Alumni News
![Maria Menendez '23 DMA Music](https://vpa.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/mariamenendez.jpeg)
Commencement Profile: Maria Menendez
November 30, 2023
Maria Menendez DMA-Music Hometown: La Habana, Cuba What was it that led you to pursue a life in the arts? In Cuba I studied piano and choral conducting. Before I left my country, I was already working as a music teacher. I went to the University of Miami in … Continued
![Jocelyn Marencik '23 BFA Art](https://vpa.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/JocelynMarencik.jpeg)
Commencement Profile: Jocelyn Marencik
November 30, 2023
Jocelyn Marencik BFA-Studio Art: New Media and Design, Minor in Computer Science Hometown: Glen Allen, Virginia What was it that led you to pursue a life in the arts? I have had an interest in computing, including both its logical programming side and its creative design side, for a … Continued
![Ethan Everhart '23 BM Music Pop Tech](https://vpa.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Ethan-Everhart.jpeg)
Commencement Profile: Ethan Everhart
November 30, 2023
Ethan Everhart BM-Performance: Popular Music and Technology Hometown: Lexington, NC What was it that led you to pursue a life in the arts? I went to my older sister’s band concerts when I was in elementary school, and I knew that I wanted to play an instrument when I got … Continued
![Aubria Battle '23 BFA Dance](https://vpa.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/aubriabattle.jpeg)
Commencement Profile: Aubria Battle
November 30, 2023
Aubria Battle BFA-Dance, Choreography/Performance, Minor in Psychology Hometown: Wake Forest, North Carolina What was it that led you to pursue a life in the arts? I’ve been an artist for the majority of my life, so it only made sense for me to pursue an education in the fine arts. … Continued
School of Theatre Alumnus Coming to Greensboro in “Aladdin”
October 26, 2023
The magic carpet has taken J. Andrew “Jordan” Speas (‘21 BFA Theatre) to hundreds of cities in the United States and Canada, and on October 31st it will bring him to the Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts in Greensboro, North Carolina. Speas is on the North American Tour … Continued
![Hugh Hysell '88 BFA Theatre holding Tony Award](https://vpa.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/hugh-with-tony-1-scaled-e1696008540461.jpg)
Tony Award-Winning Alumnus Teaching “The Business of Show”
October 2, 2023
“I want to teach my students to say ‘yes.’ Life will give you opportunities, and we need to be open to that. If you say ‘no,’ this is your path that you decided on from the start then you might miss the opportunities. If you say ‘yes,’ there might be … Continued
![Promo Still from Film 8 AM](https://vpa.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/8am_PromoStill-e1696008899291.jpg)
Alumni Film Explores Artistic Choices
October 2, 2023
What happens when the dreams you cultivate come into conflict with the real responsibility of life? Many people find their greatest talent cast aside in the face of life’s daily pressures and discover there’s rarely an easy answer forward. —Tagline for the film 8 AM It’s a question that’s all too … Continued
![Cover of 2003 Alumni Magazine](https://vpa.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/uncg-magazine-cover.jpeg)
From 2003 Alumni Magazine to 2023: Where are They Now?
September 23, 2023
Twenty years ago, Chrissy Fiorilli-Ellington, Jenny Greer, and Samson Baker were featured on the cover of the UNC Greensboro Alumni Magazine, smiling and striding across a New York City street, full of hopes and dreams for what might become their role in the world of theatre. It was the spring … Continued