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Jennie Rikkola (Nursing) received a Staff Excellence Award at the April Faculty & Staff Excellence Awards. She helps students get in – and out – of the Nursing program, as she explains. In this clip, she talks about the people she is surrounded by in the School of Nursing. “It’s a great group of people who work really well together to help students reach their goals, becoming nurses, pursuing big-deal dreams and careers. We’re making a difference in their lives.”
The first UNCG Faculty vs. Staff Kickball is in the record books. And Michael Frierson (Media Studies) had his video-camera to capture the sights and sounds of the game. The sounds? Cheering and the thump of foot meeting the ball – and the occasional “Kick that ball!” or “We need someone in right!” The sights? Lots of people having an excellent time. Enjoy Frierson’s video.
Katie Marshall, former UNCG Student Government Association president, was one of several with UNCG ties who gave TEDx talks last week. The 2011 graduate currently is at Volvo Financial Services, in corporate communications. In this video produced by UNCG Student Affairs, she reflects on her time as a student here. “We were all at this age where we knew we wanted to do something great but we had no idea how. And we found ourselves all getting involved in different (UNCG) organizations and that’s how you could see us … all traveling down the road to get us where we are today.”
Dr. Susanne Rinner (Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures) received the Alumni Teaching Excellence Award in fall 2012. She explains in this clip that for students in the College, “You want to give them a broad range of opportunities, and I think we do this very well here…The focus is on combining, connecting the research and scholarship with teaching – and encouraging students to become scholars themselves….”
Dr. Jim Evans, professor of English, received the Gladys Strawn Bullard Award at the 2013 Faculty & Staff Excellence Awards ceremony. He has served UNCG for 42 years, he notes in this short video shown at the ceremony. “I’ve enjoyed being at UNCG all these years,” he says, “and I’ve especially enjoyed being able to help by colleagues and our students achieve the goals that they were trying to achieve in the last four decades.”
At the 2012 Faculty/Staff Excellence Awards ceremony, Dr. Jody Natalle (Communication Studies) and Kathy Crowe (University Libraries) received UNCG’s Student Learning Enhancement Award. “We’ve shown how you can collaborate and work across boundaries – and given the importance of assessment and the fact that it will continue to be important – this shows other people that yes you can do it too,” says Natalle in the video. Their work in teaching students communication and information literacy is highlighted in this short, excellent clip.
A reminder: The 2013 Faculty and Staff Excellence awards ceremony will be this Friday, 9 a.m., in the EUC Auditorium.
This is going to be fun. Nothing but fun and good camaraderie. Not sure that John Lepri and Ray Carney have gotten the message. Check this out – and if you happen to see these two fellows with ten gallon hats pacing around the athletic fields, tell them win or lose, it’s all for a good cause. Give them a glass of sarsaparilla. And make sure they’re at the big game – tell them it’s been moved to a new location. The Faculty vs. Staff Kickball game will be at the UNCG Baseball Stadium, April 4. The game starts at 6 p.m.; gates open at 5 p.m. Video by Sean “Sergio Leone” Farrell.
Dr. Esther Leerkes (Human Development & Family Studies) received a UNCG Research Excellence Award at the 2012 Faculty & Staff Excellence Awards ceremony. In this video created by a Media Studies student, Leerkes speaks about her research: ”My goal really is to understand what promotes children’s healthy development, and the outcomes that I am interested in are social, emotional. What is it that helps children learn to regulate their own emotions? What is it that promotes a close, healthy relationship with their parents, which we know if protective for their later development?”
Dr. Craig Cashwell in the Department of Counseling and Educational Development in the School of Education received the 2012 Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award. In a video shown at the awards ceremony, he told how during the first part of his career, he thought a lot about his legacy of publications and research. Now that he is in the autumn of his career, he is more aware that his many past and present students are a legacy. “I think a lot more about this next generation of students that’ll be professional counselors and educators – and somehow having an impact on them, knowing that they’re going to be teaching for 30 years, long after I’ve retired … There really is a paying forward thing.”
See video highlights of Nicholas Paulos’ 10 three-pointers in the Spartan win over Chattanooga last week. It netted him a “Top Performers” notice on the ESPN web site. It also set a new Spartan single-game record. Watch the reaction from the Spartan bench as he keeps hitting the long shots – he made 10 in 12 tries. During one stretch, he made six in only three minutes.
