Spartan Stories
Tales from the UNCG University Archives
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Off the Record: sharing the story of the LGBTQ+ history of UNCG
by Stacey Krim University Archives is beginning the celebration of UNC Greensboro’s PRIDE Month with the story of our LGBTQ+ history in the words of our current students, alumni, and faculty. In April of 2017, the University Libraries and the Office of Intercultural Engagement sponsored a panel of volunteers, who identify as LGBTQ+. The perspective of the […]
Clara Booth Byrd: Alumnae Secretary
Clara Booth Byrd said it best when she described her role as alumnae secretary: “My great desire is to do all in my power to hold the alumnae close to the college, keeping their shoulders to the wheel and doing everything possible to stand by and support our leaders in their task of building a […]
An Original Spartan — Tom Martin (Class of 1970)
by Scott Hinshaw C. Thomas Martin has been a part of UNCG for most of his life. Originally from Burlington, North Carolina, Martin’s family moved to Greensboro and lived near campus in houses on Tate and Spring Garden streets. He attended the university-owned Curry School from grades 4-12. While he was at Curry School, he […]
Spotlight on WC Alumna and American Red Cross Worker, Emily Harris Preyer (Class of 1939)
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 […]
Pat Shore Clark (Class of 1958): A Distinguished Career in Public Service
by Scott Hinshaw Patricia Jane Shore of East Bend, North Carolina, earned her B.S. in Business Education from Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina (now UNCG) in 1958. She had intended to be a school teacher of business and commercial subjects and had already accepted a teaching job in Elkin, NC, when another […]
Dorothy “Dot” Casey (class of 1948): Champion for Women’s Athletics
by Scott Hinshaw For much of her time at the Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina, Dudley, NC native Dorothy “Dot” Casey spent her time involved in athletics, both in the classroom and in club sports (she was involved in more than a dozen club sports in her Junior and Senior years). Casey […]
Constance Han-Jun Lam (Class of 1933): Humanitarian and Heroine
by Kathelene McCarty Smith March is Women’s History Month. To celebrate, our Spartan Stories this month feature alumni from the Woman’s College, North Carolina College for Women, or State Normal eras. Constance Lam Against the increasingly violent backdrop of war-torn China, Constance Lam became a humanitarian and a heroine. A native of Canton, China, Lam’s […]
Physician, Professor, and Medical Missionary Annie V. Scott (class of 1914)
by Erin Lawrimore March is Women’s History Month. To celebrate, our Spartan Stories this month feature alumni from the Woman’s College, North Carolina College for Women, or State Normal eras. Greensboro native Annie Vellna Scott arrived at State Normal and Industrial College in Fall 1910 at the age of 21. She was an active student […]
Flying the Friendly Skies with Alumnae Phyllis Sheeran (class of 1944)
by Kathelene McCarty Smith March is Women’s History Month. To celebrate, our Spartan Stories this month feature alumni from the Woman’s College, North Carolina College for Women, or State Normal eras. Phyllis Sheeran Phyllis Sheeran (Class of 1944), a native of Virginia, caught the “flying bug” quickly after graduating from Woman’s College of the University […]
Sister Mary Michel Boulus (class of 1947): Educational Leader
by Erin Lawrimore March is Women’s History Month. To celebrate, our Spartan Stories this month will feature alumni from the Woman’s College, North Carolina College for Women, or State Normal eras. The daughter of Lebanese immigrants, Jumela Ann Boulus arrived at the Woman’s College from her home in China Grove, NC in the Fall of […]
