By Samantha Galarza Caballero This article is the first part of a three-part series featuring selections from an English 101 project in which students were asked to explain how they came to be a student at UNCG. For all of the stories, visit the project’s webpage. My life has had its advantages and disadvantages. I have overcome many obstacles, internal and external, that I now … Continue reading ¡Lo Hice! I Did it!
Sam Phillips Features Editor As Gerard Manley Hopkins reminds us, “Nothing is so beautiful as Spring –” and, though the weather remains largely wintry, UNCG students, faculty and staff have returned to campus in force for the spring semester. We’ve now passed the add/drop date and classes are entering their regular rhythm, though students should keep in mind that the option to withdraw without an … Continue reading Spring Semester Uncoils
Sam Phillips, features editor, with Gerard Manley Hopkins The boughs, the boughs are bare enough, But earth has not yet felt the snow. As an autumn of wildly fluctuating temperatures works its way toward winter, the UNCG community is preparing for the final weeks of the fall ‘22 semester. Students and teachers alike look ahead to the holidays and the darkest, perhaps coziest, time of … Continue reading UNCG winds down fall semester (or, Winter ‘22 with the Gulf Stream)
Sam Phillips Features Editor Things went wrong almost immediately. It turns out things have changed in the ten years since I last gave blood, and not just in my life. My first task was to find the Cone ballroom in UNCG’s Elliott University Center. I’ve been here for a year and a half, but as a graduate student and instructor I rarely leave the humanities … Continue reading Blood Drive
Brian Hornfeldt Staff Writer/Social Media Manager The North Carolina State Fair has come and gone, bringing with it memories as well as excitement for next year’s fair. Beginning with its first appearance in 1853, the NC State Fair has become a staple of the state, opening every year since World War 2 except for 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic was still in its peak. Hosting … Continue reading The NC State Fair: Fun for the Whole Day
Jenna McKee Meaney Staff Writer The UNCG IDEAS program is a major within the School of Education and consists of three different concentrations. These concentrations focus on Interpreting, Deaf Education and Advocacy Services (IDEAS). As the School of Education website says: The Interpreting, Deaf Education, and Advocacy Services (IDEAS) major provides opportunities for study in three concentrations: Advocacy and Services for the Deaf; K–12 Deaf … Continue reading UNCG’s IDEAS Program: An Interview with Three Students
Sydney Thompson Senior Staff Writer On Oct. 1, in the Alumni House on campus, there was a celebration from 1 p.m. through 7 p.m. to commemorate the career of former UNCG English professor Fred Chappell. “I Am One of You Forever” was a free event on campus dedicated to celebrating the career of Chappell and the legacy left at UNCG. Named for one of Chappell’s … Continue reading UNCG celebrates career of former professor and Poet Laureate: Fred Chappell
A Celebration of Fred Chappell Erin Yandell Staff Writer As an avid fiction and poetry reader, I am ashamed to admit that I did not know of the legacy of Fred Chappell. After hearing of the Fredfest! Hosted by The UNCG MFA Writing Program and the UNCG Class of 1952, my curious nature took over and I had to know the man being celebrated. I … Continue reading Fredfest!
Brian Hornfeldt Staff Writer I would like to preface this interview with a thank you to Oakel Parrish for taking the time to sit down and do this interview with me. For this week’s student spotlight, I sat down with Oakel Parrish for an interview on his version of college life. For many, university life can be an arduous, stressful, time-consuming endeavor. For others, the … Continue reading Student Spotlight: Oakel Parrish
Jenna Meaney Staff Writer Jessica Poulton is an International Student who was born and raised in Hampshire, England. She is a junior at Keele University in Staffordshire and studies English and American Literature. She is studying at UNCG for the Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 semesters. In a digital interview with Poulton, I was able to gain insight about what it is like to study … Continue reading An Interview with International Student Jessica Poulton
