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Month: May 2018

Harriet Elliott: Teaching and Making History

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by Kathelene McCarty Smith Harriet Wiseman Elliott (1884 – 1947) was truly a woman ahead of her time. Her students would say that she not only taught history, but made it. Harriet Elliott in the midst of State Normal students, ca. 1920 Harriet Elliott came to the State Normal and Industrial College (now UNCG) as […]

Winged Victory – Gift of the Class of 1915

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by Scott Hinshaw Known simply as “Winged Victory” for the majority of its time on campus, the armless, headless, statue of Nike (as she was known in Greek) or more properly, The Winged Victory of Samothrace (as the original is called by the Louvre) is an example of a plaster cast statue, created from an […]

The History of the Library and Information Studies Department at UNCG

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by Kathelene McCarty Smith Formal library education at the North Carolina College for Women (now The University of North Carolina at Greensboro) was initiated in 1928, by Charles H. Stone, a competent young library educator and director with a library science degree from University of Illinois. Stone had already demonstrated educational and managerial aptitude through […]

Jan Van Dyke: Dancing Through Life

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by Patrick Dollar Jan Van Dyke was one of the most prolific and well-known faculty members in the UNCG Department of Dance. Van Dyke had a long history with UNCG, beginning in 1989 when she received a doctorate in education. Jan Van Dyke, ca. 1950s. Van Dyke was born in Washington, D.C., on April 15, […]

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