Physical education, originally called physical culture, began as hygiene and physiology instruction taught by the college’s resident physician. A gymnasium was established in the Main Building. Plans and funding for a new gymnasium were crushed in 1900 after a typhoid fever epidemic. A mandatory walking period and intramural athletics continued for… Continue reading…
Physical education, originally called physical culture, began as hygiene and physiology instruction taught by the college’s resident physician. Yet, it was not until 1921 that a Department of Physical Education was created, with Mary Channing Coleman serving as the first department head. Following the sudden death of Coleman in 1947, Ethel… Continue reading…
The State Normal and Industrial School (now UNCG) was opened in 1892 to primarily serve as a training facility for teachers in North Carolina public schools. The Normal opened a practice and observation school in 1893 under the direction of Philander P. Claxton to ensure students were well versed in practice… Continue reading…
The School of Health and Human Performance (HHP) was established in 1991 and encompassed programs previously included in the School of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (HPERD). In a 2012 restructuring, HHP was dissolved, and three of the five academic departments moved to the newly formed School of Health… Continue reading…
The State Normal and Industrial School (now UNCG) was opened in 1892 to primarily serve as a training facility for teachers in North Carolina public schools. The Normal opened a practice and observation school in 1893 under the direction of Philander P. Claxton to ensure students were well versed in practice… Continue reading…
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences began in 1921 when the North Carolina College for Women reorganized its administrative structure. William C. Smith, who was a professor in the English Department, was appointed as the first dean. College President Julius Foust was the creator of the new structure and he envisioned the… Continue reading…
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…
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…
