Jessi Rae Morton, News Editor 

The end of the Fall 2025 semester is coming soon to UNC Greensboro. Wednesday, December 3rd is the last day of regular classes, and Thursday, December 4th is Reading Day. Exams will be held between December 5th and 11th. 

As usual, during the last few days of the fall semester and during final exams, several campus offices and organizations hold events to help students de-stress and incorporate joy as we transition from this busy time into winter break. Events listed here represent just a few of the things happening on campus over the next week. Use the Spartan Connect Events page to find other activities and events organized by university offices and student clubs. 

Wellness-Themed Rooms 

Hosted by Spartan Well-Being 

Tuesday, December 2nd from 10am to 2pm in EUC Alexander, Kirkland, and Claxton 

From the event page: 

Spartan Well-Being is offering three Wellness-Themed Rooms to help you prepare for exams and the end of the semester: Decompression, Stress Management and Focus. Free coffee, tea, and snacks will be available! 

Academic Success Peer Coaches and Well-Being Peer Guides will be available for support and assistance with study strategies and stress management activities. The rooms will be a space to decompress, relax, refuel, and prepare! 

Self-Compassion Workshop 

Hosted by Counseling and Psychological Services 

Tuesday, December 2nd at 12 noon at the Counseling and Psychological Services office, 2nd floor Gove Student Health Center 

From the event page: 

Being self-critical or judging ourselves harshly when we already feel pain can impact our ability to cope with upsetting events. Having self-compassion means being able to relate to yourself in a way that’s forgiving, accepting, and loving when situations might be less than optimal. Join us to learn more about how you can change your relationship with yourself through self-compassion. 

Finals Prep Drop-In Event 

Hosted by the Academic Achievement Center 

Thursday, December 4th from 10am to 2pm in the Academic Achievement Center 

From the event page: 

Need a boost before finals? Stop by for drop-in coaching, tutoring, and consulting to help you finish the semester strong! While you’re here, enjoy hot chocolate and fresh pastries—because studying is better with snacks. 

No appointment needed—just come as you are! 

Grab and Go Snacks 

Hosted by Spartan Well-Being 

December 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th 

From 10am to 2pm in EUC Commons 

From the event page: 

Stop by the Spartan Well Being tables in the EUC Commons to grab some FREE coffee, tea, and snacks as you prepare to take your final exams and finish up final projects! 

Exhibitions Ending Soon at the Weatherspoon Art Museum 

The Weatherspoon Art Museum is open following Thanksgiving break, but they will be closed for the Winter Holiday beginning on December 21st. After the Winter Holiday, the Weatherspoon Art Museum will reopen on Tuesday, January 6th, 2026, for regular hours (10am-5pm). Some current exhibitions are ending soon, so catch them before they’re gone. 

Making Connections: Art, Place, and Relationships 

2nd Floor: The Gregory D. Ivy Gallery, Weatherspoon Guild Gallery, and Gallery 6 

September 14, 2024 – December 6, 2025 

Following the success last academic year of the collection exhibition, Making Room: Familiar Art, New Stories is Making Connections: Art, Place, and Relationships. Building on the museum’s desire to engage its audiences in more personal and meaningful ways, this installation of works from the collection showcases the Weatherspoon as an academic museum with deep connections to and relationships with its campus, Greensboro, and broader communities.   

Back in 1941, the Weatherspoon was founded with the goal of serving as a teaching resource specifically for UNCG’s Department of Art. Over the course of its 80+ years, the museum’s mission has expanded to serve many more. Objects included in this iteration of collection highlights showcase the Weatherspoon’s relationship over the years with various art collectors, UNCG fine art alumni and faculty, Greensboro community leaders, artists who taught at Black Mountain College and those who exhibited in the museum’s signature exhibition, Art on Paper, as well as a few of the many UNCG departments that currently incorporate the museum’s collection into their pedagogy. 

Conversations in Black: History and Remembrance in the City of Greensboro 

1st Floor: Space for Engagement 

August 9, 2025 – December 13, 2025 

What might be lost if we don’t capture the living memories that are still present with people? —B. Bernetiae Reed, historian 

These words, and the documentarian sentiment that animates them, are the driving force behind the ongoing collaborative project, Conversations in Black. A shared approach to memory keeping, Conversations in Black seeks to digitize historical photographs and ephemera submitted by long-time Black residents of Greensboro and to make this content widely accessible to broaden everyone’s knowledge of the city’s rich heritage. 

The photographs on view here were selected from that project for their connections to the exhibition Fighters for Freedom: William H. Johnson Picturing Justice. Like the themes highlighted in that show, these photographs depict cultural figures, educators and scientists, political leaders, and everyday people whose civic service shaped the city. Drawn from community-contributed collections, they provide entry points for conversations about recent Greensboro history. We invite visitors to contribute to this record and leave their mark by sharing their own stories as well. 

This exhibition is presented in collaboration with Conversations in Black: African American History and Heritage, Greensboro, NC, and the DigitalGreensboro.org community archiving initiative.