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FOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS

FALL 2017 Volume 19, No. 1

MAGAZINE

Main Building and students with daisy chains, 1901 A Salutation to the Alma Mater in this Her Birth Year spoken by the community of all students, past, present, and future

FRED CHAPPELL We gather to express all gratitude graced this special 125th For those enduring gifts that we received contents anniversary issue with a From the faithful nurturing Motherhood commemorative poem. He Of our University beloved. is the author of nineteen 2 news front volumes of poetry, four This bright threshold of opportunity University and alumni news and notes story collections and eight Opened promiseful new worlds unknown novels. He has received, To an eager community 8 out take among other awards, the Whose pilgrimage had now begun. UNCG Dance students soar in dance by Martha Graham, Bollingen Prize in Poetry, who visited UNCG several times. Aiken Taylor Award in We learned to study varied aspects of Nature, Poetry, T. S. Eliot Prize, To examine every thought as it occurs, 10 the studio Prix du Meilleur Livre To bear us each as a friendly creature Arts and entertainment Étranger from the On watchful terms with the universe. Académie française, Thomas Wolfe Prize, John Here we discovered the persons that we were, 12 Destined to Transform Tyler Caldwell Award and And glimpsed the persons that we might become, For 125 years, this campus has transformed students’ lives, Roanoke-Chowan Poetry Striding a measured thoroughfare has transformed knowledge and, in turn, has helped Prize. He was the Poet Or marching to a different drum. transform the region and the state. Enjoy a look back. Laureate of North Carolina from 1997 to 2002 and To grasp the blessings of liberty we turned 38 Taking Giant Steps, Rising Higher received UNCG’s McIver The pages of our Nation’s storied past, Chancellor Franklin D. Gilliam, Jr. reflects on the university’s Award in 2015. Finding that all the freedoms earned different eras – and looks to the future. His impact on the world Arose from questions, first and last. of letters is seen not only Founded to uphold the Women’s cause, grad tidings in his books but in the 40 many students who have The College enabled us to elevate Class notes and pictures too gone on to successful Those motives of imperfect laws writing and teaching That would abridge their true estate. Cover photography by Katie Loyd. careers. He taught at Inset archival photograph courtesy Martha Blakeney Hodges UNCG for more than With Commerce, Science, Literature, and Art Special Collections & University Archives. 40 years and helped Our College became our University, Photograph on College Avenue by Martin W. Kane. create the MFA in Writing Stepping forward to embrace its part program. A recipient of In our Nation’s history. the UNC system’s highest Visit alumnimagazine.uncg.edu to view the digital version of faculty honor, the O. Max Alma Mater, you we hail; this magazine in PDF format. While there, submit a class note, view video clips Gardner Award, Chappell Forever may your spirit thrive, or click on archives to see former issues. held the Burlington And may your valiant years strongly prevail Industries Professorship Long past your young One Hundred Twenty-five. Visit 125magazine.uncg.edu to see all the anniversary-related items from 1987 to his in this issue - easily shareable via Facebook, Twitter and other social media. – Fred Chappell, professor emeritus retirement in 2004.

a uncg magazine ° Fall 2017 University Bell newsfront sports fresh look It’s the same classic UNCG sound.

Students heard the clang, clang, clang on the very first day of classes Oct. 5, 1892. When a fire began in Brick Dormitory in 1904, one brave student ran out into the snow, climbed the bell stand, and rang this bell with her hands, alerting her classmates. Everyone was safe. When wars ended, it rang. At Commencement, it rang. Time for students to assemble? It rang. For decades it hung in Anniversary Plaza, where the Vacc Bell Tower now stands. Its clapper was silenced, lest Curry School kids ring it – or so the story goes. This past summer, it got a much-needed spruce-up. As first-year students arrived for 125 years is cause than any other city. It would host a normal FOUNDERS DAY CELEBRATION alumni, students, faculty, staff and the com- NAV1GATE, UNCG’s new convocation, the and industrial school, created primarily to AND CONCERT, OCT. 5 munity to enjoy food, fun, music and games. bell was a uniquely wonderful sight. for celebration educate future school teachers. The historic Quad will be the site of an The bell now sits 48 inches high (to spare its ringers from bending over) on a The school bell rang. Classes It would ultimately become a college afternoon outdoor party – with plenty of BELIEVE IN THE G, FEB. 21-22 OCT. 5, 1892. gleaming walnut wood platform. A 12-inch, were in session. and finally a university. When the UNC sys- “birthday cake” to mark the exact 125th The annual Believe in the G campaign is a bronze academic seal is stamped on either The day marked a bold move. It repre- tem was formed, the campus joined with anniversary of the university’s opening. On 48-hour giving challenge. Show your sup- side of the base. sented the state’s first public higher UNC Chapel Hill and NC State to be the Founders Day evening at UNCG Auditorium, port for the university that has meant so Dr. Kim Sousa-Peoples, director of education opportunity for women. founding members of the system. a performance by Grammy winner and much to so many. New Student Transitions and First Year In the 1880s, educational stalwarts UNCG celebrates these 125 years of alumna Rhiannon Giddens will headline the Experience, enlisted the help of Fred Charles Duncan McIver and Edwin opportunity and excellence with a yearlong year’s University Concert and Lecture REUNION 2018, APRIL 19-21 Patrick, former director of Facilities Design Alderman had traveled the state advocating celebration, which began in June and will Series. Concert ticket information is at If you are a member of the Woman’s and Construction. The two tapped noted for a public college for women. None existed continue through the end of the vpa.uncg.edu/ucls. College Class of 1958 or UNCG’s Class of sculptor Jim Gallucci, a former instructor in the Old North State. academic year. 1968, this is your weekend! Join us for a in the art department, for the base design The state legislature and governor Several events will help commemorate HOMECOMING 2017, OCT. 18-22 special reunion with your classmates. and alumnus Eric Little ’99 MFA, a former approved the initiative. the accomplishments of the past, as we Enjoy events each day. Saturday, Oct. 22, will UNCG carpenter, for the woodwork. Greensboro provided greater incentives look forward to the future. be the biggest party – a great occasion for All are encouraged to share their UNCG stories and memories on social media using “This new frame respects the history of The University Seal displays 1891. On Feb. 18 of that year, the N.C. legislature founded the institution. the hashtag #UNCG125. the bell,” said Sousa-Peoples. “And gives it 1891 or After 18 months – a site and president chosen, buildings designed and constructed, faculty and staff selected, the prominence it deserves.” students matriculated – the campus doors opened. Oct. 5, 1892, was that special day. The Centennial Logo LEARN MORE AND SEE AN ANNIVERSARY FILM 1892? AT THE WEBSITE 125.UNCG.EDU. 25 years ago commemorated 1892. The 125th celebration commemorates that first day of classes as well. Middle, Laura Hill Coit, Class of 1896, and Ezekiel Robinson at the bell. Bottom, bell at Anniversary Plaza. Top, as it appears today.

2 uncg magazine ° Fall 2017 Fall 2017 ° uncg magazine 3 news Spartan seeds are front out of this world Imagine Martian greenhouses teeming with fruits, vegetables and herbs. That’s the ultimate goal of Seedling Growth-3, a joint NASA-European Space Agency (ESA) experiment led by UNCG’s Dr. John Z. Kiss. The spaceflight experiment, which launched in June, is the third in a series of studies that examine how light and gravity control plant growth and development. “Plants are integral as we plan for long-term What’s the buzz? manned space missions and the development of colonies on the Moon and Mars,” says Kiss, To have bees, or not to have bees? That received a nearly $1 million grant from the biology professor and dean of the UNCG is the globally urgent question. United States Department of Agriculture College of Arts and Sciences. “To make human “One third of all our food depends on (USDA) to investigate honey bees’ natural habitation of other worlds a possibility, we honey bees,” explained UNCG Professor of defenses against the mites. need to be able to grow crops in greenhouses Biology Dr. Olav Rueppell. While a major part of Rueppell’s drive in space.” Honey bees are the most important comes from his innate curiosity about insects NASA recently returned the experimental commercial pollinator both nationally and and the natural world, he also seeks to solve containers of seedlings from the International globally, and in 2000, their impact on food critical problems. Space Station to Kiss’ lab for molecular analy- crops in the U.S. was estimated at $14.6 billion. “I’m particularly satisfied when practical ses. This fall, UNCG students will participate in Researchers at the UNCG Bee Station, relevance meets exciting scientific discovery data collection and analysis. including postdoctoral fellows Kaira Wagoner and we gain some fundamental insights while ’15 PhD and Esmaeil Amiri, have been helping with practical problems,” he said. studying the bees’ battle with the Varroa mite, “That’s the best kind of research.” now widely regarded as the biggest threat to honey bee health. SEE VIDEO AT ALUMNIMAGAZINE.UNCG.EDU. In April, Rueppell and his research team

WHEELS KEEP ON SPINNING INTO THE FUTURE Want to get across campus in a hurry? UNCG’s new bike share program has you covered. UNCG and the City of Greensboro have partnered with LimeBike to launch the first dockless public bike share program in North America. LimeBike technology, integrated into smart bikes and smartphone applications, eliminates the need for a docking station, allowing riders to pick up and drop off bikes at any bike rack throughout campus and CATCH THEM IF YOU … Cannes. The film festival in southern France is one of the across the city. The result? Minutes saved and calories burned. world’s premier venues for new and groundbreaking cinema. Most people don’t get there through food fight stories, but that’s one thing that makes junior media studies majors Brendan Malone and Alex Suggs standouts. In May, they screened PRESENT FORECAST Did you know you can see up-to-the minute their short film, “Foodie,” there as part of the 2017 Short Film Corner program. weather information for UNCG? Director of Emergency Last fall, Malone wrote and directed “Foodie” in the span of a week, and Suggs Management Zach Smith has installed a WeatherSTEM unit, a served as the film’s producer. UNCG media studies professors Matthew Barr and meteorology tool that reports wind speed, humidity, rainfall, Kevin Wells have given Malone feedback on scripts and advice on shooting, and ozone, heat index, cloud coverage – even soil moisture and in the coming year he will do his first in-school filmmaking projects. Malone’s ground temperature – to help the campus prepare for adverse mother, UNCG School of Nursing professor Dr. Laurie Kennedy-Malone, can be weather conditions. Follow UNCGWxSTEM on Twitter or seen as an extra in one of the culminating scenes in “Foodie.” Facebook, and you’ll see pictures of sunrise and sunset and SEE THE “CLOUD CAMERA” AT GUILFORD.WEATHERSTEM.COM/UNCG. TOP PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF NASA; BOTTOM PHOTO COURTESY OF WEATHERSTEM. time lapse videos from atop Jackson Library Tower.

4 uncg magazine ° Fall 2017 Fall 2017 ° uncg magazine 5 news front Alumni of Distinction Advice

Each year, the Alumni of Distinction Awards honor just a few of the UNCG alumni who tirelessly promote “Get involved! “Listen. Observe. “UNCG has been “Immerse opportunity and excellence. The 2017 Peabody Park gains wetlands, honorees reflect and offer wisdom It allows you Work hard. Ask part of my yourself in all natural beauty to current students, beginning with to become con- for help. Make journey. UNCG UNCG has to UNCG students, faculty, staff and community Paula Myrick Short ’67, recipient of the nected to people new friends. has taught me offer. Be bold members broke ground in Peabody Park last Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award: and resources Laugh. Cry. what life is. and passionate spring to initiate the first phase of construction of “Pursue your dreams and let no two wetlands on UNCG’s campus. that will help Dream BIG. and UNCG has been in the circumstances limit you. Ensure you The wetlands are designed to improve water have the credentials and go for it, you immensely Never give up!” my family.” contributions quality and biotic diversity, provide educational understanding that when one door as you travel Lynn Kendrick Paul Chelimo ’14 you make.” and research opportunities, spur community out- closes, another opens.” For more infor- on your career Erdman ’77 Young Alumni Award Dr. Karen T. McNeil- reach and enhance the natural beauty of campus. mation, visit alumni.uncg.edu/awards. Alumni Distinguished Maintenance of the wetlands is being integrated path.” Miller ’80, ’81 MEd Service Award Alumni Distinguished into UNCG’s STEM curriculum, allowing for stu- Keith Ayscue ’91, Service Award dents to engage in hands-on, experiential learning ’03 MBA “Cherish the throughout the year. Alumni Excellence “Consider what “Follow that diversity of The project is funded by a $46,112 grant from Award the Duke Energy Water Resources Fund, as well objectives in which warms UNCG. Meet “Know that with as by a UNCG Green Fund grant and additional life interest you your soul. every trial a people; open “Learn funding from the Office of the Provost. most and then You may find lesson is taught, your mind. Most something you VIEW VIDEO OF THE WETLANDS CREATION AT how to prepare yourself doing “Courage is the and with each of all, develop can take with ALUMINMAGAZINE.UNCG.EDU. yourself to something you price that life lesson a blessing a curious mind; you the rest achieve them.” enjoy for the exacts for brought.” it will serve you of your life.” Betty Conley Brooks rest of your life.” granting peace.” Manuel Dudley ’94, ’97 well in life.” Emily Herring Wilson ’52 Roger Dale Joyner ’73 Mary Gayle Hartis ’65 MSES Jeannie Daniels Felts ’68 ’61 WC Legacy Award WC Legacy Award WC Legacy Award WC Legacy Award WC Legacy Award WC Legacy Award GEAR UP FOR SPARTAN HOOPS UNCG Basketball had a record-setting PUBLIC SERVICE APPLAUDED, season last year, notching the most wins in WITH UNIVERSITY HONORS program history. And this year, the team is Community leaders Joseph M. Bryan Jr. and Robert E. poised for even more success. Before you “Bobby” Long are the 2017 recipients of the Charles Duncan head to a game, make sure to pick up your McIver Award and the Holderness/Weaver Award, respectively. UNCG gear at one of these local retailers: Known as “University Honors,” the awards are the most presti- gious public service honors given by UNCG, whose motto is Target, Walmart, Dick’s Sporting Goods, “Service.” The two were honored at a ceremony in the spring. Dunham’s Sports, Academy Sports, Sam’s Bryan (left in visual) has spent more than five decades Club, Omega Sports, Tailgaters Sports, Finish serving communities across the nation and promoting the arts, higher education and a better quality of life for all citizens. Long Line, Lids, CVS, Walgreens and the UNCG was honored for his leadership and generous support of Bookstore. Shop online at uncggear.com, business and industry, athletic programs, institutions of higher learning and the arts in Greensboro and the surrounding region. Amazon.com and Fanatics.com.

