In 1965, the North Carolina General Assembly honored the request of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro for appropriations to establish a School of Nursing which would offer a program leading to a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. The School open in September 1966 with Dr. Eloise R. Lewis… Continue reading…
The Department of Computer Science was created in 2006 when the Department of Mathematical Sciences was split into two units: the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and the Department of Computer Science. Within the Department of Mathematical Sciences, however, a B.S. program in computer science was offered since 1991, and an… Continue reading…
The Department of Anthropology was established in March 1974 with Dr. Harriet Kupferer being named as the head of the Department. Prior to its creation, anthropology was housed under the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. The decision to separate the two departments came as a result of the continued growth… Continue reading…
In 1961, newly-elected Governor Terry Sanford created a Commission on Education Beyond the High School, which was headed by Winston-Salem lawyer Irving Carlyle. This commission became known as the Carlyle Commission. The Commission’s report, published in 1962, predicted a near doubling of college enrollment in North Carolina by 1975 and called for… Continue reading…
Maud Gatewood was born and raised in Yanceyville, North Carolina. Her mother encouraged her to take drawing classes at Averett College in Danville, Virginia. Maud spent her youth drawing and sketching and in 1950 (at the age of 16), she came to UNCG. In 1954, she graduated from Woman’s College… Continue reading…
The State Normal and Industrial School had a practice and observation school, led by Philander P. Claxton, as early as 1893. Two of the ten original students at the practice school were school president Charles Duncan McIver‘s own children. In 1898, the practice and observation school was incorporated into the Greensboro… Continue reading…
Adele Celeste Ulrich (1924-2011) was a professor of health, physical education and recreation for several decades, and a leader in the field of physical education. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and received her bachelor of science degree from Woman’s College (now UNCG) in 1946, her master’s degree from UNC-Chapel… Continue reading…
Warren Ashby was born in Newport News, Virginia in 1920. He joined the faculty of the Woman’s College as a member of the Department of Philosophy and as Department Head for 20 years. Ashby was awarded the UNCG Alumni Teaching Excellence Award in 1967. Ashby specialized in Western Ethics and… Continue reading…
Virginia Terrell Lathrop (1900-1974) was born near Raleigh, North Carolina and graduated from the North Carolina College for Women (now UNCG) in 1923. She worked as a journalist for the Raleigh News and Observer, the Asheville Citizen, the New York Post, and in the London and Paris offices of the… Continue reading…
Clara Booth Byrd first came to the State Normal and Industrial College (now UNCG) in 1908 as a student. In July 1913, she received her Bachelor of Arts degree. After entering the college, she quickly became involved in the administration. She taught classes for the Commercial Department (1909-1922) under E.J. Forney and worked as… Continue reading…
