Spartan Stories

Tales from the UNCG University Archives

Month: December 2017

Happy Holidays!

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by Erin Lawrimore The staff of the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives wishes everyone a happy holiday season! We’re taking a break this week, but please join us on Monday, January 8th for a new Spartan Story. Students building a snow woman outside of Jackson Library, 1960

Laura Weill Cone: Alumna and Suffragist

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by Kathelene McCarty Smith Laura Weill, Class of 1910 Laura Weill, Class of 1910, was one of the most illustrious alumna to graduate from the State Normal and Industrial College (now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro). Weill was born on September 19, 1888 in Wilmington, North Carolina, to prominent lawyer Solomon Weill and […]

UNCG’s Moravian Lovefeast

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by Erin Lawrimore From the early 1960s until the mid-1980s, the UNCG campus hosted an annual Moravian Lovefeast and Candle Service during the first weeks of December. Music, scripture readings, and messages delivered by local ministers were featured during the services, which were typically held in the Elliott University Center’s Cone Ballroom. The services drew […]

Lighting the Campus with Luminaries

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by Erin Lawrimore At 7am on a December morning in 1969, a number of UNCG students gathered in front of the Elliott University Center with 2000 candles, white paper bags, soufflé cups, and a really big pile of sand. With these supplies, they started a campus tradition which continues today: the annual luminaries display. Alumni […]

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