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PAST IS PRELUDE Modern dance icon Martha Graham, who visited UNCG four times over the course of her career, debuted “Prelude to War” in 1936 at the Joyce Theater in New York. Eight decades later, Spartan students were tasked with researching and performing the piece at UNCG before restaging it on the site of its Manhattan premiere. “This experience was absolutely life changing,” said Lauren Watson ’18. “Even though it was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done, I would do it again in a heartbeat.”

PHOTOGRAPH BY MARTIN W. KANE

“Dance is the hidden language of the soul.” — Martha Graham

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Swing time with Marsalis “Those cats can play, and they made me want to dance,” said freshman jazz studies major and piano player Sean Mason, about Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO), who came to UNCG in April. But Mason and his classmates in the jazz studies program didn’t just get to hear the musicians perform. The students also enjoyed masterclasses with the orchestra members before the concert, hearing helpful critiques from the jazz gurus. “Fabulous” was JLCO trumpet player Marcus Printup’s assessment of the UNCG student musicians. “I knew they’d PULITZER be killing it, because Chad (Eby) and Steve (Haines) and PAGES Brandon (Lee) are here,” he said, referring to several notable UNCG faculty who teach in the jazz program. Colson Whitehead’s The orchestra, led by Marsalis, gave a thrilling two-set Pulitzer Prize- performance to a packed house. After the show, jazz studies winning novel, “The students joined the JLCO and Marsalis in the green room. Underground “Definitely a life-changing experience,” said graduate Railroad,” has roots student and vibraphone player Chris Thompson. in UNCG’s University Libraries. Throughout the book, Whitehead included images from UNCG’s Digital Library of American SHOWTIME FOR SPARTANS Slavery. The runaway slave advertisements In March, 16 theatre anchor Whitehead’s students traveled to New fictional story in a real time and place York City for UNCG’s 18th in American history. annual Industry Showcase, Whitehead is the author of five nov- an opportunity for soon-to- els and three books be graduates to perform of nonfiction. His reviews, essays and in front of top casting and fiction have talent agents and network appeared in The New York Times, with successful alumni. The New Yorker, It’s a weeklong reunion New York Magazine, UNCG, TRIAD STAGE BRING ‘SOUTH PACIFIC’ TO GREENSBORO of sorts that proves that Harper’s and Granta, and he has The UNCG University Concert and Lecture Series (UCLS) and Triad Stage are kicking off their Spartans aren’t just making received MacArthur respective seasons with Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “South Pacific,” one of Broadway’s most their mark on Broadway. and Guggenheim iconic musicals. With a cast that includes nearly 20 UNCG students and alumni, “South Pacific” is fellowships. yet another opportunity for students and recent graduates to work alongside seasoned actors at a They’re stealing the show. He will speak at nationally recognized regional theater. The production, at Triad Stage’s Pyrle Theater in downtown UNCG’s Music Greensboro, runs through the second week of October. For tickets, visit vpa.uncg.edu/ucls. Building on Feb. 8 Top, Victoria Pittman ’17 performs at Feinstein’s/54 Below. at 8 p.m. Admission

Bottom, alumni share stories of success. is free. COVER VISUAL COURTESY OF COLSON WHITEHEAD. VISUAL COURTESY OF TRIAD STAGE.

10 uncg magazine ° Fall 2017 Fall 2017 ° uncg magazine 11 to DestinedINCE 1892, students have come from every part of North Carolina and beyond to learn, to prepare for their careers, to stretch themselves. They have been transformed as people and S as scholars. In turn, they have helped transform the state and even the world. With their Transform research, they have transformed knowledge. With their teaching, care, skills and service, they have in Archival photographs and artifacts courtesy Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections & University Archives. New photography by Martin W. Kane and Katie Loyd. Text by Mike Harris ’93 MA, turn transformed others’ lives and communities and regions. It’s a story of a special place, surrounded Alyssa Bedrosian, Susan Kirby-Smith ’06 MA, Erin Lawrimore, Kathelene McCarty Smith and archival sources. by remarkable architecture complemented by natural beauty. It’s a story of remarkable people, from our first leaders and students to our current, vibrant campus community with an increasingly diverse student body. It’s a shared history that propels us into a promising future.

Did You Know? UNCG’s economic impact on the Triad region, according to Economic Modeling Specialists International, is around $1 billion.

12 uncg magazine ° Fall 2017 Fall 2017 ° uncg magazine 13 THEN & NOW CAMPUS CIRCA 1893 With one building in 1892 housing all campus classes and activities, the school year began Did You with fewer than 200 students. This fall, the Know? number is a hundredfold. The impact these The campus began 20,000-plus future alumni will have is great. on a 10-acre parcel, Tally the ever-increasing number of on what had been PRESIDENT MCIVER’S EYEGLASSES graduates, year by year, and corn fields. preserved by UNCG Archives. the impact is staggering.

NUMBER 125 years in 1892 OF CAMPUS CIRCA 1920 CAMPUS CIRCA 1970 198 the making STUDENTS TODAY

t began with a groundbreaking idea: 20K+ I provide an outstanding public educational opportunity for women that would have “Service” impact across the state. Make it affordable. has been the Make it outstanding. campus motto This was progressive. Don’t be misled by NUMBER since 1893. 1892 the sepia tone, the top hats, the corsets. The OF 15 early leaders, faculty, students and staff of this FACULTY TODAY campus were pushing the envelope. Fact is, this campus community has been looking to 1,056 the horizon from the very start. We have always strived for something greater, decade after decade – to transform EARLY FACULTY at the State CAMPUS CIRCA 1995 our students and our community, to take creativity to Normal and Industrial School in new heights, to recognize and help fulfill the potential 1893. On the first row: in every person, to serve our world. We are teachers and Viola Boddie and Florence Stone. NUMBER inventors, philosophers and researchers, historians and On the second row: Edith McIntyre, Mary Petty, Dr. Anna M. OF UNDERGRAD 1892 artists, entrepreneurs and scientists, performers and athletes, DEGREE Olympians and Spartans. Gove, Charles Duncan McIver 3 For more than 125 years, we have been opening doors, and Lucy H. Robertson. On the PROGRAMS breaking down barriers and taking Giant Steps in the third row: E.J. Forney, Maude TODAY 85 pursuit of opportunity and excellence. And we are just Broadaway, J.Y. Joyner, Melville getting started. Fort and P.P. Claxton. On the fourth row: Sue May Kirkland, Dixie Lee Bryant and Gertrude Mendenhall. NUMBER OF MASTER’S 1892 DEGREE 0 PROGRAMS UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY TODAY 74 NAME

NUMBER OF DOCTORAL 1892 North Carolina State North Carolina State North Carolina Woman’s College of The University of DEGREE 0 Normal and Industrial Normal and Industrial College for the University of North Carolina at PROGRAMS School 1892 College 1897 Women 1919 North Carolina 1932 Greensboro 1963 TODAY 32

14 uncg magazine ° Fall 2017 Fall 2017 ° uncg magazine 15 CLASS JACKETS Starting in 1927, each class had its own color. Many students would wear the jackets to class, to meetings, downtown, on dates. They were very proud of what the jacket represented, and when they wore it, they were dressed to impress. WORDS OF WISDOM The tradition ended by the mid-1970s. “I received one of the first MFAs in writing. I took a But each year at Reunion, some alumni course every fall and spring, chiefly with Randall still sport their class jackets. Jarrell. He taught Eliot, Frost and Russian Lit as well as writing. He was a magical teacher with an amazing frame of reference.” Dr. Joanne Murphy brings undergraduate research into the classroom. In class —Trudy W. Atkins ’63 MFA, editor of Alumni News Class earning at UNCG extends 1964-1982 and currently editor of several Triad maga- of ’35 L beyond class hours and any zines. Jarrell was a renowned poet and literary critic. classroom walls. It provides the Dr. Celeste Ulrich, Dr. Pearl foundation for each student’s Berlin, Dr. Kate Barrett, future. The lessons learned go Did You beyond facts and theories. The Know? Dr. Rosemary McGee and inspiration, the questions, the Petty Building was designed“ Dr. Tom Martinek. They passion fuel memories for a with space on the roof for all opened my eyes to lifetime. astronomy classes to observe the stars. Today, it houses further learning and the Class a planetarium, with ability in me to meet of ’45 public programs. challenges professionally and personally. –Kristine (Kris) Fritz ’79 MS

Class “First day in college, in Dr. (John) Beeler's World History class, after he talked about the brand new Our class time together is a once” in a lifetime of ’51 important textbook, he laid out the class rules. He would be giving weekly quizzes on Fridays. You could get opportunity. It’s a time to create, together, all of the answers right, but if you couldn't explain the significance of the event, you would get no credit. an educational experience that consists of Sounds harsh, right? Not to me, slumped down in my most disappearing pose. I thought, ‘This man wants me “everyone adding their individualized flavor to think!’ I sat up and paid attention and never looked back. He set the stage for my entire four years at WC. in a mutual creation of learning. –Eloise M. Hassell, senior lecturer, Bryan School of Business & Economics I received a B in the class – not bad for Dr. Beeler.”–LIBBY HILL ’56

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1967 Ernestine Small made 1995 Several classroom 2017 Dr. Sharon Morrison history at UNCG by joining the buildings were envisioned or received the most recent 1892 The campus’ first building, now 1951 After retiring as chancellor, Walter School of Nursing as the first constructed during Chancellor Board of Governors’ known as Foust Building, where classes met. C. Jackson returned to teaching history. minority faculty appointment. Patricia A. Sullivan’s tenure. Excellence in Teaching Award.

16 uncg magazine ° Fall 2017 Fall 2017 ° uncg magazine 17 Did You Know? In early 20th century all-women casts, those playing WADE BROWN’S BATON men were not allowed to c. 1896 He was campus’s wear pants. They wore first renowned skirts instead. music professor. HOME STAGE Graduate school was a whirlwind for JAMES FISHER ’76 MFA. On stage TAYLOR TO ‘GOTHAM’ “We were teaching or work- usic. Theatre. Dance. Or a wonderful mixture, such as ing in the shop during the day M when master's student Rhiannon Giddens offered to UNCG Theatre gave Chris and rehearsing all night,” he choreograph the dance scene in David Holley’s production Chalk ’01 MFA his start. recalled. “I don't remember of the opera “Susannah” in 2004. The lights have always much eating or sleeping, but I'd shone brightly on this campus’s stages. Jim Wren, John Gulley and go back in a minute and do Michael Flannery were his it again.” Esteemed professor Herman most influential professors, Middleton drew him to UNCG. he said. Other memorable Professor Kathryn England GO FOR IT professors were Belinda nudged him toward directing. He became a professor and has BETH LEAVEL ’80 MFA told theatre students her “Be” Boyd, Marsha Paludan directed more than 150 plays. attending UNCG’s MFA in theatre program was “a and Lorraine Shackleford. In 2007, Fisher returned to really, really smart choice.” UNCG to join the faculty. He She said, “Being here validated my passion.” She “It was the beginning of a continues to teach and direct. was surrounded by like minds and supportive teachers, continuing journey to “When I walked out on that she explained. “I felt so privileged to be here.” stage (in 2007), it was like no After graduating, she soon booked “42nd Street” and becoming an artist.” time had passed and it was just she was on her way. Her other Broadway credits He has starred in time for rehearsal to start,” include “The Drowsy Chaperone,” for which she won a he said. Tony; “Baby It’s You,” for which she was nominated for Broadway’s “Fences” with a Tony; “Elf;” “Mamma Mia!;” “Young Frankenstein” and Denzel Washington and Viola “Show Boat.” Davis. Other credits include She encouraged the Spartan actors, destined for Musical Maestro the bright lights of big cities. “You’ll have amazing “Gotham,” “The Newsroom” All the wonderful experiences. Just go for it.” and “12 Years a Slave,” smells of oily rope, DR. RICHARD COX arrived at Woman’s College in 1960, at the encouragement of which won the Academy fresh and old paint his friend, Dr. Elizabeth Cowling. He would Award for Best Picture. “on sets, the mystery become UNCG’s chorale and opera conductor, and professor of conducting, and excitement of voice, music literature and diction in singing. the old fashioned He performed frequently with his students light board high and was also the founding conductor of Bel Canto Company and the chorus master of above the stage Greensboro Opera. and actors. “I have a very good feeling about all of it,” –CAROL A. GIROUD ’55, RECALLING Cox said about his 42 years at UNCG. “The BACKSTAGE OF UNCG AUDITORIUM (THEN music I was able to perform, the AYCOCK AUDITORIUM) talented students to perform with and the things they learned from doing it. The most ” satisfying thing is the success of the 1965 Emmylou Harris, students.” 1957 Dance who received a theatre 2017 Collage concert is staged in Raleigh 1938 Playlikers club major is added. scholarship, in “The Tempest.” 1999 Music Building opened. as well as at UNCG.

