Community Engagement News
Quality Matters Workshop Invitation
February 27, 2019
You are invited to participate in the “Applying the Quality Matters Rubric” face-to-face, 1-day workshop at UNCG, which will be taught by certified Quality Matters instructor Dr. Racheal Brooks of NCCU. In this workshop, you will learn to apply the Quality Matters principles and rubric to online courses. Cost: Free, with lunch provided UNCG … Continued
Herbie Hancock Visits UNCG College of Visual & Performing Arts
February 14, 2019
Feb. 12, UNC Greensboro and the Miles Davis Jazz Studies Program received an extraordinary visitor: 14-time Grammy winner, and illustrious visionary in the jazz fusion world for nearly six decades, Herbie Hancock. [vpa-button text=”Read more at UNCG NOW!” url=”https://newsandfeatures.uncg.edu/jazz-fusion-visionary-herbie-hancock-visits-campus/” new-window=”true”]
ACTOR CHRIS CHALK, FROM THE G TO ‘GOTHAM’
February 8, 2019
UNCG alumnus Chris Chalk ’01 stars in the hit show “Gotham,” and has been featured in “Homeland” and “Underground.” He has starred in Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize-winning “Ruined,” and the Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of “Fences” alongside Viola Davis and Denzel Washington. He was featured in the Oscar Best Picture … Continued
Announcing the 2019 Student Artist Competition Winners
January 31, 2019
The Final Round of the 2019 Student Artist Competition was held Tuesday, January 29. The competition provides an annual forum for exceptional student performers to audition for the opportunity to appear in concert with the UNCG Symphony Orchestra. Auditions are held in two stages: a preliminary round administered by each area … Continued
Michelle Mason ’18
January 30, 2019
“KATS: The Meerkat Musical” and “Indiana Bones and the Kingdom of the Camarasaur” are examples of presentations at Greensboro’s Science Center, where actors educate and entertain a vital audience: children. Michelle Mason ’18 contributes to our community by using her acting skills to connect with kids. UNCG’s School of Theatre … Continued
Pianist Annie Jeng Appointed to School of Music Faculty
January 18, 2019
The UNCG School of Music is pleased to announce the appointment of pianist Annie Jeng to the School of Music faculty as Assistant Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy. Annie Jeng enjoys a diverse career as an internationally active performer, educator, and arts entrepreneur. She has performed widely in such settings … Continued
Spring 2019 Webinar Series
January 4, 2019
The Spring 2019 webinar series for “Online Learning & Innovation” and “Research & Application” have been scheduled. These are 30 minute webinars, recorded in Webex Meetings, on online learning and library topics of interest to UNCG faculty, staff, and graduate students. Webinar series libguide: http://uncg.libguides.com/webinars/ Online Learning & Innovation: http://uncg.libguides.com/webinars/onlinelearning … Continued
2016 Art School Alumni Carmen Neely Exhibition at Jane Lombard Gallery, New York
December 3, 2018
CARMEN NEELY Carmen Neely’s work—a combination of painting and found objects—is imbued with deep intention and awareness of her identity as a young black woman making art in the twenty-first century. “The mark”, revered and mythologized as the purest form of artistic intention in the art historical canon, becomes an … Continued