UNC Greensboro honored two lifelong educators on Sept. 24, 2026, naming its School of Education building for Harriet Shain Evenson ’53 and Jerome Evenson in recognition of their extraordinary commitment to education and the University. The Evensons’ estate bequest of more than $14 million, the largest gift in University history, will carry forward their deep belief… Continue reading…
In her first year as an exceptional children’s teacher at Southern Guilford High School, Natalia Fagundez ’25 works to help students advance their math skills.
While at UNCG, Fagundez – who majored in special education with minors in American Sign Language and Spanish – was the recipient of multiple scholarships, including the Teacher Education Fellows (now Spartan Education Scholars).
School of Education scholar Shameeka M. Wilson ’18, ’20 MEd established an endowment at UNCG in 2019 as she was finishing her master’s program. Her first scholarship was awarded in 2020.
This eastern North Carolina native created the Shameeka Monay Wilson Legacy in Furthering Education (LIFE) Endowed Scholarship in Education to honor her mother and grandmother, and her own successful path to a career in education, teaching Deaf students and multilingual learners with disabilities.
Harriet Shain Evenson ’53 built her legacy around a simple charge: Make more teachers. Her lifelong commitment to public education – shared with her husband, Jerome – culminated in the largest gift in UNCG history, one that will transform the School of Education beyond her expectations. Her estate gift, totaling… Continue reading…
A mirror in her aunt’s dining room inspired Candy Chambers to create her first classroom. The 9-year-old wrote lesson plans on that mirror using washable markers to teach her brothers and cousins as she pretended to work in her dream job. This straight-A, first-generation Spartan in UNC Greensboro’s School of… Continue reading…
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.
Childhood education is critical. For the ten Eller family children growing up in rural Depression-era Rowan County, it was the stepping stone to go out into the wider world and make an impact. Now Tommy Eller, 94, acknowledging the importance of early education in his own life and that of… Continue reading…