Dr. Heather Helms (HDFS) received the Alumni Teaching Excellence Award at the 2012 Excellence Awards ceremony. See what some students said about her – and a few thoughts she shared about her work, in this short clip presented at the ceremony.
Michael Byers received the Gladys Strawn Bullard Award at the 2012 Excellence Awards. This video, shown at the awards ceremony, details some of what he does for our university. “The thing I love about the job I get to do is that every day is a chance to come in and try to improve something,” he says. “We like to try to make a difference.”
Dr. Thomas Martinek (Kinesiology) was awarded UNCG’s Gladys Strawn Bullard Award at August’s Excellence Awards ceremony. This short video, shown at the ceremony, provides a glimpse of why he received this honor – and what his work has meant not only to the university but also to the larger community.
How does one player score 41 points? See for yourself.
Trevis Simpson’s 41 points in Sunday’s win over Chattanooga evened the team to a 4-4 record in the SoCon standings. A big game later this week: hosting Elon on Thursday. Come support the team.
Athletics provides a highlights clip of the men’s basketball 71-52 win over Wofford Jan. 16 at the Coliseum. Three Spartans scored in double figures: Trevis Simpson, Derrell Armstrong and Kelvin McNeil. The team, currently 2-4 in the SoCon, has three home games in the next week and a half: Samford Thursday, Jan. 24; Chattanooga Sunday, Jan. 27; and Elon Thursday Jan. 31. The Elon game will be Faculty/Staff Appreciation Night.
A highlight of the Excellence Awards event last fall was the showing of short videos of the various award recipients. Each film was created by students in UNCG Media Studies, and was posted online by HRS. Dr. Hephzibah Crawford Roskelly, professor of English, received the Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching. Enjoy the short clip.
Spartan men’s basketball opened the SoCon slate by defeating The Citadel 84-54 Dec.1. With the win, their season record is 2-5. Business major Drew Parker, a junior, led the scoring in the game. Public Health major Trevis Simpson, also a junior, reached the 1,000 point mark for his college career. The team’s next two home games are against Wake Forest on Dec. 22 and Lees-McRae on Jan. 9. Enjoy this highlights reel by UNCG Athletics.
What’s your most treasured children’s book? Chancellor Brady shared hers for the Guilford County Schools’ 3 Million Book Read project, designed to enhance literacy among school children. “What I love about this story is the phrase ’till I I can see so wide,’” she says in the video. “And that’s what reading is all about. It opens up vast horizons for all of us.”
Homecoming 2012 was great. From the Quad rededication to the Robert Watson tribute, from the parade to the music to the big scene in front of the EUC – and more – there was something for everyone. This highlights film captures some of the scene. Perhaps you’ll see many people you know. (Reel courtesy CAP and CAB. Photographer: UNCG student Emma Barker. Video: B&G Studios, run by UNCG students. Music: student band Addison Prophet.)
More than 75 great teachers have received gold stars over the past month. It’s been a fun way for the Faculty Teaching and Learning Commons (FTLC) to call attention to some of our university’s great teachers – and to help spread the word about the “Faculty Center Takeover” on Thursday, Nov. 1, from 4-6 p.m. The event is for all those who teach at UNCG. The students have enjoyed seeing some of their great teachers recognized. Enjoy the video, created by the FTLC, with highlights of many of the surprise presentations.
The UNCG women’s golf program hosted the annual Starmount Forest Tournament earlier this month, which brought 15 university teams to Greensboro. UNCG was led by senior Courtney Taylor. The Spartans were playing without last year’s SoCon Player of the Year, sophomore Fanny Cnops, who missed the tournament due to her play in the 2012 World Team Championships. She placed 12th overall for Belgium. Details on the Starmount Forest Tournament are here. Video highlights clip by UNCG Athletics.
As this week’s Spotlight explained, new technology allows musicians hundreds of miles apart to play together, with almost no lag in transmission time. The technology is LOLA, and it will very soon be at UNCG. During a performance demonstration, Marjorie Bagley (UNCG) played “Passacaglia” in Philadelphia, while cellist Cheng-Hou Lee (Northern Illinois) played in Dekalb. (Video by Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)
The “Sustainability and the Arts” symposium on Sept. 27 opened with a composition composed by Steven Landis, with choreography by Elisa Foshay. Dance students and percussion students used the Peabody Pedestrian Bridge as their stage and instrument – quite a surprise to passers-by. Check out this very short clip of the scene, from the Office of Sustainability. The piece will be performed again on Oct. 24 as part of Campus Sustainability Day, their Office has tweeted.
