Category Archives: UNCG

This just in from UNCG: Fireworks tonight sometime after 9

An email from Jim Settle, UNCG Student Affairs, received at 5:54 p.m. today, reports: After tonight’s Women’s Soccer game, Athletics has arranged for fireworks.  It is likely the fireworks will start sometime after 9pm, most likely near 9:30.  The fireworks … Continue reading

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Fireworks Tonight (Thurs) at UNCG Soccer Game

  After tonight’s UNCG Women’s Soccer game, the Athletics department has arranged for fireworks.  It is likely the fireworks will start sometime after 9pm, most likely near 9:30.  The fireworks show is from a licensed, state-inspected contractor, and will be similar … Continue reading

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This weekend’s schedule for UNCG homecoming events; fireworks scheduled for about 9:30 p.m. Saturday

The following information is from UNCG’s Division of Student Affairs, provided by our very helpful university contact, Terri Cartner. This week, October 27th through November 2nd, is UNCG’s Homecoming Week. There are many events happening on campus this week, culminating … Continue reading

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Get Ready for Some Fireworks!

The folks at UNCG want their College Hill neighbors to be aware that fireworks are planned for the end of the UNCG soccer game this Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014.  A professional fireworks company is managing the display which should start … Continue reading

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Springdale Park’s venerable owl and rabbit are freshly painted thanks to the brothers of UNCG’s Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity

The fine young men of UNCG’s Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity have adopted Springdale Park as a service project, and we can thank them for a long overdue painting of the park’s classic concrete animals. The owl and rabbit have been … Continue reading

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How One Community Deals with “the College Students Next Door”

Below are two links to articles about how one Baltimore neighborhood works with residents who are also college students. NPR Radio carried this story. Thanks to Joe Wheby for sending us the links! http://www.loyola.edu/department/studentlife/housinginformation/offcampushousing http://www.marketplace.org/topics/education/there-goes-neighborhood-college-students-next-door  

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UNCG’s Lee Street underpass is worth seeing

UNCG’s underpass to Lee Street, under the railroad tracks at the end of Forest Street, provides a more pleasant passage to Glenwood than we’ve had before. It’s an asset to the campus from both a functional perspective and from an … Continue reading

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Ellis & Jason Marsalis in concert, September 12 at UNCG

ELLIS & JASON MARSALIS IN CONCERT September 12, 2014 8:00pm Aycock Auditorium Ticket Prices: $20/$15, UNCG Students $5 UNCG’s University Performing Arts Series presents Ellis Marsalis, the legendary music educator and acclaimed jazz pianist, and his son Jason, an innovative … Continue reading

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Spartan Open Pantry Seeks Food Donations

“Starving college students” is a cliché not so light-hearted when it’s real. At UNCG, 1,400 students every year are literally going hungry. Some are struggling to get by without family support; some are homeless. The good news: Help is available, … Continue reading

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Buzzfeed: 18 hidden gems around the world, and one is in College Hill (OK, across the street)

The paragon of Internet listicles asked its readers for the best kept travel secrets in their hometowns. The result was a list of 18 pretty cool places around the world, some from such unexpected places as Jersey City, Detroit and … Continue reading

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