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Month: June 2017

WC Theatre’s International Tour: Taking the Pajama Game Overseas

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by Erin Lawrimore From October 21 through December 3, 1962, the Woman’s College Theatre participated in a series of college student productions that toured overseas Army, Navy, and Air Force installations and provided free entertainment for servicemen and their families. WC was one of 29 American colleges and universities participating in the tour, which was […]

Mereb Mossman: An Administrator and Leader

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by Erin Lawrimore Today’s blog post was written by Ashlie Brewer. Ashlie is a rising junior, majoring in music education. She currently works as one of the 125th Anniversary Student Researchers, helping conduct archival research in anticipation of the university’s upcoming celebration. Mereb Mossman Mereb Mossman was born in Winfield, Kansas on December 1, 1905. […]

The Flu Pandemic of 1918: The “Fourth Horseman” Comes to State Normal

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by Erin Lawrimore In 1918, an influenza pandemic began to spread across the globe. In the U.S., about 28% of the population became infected, and 500,000 to 675,000 people died over the course the next two years. The campus of the State Normal and Industrial College (now UNCG) was, of course, not immune to this […]

The First Reunion of the Class of 1585

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by Kathelene McCarty Smith In 1926, the alumnae of the North Carolina College for Women (now The University of North Carolina at Greensboro) were making plans for their class reunions. As these preparations were being made, it occurred to some of the alumnae that the celebration should include those students who had attended the woman’s […]

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