Spartan Stories
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Spartan Stories
Tales from the UNCG University Archives
Class of 1986
Trying to Revive Traditions in the 1980s
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In its first 75+ years, UNC Greensboro students developed numerous traditions that carried over from year to year. Many of these traditions were tied to a student’s graduating class, with students typically arriving with a particular group of students and then graduating with them four years later. Each class elected class officers and an official […]
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