In 1904, the North Carolina State Normal and Industrial College (now known as UNCG) held its first May Day celebration. The spring themed festival consisted of plays, musical processions by the Boston Festival Orchestra, and students dancing around flower covered poles, also known as May Poles. The celebration was held… Continue reading…
The Arts Forum/Arts Festival was an annual interdisciplinary festival held for 25 years, from 1944 to 1969 at the Woman’s College (later renamed UNCG). The Arts Forum grew out of a 1943 Writing Forum sponsored by the Department of English. The following year, music composition, art, and dance joined writing… Continue reading…
Pine Needles was the yearbook of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. It was published between 1902 and 1993 in three different incarnations, first as The Decennial (1902), later as The Carolinian (1909-1917), and finally as Pine Needles (1920-1993).
The Mace is a ceremonial insignia of the University. It is a highly-ornamented staff, patterned after a weapon of antiquity that was used to bludgeon one’s enemies. In modern ceremony, the Mace is carried by a high official during formal occasions, and symbolically signifies their authority. At UNCG, the Mace… Continue reading…
The Medallion of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) is the ceremonial medallion worn by the UNCG Chancellor on a velvet ribbon during special academic occasions. Also known as the Chain-of-Office Medallion, it is hand-chased in sterling silver, and bears the seal of the University (identical to the… Continue reading…
In 2002, the University began work on a custom tartan design, with a specific pattern in the school colors, to honor its founder Charles McIver’s Scots-Irish heritage. Helen Dennison, the University’s associate vice chancellor for university relations at that time, explained in an article in the Greensboro News and Record… Continue reading…
Each spring, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) inducts a select group of students into the University Marshals, a campus service organization recognizing the academic excellence and the exemplary service record of 100 rising Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors. Required to have completed thirty semester hours and have least… Continue reading…
In 1908, the Alumnae Association offered a prize of ten dollars in gold to the person who could write the best song to represent the spirit of the school. There was no response to this call, but in 1910, Laura Weill (later, Laura Weill Cone) wrote the college song, which… Continue reading…
Until 1909, North Carolina Day was celebrated in October at the school with special events and programs. In 1909, North Carolina Day was dedicated to the memory of founding president Charles Duncan McIver. Alumnae met in locations across the state, and students placed wreaths on his grave at Green Hill… Continue reading…
The Class of 1898 began the tradition of having designated class colors by selecting green and white as their class colors. The three classes that followed chose red and white, lavender and white, and blue and white. These became the official colors, and they rotated through the years. The first… Continue reading…
