UNC Greensboro alumni and supporters celebrated a new name for a familiar athletics home. Spartan Athletics’ Fleming Gym was officially renamed Bodford Arena on Nov. 8 during halftime of the Men’s Basketball home opener against Elon. The naming honored Alvin “Al” Bodford and the Bodford family for their extraordinary support of Spartan Athletics. Their recent $2 million commitment… Continue reading…
First, it was the Alumnae House, a treasured building at the finest public women’s college in the United States. After Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina went co-ed and was named UNC Greensboro, the name became Alumni House. On Oct. 18, after a trumpet fanfare, music and poetry… Continue reading…
UNCG Bryan School undergraduates strive to become bold, career-ready leaders in business. With new funding from alumnus Marcus T. Johnson ’99, they’re now better assured of it. Complemented by enrichment opportunities, the innovative Blueprint Series gives Spartans in UNCG’s Bryan School of Business and Economics a boost to be career-ready… Continue reading…
f you enjoy art in the Triad, it’s not unusual to know and love the Weatherspoon Art Museum at UNC Greensboro. However, it is a bit unusual to have known and loved the Weatherspoon for more than sixty years. But that’s true for Sarah Warmath, a dedicated supporter of the museum for the last half-century, and then some. This coming Thursday, September 25, during its always popular Fall Open House, the Weatherspoon will celebrate the… Continue reading…
UNCG’s School of Music produces excellent performers, K-12 teachers, and collegiate educators. It’s “extraordinary” says Professor Emerita Nancy Walker. Now, she and her husband, Tim Lindeman, will do more. They’re supporting undergraduates majoring in voice who exemplify remarkable academic, artistic, and professional promise through the newly-established Nancy Walker and Timothy Lindeman Scholarship Endowment in Music.
A gift from Dale S. Phipps ’82, ’86 and Barbara M. Phipps establishes the Dale and Barbara Phipps Nursing Scholarship Fund. It also furthers the Phippses’ commitment to three existing funds: the Dale and Barbara Phipps Accounting Scholarship Fund, the Kathy Walker Phipps Graduate Award in Creative Writing, and the Dale and Barbara Phipps Athletic Scholarship Endowment.
Nancy Hoffmann will honor her late husband with the Nancy and Jack Hoffmann ’99 Academic Programming Endowment. This gift establishes new support for academic programming at the Weatherspoon Art Museum including stipends for guest speakers, funds related to faculty/student-curated exhibitions, and other promotions that develop the strong academic relationship between the museum and UNCG.
UNCG’s School of Education makes a profound impact on classrooms in North Carolina. Teachers trained at UNCG, who often have more than 1,000 hours of hands-on experience in classrooms by the time they graduate, are ready for successful careers.
Now, a testamentary gift to the Barbara Davis Berryhill and Leigh Berryhill Teacher Education Scholarship Fund from Barbara Berryhill ’57 will add to the original endowment and support even more students.
The curtain is rising on a new endowed fund for opera at UNC Greensboro. The Thurston Family Opera Theatre Production Endowment will provide production support for the Opera Theatre Program in the School of Music. The endowment comes from a gift by Nancy and Bob Thurston,…
Greensboro’s Arch Mortgage Insurance Company (Arch MI) has offered its financial support to UNC Greensboro for more than 40 years. UNCG’s Bryan School of Business and Economics and Spartan Athletics are among the programs that have received generous gifts.
Now, the company establishes the Arch MI Scholars at UNCG with a pledge to award scholarships to four deserving students over their junior and senior years.
