By Suzanne Helms “K is for kneel. I like to kneel down and smell the roses.” (Rowlett) Margaret Rowlett (1897-1963), alumna of North Carolina College for Women (NCCW, now UNCG), was born in Alabama and grew up in Kannapolis, North Carolina, just northeast of Charlotte. An accomplished artist and illustrator… Continue reading…
By Elmera Schenkenberger Herman Middleton (1925 – 2020) was a beloved member of the UNCG Theatre Department faculty and a prolific producer of plays across the Piedmont Triad. Middleton was born and raised in Sanford, Florida, just outside of Orlando. While a student at Rollings College, Middleton was called to… Continue reading…
Written by Caitlin McCann Streaking was a common occurrence on college campuses in 1974, including UNCG. In early March 1974, UNCG was number one in the streak rankings. In the spirit of friendly competition, the Associated Streakers of the University of Utah invited the streakers of UNCG to Utah to… Continue reading…
Image: Daniel Ericourt playing the piano. Daniel Ericourt (1903-1998) was an internationally renowned concert pianist and music educator. As an artist-in-residence at UNC Greensboro during the 1960s and early 1970s, he was a boon to the music program and an enthusiastic ambassador of music education in the community. Born in… Continue reading…
Written by: Cecil Barlow Adult student services have existed in many different forms at UNCG. At the school’s inception in 1892, there were no such delineated services—adult education was left generally unconsidered in the United States until the passage of the G.I. bill in 1944. This bill provided subsistence and… Continue reading…
Classical Studies has been a foundational subject at UNCG since its inception as the State Normal and Industrial School in 1892. Newly enrolled students were mandated as part of the course curriculum to take Latin for at least three years during their attendance. It was only natural that a student… Continue reading…
Early advocate for the education of young women in North Carolina, Charles Duncan McIver, was just getting his fledgling college for women off the ground in the early 1890s. And Mary Bayard Morgan [Wootten] (1875-1959), a future student, was in search of a steady income to support herself. Like many… Continue reading…
In its first 75+ years, UNC Greensboro students developed numerous traditions that carried over from year to year. Many of these traditions were tied to a student’s graduating class, with students typically arriving with a particular group of students and then graduating with them four years later. Each class elected… Continue reading…
Evelyn “Eve” Brown Shelnutt was a 1973 graduate of the M.F.A. program at UNC Greensboro, becoming a prolific short story and poetry author. Eve was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, on August 29, 1941, to James M. and Evelyn B. Waldrop. She had an older sister, Cynthia, and a younger… Continue reading…
Among the many acclaimed alumni who got their start as students in our school’s Department of English is Bertha A. Harris. Born in Fayetteville, NC on December 17, 1936, Harris enrolled in this institution in 1955, when it was known as the Woman’s College (WC). Harris’ writing potential was established… Continue reading…