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University of North Carolina at Greensboro

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro is a public university in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA and is a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina system. Also known as UNCG, the university offers over 100 undergraduate, 59 master's and 22 doctoral programs. The University's academic schools and programs include Arts & Sciences, Business & Economics, Education, Health & Human Performance, Human Environmental Sciences, Lloyd International Honors College, Music, Nursing, and Graduate School.

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Campus

UNCG's Fountain
UNCG has a unique campus, with landmarks such as "Charlie," a statue of founder Charles Duncan McIver outside Jackson Library, and outside the University Dining Hall. The white tower wing of the Jackson Library and the Spartan water tower are recognizable structures in the Greensboro community, and the campus is also home to "the Rock" and the clock tower—two campus landmarks—and school traditions (See Traditions below). A new bell tower at the corner of College Ave. and Spring Garden St. was completed at the end of the 2004-2005 academic year.

The Fountain is another landmark on UNCG's campus, and is a common meeting place for student groups. Visible from parts of the quad all the way to the Elliot University Center and from above in the Jackson Library and "the Caf," the large steps and platform around the fountain are frequently home to demonstrations, performances, and fraternity/sorority functions.

Students

Of the approximately 16,100 (12,139 undergraduate) students enrolled at the school, 32 percent are male and 68 percent female. Students come from 46 states and 90 countries. Around 25 percent of undergraduates are minorities, and 20 percent are African-American.

Student demographics

Sports, clubs, and traditions

UNCG is home to a large amount of diverse and active sports and student organizations from Greek life to a radio station, and some traditions unique to the school.

Athletics

uncg_spartans.jpg The intercollegiate athletics program at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro reaches as far back as the late 1940s during the days of the WCUNC, with students participating in national golf tournaments in 1948 and the school hosting the national tournaments for women's golf (1954) and tennis (1965). During the 1980s, all Spartan teams competed in Division III (non-scholarship) and then Division II (scholarship) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, and all teams have competed in Division 1 since Fall 1991. In 2004, the UNC Greensboro's Men's Soccer team lost in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament to UC-Santa Barbara's Men's Soccer team, 1-0 in Overtime.

The 16 athletic teams currently at UNCG include:

Baseball, Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, Men's Cross Country, Women's Cross Country, Men's Golf, Women's Golf, Men's Soccer, Women's Soccer, Softball, Men's Tennis, Women's Tennis, Men's Track, Women's Track, Women's Volleyball, Wrestling

Clubs

In Fall 2004, the Clubs and Organizations affiliated with UNCG included 36 Honor Societies and 18 Fraternities and Sororities. The University also has a prominent Student Government Association and several foreign culture groups, a Neo-Black Society, PRIDE! (a LGBT group), and various performing arts, religious and service programs. Student media groups also produce UNCG's Carolinian Newspaper, CORADDI Fine Arts Magazine, and WUAG 103.1 Campus Radio Station.

Club Sports: Disc Golf, Equestrian, Fencing, Football, Ice Hockey, Kendo, Rugby (Men's), Rugby (Women's), Soccer (Men's), Swimming, Ultimate (Men's and Women's) , Volleyball, Women's Soccer, Tennis

Greek Life

UNCG is home to 18 Social Fraternities and Sororities that each have their own traditions. Their main event is Greek Week, a weeklong celebration of Greek life and team building games that take place each year in April.
The following Greek organizations are present at UNCG:
Interfraternity Conference: National Panhellenic Conference: National Pan-Hellenic Council Sororities: National Pan-Hellenic Council Fraternities:

Traditions

Some of the most visible traditions at UNCG take place between the University Dining Hall and the Elliott University Center where "The Rock" and the clock tower are located.

The Rock

Uncg_therock.jpg The Rock is a large boulder donated by members of Alpha Phi Omega in 1973 and spray-painted nearly every day by students, who use it as a giant message board. Unofficial rules govern the use of the Rock, and students know not to use foul language and that messages painted on the rock must be left for at least 24 hours before being painted over. The Rock was purchased after a former Chancellor tired of the previous tradition to paint messages and "clothes" on Charlie (the statue of Charles D. McIver on College Avenue). The Rock was originally placed where the Fountain is today.

Clock Tower

Most students at the University also uphold the tradition of not walking beneath the four-faced clock tower located near the Rock. It is said that those who walk under the clock will not graduate on time, and some students believe in this almost religiously, avoiding the bricks around the clock tower as well. Only graduates and the occasional unbeliever walk through the middle of the four posts to read the plaque below the clocks.

A new clock tower was constructed in 2005 on the site of the old University Bell, at the corner of College Ave. and Spring Garden St. The bells ring on the hour and on every quarter of the hour in a sequence made famous by the Big Ben chimes.