18 uncg magazine ° Fall 2017 Fall 2017 ° uncg magazine 19 MINERVA & APPLES A curious thing happened in At study 2010. A student left an apple at veryone has their favorite place to hit the books or take the base of the their laptop. A particular table in the Jackson Library E Minerva statue, tower? Propped up in your bed? In a lab? A bench in Foust at exam time. Park? For most students, the brass doors of Jackson Library Each year have been the entryway to a great time of learning. afterward, more appeared – Love the library sometimes with While earning her master’s degree in speech-language pathology, the class noted DR. CELIA HOOPER ’74 MA spent many hours in the study carrels on the apple. at Jackson Library. That was 20 years before she would return A tradition was to UNCG to teach in Communication Sciences and Disorders, born. When and 30 years before she would become the founding dean of the you’ve studied School of Health and Human Sciences. hard all semester, Among Hooper’s colleagues is her former professor in a little good psychology, Dr. Rosemery Gray (right, in photo). fortune doesn’t “It’s not what you do – it’s who you influence,” says Gray, hurt. Minerva-like reflecting on her 46 years at UNCG, during which she has wisdom becomes chaired more than 60 dissertations. a “core” value. Gray came to UNCG in 1971 and served as the director of clinical training from 1977 through 2002. Did You Know? Before Jackson Library opened in 1950, Forney Building STAYED UP LATE STUDYING? JACKSON LIBRARY CIRCA housed the library, known Tired student in Carnegie 1974 Students using the as Carnegie Library. Library c. 1956. card catalogue.

1973 Jackson Library tower 2012 Digital Media Commons addition, designed by noted (now DACTS) opens, with 3-D 1923 The main lobby of Carnegie firm Odell Associates of 2000 Jackson Library’s printers, digital resources and Library 1963 Jackson Library Charlotte Superlab collaboration spaces.

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When DEAN BRETT CARTER (left) knocks on your door during the first month of classes, you’re not in trouble. It’s a wel- coming party. You’re in for a treat, literally. Faculty and staff volunteers join in handing out goodie bags to all residents. They remind them about key points of contact. It’s a time of transition for most, and a successful first year means support, At residence communication and an eye on success. rom the Quad to North and South Spencer to Mary F Foust and Guilford, from the High Rises to the newer halls on Spring Garden and in Spartan Village, these are the places students expand their understanding of people and “During my time cultures and build friendships that will last a lifetime. The residential colleges and living-learning communities have at UNCG, dorm taken that one step further. life was the center of every- thing. I have to say I was most impacted by the friends I met and lived with for four years. When else in life DORM LIFE through do you find the decades from 1890s (far left), yourself amidst REUNION 2017 “I loved living on the Quad, which was the center of activities and to 1947 (above), a huge group of celebrations,” Martha Honeycutt ’67 said. She lived in Gray her first year; all others to 1990 (left). in this photo lived in Coit. At that time, Carolyn Black ’67 notes, no African Did You people in the American women roomed with white women, but friendships developed. “We were Know? same situation? all Southern girls who learned to live through our cultural differences, shared The Quad halls were designed stories of our experiences in high school and talked about our strict parents.” by architect Harry Barton, who Same age, both Back, l-r: Gail Maultsby Caison ’67, ’74 MED, Martha Simpson Honeycutt ’67, Martha also designed the auditorium, excited and Foures ’67; Front, l-r: Jackie Sparkman ’67, Yvonne Cheek ’67, Carolyn Black ’67 Brown Building, Curry Building anxious about and more. The Quad was renovated almost starting college, a decade ago. studying hard and all living together.” –ANNETTE VADEN HOLESH ’80, ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT. SHE LIVED IN GRAY – WHERE HER GRANDMOTHER HAD LIVED – AND THEN LIVED THREE YEARS IN WINFIELD. 1915 North Spencer Residence Hall 1920s Students in residence hall parlor 1995 The popular Quad lawn 2017 South Spencer Residence Hall

22 uncg magazine ° Fall 2017 Fall 2017 ° uncg magazine 23 COLLEGE AVENUE. What once was an automobile roadway with shrubs and ornamentals is now a beautiful pedestrian thoroughfare, lined with tall trees. Yet, while it’s evolved dramatically, its essential nature has been constant. Designed by well-known landscape architect Warren H. Manning more than a century ago, it continues to provide an inspiring vista from Peabody Park to Curry Building. If there’s a more attractive avenue at any university, we’d like to see it.

24 uncg magazine ° Fall 2017 Fall 2017 ° uncg magazine 25 Did You WE ARE MARSHALS Know? A campus service organization, WUAG first broadcast in Marshals serve at ceremonies 1964. Thousands of students and other key events. have honed their skills as radio Originating in 1893, they are DJs and interviewers, with the oldest student group on internships at broadcasters campus. They are ambassadors like ESPN. and role models, demonstrating academic excellence and commitment to service. Involved ABOVE: WUAG DJ Jen Nelson rom student government to literary magazines, from RIGHT: WUAG F club sports to the student-run newspaper to Greek DJ Janet Hamer life, the campus’s clubs, organizations and societies are an c. 1964 indelible part of campus life – and our collective memories.

In 1964, Emil Young SENIOR MARSHAL DRESS AND SASH Leadership and I began WUAG-FM circa 1935 HOLLY SHIELDS, a junior, is the as a 10-watt classical 2017-18 Student Government “music station. I received Association president. A UNCG my FCC license with a THE FIRST GREEK Guarantee Scholar, she loves the broadcast endorsement. ORGANIZATIONS serenity of Taylor Garden and the FORM Photo liveliness of Fountain View Dining Following my work in believed to be an Hall, or “The Caf.” And she values media, I completed my early Greek Week the friendship and support of her gathering near sorority sisters. MFA also at UNCG. Hinshaw, 1980s. ALETHEIAN “Chi Omega has brought me so - Janet Hamer ’64, ’67 MFA. She taught at Montgomery SOCIETY PIN many beautiful and strong sisters I College in Rockville, Maryland, for 43 years. circa 1927 know I can always count on.” ”

1978 Ralph Wilkerson 2016 Spanish- 1919 The Carolinian was first African- American Latino Student 1914 Student (newspaper) and the Coraddi 1937 Day Students American president of Association educates 1897 State Normal Magazine, later Government Association (literary magazine) received Association was renamed 1953 Elliott Hall, the student union 1968 The Neo-Black Society the Student Government about Hispanic/Latino known as Coraddi, first published. (SGA) was organized. their current names. Town Students Association. building, opened. was formed. Association. students.

26 uncg magazine ° Fall 2017 Fall 2017 ° uncg magazine 27 SERVICE at the Greensboro O. Max Gardner Children’s Museum Award

The UNC System bestows the O. Max Gardner Award on one professor each year who has “made the greatest contributions to the welfare of the human race.” Twelve UNCG faculty have been honored. 1949 LOUISE B. ALEXANDER Education, Political Science & History Impact on 1954 FRANKLIN H. MCNUTT Education 1956 MEREB E. MOSSMAN our world Sociology NCG has earned the Carnegie designation of a 1960 RICHARD N. CURRENT History (Lincoln Scholar & author) U “higher-research activity” university. Not only are Cannon’s reach undergraduates and graduate students transformed while at 1962 RANDALL JARRELL Since 1972, DR. ROBERT CANNON has UNCG, but knowledge itself is transformed year after year. Literature, English served as a pre-med and health profes- “Service” has been the motto almost since the start. The 1966 LOIS EDINGER sions adviser in Biology. His engaging impactful research is an extension of that motto. Education classes are legendary; he has been 1971 NAOMI G. ALBANESE known to show a picture of himself with Home Economics a full head of hair as a young professor 1974 MARY ELIZABETH KEISTER to facetiously demonstrate the concept Early Childhood Education of evolution (see visual). He still has 1976 ELOISE RALLINGS LEWIS every class roll and grade book – the earliest is labeled 1972-75. He Nursing recalls many students and can tell you where they are now. They Did You 1979 RICHARD BARDOLPH write to him. A doctor in Idaho. A dentist in San Antonio. A surgeon Know? History in Chapel Hill. UNCG has surpassed the 1986 FRED CHAPPELL An emeritus professor, Cannon continues to teach classes and milestone of 1 million hours Literature, English labs. He has advised aspiring medical professionals for 45 years, of service each year. Students 1996 VIRA RODGERS KIVETT including alumni. “We’re pretty good about advising alumni after they make a great impact in the Gerontology, Human Development graduate.” Dr. Robin Maxwell now has taken on most of the advising community, as they & Family Studies role. But Cannon still occasionally makes use of those grade books. learn and grow. “I just wrote two letters of recommendation for alumni applying CHEMISTRY LAB c. 1958 to medical school,” he said, standing in the doorway of Eberhart 441, his “headquarters” since 1972. “I even had one who wanted a recommendation 20 years later – these books help.” SPACE, THEIR FRONTIER DR. JAYLEE MEAD ’51, a mathematician and astronomer, joined the Goddard Flight Center in 1959 in the heat of the Space Race, and ultimately was associate chief of the Space Data and Computing Division. She also established the Goddard Astronomical Data Center. In 1986, she received the NASA Medal for Scientific Leadership. The Sullivan Science Building’s Mead Auditorium is named for her.

VIRGINIA TUCKER ’30 was one of five women to join the first “human computer” pool at Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory in 1935. She recruited heavily at institutions across the East Coast, including at UNCG. According to “Hidden Figures” author Margot Lee Shetterly, WWI OVERCOAT worn UNCG graduated one of the largest cohorts of women who worked 1941 Eleanor Roosevelt signing a conservation pledge. On 2012 by Dr. Anna Gove, as human computers. Tucker became the head computer, managing left, Henrietta Nesbit, White House housekeeper. On right, Archaeological dig who served soldiers hundreds of women across the laboratory. Her work helped pave the UNCG/WC Dean Harriet Elliott, then serving as assistant in Crete, led by and refugees way for female mathematicians as the Space Race approached. administrator of the U.S. Office of Price Administration. 1940s Students at the Curry School Dr. Jeff Soles

28 uncg magazine ° Fall 2017 Fall 2017 ° uncg magazine 29 Did You Know? The Student Government Toward justice Association in 1963 endorsed When students at a Nov. 1952 class wept over the boycott of Tate Street election results, Professor Mereb Mossman businesses that were told them: “Now ladies! There will be segregated. other times!” DOT KENDALL KEARNS ’53, ’74 MEd calls her “my guiding light.” The first woman to serve on the Guilford County Board of Commissioners and the first Engaged woman chair, Dot fought for the innovative tudents on this campus have Smart Start for young children, for equitable SINA MCGIMPSEY S addressed the biggest societal funding for all public schools and for clean, REID ’65 was one of issues of their day. The first was safe water. She also served as a many leaders of the exemplified by the public college school board member. student picketing itself: one for women, made Many professors inspired her. of three Tate Street possible by the state. Women’s “Being in a climate of daily businesses in 1963. suffrage and the role of the United pursuit of knowledge and truth States in world affairs were other amidst the admonition toward early issues. Concerns evolve with progress, justice and service, TRAILBLAZERS each generation of students, but the the days and years were so search for what’s right does not. exciting – and motivating “I think that our feelings, for a lifetime.” at least initially, bordered on fear of the unknown. Bettye and I weren’t sure how we would be received BUTTONS Many students and what the attitudes of JOANNE SMART DRANE ’60 and have addressed women’s the students would be.” BETTYE ANN DAVIS TILLMAN ’60 (l-r) rights and LGBTQ causes. were the first two African American Not systems, but people, Some were hostile; many students at UNCG. are important. were welcoming, JoAnne - Harriet Elliott, professor of history and politics and later VIEW VIDEO AT ALUMNIMAGAZINE.UNCG.EDU. dean of women, worked for women’s suffrage and other Smart Drane recalls. “just causes. Highly respected, she was called to national service during WWII by the Roosevelt” administration.

1918 Student 1912 Candidate Theodore Roosevelt Farmerettes, growing 1944 War Service League, 1969 Scene from picket line of 1970 On-campus vigil to 2017 Clothesline Project, promoting awareness visits campus. (Foust is on right.) food during WWI 1919 Women Suffragists a student group during WWII campus Food Service Workers’ strike protest Vietnam War of sexual violence and domestic assault

30 uncg magazine ° Fall 2017 Fall 2017 ° uncg magazine 31 CLASS RING In 1935, Traditions the class rings were standardized, with the & occasions seal set in black onyx. ince 1892, campus ceremonies and This ring in University Archives is circa 1937. THE RAWK (aka The Rock) Since S traditions have reminded us all of the history and fate shared by generation after 1973, when Alpha Phi Omega generation of students. As the University Song donated it as the university’s written by Laura Weil Cone, Class of 1910, says, we are part of an “unbroken band.” “message board,” students have used it to promote their causes – Love the lights 24 hours at a time. DR. NANCY VACC ’85 EdD was a doctoral student and then a faculty member. “No matter what role I was in at UNCG, fall semester Reading Day with the luminaires on College Avenue was always my favorite. Did You Standing on the steps of Curry and looking Know? down the ‘lit’ avenue always warmed my From 1904 to 1954, heart and made me smile.” May Day events – sometimes In recent years, not only are the lumi- lasting multiple days – drew naires lit, a tradition begun on campus in large crowds to 1969, but the Vacc Bell Tower is as well. campus. The community gathers to drink cocoa, sing songs and hear one of the state’s full carillon of bells.

