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Nursing Heroes: Toward the fire

July 30, 2021 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

GREENSBORO (July 30, 2021) – We’ve heard stories about firefighters who run toward the fire rather than away from it. Well three UNC Greensboro nursing students did just that at the height of the coronavirus pandemic last year. In the accompanying video, UNCG Associate Dean of Nursing Heidi Krowchuk tells the stories of three graduate students… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2021, Nursing, Nursing Series, UNC Greensboro

Nursing Heroes: ‘That nurse’

July 23, 2021 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

GREENSBORO (July 23, 2021) – She is “that nurse” – the nurse with the sleeve of tattoos screening patients for COVID-19 outside UNC Hospitals whose photo went viral in March 2020. She is also Grace Cindric, a 2016 graduate of UNC Greensboro’s School of Nursing. And she is “one of our alums – a nurse… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2021, Nursing, Nursing Series, UNC Greensboro

‘We have to compete’ for nursing faculty

July 21, 2021 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

GREENSBORO (July 21, 2021) – Hiring and keeping nursing faculty isn’t a challenge just at community colleges. “One of the things that vexes us is that while there’s great student demand for spots in nursing schools, the supply of nursing faculty is actually quite constricted,” UNC Greensboro Chancellor Franklin Gilliam says in the accompanying video…. READ MORE

Filed Under: 2021, Nursing, Nursing Series, UNC Greensboro

UNCG: More nurses

July 14, 2021 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

GREENSBORO (July14, 2021) – To examine how one state university is confronting North Carolina’s nursing shortage, we need to look back six years. “We’re turning away 140 qualified nursing students every year,” UNC Greensboro Chancellor Franklin Gilliam Jr. said in 2015. “Cone Health tells us we cannot produce nurses fast enough for them to hire…. READ MORE

Filed Under: 2021, Nursing, Nursing Series, UNC Greensboro

The cost of deferred maintenance at NC universities

June 3, 2021 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

GREENSBORO – Not many donors want to put their name on an HVAC system. Yet sometimes those systems need to be replaced. And across the UNC System, postponed maintenance amounts to billions of dollars. “There’s deferred maintenance on all of our campuses,” UNC Greensboro Chancellor Frank Gilliam Jr. says in the accompanying video. Then Gilliam… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2021, Budget, UNC Greensboro, UNC System

Kiwi banjo – with a touch of UNCG

October 23, 2020 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

GREENSBORO – North Carolinians might not think of New Zealand as a bluegrass hot spot. But that’s where UNC Greensboro-trained Catherine “BB” Bowness first picked up the banjo. And pandemic or not, Bowness the banjo player has been winning plenty of attention lately.  The International Bluegrass Music Association couldn’t hold its annual World of Bluegrass… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2020, UNC Greensboro

A message from UNCG’s chancellor

June 3, 2020 by Higher Ed Works 3 Comments

Dear Students, Faculty, and Staff, To sustain our democracy, and enact our shared values of freedom, prosperity, equality, safety, and a brighter future for our children, we must solve our problems collaboratively. People are mistaken if they believe the outcry over the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis is the singular cause of protests across… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2020, Diversity, Systemic racism, UNC Greensboro

Find flexibility with UNCG Online

January 9, 2020 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

GREENSBORO – Whether they’re juggling the demands of a job, caring for children or caring for parents, nontraditional students can find it hard to make it to a university campus. So – because about 80% of its students work full- or part-time – UNC Greensboro has vastly expanded online course offerings both for nontraditional students… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2020, Excellence, Great Universities, Online, UNC Greensboro

UNCG Online: Immediate ROI in the workplace

January 9, 2020 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

GREENSBORO – Students in at least one online program at UNC Greensboro don’t have to wait for their degree to put their new skills to work. They can do it right now. In the accompanying video, Dr. Karen Bull, Dean of UNCG Online, highlights UNCG’s Bachelor of Science in Integrated Professional Studies, an online program… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2020, Online, UNC Greensboro

UNCG: No. 1 in NC Social Mobility

December 4, 2019 by Higher Ed Works Leave a Comment

GREENSBORO – Chancellor Frank Gilliam is proud of UNC Greensboro’s recent ranking by U.S. News & World Report as the No. 1 university in North Carolina for social mobility.1 Not only that, Gilliam notes in the accompanying video, but UNCG is one of just five universities in the country with more than 50% of students… READ MORE

Filed Under: 2019, Excellence, Great Universities, UNC Greensboro

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