Other Traditions

It is also a tradition each year to give new students a Spartan pin and a daisy-the school flower of UNCG- after student convocation. The daisy was the inspiration for the original two school colors- gold and white (the more masculine navy blue was added when men were first admitted in 1963). Another tradition is the ringing of the University Bell to open the academic year at the start of each Fall Semester.

History

Credit for the founding of UNCG goes mainly to Charles Duncan McIver, a crusader for the cause of women's education. The school was established by legislative enactment on February 18, 1891 as the State Normal and Industrial School and opened October 5, 1892. The school provided instruction in business, domestic science, and teaching with a student body of 223 and a faculty of 15 in its first year. R. S. Pullen and R. T. Gray gave the original 10-acre site in Greensboro, N.C. where the first building was erected with state funds totaling $30,000.

The school has seen many names over the years, changing from the "State Normal and Industrial School" to the State Normal and Industrial College in 1896, and again in 1919 to North Carolina College for Women. In 1932, it changed to the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, when it became one of the three charter institutions of the Consolidated University of North Carolina, and changed again to The University of North Carolina at Greensboro when men were first admitted to the school in 1963. It is remembered fondly by many graduates of the Woman's College simply as "the W.C."

Charles D. McIver served the institution as its first chief executive officer with the title of President. This position has also seen various names, with the administrator being known as the Dean of Administration after 1934 and Chancellor from 1945 to present. A full list of administrators can be found below.

Administration

Academic Units

Bryan School of Business & Economics

The Bryan School is the largest of UNCG's six professional schools. It was founded in 1969, and is named for Joseph Bryan, a prominent figure in North Carolina politics and philanthropy. It is accredited by the The Associate to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, and is one of the top 10% of schools in the nation that have earned this accreditation for business and economics. The school is organized into four different departments; Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, and Information Systems and Operations Management.

The Bryan School offers degrees at different levels. They include:


Undergraduate:




Graduate:



Certificates:



The Bryan School has 75 full-time faculty as well as 2,000 undergraduates and 450 graduate students. There are also more than 18,000 alumni.



College of Arts & Sciences


School of Education


School of Health & Human Performance


School of Human Environmental Sciences


School of Music

The UNCG School of Music is home to over 600 music majors and 60 distinguished faculty members. Music has been a central discipline at UNCG since the university's founding. The school was the first in the South to offer an undergraduate music education degree (1912). The North Carolina High School Music Contest Festival - the precursor of today's influential North Carolina Music Educators Association - arose on campus during the 1920s.


The UNCG School of Music has been fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music since 1938. The school offers the only comprehensive music program from undergraduate through doctoral study in performance and music education in North Carolina.


Degree Programs offered include:


Student Organizations include:




School of Nursing


Lloyd International Honors College


Lloyd International Honors College is a selective honors college within the University of North Carolina at Greensoro that gives excellent undergraduate students in all majors the opportunity to reach a higher level of academic achievement in the same time it takes to earn a regular degree.  


Lloyd International Honors College offers its students enhanced academic opportunities, international and global perspectives, and a variety of co-curricular and extra-curricular options that help round out their education.  


The College offers three Honors academic programs that allow students to enhance their general-education studies (General-Education Honors Program), work in their major (Disciplinary Honors Program), or their entire undergraduate education while at UNCG (Full University Honors Program).  All Honors students take special Honors courses that are generally restricted to no more than 20-25 students and often have an interdisciplinary focus.  For those who wish to complete General-Education Honors or Full University Honors, an international experience and a second language are required.  


There are also a variety of independent study and research opportunities that give Honors students the chance to design courses their fit their special needs and interests and to work one-on-one with faculty.  Finally, Lloyd International Honors College offers a variety of extracurricular opportunities including weekly coffees where students and faculty discuss issues of the day, student symposia, debates, special lectures and performances, enhanced study abroad opportunities, and special residence hall options.



The Graduate School


Residential Colleges

UNCG is home to three residential colleges, smaller communities within the university designed to enrich the student experience.

Cornelia Strong College

Cornelia Strong College provides a social and academic community within the context of the larger university.  There is no specific curriculum.  The college is open to resident and non-resident undergraduate and graduate students.  Strong College fellows are faculty members who take an active role in the development of Strong College's student members.



Grogan College

Ione Grogan College, established in 1997, is limited to freshman and serves about 300 students per year. The college is divided into smaller learning communities, each headed by a faculty fellow. The college offers classes that meet general requirements, and ease freshman into the college experience.



Residential College

The Residential College, established in 1970, is a community of freshman and sophomore students, faculty and staff who live or work in Mary Foust Hall.  Also known as the RC, the college offers small classes, close student and faculty interaction and a rich community living experience.



Notable Events

1993 - House of Cards with Tommy Lee Jones, filmed on location.

2005 - Home of the Giants filmed on location.


2006 - Inauguration of current University of North Carolina System President Erskine Bowles



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