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Month: July 2016

Louise Brevard Alexander: Raising “Fewer Dahlias and A Lot More Hell”

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by Kathelene McCarty Smith Louise Brevard Alexander was a woman ahead of her time. A strong advocate of suffrage and of women’s education, Alexander would make her mark in North Carolina as a lawyer, a judge, and an educator. Described as scholarly, conscientious, dynamic, and inspiring, she became one of the most popular teachers at […]

A History of Disability Services at UNCG

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by Erin Lawrimore In the early years of the State Normal and Industrial School (now UNCG) the 1890s, one of the admission requirements was that students must be “in good health.” Of course, “good health” was never clearly defined by these requirements. In the papers of our second President Julius Foust, we have a letter […]

The Birth of the North Carolina State High School Music Contest-Festival

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by Erin Lawrimore Over the next two weeks, UNCG will play host to hundreds of students attending Summer Music Camp. The Summer Music Camp, which began in 1983, has grown to be the largest university music camp in America. In two one-week sessions, students are instructed in band, mixed chorus, orchestra, and piano. But the […]

Ronald A. Crutcher: from Cellist to University President

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by Stacey Krim Ronald A Crutcher, 1989  It is always heartwarming to see musicians ascending to high places in academia. Dr. Ronald A. Crutcher served as professor of cello and head of the strings department at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro from 1979 to 1988. At age 17, he won the Cincinnati Symphony Young […]

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