An opera flash mob …. at a grocery store? Through the “Got Opera?” gala on Oct. 6 at Aycock Auditorium, UNCG Opera and Greensboro Opera hope to reach out to a larger audience than ever before. They certainly reached out this past weekend. See the great surprise some lucky shoppers got on Sept. 21, at the launch of the 17Days Arts and Culture Festival in Greensboro. Opera tickets are on sale at 272-0160.
A recent weekend tweet from a student noted the bustle of activity on campus. For students – as well as faculty and staff – UNCG has lots of events to offer, through the week and the weekend as well. (Following UNCG Weekend on Facebook or Twitter is one good way to stay informed from the students’ perspective.) This short “highlights video,” created by University Admissions, shows a sampling from the end of last semester. It’s titled “What’s happening at UNCG? Plenty!” Lots of faculty are on view, as well as students. Enjoy.
Doc Hendley will speak Sept. 12, 7 p.m. in Aycock about his efforts to bring clean water to areas of the world, such as Darfur, in need of a consistently safe drinking supply. His book, Wine to Water, was the First-Year Summer Read at UNCG this year. Admission is free for the talk. UNCG student Sandy Elliott is looking to start a student chapter of Wine to Water – if there is enough student interest – with Joe Frey as faculty advisor. She will have a table at the event, where interested students may sign up. Details on his appearence are here. See him talk about his work and life story very briefly, in this video.
At a Carolina Chocolate Drops concert, you’ll have a wide variety of musical styles, most centered on music that would have been heard many decades ago. Stringband music. Jugband music. Some sound radio-friendly for the here-and-now. This official video from the recently released “Leaving Eden” gives a sample of former UNCG graduate student Rhiannon Giddens’ vocal talents. (You can check out YouTube for her additional fiddle, kazoo and flat-footing talents.) Lyrics are here, Enjoy. And enjoy her band’s concert Tuesday night in Aycock.
Students working with the UNCG Speaking Center volunteered this summer at the Interactive Resource Center. They helped homeless individuals, seeking employment, with their interviewing skills. Senior Music Education / Communication Studies double major Andria Williamson tells her experience, in this video. She found that building confidence was vital. “This is like going outside the mold and actually helping someone with themselves first… Once you do that it’s like everything else falls into place.” (Full transcript is at http://speakingcenter.uncg.edu/irc/slideshow.)
Undergraduate Natalie Jones, alumnus Evan Zakia and Speaking Center Director Kim Cuny are other Spartans seen in the video, produced by Logan Dunn for the street paper Greensboro Voice. Assistant Director Erin Ellis also volunteered. The Speaking Center will volunteer at the IRC throughout the year.
With several campus construction projects under way or winding up, here is a video on campus sustainability as it relates to construction/recycling. It was produced for University Libraries’ “Irma Minerva TV” and it features Ben Kunka.
With a new class of first year students soon to arrive on campus, check out a fun video from this summer’s SOAR.
The UNCG Music Camp has come to an end for another year. In this video for the newly published summer 2012 UNCG Magazine, camp founder Dr. John Locke reflects on the popular camp as it marks 30 years of success.
It’s Theatre 232 time at Triad Stage, as they and UNCG Theatre collaborate on summer productions, as they do this time each year. “The Illusion” on the main stage at Triad Stage continues its run through July 1. See a few highlights of the production, as well as a few thoughts from adjunct professor and director Preston Lane and others involved in the production. “I love its celebration of storytelling, its celebration of magic,” says Lane.
The year Charlie Chaplin appeared at UNCG in a large war bonds rally, he filmed “Shoulder Arms.” It is said that the American troops in WWI loved it. See an excerpt from the 1918 silent film.
Mike Koech is an athlete on the outstanding Spartan track team. In December, he received his degree in public health, and he is working on a second degree in biology. He tells of his perspective on UNCG.
Consider making and submitting your own short “Do Something Bigger Altogether” video. Information is here.
The 2012 Senior Memoir for UNCG Athletics is a great look at what the graduating students on our sports teams learned over their years as Spartans. What they’ll miss? “Being a part of something bigger than me” is a recurring theme. The video is by Ed Lewis and Mike Lento.
