proposed the first course in African American history to be taught by Richard Bardolph, a white faculty member who had published in the field. Students, however, insisted that the course must be taught by an African American instructor. For one experimental year in 1970, Bardolph… Continue reading…