CLOCKTOWER Since 1991, students have walked around it. Legend has it that those who walk under it won’t graduate on time.

1939 Founders Day. The first one was held in 1909 in 1960 May commencement 2017 The new NAV1GATE daylong 1893 The daisy is chosen as the honor of Charles Duncan McIver, who had died three ceremony is moved to the convocation for first-year students school flower. Daisy chains soon years earlier. It became an annual tradition, celebrating Greensboro Coliseum, where includes campus traditions and history, became part of campus lore. the leaders who have shaped UNCG. it is still held. while emphasizing academics.

32 uncg magazine ° Fall 2017 Fall 2017 ° uncg magazine 33 Did You Know? Principal’s A game The Spartan was officially Angela Polk-Jones ’89, ’07 MA led Spartan adopted by the athletic teams Basketball to the 1988 Div. III Final Four. The in 1967. In 2011, students All-American saw her No. 34 jersey retired – a chose a name: Spartan first. Today, she is founding principal Spiro. of UNCG Middle College, which prepares kids for health and science careers. She remem- bers how the School of Education and UNCG At play Athletics prepared her for her own career. “I grew up in the projects, in a single-parent ports and exercise, play and competition have been a part of campus home, with seven siblings,” she said. UNCG S life since almost the beginning. Like basketball? So did the turn- opened up new worlds for her. Today, she’s of-the-century “Naughty Naughts,” who looked fierce in their vintage doing the same for her students. double-zero uniforms. UNCG joined the NCAA in 1966, and has been a Division I university since 1992. Whether pick-up games, intramurals or club sports – or big games at the stadiums or coliseum – it’s all about fitness and the drive to excel.

PLAY DAY brought women from other schools to campus for games. This was Play Day 1956.

Beating Furman in the SoCon Tournament Final my freshman year remains a highlight very close to my heart. “–Alejandro Moreno ’01, ESPN analyst PAUL CHELIMO PHOTO BY USA TODAY. PAUL ”

1893 Maude Broadway in gym suit. See 1948 Marge 1996 Men’s Basketball, Big South related film clip at 1920 First athletic field, known as the “hockey field,” Burns, 10-time N.C. 1987 Men’s Soccer team, first in NCAA Champion, advances to the Div. I NCAA 2016 Paul Chelimo, UNCG’s first alumnimagazine.uncg.edu. where Petty Building now stands. Amateur Champion. history to win three straight national titles. Tournament for the first time. Olympian, won Silver in the 5,000 meters.

34 uncg magazine ° Fall 2017 Fall 2017 ° uncg magazine 35 That great street “When my 11 o’clock classes were finished, I made a bee-line for Tate Street and the SODA SHOP, Hong Kong House. Back in my UNCG now the undergraduate days in the mid-1980s, it Faculty Center, was a much-needed place of refuge and c. 1949 strength,” says LEIGH TYSOR OLSEN ’88, ’95 MEd. “No matter how difficult my young adult life seemed at the moment, all it took was one good whiff of the huge bowl of Amelia Leung’s famous rice noodles soup, and all Out and about was well again. I always wondered what type of magic the HKH staff practiced hether at Biff Burger or Boar & Castle, Jack’s Corner or behind that curtain. The food was healing New York Pizza, there’s been something to satisfy any W food for body, mind and spirit, and the res- culinary craving. All that studying makes a person hungry. taurant itself had an almost mystical quality And the Caf sometimes doesn’t have what you want – such as a about it. When you walked in the door, you change of scenery or a chance to hit the town for a few hours. were home and surrounded by an unmis- takable sense of peace and community.”

HONG KONG HOUSE owners Amelia and Robert Leung

THE CORNER With its classic counter serving chocolate malts, THE CORNER CLOCK lemonade and more – plus stationery, cards and flowers – the shop was originally in the anchored “the corner” of Tate Street and Walker from 1950 to 2011. Victory Theater to See video from its final day at alumnimagazine.uncg.edu. promote The Corner. COURTESY PHOTO OF LEUNGS. Did You Know? Before “The Caf” expanded near the Fountain in 2012, the atrium had palm trees. WINDOW SEAT An open-air balcony now in Tate Street overlooks the Fountain Coffee House, area. site of Friar’s Cellar

1990s Yum Yum, long 1920s Trolley on Spring Garden known for hot dogs, ice cream 2017 Resurging downtown took students downtown. 1956 The Boar & Castle on West Market Street and soft drinks in glass bottles Greensboro is popular with students.

36 uncg magazine ° Fall 2017 Fall 2017 ° uncg magazine 37 MAKING A MILLENNIAL CAMPUS An example of Chancellor Gilliam’s vision of “Giant Steps”? The estab- lishment of two millennial campus districts – Health and Wellness and I believe we are Visual and Performing Arts – on UNCG’s campus. The new designation poised to enter allows UNCG to enter into arrangements with private-sector entities, an incredibly resulting in more opportunities for growth, academic innovation and unique public-private partnerships. “productive, successful era in Health and Wellness

the history of our Visual and Performing Arts institution. This year presents an opportunity to celebrate our unique history and to set the stage for what comes next.” Site of new Nursing & Instructional Building Taking giant steps, rising higher

am proud to be chancellor of The University programs. We evolved into a modern research But that is just the start of Act III. How do submissions, grants awarded and research I of North Carolina at Greensboro during university with a significant residential presence we build on these Giant Steps? Coltrane wrote dollars. We will continue to improve graduation this exceptional year – our 125th anniversary and a major academic, economic and cultural another masterful album a few years later – rates and strategically grow our student body. – because I believe we are poised to enter an impact on our region. “Ascension.” And this is what we plan to do at We will increase our fundraising efforts. We will incredibly productive and successful era in the And so now, as we arrive at our 125th UNCG. Ascend. Rise. start developing the UNCG Millennial Campus history of our institution. This year presents an anniversary, we are at the beginning of Act III, When people talk about the top public districts, bringing exciting, robust new resources opportunity to celebrate our unique history and the act I like to call “Giant Steps.” This idea is institutions in the region, we want to be included and services around health and wellness and to set the stage for what comes next. inspired by the revolutionary John Coltrane in the conversation. We want to be recognized the creative arts to our students and our region. Ours is a somewhat fragmented history, album of the same name. Over the last year, I for what we are at our core: a student-centered As we take these steps together, UNCG will defined in my view by three different eras or, have talked about this many times, and the idea university that serves an exceptionally diverse step into the spotlight. We will be a strong like a play, divided into three acts. Act I is has taken root as a metaphor for our aspirations student body; a university with a robust, voice in the conversation. I am confident in our our foundation, from our first class in 1892, and as a collective call to action. impactful research agenda; a university that faculty and staff, our students and their families, through the WC era, to 1963 when we became In the past year, we have taken many Giant helps shape the fate of the city, the state and our friends and our alumni – 75 percent of the coeducational University of North Carolina Steps together – from national recognition for beyond; a university that transforms students, whom live in North Carolina – and confident at Greensboro. student success, to the completion of world- transforms knowledge and transforms the region. that we will come together and realize a bold Act II was a period of expansion. Over the class new facilities like Spartan Village II, How will we do this? vision for UNCG. We’ve come a long way, next 40-50 years, we grew in significant ways. to significant increases in research awards, We will continue to solidify the strength of but we have further to go. And I believe very We surpassed 10,000 students, added many new enrollment and alumni giving, to competing for our academic programs and boost our research strongly that we are poised now, more than buildings and launched a number of graduate championships in athletics. impact by increasing our number of grant ever, to take Giant Steps and to Rise. g

38 uncg magazine ° Fall 2017 Fall 2017 ° uncg magazine 39 25 in the Newsmax list of the 50 most Methodist Church’s new organ. Susan and myself had our studio at influential African American Republicans formerly served as organist at the church 1 2 Letters Revolution Mill. We hosted gradtidings in the United States. and now is organist at First United several exhibitions. GILDA FRIEDMAN ’70 developed and Methodist Church of Christ in Salisbury, WHAT A SPECIAL TREAT to We loved that space! It implemented a Jewish Faith Community N.C. see the 1972 picture of Yum was a great studio and we COMPILED BY THE OFFICE OF ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT Nurse program in 2004 in Greensboro and JOSEPH B. FORBES ’76 received the sixth Yum in UNCG Magazine! I had very productive years wrote an instructive book on how to annual Broadway technical “Backstage have wonderful memories there (and when we weren’t develop such a program. She was chosen to Legends and Masters Award” from of this popular eatery. I am working, it was great for Oratory,” a two-volume book. This book present a workshop in 2014 at the national Purchase College, State University of New features biographies of 184 women as well a 1974 UNCG graduate (in roller skating!). Aside from convention of the professional organization York’s Broadway Technical Theatre History 1930s as more than 100 passages or excerpts Nursing), and attended UNCG the night watchman, who was of Faith Community Nursing. Project. Joseph is the founder of Scenic and entire speeches made by women. because of the wonderful a poet, and another alum, DAVID PEGG ’70, ’75 MM, pianist, performed a Art Studios, and his work is represented in ADRIENNE WORMSER BALAGUR ’38 turned 100 Mary Ellen has written nearly 140 other experiences and academia Kenn Bass ’86 who rented selection of American songs with baritone many Broadway productions each year. on Dec. 12, 2016. reference books. Leonard Rowe at Emerywood Baptist that my aunt, Paulette Beck space downstairs—we had the MARTHA HILL ’76, ’80 MM is a Celtic harpist KATHRYN THOMPSON BARNES ’38 of Wilson, KELLY CHERRY ’67 MFA gave the keynote Church in High Point, N.C. David is Ellison, had from her years at entire place to ourselves! Our and performs with Stone’s Throw, a Celtic N.C., celebrated her 100th birthday on Jan. address for South Carolina’s Upcountry minister of music at St. Anne’s Episcopal Woman’s College. studio was what had been the quartet based in Hickory, N.C. Martha 14, 2017. Literary Festival. She also received the Church in Winston-Salem, N.C., and the currently is an adjunct assistant professor As a young girl, I visited her machine shop. William “Singing Billy” Walker Award for conductor of the High Point Community of music at Lenoir-Rhyne University. She 3 4 one weekend when she was a We always assumed the Lifetime Achievement in Southern Letters. Chorus. student, and part of the fun building(s) would have been Kelly is a poet, novelist and memoirist. retired as assistant superintendent of has been reappointed Her work includes “Augusta Played,” PHILIP CHASE ’71 MED curriculum and instruction in Cleveland was a trip to Yum Yum. Then carted off, piece by piece for to the Statewide Independent Living “The Life and Death of Poetry” and “Dr. County and then spent two years as throughout my four years at its beautiful wood, etc. Glad 1950s Council in Georgia. Philip is a faculty executive director of the Western Piedmont Joyce Brothers and Me.” She was named UNCG, my roommate and to see it’s having another life member with the Institute on Human Virginia’s Poet Laureate in 2010 and Symphony. I spent many afternoons or altogether! Development and Disability at the BARBARA ALLEY SIMON ’57 and her collection received the Lifetime Achievement Award SYLVIA CLARK ANDERSON ’77 was promoted early evenings walking there We live in Wichita, of skiwear were featured at the Alf Engen University of Georgia. He is president of from UNCG in 2016. to chief human resources officer at NC (from North Spencer Hall, Kansas, now and have our Museum in Park City, Utah. Seventy the Georgia chapter of the Association of was Central University. She had been serving outfits, made up of 350 separate items, BERTHA MAXWELL-RODDEY ’67 MED People Supporting Employment First. Strong and later a nearby studios (and our living recognized by the Community Times of as director of employee relations and equal represent skiwear of the past five decades. was honored by Eastern apartment) for the delicious space) in another large Florence, S.C., during Women’s History TAL JOBE ’71 MED employment opportunity at the university. Barbara worked producing fashion shows, Alamance High School in Mebane, N.C., ice cream treats! warehouse space - sadly, Month. She worked in the Charlotte- Before joining the staff at NC Central, she which led to stints as fashion editor of with the naming of the school gym in his Cynthia Hasty Umstead without a fabulous name like Mecklenburg School System as a teacher was director of employee relations at NC Skiing Magazine and Snow Country honor. Tal was in the first graduating class and principal and was the first African A&T State University. ’74 "Revolution Mill.” Magazine. at Eastern Alamance High School in 1963. American to serve as an administrator in Ann Resnick ’86 He returned to the school in 1983 to coach LIBBY FORRESTER ’77 is a part-time a predominately white school. She became of football, basketball and junior varsity administrative assistant and program I AM A 1961 GRADUATE the first chair of the African-American the one-year commercial class. the baseball. He was the head coach for varsity director with Communities in Schools of I ENJOY READING and African Studies Department at UNC basketball for eight seasons, winning many Randolph County, N.C. I stayed on campus and every UNCG Magazine. I lived in Charlotte. She retired from academics championships and tournaments, including 5 Friday it seemed the menu in Weil-Winfield Dormitory 1960s as the Frank Porter Graham Professor SUSAN WOOLEY GOEKLER ’77 MED was a state championship in 1991. He was also the dining hall included cheese 1955-1957. It wasn’t built in Emeritus at UNCC. appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Health selected as the Mid-State Coach of the Year and Human Services to the Secretary’s soufflé. I took that opportunity 1959. (It dates to 1939. The MYRNA COLLEY-LEE ’62, an art collector, three times and was an inaugural member Advisory Committee on National Health to go to Yum Yum and have a article’s date was inaccurate in exhibited some of her collection at the of the Eastern Alamance Hall of Fame. Promotion and Disease Prevention hot dog. It was the highlight of the spring 2017 feature. - Ed.) Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland MIKE FERREE ’73 MFA was featured in an Objectives for 2030. Susan is Emeritus County’s show “Reflections: African my week. I so looked forward There were a lot more trees article in the Montgomery Herald about American Life from the Myrna Colley- CEO of the American School Health to it. Sometimes I even treated around campus, particularly 1970s his work with Montgomery Community Lee Collection.” Her collection includes Association. myself to ice cream. in that area, back then. ... One College. Mike took the pottery program paintings, collages, photographs and QUE TUCKER ’77 MS was honored with My late husband and I went time (our botany professor) FLORENCE DANIELS ’70 was honored by from a continuing education class to shadowboxes. Myrna designed costumes a plaque commemorating her years of the North Carolina Beta Alpha Chapter a degree program, which produced on a cruise to the Bahamas to led our class at a rather fast for regional theaters in the 1960s and service to Reidsville High School and of Alpha Delta Kappa, an international nationally and internationally known celebrate our anniversary back pace through the woods, became one of the foremost costume the community. Que, a former coach honorary organization for women artists. in the 80's. Who should end naming a good number of designers in black theater. and teacher in the Reidsville city school educators. The organization named a recently up in the cabin next door, but different kinds of trees for of Personally KENNETH RODGERS ’73 MFA system, is commissioner of the North GLENDA CANNON DOLES ’66C new scholarship in Florence’s honor for celebrated his 20th year as director of Mr. & Mrs. Aydelette (Yum us. ... We knew we were to Speaking was the guest speaker at Carolina High School Athletic Association her service to, support of and dedication the North Carolina Central University Art Yum’s owners), who were also be tested later. The first time the fourth annual Women’s Upstate to the chapter during her 42 years of and was guest speaker for the Swansboro 6 Museum. on our bus that took us to the we tramped through those Leadership Conference in Greenwood, S.C. membership. (N.C.) Century Club. Que has served as STEVE VAN PELT ’74 MM won re-election to commissioner since 2015 after having ship. I introduced myself to woods, the deciduous trees WALTER “WALT” MAY PULLIAM JR. ’66 and A of Salisbury, N.C., DA M. FISHER ’70 the Alamance-Burlington School System served as an assistant coach for the NC them and told them that they had their leaves on them. his wife, Carolyn, celebrated their 50th was re-elected to her third four-year Board of Education. He is a retired State University women’s basketball had a huge part in getting me Though he talked about the wedding anniversary on Jan. 13, 2017. Walt term as the state’s Republican National principal with the school system. program. is retired from the Virginia Department of Committeewoman. She was the featured through that year, thanks to bark I did not take good is exhibiting her art at the Corrections, and Carolyn is a retired public speaker at the Eastern Carolina Economics SALLY BECKER ’75 WAYNE TUGGLE ’77, ’82 MED has announced Yum Yum. notes about the bark. I am Unitarian Universalists of Gettysburg, Pa. school teacher. Club’s Women’s Leadership Speaker that he will not seek re-election as mayor Betty Holland ’61C artistic so I quickly sketched She is an art educator and artist. MARY ELLEN SNODGRASS ’66 has released Series. Ada is a physician, expert on of Eden, N.C. He has served on the Eden pictures of the leaves. Later, S presented an “American Women Speak, An Encyclopedia public health, educator, author, poet and USAN BROWN TRIVETTE ’75 City Council for 14 years and is completing I ENJOYED YOUR ARTICLE when we went back through and Document Collection of Women’s columnist. She was recently named No. organ concert to dedicate Shiloh United a four-year term as mayor. on Revolution Mill. I thought the woods and he pointed out RONNIE BYRD ’78 MM has retired as associate you might be interested to which trees we had to identify pastor of music and Christian education know that the Weatherspoon’s THERE WERE NO LEAVES at Jonesboro Heights Baptist Church in gallery there is not the first ON THEM. My heart sank. I Sanford, N.C. 1 Anna Sullivan ’14 2 Chuck Purvis ’79 3 Emily Furr Hogan ’03 4 Ashlee C. Wiley ’07 5 Travis W. time that space has been used don’t remember what grade I Share your news Visit us online and click on “Submit a class note.” was named by Business DEBRA FOSTER ’78 Alexander ’98, ’01 MM 6 From left to right: Andrew Mehalko '87, Pat Johnson (former men's goalkeeper for art! got on that test, but I know I alumnimagazine.uncg.edu North Carolina to the 2017 Legal Elite coach), Mario Sanfilippo '88, Brian Japp '87, Michael Thorn '89, Tony Hannum '87 and Bill Sutherland From 1986 to 1990, my had to do a lot of guessing. in Tax and Estate Planning. Debra is '90 at the Veterans Cup in Nashville. This core group of former UNCG soccer players have led the husband, Kevin Mullins ’85, Jane Martin ’58 You can also mail your information to Class Notes, UNCG Alumni an attorney with Foster Royal PA in Kentucky Waterfall men's over 50 team to two championships and two runner-up trophies at the national [ Engagement, PO Box 26170, Greensboro, NC 27402-6170. } Charlotte, N.C. Veterans Cup in the past four years. The UNCG Alumni Association sponsored their jerseys this year.

