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Spartan Club

The Spartan Club is a non-profit organization which endeavors to secure the financial support for UNCG student-athletes. Throughout the year, the Spartan Club, and each of the Spartan varsity teams host special events and hospitality gatherings to promote interest in the athletic programs at UNCG.  The primary focus of the … Continued


Anne Wortham Cone

Anne Wortham Cone graduated from the Woman’s College (now UNCG) in 1935 with a degree in business. Together with her husband, Benjamin Cone (who served as mayor of Greensboro, from 1949 to 1951, and as President of Greensboro’s Moses Cone Hospital from 1956 to 1971), she was a prolific patron … Continued


Randall Jarrell Lecture Hall

The Randall Jarrell Lecture Hall, named after acclaimed poet and former Women’s College professor Randall Jarrell, is located in the basement of the Jackson Library. It opened in 1970, and underwent a major renovation in 1997, which included the installation of multimedia instructional technology.


Genetic Counseling Program

UNCG’s Genetic Counseling Program, a graduate program, was approved in 1999 and was the first of its kind in North Carolina. Courses were first offered towards the master of science degree in Genetic Counseling in Fall 2000. The first class graduated in 2002. Nancy Callanan was named the founding director … Continued


Department of Nutrition

In 2002, the name of the Department of Nutrition and Foodservice Systems was officially changed to the Department of Nutrition.   Department Heads: Rosemary Wander (2002, continuing from Department of Nutrition and Foodservice Systems) Deborah Kipp (2003-2011) J. Lee Beverly (2012-2014) Ron F. Morrison (2015- )


Katherine H. Taylor (1909-1994)

Katherine Henrietta Taylor was born on March 19, 1909, in Salisbury, North Carolina. She graduated from the North Carolina College for Women (now UNCG) in 1928 and was one of two alumnae elected to membership in the Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, a national honorary scholastic fraternity. Taylor received her … Continued


Carlyle Commission

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 … Continued


Maud Gatewood (1934-2004)

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 … Continued


Pat Shore Clark (Class of 1958)

Patricia Jane Shore of East Bend, North Carolina, earned her B.S. in Business Education from Woman’s College  in 1958. She had intended to be a school teacher of business and commercial subjects and had already accepted a teaching job in Elkin, NC, when another opportunity arose that would change her … Continued


McIver (Charles Duncan) Memorial Building

The McIver Memorial Building, opened in 1908, was named in honor of Charles Duncan McIver, founder and first president of the University. An east wing was added in 1920 and a west wing in 1922. It was declared unsafe in 1956 and razed in 1958.