Updates
UNCG Establishing Task Force to Focus on Aiding Military Veterans
UNCG is establishing a Military, Veterans and Families Task Force to make recommendations designed to facilitate the enrollment and the success of UNCG students who are active duty members of the military, military veterans and military dependents. The task force was announced today by UNCG Chancellor Linda P. Brady, who was involved earlier in her […]
RF Micro Devices, JSNN Announce Collaboration
RF Micro Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq GS: RFMD), a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency components and compound semiconductor technologies, and the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN) of UNCG and N.C. A&T have signed a Joint Research and Development, Facilities and Equipment Use Agreement. This agreement enables joint research […]
Snowden to Testify Before Senate Banking Committee Sept. 15
Dr. Ken Snowden, an associate professor of economics and director of graduate studies in the Bryan School of Business and Economics at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, will testify before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs Wednesday, Sept. 15. He will address the committee during a panel discussion on “Covered Bonds: Potential Uses […]
JSNN Welcomes First Students
Congressman Brad Miller has a keen interest in the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, says Mike Tarrant, special assistant to the chancellor. The school opened last month, welcoming its first students. Miller serves on the House of Representatives’ Science and Technology Committee, where he is chair of that committee’s subcommittee on investigations and oversight. […]
Help and Support for Veterans
UNCG opened its arms to veterans and military personnel Tuesday afternoon, with the Veterans and Military Expo in EUC. “It’s certainly wonderful that UNCG is holding this on this great campus,” said Sen. Kay Hagan, who serves on the U.S. Senate’s Armed Services Committee. She noted the skills that veterans possess. “We now need to […]
UNCG Awarded $6,948,132 for 5-year Teacher Quality Partnership Grant
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced the award of $99.8 million for 12 new five-year Teacher Quality Partnership grants that aim to raise student achievement by improving instruction in our nation’s schools. The grants, funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, will be used to reform traditional university teacher preparation programs as […]