40 uncg magazine ° Fall 2017 Fall 2017 ° uncg magazine 41 Raleigh, N.C. She is working to preserve GEORGE HAGE ’84 MED, ’90 EDD is a licensed UNC Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority in program enlists the services of volunteers had served as provost and dean of the gradtidings the village, founded in the late 1800s by professional counselor and therapist Chapel Hill, managing two facilities and to help homeowners in Yadkin County, faculty at Illinois Wesleyan University in 7 8 freed slaves and their families. Sabrina is serving at Insight Human Services in dining services for 185 members. N.C., who need minor repairs on their Bloomington, Ill. Prior to that, he spent an interior designer at Ethan Allen. Winston-Salem. He also serves with the homes. eight years as dean of the college and vice , director at SUSAN KLUTTZ ’88, secretary of the N.C. PAMELA FRONEBERGER ’78 archbishop as associate pastor in High president for academic affairs at Sweet FTI Consulting in Charlotte, published SARAH STEVENS ’81, an attorney in Mount Department of Natural and Cultural CARTER SIMMONS ’90 is music director and Point with St. Seraphim of Sarov Eastern Briar College. an article titled “How Healthy Is Your Airy, N.C., won her re-election bid as the Resources, participated in a question-and- conductor for Milwaukee’s Festival City Orthodox Church, and at the Divine Emergency Department?” for Becker 90th House District representative. answer panel discussion at Appalachian Symphony Orchestra. He has served as the GENE PEACOCK ’92 is the executive director Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, preaching State University’s Career Development artistic director of the Milwaukee Youth for the Corpus Christi (Texas) Museum of Hospital Review. Pamela has 30 years LYNDA WILLIAMS STANLEY ’82, president of and arranging Russian rite liturgical music Center. of clinical and operational health care the Dosher Hospital Foundation, received Symphony Orchestra for the past 24 years. Science and History. for four-part English choir and organ. experience focused on clinical, financial the American College of Healthcare CHRISTOPHER RATHS ’88 MPA is vice president MARIANNE SMITH ’90 was named Kernersville TRISH SCARDINA ’92 is principal of Winecoff and operational improvements in a variety Executives’ senior-level Healthcare LYNNE HINTON ’84, who also writes under the of the New Jersey Municipal Managers (N.C.) Middle School’s Teacher of the Year. Elementary School in Concord, N.C. She of healthcare settings. Executive Regent’s Award during the N.C. name Lynn Branard, read from her new Association. Christopher will be retiring as She teaches sixth, seventh and eighth grade previously worked with the North Carolina book, “Traveling Light,” at the Randolph manager of Roxbury Township, N.J., in the SUSAN SEEKER JONES ’78 and her husband, Hospital Association winter meeting. She Spanish. Department of Public Instruction’s has served as president of the foundation Arts Guild. She is the author of 20 books, spring. He has held the position since 2001 Exceptional Children’s Division. Jim, have opened Joymongers Brewing Co. STACEY FEATHERSTON ’91 is office manager 9 since 2014, but has been an employee at including the New York Times bestseller, and previously managed towns in North in downtown Greensboro. for the Gastonia Grizzlies, Coastal Plain ROY WARE ’92 is chief manufacturing Dosher for 31 years. She is a member of “Friendship Cake.” Carolina and Massachusetts before coming MITCHEL SOMMERS ’78 MFA will move to League. Stacey worked for almost 20 years technology officer for Chimerix, a the UNCG Advancement Council, BB&T to New Jersey. the position of artistic director for the SUSAN SWICEGOOD BOSWELL ’85 has in the banking industry as a personal biopharmaceutical company. He previously Community Theatre of Greensboro. He Advisory Board and Delta Sigma Theta published a collection of short stories and RON TURBYFILL ’88, ’97 PHD is executive banker and financial specialist. served as vice president of chemistry at has served more than 27 years as executive Sorority. essays titled “The Long Way Home: Stories director of Communities in Schools of Chimerix. MICHAEL HYLTON ’91 was one of the is a medical officer on of Life Beyond Goat Pasture Road.” Rowan County (N.C.). Formerly, he served 10 11 director of the nonprofit organization. PAUL WEATHERS ’82 presenters at the annual Spring to Green KEVIN LORENZ ’93 PHD performed during as chairman of the organization’s board discussed nutrition the U.S. Embassy compound in Kabul, KELLY BRAME ’85 is year-round program/ program presented by Virginia Cooperative Sundays Unplugged in Spartanburg, S.C. RONA EWART ’79, ’81 MED of directors. He is a retired principal of and exercise at a meeting of the Rotary Afghanistan. He received a degree summer camp director for Camp Mundo Extension and Danville Master Gardeners. Kevin has performed with the Asheville Hanford-Dole Elementary School. Club of Florence, S.C. Rona is a registered in physician assistant studies at the Vista in Asheboro, N.C. He previously He is a former director of N.C. Horticulture (N.C.) Symphony and the N.C. Pops dietitian with HealthSouth Rehabilitation University of Oklahoma and a master’s served as assistant director of student HOLLY BLALOCK ’89, an eighth-grade math & Agriculture Extension Service in Stokes Orchestra. The guitarist’s style is a mixture Hospital of Florence. degree from the University of Nebraska activities and director for community teacher at Northern Middle School in County, N.C. He currently owns and of jazz, pop, ragtime, bossa nova, Irish and Medical Center. engagement and wellness at Gardner- Roxboro, N.C., was the McDonald’s of classical. , president and CEO of operates Beautiful Earth Garden Shop in 7 Gilda Friedman ’70 8 Bonita Rogers ’96 MSN CHUCK PURVIS ’79 Webb University. He holds a master of arts Roxboro’s Teacher of the Week. Holly 12 JUNE L. BASDEN ’83 with Carruthers & Roth, Lawsonville, N.C. Coastal Federal Credit Union, was named JOHN O’NEAL ’93 has been named chapter 9 June L. Basden ’83 10 Sidney Minter ’04 11 Alumni PA, in Greensboro, was honored by the degree from Gardner-Webb and a master serves as grade level chair, coordinates the the 2016 Businessperson of the Year by the JAMES MERRILL ’91 EDD, superintendent editor for the commercial rights/consumer of divinity degree from Southeastern school yearbook and serves on the School Association President Annette Vaden Hoesh '80, Triangle Business Journal. Since he N.C. Bar Association Business Law Section of the Wake County (N.C.) Schools, was law chapter of the upcoming 7th edition of Baptist Theological Seminary. Improvement Team. became CEO in 2012, Coastal has been with its 2017 Distinguished Service Award named the 2017 A. Craig Phillips North the North Carolina Manual of Complaints President Elect Elisha Gutloff '92 and Chair Dudley in recognition of her extraordinary is the new , named as one of the Best Places to Work in VIRGINIA FOXX ’85 EDD ROBERT SHACKLEFORD JR. ’89 MS, ’93 PHD Carolina Superintendent of Year. He to be published by the North Carolina Bokoski '79 presented a check for $50,000 the Triangle for 2016 by the Triangle commitment to the organization. chairwoman of the House Committee on president of Rockingham Community Advocates for Justice and Lexis-Nexis. previously was superintendent of the representing Alumni Association's support for UNCG Business Journal and Best Credit Unions Education and the Workforce in the 115th College in Asheboro, N.C., presented the SUSAN COWARD ’83, the gastroenterological Alamance-Burlington Public Schools, KIM PRIDDY ’93 is the new pastor at Congress. Virginia won re-election to Garrett Lecture at Roxboro (N.C.) Baptist Alumni Association Fund for Students and Faculty. See to Work For by Credit Union Journal. oncology nurse navigator at Cone Health earning the A. Craig Phillips North Sedgefield Presbyterian Church in Congress in November for a seventh term Church. Robert also holds a master of p. 49. 12 Stephanie Hutchins Autry ’84 HARLIE LEON STURDIVANT ’79 MED, ’89 Cancer Center, presented information on Carolina Superintendent of the Year award Greensboro. She graduated from Wake representing North Carolina’s 5th District. divinity degree from Southeastern Baptist colorectal cancer during an appearance in 2015. He is also one of four finalists for Forest Divinity School and previously SPECIALIST IN ADMINISTRATION, ’93 EDD Theological Seminary. spoke at the Martin Luther King Jr. on WGHP-Fox 8 TV. She has 25 years of JAMES HERBERT ’86 MA, ’89 PHD is president the 2017 National Superintendent of the worked as community outreach minister at holiday observance at the Burnsville (N.C.) experience in oncology with Cone Health. of the University of New England. James, ELIZABETH “BETH” WARD ’89 MBA is executive Year. First Baptist Church in Greensboro. Recreation and Learning Center. who was executive vice provost and dean of vice president and chief financial officer DR. LEE ANNA EDGERTON ’83, who owns STEVEN REEVES ’91, executive director of the MICHELLE STEPHENS ’93 has written “Straight the graduate college at Drexel University, of Tidelands Health. A certified public Send us your photos and operates Healing Touch Chiropractic Kingsport Tennessee Art Guild, juried the from a Diva’s Heart.” This follows her assumed the presidency on July 1. accountant with more than 30 years of Center in Rutherfordton, N.C., adopted Arts Depot’s 27th annual Holiday Members self-published debut novel, “The Divorcee experience in health care finance, Beth Not only do we want to hear from you, we’d like to see you too. her daughter, Logan, nine years ago from is vice president of Exhibition. ROSALIE MINCE ’86 MS previously served as CFO of the University Chronicles: Diary of a Divorcee Diva.” Guatemala. Her story was recently featured academic and student affairs and dean of of Texas Southwestern Medical Center MARY SHEPHERD ’91, ’97 MS, ’02 MS was MARY LARACH ’94, ’05 MSN discussed UNCG Magazine is now publishing pictures of your milestones, in an article in the Daily Courier. the faculty at Carroll Community College in 1980s University Hospitals and Clinics. In 2016, honored by the Reidsville (N.C.) City palliative medicine during an appearance such as weddings, births and reunions. All you have to do is Westminster, Md. ROBERT ROBERTSON ’83 MM, ’00 EDD, ’00 Beth was named one of “130 Women Council for having recently completed her on WGHP-Fox 8 television. She is a nurse has received the Order of the Long , signed mission of running a marathon in each of send us your photos. NORMAN ANDERSON ’80 MA, ’83 PHD has MSA CAROLYN J. BROWN ’87 MA, ’91 PHD Hospital and Health System Leaders to practitioner for the palliative medicine joined the Florida State University faculty Leaf Pine, North Carolina’s highest her newest book, “The Artist’s Sketch: Know” by Becker’s Hospital Review. the 50 states. team at Cone Health in Greensboro. A few things to keep in mind: honor. Robert teaches music at Salisbury A Biography of Painter Kate Freeman with primary appointments as a research THOMAS TAYLOR JR. ’91, ’10 MM performed at WENDY NELMS ’94, ’03 MSA is Assistant • Digital images need to be high resolution for print (at least Academy and is founder of the Salisbury Clark,” during an event held at Lemuria professor in both the College of Social the Third Thursday Jazz Series in Elizabeth Principal of the Year for the Alamance- 300 dpi). Music Conservatory. He also serves as Books in Jackson, Miss. Carolyn teaches Work and the College of Nursing. He also City, N.C. In addition to performing at Burlington (N.C.) School System. She is music director of Lower Stone Church and English at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in • Please identify everyone in the photo and be sure to include will serve as assistant vice president for national and international venues, Thomas assistant principal at Woodlawn Middle organizes benefit performances. He was Ridgeland, Miss. research and academic affairs. Norman is an adjunct faculty member at UNC School. your name (including your maiden name, if applicable), a teacher and administrator with Rowan- 1990s previously served as CEO of the American DARREN SMITH ’87 is police chief for the Chapel Hill and UNCG, where he teaches graduation year and degree. Salisbury Schools. PHOEBE POLLITT ’94 PHD spoke on the Psychological Association for 13 years. He Thomasville (N.C.) Police Department. drumset and coaches jazz combos. He • Photographs from a professional photographer must be EDDIE BEARD ’90 MSN serves on the board of history of nursing in North Carolina during also served as a tenured associate professor TOM ANDERSON ’84 MED has written a He has worked with the department for served as drumset faculty member for directors of Catawba County (N.C.) United a presentation at Wayne Community of medical psychology and of psychology children’s book titled “Louise” with his 26 years and was promoted to the rank of world-renowned Jamey Aebersold Jazz accompanied by a release form from the photographer. Way. Eddie is chief operating officer/ College. Phoebe appeared in the UNC- at Duke University and was a professor of friend and co-worker Billy Christiansen, captain in 2009. Summer Camps and was an adjunct faculty • While we welcome wedding photos and baby pictures, we chief nursing officer at Catawba Valley TV documentary video “North Carolina health and social behavior at the Harvard who illustrated the book. Tom is a teacher at member at NC Central University. JILL DUFFIELD ’88 was visiting preacher Medical Center. Eddie earned a doctorate Nurses: A Century of Caring,” which will not publish engagement or pregnancy pictures. School of Public Health. CJ Greene Education Center in Greensboro. for the Gifts of Women’s Sunday at First of nursing practice in executive leadership SUSAN FEAGIN ’92, the clay studio received state and national acclaim. She • Please send photos from the past year. , principal at They have plans for other books. JENNIFER LANE ’80 MFA Presbyterian Church of Gastonia, N.C. She from American Sentinel University and coordinator at Penland School of Crafts, has been the recipient of numerous awards Westbrook Elementary School in Bethesda, • Finally, depending on photo quality and/or volume of STEPHANIE HUTCHINS AUTRY ’84 was named is editor of the national publication “The holds national professional certifications was a featured speaker as part of the for her professional and volunteer work, Md., has been named an Outstanding submissions, we may not be able to publish every photo to the 2017 North Carolina Super Lawyers Presbyterian Outlook.” She previously as a Fellow of the American College of annual lecture series at Turchin Center including a $30,000 Nursing Educators for Leader in Arts Education during the Alvin list in the area of civil litigation defense. served as associate pastor for discipleship Healthcare Executives and as a Nurse for the Visual Arts at Appalachian State Tomorrow Award. we receive. and Louise Myerberg Arts Leadership Stephanie is an attorney at Cranfill and acting head of staff at Shandon University. Executive-Advanced from the American JOHN KARL CLAES ’95 MFA was a featured Please send your pictures using the “Submit a Class Note” Recognition Awards ceremony. Summer & Hartzog LLP. Presbyterian Church in Columbia, S.C. Nurses Credentialing Center. JONATHAN D. GREEN ’92 DMA has been named artist in the Carnegie Arts Center’s gallery form at alumnimagazine.uncg.edu. Or you can mail a print to BETH LEAVEL ’80 MFA is starring in NEIL CAUKINS ’84 MM AND TAMARA CAUKINS CINDY FINK ’88 MBA is executive director of CHRIS HAUSER ’90 is associate and youth president of Susquehanna University. talk event titled “Valley Grown.” The event “Bandstand,” her 12th Broadway show. Class Notes Photo, Alumni Engagement Office, Alumni House, ’84 MM are resident musicians at Gallery Meals on Wheels of Rowan County (N.C.). pastor at South Oak Ridge Baptist Church, During the past 14 years, Jonathan has focused on artists who had their creative She was interviewed for a feature on One in Ellensburg, Wash. They studied for She previously served as executive director as well as a substitute teacher at Forbush served as the chief academic officer at start in Stanislaus County, Calif. A painter, P.O. Box 26170, Greensboro, NC 27402-6170. Mailed photos backstage.com. a year under maestro José Luis Rodrigo of the Granville County United Way and High School. He was one of the organizers institutions that have distinguished John has won numerous awards in several cannot be returned. SABRINA GOODE ’81 heads the nonprofit at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Granville Education Foundation. Most of Magnify Ministries, which sponsors themselves for their integration of regional juried exhibitions and had his organization Friends of Oberlin Village in Madrid, Spain. recently, she was house director for the Impact Yadkin every other year. The liberal and experiential education. He work displayed in group exhibitions

