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The Freshman Experience

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by Rachel Sanders Today’s post was written by Rachel Sanders, a senior history major who works in the Special Collections and University Archives.  Rachel is also chair of the Student Libraries’ Advisory Council and works with the Libraries’ Digital Projects on the grant “Preserving Local History: A Field-Based Digitization Pilot Project.”  Being a freshman in […]

Campus Literary Societies

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by Kristen Thomas Today’s post was written by Kristen Thomas, a senior history major. Kristen interned in Special Collections and University Archives during the Spring semester, and constructed both a physical and online exhibit (http://library.uncg.edu/collection/exhibits/Campus_Literary_Societies.aspx) on the history of campus literary societies. Here, she writes about the founding and activities of these organizations. Today, there […]

Fraternities and sororities at UNCG

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by Sean Mulligan Prior to the founding of the State Normal and Industrial School (now The University of North Carolina at Greensboro) in 1891, Charles Duncan McIver was very supportive of the notion of societies for the female students.  In 1893, the Adelphian and Cornelian became the first two literary societies on campus and almost […]

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