The UNCG Atlantic World Research Network (AWRN) is a campus initiative which fosters campus-wide interdisciplinary research, teaching, and creative work that reflects on the peoples, cultures, and ecologies of the “Atlantic Rim”—Africa, Europe, and the Americas. The Network provides leadership in transatlantic studies not only at UNCG and around our… Continue reading…
The Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creativity Office (URSCO) at UNCG is intended to promote and support student success through mentored undergraduate research, creative inquiry and other scholarly experiences for the UNCG community. URSCO is also intended to help faculty become increasingly effective in mentoring undergraduate research and integrating research skills… Continue reading…
Seeking means to support the humanities and foster connections between faculty, students and the community, Drs. Jennifer Feather and Lisa Levenstein created the Humanities Network and Consortium in 2015. Since its inception, HNAC has brought together scholars from a wide variety of disciplines to promote faculty research and to engage… Continue reading…
The UNCG Humanities at Work (H@W) program provides paid internships to undergraduate humanities majors. It is funded by a generous grant from the Mellon Foundation. Students in the program work in small teams with local community partners to learn how to leverage their humanities degree beyond the classroom. The hands-on,… Continue reading…
After the dissolution of the Department of Ancient and Modern Languages in 1901, French became it’s own department, headed by Dr. Nena Morrow. The Department of French was subsumed into the Department of Romance Languages in 1915. Department Heads: Nena Morrow 1901 – 1908 Hinda Teague Hill 1908 – 1915
Born on her parents’ farm in Nash, NC on October 2, 1863, Viola Boddie attended Littleton College in North Carolina and taught at Henderson College. She then won a scholarship in 1889 to the Normal School at Nashville, TN, (now Peabody College,) where she earned a degree with teaching certificate… Continue reading…
In 1915, soon after the dissolution of the Department of Ancient and Modern Languages, the Department of Romance Languages was formed. This department included French and Spanish (later Italian and Portuguese). Though convenient for the course it would take, Latin was not included in the Department of Romance Languages, even… Continue reading…
After the dissolution of the Department of Ancient and Modern Languages in 1901, and the later creation of the Department of Romance Languages in 1915 which excluded German, the Department of German was left adrift for many years. It was not until 1960, when the program in Russian was removed from the Department of Romance… Continue reading…
Department of Latin After the dissolution of the Department of Ancient and Modern Languages, the Department of Latin was headed by Viola Boddie. In 1934 Viola Boddie was replaced by Marie B. Denneen. The next year, 1935, the department began to offer classes in Greek, It was then renamed the Department of Classical Civilization. Department Heads: Viola Boddie 1901-1934 Marie B. Deneen 1934
At the start of UNCG, language instruction in Latin was within the Normal department, which was designed to prepare women to be educators. Three years of Latin were required for every student, but the fourth year qualified students for the departmental diploma in Ancient and Modern Languages. The other two languages in the department, French… Continue reading…