42 uncg magazine ° Fall 2017 Fall 2017 ° uncg magazine 43 featured in interviews and concert Carolina Summer Rep. In the summer Millennial Teeth” and a limited-edition and the Sierra Club. Improv Theater. She studied at Upright in 2003. During his senior season there, HINA MAHMOOD ’08 has been promoted gradtidings performances on UNC-TV during the of 2017, alumni, theater industry chapbook, “The Use of the World.” Citizens Brigade, The People’s Improv he averaged 27.3 points and 4.5 assists to HR manager with EDTS, a regional EMILY FURR HOGAN ’03 recently appeared as Christmas season. “A Maestro and His professionals and community actors and Theater, Stella Adler Studio and LAByrinth per game and was named All-Metro 4-A technology consulting firm. An active WILEY CASH ’02 MA judged Barnes & Noble’s a contestant on The Wheel of Fortune, and Chorus” and “The North Carolina A&T singers will perform a Stephen Sondheim Theater. conference and was selected to the East- member of the Society for Human throughout northern and central Discover Great New Writers Awards. Wiley was the big winner of the night. Annual Christmas Concert: A Black Issues concert series through the pilot Summer West All-Star team. During his time with Resource Management, Hina joined EDTS California. is writer-in-residence at the University of and her husband, AARON PHILLIPS ’05 will play the title Forum Special” featured Travis directing Rep program. Dominick is the Smart- STEPHANIE MARTIN ’03 the UNCG Spartans he scored 1,544 points. in 2016 from Ingersol Rand-Trane and North Carolina-Asheville and teaches in Jeff Dean, of Dean and Martin Pottery in character in “Sweeney Todd” in the North AMELIA GEIS-SCOTT ’95 received the Above the 40-voice choir in an evening of carols, Tillman Distinguished Professor at UNCG. previously worked as an HR representative the low-residency MFA program in fiction Carolina Summer Rep production. NOEL KEENER ’07 MED, ’13 CERTIFICATE IN and Beyond award from Good Neighbors hymns, spirituals and gospel music. Seagrove, N.C., exhibited their work at the with Volvo Group North America. was recognized and nonfiction writing at Southern New EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP is principal of of Blount County (Tenn.) for her work to MARGARET BENJAMIN ’01 MA Hastings Gallery of Art in the Boyd Library MICHAEL VAN PATTER ’05 is director DAVID EPLEY ’98X, also known as Doctor by the American Alliance of Museums as Hampshire University. His third novel will Christine Joyner Greene Education Center, ASHLEY OLIPHANT ’08 PHD, an English feed the needy. Amelia serves hundreds of at Sandhills Community College. of worship arts for Hope Chapel in Kaboom, presented his show, “Live its 2017 Champion of Museums. Margaret, be published this year. Greensboro. He is also a singer-songwriter Guilford County Schools. She previously professor at Pfeiffer University, discussed meals as the chef for the Welcome Table at JESSICA ROBERTS ’03, the director of Wire! The Electricity Tour,” at Viterbo a longtime advocate for museums, serves has retired from served as an assistant principal at her book, “Hemingway and Bimini: The both New Providence Presbyterian Church BETTY COVINGTON ’02 MED marketing and tourism for Mount Airy and jazz pianist. University’s Fine Arts Center in La Crosse, on the board of the Weatherspoon Art Surry County Schools where she served as Northeast High School, where she helped Birth of Sport Fishing at ‘The End of the and First United Methodist Church of Tourism and the Tourism Partnership of KEVIN WHEAT ’05 MSA, ’12 SPECIALIST IN Wis. Museum at UNCG and on the university’s preschool coordinator. design a support program for students’ World,’” at the Charles R. Jonas Library in Maryville. She also provides the weekly Surry County, N.C., was recognized by the EDUCATION was named Principal of the is a part-time Board of Visitors. She is vice chair of academic, social and emotional needs. Lincolnton, N.C. meal for Celebrate Recovery at Maryville RACHEL STINEHELFER ’98 MLIS DALELISCIA GALLOP ’02 was named Teacher Triad’s 40 Leaders Under Forty program of Year for Guilford County Schools. He is employee with Bookmarks, a literary the board of directors for the Museum is equal MADELEINE REBER ’08 MFA is a dance artist First United Methodist Church. of the Week by WITN-TV. Daleliscia the Triad Business Journal. She also serves principal at Allen Jay Preparatory Academy SONYE RANDOLPH ’07 MPA arts nonprofit organization. Rachel is an Trustee Association. She began her career opportunity and Title IX investigator in the and educator based in Chicago, Ill. She has teaches kindergarten at Pines Elementary on the N.C. Travel and Tourism Board and in High Point, NC. NATASHA JETER ’95, ’05 MPH is director of as public relations director of the Gallier education and program specialist and helps in Plymouth, N.C. Office of Equity, Diversity and Compliance been choreographing professionally for first-year experience in the Division of the Triad Film Commission. works in community with the Authors in Schools program. House Museum, and is a former chairman ALEX EVANS ’06 at Appalachian State University. She more than 15 years. In 2012, she founded University College and Lifelong Learning at VANCE HANNER ’02 is head football coach pharmacy in Jacksonville, Fla., and is of the board of trustees of the Greensboro AMANDA ALMODOVAR ’04 is Social Worker previously worked for Guilford County Salty Lark Dance as a home for her creative Winston-Salem State University. Natasha AMIE TEAGUE BOONE ’99, ’01 MA received the at West Montgomery (N.C.) High School. preceptor at the University of Florida and History Museum. of the Year for the Alamance-Burlington Schools. She holds a law degree from work and movement research. Previously, holds a doctorate in public health with Business of the Year award for the Western He previously served as head coach of the Florida A&M University. He received his (N.C.) School System. Amanda is a North Carolina Central University. she taught at UNCG and now is an adjunct a specialization in epidemiology from Region from the Longwood Small Business CHRISTINE BRANNOCK ’01 discussed cervical East Davidson Golden Eagles. Vance also 10-year bilingual veteran of the system doctor of pharmacy degree from UNC faculty member at Columbia College Walden University and has more than 20 Development Center of Danville, Va. Amie cancer screenings during an appearance teaches the weight lifting class. ASHLEE C. WILEY ’07 is senior development and currently works at South Graham Chapel Hill. Chicago. years of combined experience in science operates Piedmont Regional Feeding & on WGHP-Fox 8 TV. She is the oncology officer at The Community Foundation of ROBYN JAMES ’02, a violist, performed with Elementary School. She previously served CANDACE HARRINGTON ’06 MSN was a keynote and health. Oral-Motor Clinic which offers specialized outreach manager at Cone Health Cancer Greater Greensboro. She has been with the RUSTY SHERIDAN ’08 MFA is an assistant Trillium and Friends during a concert at North Graham and Eastlawn Elementary speaker at the 2017 Aging Conference in care for clients with swallowing or eating Center. Foundation for two years and works closely professor in the Department of Media and DARRYL KOSCIAK ’95, ’98 MS is executive at Maryville College. She is an adjunct Schools. Elizabeth City, N.C. She spoke on health issues. Amie opened the business in 2006. with the three permanent grantmaking Communication at East Tennessee State director of the Rhode Island Coalition for MARK HAGER ’01 MA, adjunct history professor at Pellissippi State Community MATHEW CURRAN ’04 was a featured artist at aging. She is an adult gerontology primary University. He received a $10,000 grant was named Faculty professor at Lenoir-Rhyne University, endowments – Women to Women, Future the Homeless. TONI NICHOLAS ’99 College, where she was recently designated the Contemporary Art Museum in Raleigh, care nurse practitioner with 30 years produced and directed a documentary Fund and Public Art Endowment— along from the university to produce a short Member of the Year for Red Rocks the Outstanding Adjunct Faculty. She also of geriatric experience. She earned her ALLEY COLLINS ’96 is the theater teacher N.C. His work uses ink and stenciling. with expanding the fund-holder relations film adaptation of his feature-length script Community College. She holds a master’s titled “From BAR to POW, The Harold maintains a private studio. doctor of nursing practice degree from at John T. Hoggard High School in is Principal of the arm of the Foundation. She is pursuing her titled “Madam I’m Adam.” degree in history/early Soviet period Frank Story WWII-European Theatre.” The DAN MCINNIS ’04, ’11 MSA Vanderbilt University in 2011. She is a Wilmington, N.C. Her theater class CINDY JOHNSON ’02, ’07 MSN is executive juris doctorate at NC Central University as from the University of Vermont. She has documentary aired in February on UNC- Year for the Alamance-Burlington (N.C.) DOLORES VARGAS-BENAVIDES ’08 received the received multiple honors at N.C. State High director of nursing oncology services for clinical associate professor in the family, been teaching at RRCC since 2011. She TV. The documentary features the story of School System. He is principal at Eastlawn an evening student. Her volunteer 2017 Excellence in Teaching award from School Play Festival. The class received the Cone Health in Greensboro. She most adult gerontology primary care nurse is coordinator of the school’s Center for Harold Frank, the last living survivor from Elementary School. activities include chairing Gate City Randolph Community College in Asheboro, Festival Spirit Award; Theatre Arts Award recently served as nursing director for practitioner and doctor of nursing practice Community Engagement and Service- CO G 2nd Battalion 357th Infantry that Charter Academy, involvement with Delta N.C. She is a full-time instructor of Spanish – Excellence in Music Direction; Barbizon outpatient oncology at Cone Health SIDNEY MINTER ’04, an attorney with the programs at East Carolina University Learning. landed at Utah Beach on D-Day. Sigma Theta Inc. and work with her at the college and also teaches English for Excellence in Design and Production Cancer Center at Wesley Long Hospital in Charlotte