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Month: November 2015

A History of Adult Students at UNCG

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by Erin Lawrimore When the doors of the State Normal and Industrial School (now UNCG) opened on October 5, 1892, for the first day of instruction, 176 women from across North Carolina arrived in Greensboro to attend. The number would grow to 223 by the year’s end. Many of the students who arrived were non-traditional […]

Spotlight on WC Alumna and American Red Cross Worker, Emily Harris Preyer (Class of 1939)

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by Sara Maeve Whisnant Emily Irving Harris Preyer was born in Reidsville, NC in 1919 and grew up in Greensboro. Preyer attended Greensboro Senior High School (now Grimsley High School) and then went on to the Woman’s College (WC) of the University of North Carolina (now UNC Greensboro). While at the WC she double majored […]

100 Years Ago: Campus Life in 1915

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by Erin Lawrimore On Saturday, September 18, 1915, the 702 students enrolled at the State Normal and Industrial College (now UNCG) gathered in the auditorium of the Students’ Building to kick off the new academic year with “College Night.” Representatives from the Senior Class as well as the Young Women’s Christian Organization (YWCA) spoke, and, […]

Margaret Gash (Class of 1895): Chief Cataloguer, Metropolitan Museum of Art

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by Scott Hinshaw This week’s story focuses on an early graduate of the North Carolina State Normal and Industrial School (now UNCG), Ms. Margaret Gash. Margaret Avery Gash of Pisgah Forest, North Carolina, was one of State Normal’s earliest graduates, having earned her degree in 1895. According to the Graduation Excercises booklet from 1895, her […]

The Many Legacies of Maude Fuller Broadaway

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by Kathelene McCarty Smith Although Maude Broadaway (1868-1934) was only on our campus for a short time, she has captured the imagination of the archivists at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). She has been included in several Spartan Stories blogs, and is spoken of as if she would walk through the door […]

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