Spartan Stories

Tales from the UNCG University Archives

by Kathelene McCarty Smith William G. Randall William Randall (1860-1905) only spent a short time on the campus of the State Normal and Industrial College, now The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG), but while he was at the school he created portraits of some of the most important people of the college and […]

by Erin Lawrimore On February 18, 1891, the North Carolina Legislature passed “An Act to Establish and Normal and Industrial School,” officially chartering the institution that would become UNC Greensboro. As the State Normal and Industrial School, the institution focused heavily on training women to become teachers in North Carolina’s public schools. As part of […]

 
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