office of labor and employment College of Nursing. church, Zion Place Ministries. Speakers of Other Languages courses at HEIDI HANRAHAN ’01 MA, ’05 PHD was the 2017 law firm Fisher Phillips, co-chaired the – Makeup and Hair Design; and the SHAWN L. SPURGEON ’99 MS EDS, ’02 PHD Greensboro. DARA HEDGECOCK ’06 SPECIALIST IN Charlotte call center for the 10th annual KEITH ALLEN ’08 is a guitarist for The RCC. She is currently working on her Ph.D. Daniel Seaman Award for Outstanding received the CED Alumni Excellence recipient of Shepherd University’s Storer is assistant principal at Midway DAVID OSTERGAARD ’02, CEO of Bright Star EDUCATION Mantras. in education studies with a specialization Achievement in Ensemble Acting. Award from UNCG during the 31st annual College Faculty Award. Heidi has been an 4ALL Statewide Service Day, in which Touring Theatre, was featured in an article Elementary School in Davidson County, in cultural studies at UNCG. Chi Sigma Iota Upsilon Nu Chi Chapter associate professor of English and modern volunteer attorneys answer calls from the JEFF BELL ’08 MFA is producing a podcast CAROL HUNTER ’96 MA is the pastor of titled “The Educational Power of Live N.C. She previously served as assistant initiation ceremony. He is an associate language since 2007. public. titled “Don’t You Lie to Me,” an unscripted DEBORAH HOLLIS ’09 DMA accompanied tenor Flag Springs United Methodist Church Theater,” which appeared in gilmermirror. principal at Southwest Elementary. professor of counselor education at the performed at High show focusing on art and artists in the Timothy Sparks in a performance titled in Asheboro. She graduated from Hood JESSE KNIGHT ’01 MFA, coordinator/ com. SIDNEY OUTLAW ’04 of HR Mavens spoke at SARA PHILLIPS ’06 Triangle area of North Carolina. Jeff, “A Poet’s Love” at Weymouth Center in Theological Seminary. University of Tennessee at Knoxville, instructor of film and video production Point University. He has a master’s degree DEREK SOUTHERN ’02, ’09 MBA is chief a Haywood Community College seminar Southern Pines, N.C. Deborah is an active currently serving as coordinator of the technology at Piedmont Community in vocal performance from The Julliard a sculptor, is museum manager at 21 c BETH MCDONOUGH ’96 MLIS served as an information officer for Rockingham titled “HR Basics for Small Business.” recitalist and maintains a private studio in clinical mental health counseling program. College, participated in MystiCon, a science School. Museum Hotel in Durham, N.C. instructor for an eCourse titled “Dynamic County, N.C. He previously was part of the ELIZABETH DOEBLER ’07 MM, ’15 DMA piano and collaborative piano, as well as DOUG TEACHEY ’99 is the Coke One North fiction convention held in Roanoke, Va., has joined the West Palm KELI BOONE ’08 is Gates County’s (N.C.) One-Shot Library Instruction.” Beth is management team at Dynamic Quest. TARA VERNIE ’04 conducted the High Point University vocal and chamber music coaching. Cooperative Extension Service 4H the co-author of the book “One-Shot America director of learning, development screening six of his film projects during Beach (Fla.) office of Copeland & Co. Real JULIE BOST ’03 MED, ’14 SPECIALIST IN Chamber Singers in the first performance is Cash Elementary and deployment. the event. Estate. Prior to earning her real estate sales specialist. She holds a master’s degree in JACKIE O’MAHONY ’09 Library Instruction Survival Guide.” She of their 2017 spring concert tour. Elizabeth EDUCATION, ’16 EDD, program specialist kinesiology. She was formerly the girls’ School’s Teacher of the Year. She teaches is research and instruction librarian/ , a literacy specialist at associate license, she was a teacher and MARY MCINTYRE ’01 for exceptional children for Alamance- is assistant director of choral activities at third grade at the Kernersville, N.C., worked in the mortgage business. varsity basketball coach at Gates County associate professor at Western Carolina Agnor-Hurt Elementary School, is running High Point University and also teaches Burlington Schools, was elected to the High School. school. University. for the Rio District seat on the Albemarle board of directors of the national Council RONALD WILSON ’04 opened The Joint voice and conducting. Elizabeth is the is a success County (Va.) School Board. She has a JULIE AITES CAMPBELL ’08 has joined MICHAEL ROBINSON ’09, ’16 MA BONITA ROGERS ’96 MSN is the nurse for Exceptional Children. She has also Chiropractic in Winston-Salem, N.C., in director of music and worship at Trinity Wilkinson ERA in Winston-Salem, N.C. coach at High Point University. Previously, organizer of NITAS, PLLC, a professional 2000s master’s degree in music education from been president of the N.C. Council for 2014 and, since then, has opened five more Covenant Church in Greensboro. She he taught high school English for seven limited liability company. In December the University of Michigan and received a Exceptional Children and secretary of offices in the Triangle area. performs with Bel Canto Company and The GABRIELLE DIMORA ’08 is a financial years. master’s degree in curriculum studies for Quintessentials, a new vocal jazz a cappella professional with AXA Advisors, LLC. 2016, she was nominated as a Nursing CATHY MATTHEWS ’00, ’09 MSA was named the Council of Administrators of Special RHIANNON GIDDENS ’05 was nominated for Legend for the Pi Chapter of Chi Eta Phi literacy specialists from the University of ensemble. LAURA WATSON ’09 MS discussed healthy Jamestown (N.C.) Elementary School Education. two Grammy awards for her 2015 mini- JASON HYATT ’08, ’10 MLIS is director of Sorority Inc. in recognition of her many Hawaii-Manoa in May. lifestyles and how to prevent overeating Teacher of the Year. She teaches third is publisher and editor- album “Factory Girl.” The album was MELISSA FITZGERALD ’07 works as a historic the York County (S.C.) Library System. ANDREA BUTLER ’03 on Thanksgiving during a segment on years of dedicated nursing service and grade at the school. ADRIENNE MCKINNEY ’01 MS has joined Smith in-chief of Sesi Magazine, a magazine up for “Best Folk Album” and the song interpreter at Fort Delaware through the Previously, he was the headquarters WGHP-Fox 8 TV. Laura is a registered service to the community. Leonard PLLC as a tax senior manager. geared toward African American teen girls. “Factory Girl” was nominated for “Best AmeriCorps program. She also teaches at manager at the Main Library in Rock Hill. TRACY WILSON SMITH ’00 PHD, a professor dietician specializing in pediatric nutrition is executive She has more than 16 years of experience She was recently featured in an online American Roots Performance.” Painting with A Twist. ANNE BROWN ’97, ’07 MSN in the Reich College of Education at KEITH JAMES ’08 MM, ’13 DMA and his wife, at the Cone Health Nutrition and Diabetes director of the Office of Patient Experience in public accounting. article at fredericksburg.com. Appalachian State University, was TOYIA MATTHEWS ’05 MLIS is principal at Old JUNG EUN HA-BROOKSHIRE ’07 PHD received AMANDA ’11 MA, own and operate Double Management Center in Greensboro. at Cone Health. She previously served recognized by the UNC Board of Governors HOPE SMITH ’01 is doing inspirational JOHN CIPOLLA ’03 DMA received the Newell Elementary School in Charlotte, a 2017 William T. Kemper Fellowship for Oaks Bed & Breakfast in Greensboro. Keith as director of nursing at Wesley Long as among the most outstanding faculty artwork at her shop, Art of Hope, in distinguished alumni award from the N.C. Teaching Excellence from the University is also the associate director of music at Hospital. and was one of 17 recipients to receive its Wallace, N.C. She opened the shop to do administration and faculty at UNCG’s of Missouri. Jung is an associate professor First Presbyterian Church. Alumni Marriages AMANDA NICASTRO ’05 co-wrote “Rotten has joined The 2017 Awards for Excellence in Teaching. custom framing and focus on her art after College of Visual and Performing Arts. of textile and apparel management and and Ashley Marie DEE BRUMMETT LANGLEY ’97 Apple: Escape to LA,” a show that was KIMBERLY KOONTZ ’08 MPH is vice president/ RYAN ALLEN BRADLEY ’03 having taught art in the public school Premier Team at RE/MAX in Charlotte, She is assistant chair in the Department John is a professor of music at Western included in the 2016 Frigid Festival associate dean of research and graduate chief operating officer at Carolina Donor Ross were married Sept. 3, 2016, at St. system. N.C. A North Carolina broker and South of Curriculum and Instruction. She joined Kentucky University. John, a clarinetist, and the 2016 Penn Station Area Sketch studies in the MU College of Human Services in Winston-Salem, N.C. Kimberly Paul’s Episcopal Church in Winston- Carolina Realtor, Dee is credentialed as ASU in 2000 and has taught 23 different gave a masterclass for the clarinet studio at Environmental Sciences. Salem, N.C. Ryan is director of software DAN ALBERGOTTI ’02 MFA held a poetry Festival. Amanda has a one-woman show has worked with the organization since a certified distressed property expert, courses for undergraduate, master’s and UNCG as part of his visit. engineering at Zipskee in Kernersville, N.C. reading on the Florida Southwestern titled “I’m Just Kidneying.” She has RICKY HICKMAN ’07 was one of 10 new 2004 and has served as tissue donation strategic pricing specialist and Graduate doctoral students. State College campus. Dan is a professor MELISSA DICKERSON ’03 is the new Manteo performed at the SoloCom Festival in New inductees into the East Forsyth High coordinator and donor services center LAUREN ADRIENNE MORROW ’06 and The Realtor Institute. DOMINICK AMENDUM ’01 and JUSTIN COWAN of English at Coastal Carolina University. (N.C.) Town Planner. She previously York and performed in and written for a School Sports Hall of Fame. Ricky played manager. She was named director of tissue Honorable David Von Byrd were married TRAVIS W. ALEXANDER ’98, ’01 MM was ’14, ’16 MM collaborated to develop North He is the author of “The Boatloads and worked with former U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan variety of shows produced at The People’s basketball at East Forsyth and graduated services in 2011. March 9, 2017, at the Historic Westover

