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Month: August 2013

Margaret C. Moore

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Margaret C. Moore Building entrance, 1995 Let’s take a stroll through campus.  As you walk down the McIver pedestrian mall towards McIver Street, a red brick building stands on your left.  One of the Moore buildings.  To be exact, the Margaret C. Moore Building.   Ms. Moore, like many names that grace our campus buildings, remains largely unknown to […]

“Woodsy Paths” and “Ferocious Creatures” at Camp Ahuntforfun

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by Erin Lawrimore Camping and outdoor recreation have been a staple of UNCG student life since the early 1900s. The student Athletic Association, soon after its founding in 1900, coordinated short hikes around campus. In 1922, a need for longer hikes and more outdoor recreational opportunities led faculty members and students to begin renting cabins […]

1932: The Year of the Co-eds at Woman’s College

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by Erin Lawrimore Until it was made co-educational in 1964, Woman’s College (now UNCG) was pretty clear in the fact that it was a single-gender institution. Male students were allowed to enroll in summer school courses and graduate programs (at least until the 1950s and 1960s when the UNC system asserted limitations over male enrollment […]

Dr. McIver and the “first class [train] wreck”

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by Kathelene McCarty Smith Dr. Charles Duncan McIver, the founder and first president of the State Normal and Industrial School (now The University of North Carolina at Greensboro) had always wanted to see a “first class [train] wreck.” He got his wish on the night of August 25, 1902, when Southern Railway’s fast mail train […]

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