44 uncg magazine ° Fall 2017 Fall 2017 ° uncg magazine 45 KEITH ’08 MM, ’13 DMA, own and operate director of counseling at East Forsyth High Consortium. His acting credits include the of Ferree Dinkins Group, CPAs, PLLC, in in Fayetteville, N.C. Eric is employed by MARTHA JOYCE GOODFRIEND ’45 BARBARA CORNELIUS PHILLIPS ’54 gradtidings Double Oaks Bed & Breakfast in School. Travel Channel’s Mysteries at the Museum, Winston-Salem, N.C. He previously worked North Carolina Farm Bureau. MARY CLARK HICKS ’45 MARIAN FAISON TOWNSEND ’54 Greensboro. Amanda is managing editor at “Up from Slavery” by Lionheart Films in financial positions at Chiesi USA Inc. JOANNA KEILSON ’13 is project director for TYLER GRAY INGRAM ’16 and Ashley Elizabeth Wake Forest University Press. and “Ramification,” a short film. Alan has and Bandwidth. ADA VIRGINIA HOPKINS LUCAS ’45X ANN O. COAKLEY ’55 MED Plantation in Charles City, Va. Lauren the Carolinas for the Center of Bio-ethical Jones were married Aug. 6, 2016, at Camp worked with Playmakers Repertory Theatre teaches classes in LUCY MOTT STUBBS MIHALIC ’45 MARY LAYTON FONTAINE ’55 is the owner and lead photographer at GARRETT KACHELLEK ’11 MED is a real estate Reform. While a student, Joanna led the CHANTEL MOORE ’15 MA Ground United Methodist Church in in Chapel Hill, N.C., and Triad Stage in career/technical education at Mount Olive Waterhouse Studios Photography in North agent with Allen Tate Realty in Charlotte, campus arm of the Greensboro Pregnancy Fayetteville, N.C. Tyler is a music intern at LILLIAN MARGARET SOMERS RANSDELL ’45 MARTHA KEYS JONES ’55 N.C. He previously worked in politics in Care Center. Greensboro, where he performed for two (N.C.) Middle School. She is participating Hayes Barton Baptist Church in Raleigh, Wilkesboro, N.C. years in “A Christmas Carol.” BETTY SCOTT BARBER SMITH ’45 UNNI KJOSTIES NORBOM ’55 North Carolina and Iowa and taught at the in the lateral entry program to become a N.C, and is pursuing a master of divinity JUSMAR MANESS ’13 MSA was named 2017 DR. SHABNAM ASSAR ’07 and Dr. David teacher. She was recently featured in an NINA TROGDON BARONE ’46 MARTHA BROWNING PAUL ’55 University of Utah. Wells Fargo Principal of the Year for the MEGHAN REED ’14 MA presented a program degree at Campbell University. Gibbons were married Oct. 22, 2016, at titled “Native Americans of Northeast article in the Goldsboro News-Argus. BERNICE A. COHEN ’46 JULIA PITTMAN REECE ’55 SARAH KESSLER PROUTY ’11 MED was named Piedmont-Triad Region of North Carolina. PATRICIA KNOEPP ’16 MPH and Austin Cathey Vinton War Memorial in Roanoke, Va. Ohio” at the Massillon Museum in Teacher of the Year at Kernersville (N.C.) Jusmar is principal at Balfour Elementary DYLAN RICE ’15 is a police officer with the were married Sept. 24, 2016, at Wayah NANCY WILLIAMS EPPLEY ’46C MARY FLOYCE PRICE SIGMON ’55, ’60 MS Shabnam graduated from Ross University Massillon, Ohio. Meghan, a former Elementary School. She teaches third School in Asheboro. Gastonia (N.C.) Police Department. He Bald Tower in Franklin, N.C. ERNESTINE SMITH GIBBS ’46 School of Medicine. She recently completed registrar at the museum, is now director of LATRELLE SMITH CAWTHON ’56 grade. completed basic law enforcement training her internal medicine residency at Carilion SIMONE G. MCDONALD ’13 has completed the Trumbull County Historical Society. at Gaston College. JEAN ROSS JUSTICE ’46 FRANCES RUTH OVERMAN CRUCIANI ’56 Clinic-Virginia Tech Carilion and is HUGH CONDREY BRYANT ’12 was featured basic infantry training at Fort Jackson, founded and is working In Memoriam DORIS ELIZABETH SMITH MOFFATT ’46 KARA “KITTY” JARRETT HAIGLER ’56 continuing her training as an infectious in The Stamp Gallery’s “Midpoint 2017” S.C. Simone is now a U.S. Army Reserve ANNA SULLIVAN ’14 LAURA STEVENS ’15 DMA, flutist, performed full time with her company, The Creative disease fellow. exhibition of work by artists in the specialist. with SCOTT MACLEOD ’12 DMA in “Hallquist EDNA RABY BAIN ’31 MARY IRVIN THOMPSON REAVIS ’46C EVELYN ADAMS HIEB ’56 Exchange, a full-service social media second year of MFA candidacy in the and Friends” in High Point through the CLAUDIA PREVOST HARDEN ’32 BETTY ANNE DRYSDALE TODD ’46 JOHN ARTHUR WARD ’07 and Miran Kaleigh JENNIFER PATTERSON ’13 MLIS is director of agency based in the Triangle. ROSE SAMET KLINE ’56 Department of Art at the University of Piedmont Artists. Laura is instructor of the Kim were married Oct. 22, 2016, at Blue the Albemarle Regional Library, a system FRANCES NIVEN GAMBLE ’34X HELEN FROSTICK WARREN ’46 exhibited a sculptural flute at High Point University and serves as JANIE GAY JONES ’57 Hill at Stone Barns, Pocantico Hills, Maryland, College Park. His work, mainly of seven libraries in Hertford, Bertie SAVANNAH TESTER ’14 cave installation at the Caldwell County principal flutist of the Western Piedmont DORIS PASCHALL CUMMINGS ’36 DORIS TURNER ALEXANDER ’47, ’81 MLS NANCY ALICE PATTON-KING ’57X N.Y. In addition to teaching music and concrete and steel, has been exhibited at and Gates counties in North Carolina. (NC) Arts Council. Savannah is an art Symphony. She holds the piccolo position RUTH BARKER GREEN ’36 performing, John is a bakery chef at the Franconia Sculpture Park; Casket Arts Previously, she worked in public libraries DOROTHY GRAY ANCONA ’47 RUTISHA “RUTI” BRIGMON FADEL ’58 in Minneapolis, Minn.; Stevens Point teacher for West Lenoir Elementary School in the Salisbury Symphony. Per Se Restaurant in New York City. in both Union and Catawba counties. MARGUERITE MARSHALL SHANNON ’38X AGATHA "GAY" STRICKLAND FORLINES ’47 ANN M. SCRIPTURE RADY ’58 Sculpture Park in Stevens Point, Wis. and and Valmead Elementary School. ANDREW BURCHARD ’16 has joined the TAYLOR RICHARDS ’13 is assistant district SARAH ELIZABETH “SALLY” BURDGE TALLEY ’38 MARY ELIZABETH “MIB” FULP ’47 the Salisbury Sculpture Show in Salisbury, is director of planning Charles Aris team as an associate recruiter. PATRICIA JERNIGAN ROSE ’58 attorney for Randolph County, N.C. Taylor JESSICA TROTMAN ’14 N.C. He has received several awards and economic development for the city of GERALDINE FARRAR MATTHEWS TYREN ’38 ELLEN CECELIA HUDSON TREXLER ’47, ’63 MED FRANCES AILEEN MACKIE HEWITT ’59 graduated from law school at NC Central ANNALISE COLEMAN ’16 has just completed and fellowships, including the McKnight Kings Mountain, N.C. She will receive her KATHLEEN “KATHY” WHITLEY BIALOSTOSKY ’39 University in 2016. He has experience in her second year as a TopCat cheerleader DORIS MICHALOVE KANTER ’48 BENNIE RUTH WILLIAMS MCGINLEY ’59 Individual Artist Grant and Emerging master’s degree in environmental health the district attorney’s office in Davidson with the Carolina Panthers. She teaches DORIS DOZIER DAVIS ’39 WILMA SEARS MCDANIEL ’48 ODELL J. NASSAR ’59 MED 2010s Artist Fellowship at Salem Art Works in from East Carolina University in December County (N.C.) and also worked as an ADA dance at KIPP Change Academy Charter Salem, N.Y. 2017. ELEANOR WEEKS GAVER ’39 JOANN STRYKER SPEAS ’48 ANN DEARSLEY-VERNON ’60, ’61 MFA in Rowan County in a temporary grant School in Charlotte, N.C. JOSEPH DAVID KISER ’10 and his wife, Kelly is development RUBYLEIGH DAVIS HERNDON ’39 REBECCA "BECKY" HOGAN WALKER ’48X BETTY LYNN WEST GROCE ’60 HANNAH EARNHARDT ’13 position, where he worked on domestic PAUL CHELIMO ’15 won the U.S. National TRIMAIN MONTEL GREEN ’16 was featured Davis-Kiser, celebrated the late summer director of N.C. Lions. She previously violence cases. Outdoor Championship in the 5,000-meter for his musical talent in an article in the CLAUDELINE PULLEN LEWIS ’39 BETTY DUNN CLARK ’49 VIRGINIA "GIN" JOHNSON HARRIS ’60 birth of their son, Wesley Kiser. Joseph is served as executive director for the Caring race in June, dominating the field and DEVON SMITH ’13 has created a documentary Oxford (N.C.) Public Ledger. ELIZABETH “BETSY” WHARTON NEWLAND ’39 MARY DORIS COBB ’49X MARGARET ELIZABETH MAGEE ’60 a Foreign Service Officer, serving overseas Community Foundation in the Triangle qualifying for the World Championships in titled “CreativeNC.” It will be screened at is Nalozone program with the State Department. Joseph also (N.C.) area and production director for a London. Chelimo has been one of the best CHASE HOLLEMAN ’16 ANNIE MARIA FOX LANDRUM ’40 MARILYN COHN FINE ’49 JEAN "JEANIE" ALSTON MITCHUM ’60 the N.C. Museum of History. It evolved coordinator for Caring Services, an narrated the 2016 Marine Corps Ball held small Chapel Hill publishing company. runners in the 5,000-meter distance since CATHARINE STANTON LEWIS ’40 JOAN MASSEY GODWIN ’49 from his online magazine called “Infinite addiction treatment center in High Point, DORA SANSBURY SCHWARTZ ’60X by the U.S. Embassy in Quito, Ecuador. claiming the silver medal at the 2016 Rio PATRICE FAISON ’12 SPECIALIST IN EDUCATION, Minds,” which included interviews with N.C. He is pursuing a master’s degree in WADIE BROOKS WINSLOW ’40 BERTHA “BERT” HOBERMAN ’49X MARY ANN WILLIAMS WARLICK ’60 More than 300 people attended the event, Olympics. ’15 EDD is superintendent for the musicians, poets and artists in North social work at UNC Chapel Hill. ELEANOR LOUISE WATSON GREENE ’41 including senior officials of the Ecuadorian JANE BANNER KELLY ’49 EVE CASHWELL SANDLIN IDE ’61 Thomasville (N.C.) City Schools. She Carolina. JEANNA CHILDRESS ’15 is director of finance government. Joseph served 12 years with MICHAEL MESSER ’16 is a featured artist at the MARGARET SNYDER HARRISON ’41 JANE DAVIS LAMBERT ’49 formerly served as principal of Page High for Carruthers & Roth in Greensboro. She MARY LOU WIMBISH WATERSTRADT ’61 MED the Marine Corps. DAN TARARA ’13 EDD, chairman of High Four Saints Brewing Company’s Art Wall School in Guilford County. was formerly lead bookkeeper. MARY RANKIN HAYSLIP ’41X PEGGY KNOX MCCONNELL ’49 Point University’s exercise science Project in Asheboro, N.C. His mixed media MARY NEAL BOLCH ’62 SKYLAR MEARING ’10 has been named to the CHRIS JORDAN ’12 MA is director of public department, received the Meredith Clark SUSAN DAVIES ’15 PHD is the associate art installation will cover a 12-foot interior MARGUERITE MURPHY STENTZ ’41 NANCY RAMSEY REYNOLDS ’49X PATRICIA KARRO GORELICK ’62 Triad Business Journal’s 40 Under Forty. programs at Reynolda House Museum Slane Teaching-Service Award from the vice chancellor for student affairs and taproom wall and be on display for three DORIS LOPRETE BAPTIST ’42 PHYLLIS WARDRUP RICE ’49X Skylar is marketing and communications TALLEY CARPENTER SMITH ’62X of American Art in Winston-Salem, N.C. university. The award, chosen by the enrollment services for the University of months from April 1 to June 30, 2017. manager for Bank of Oak Ridge. NANCY O’BRIEN COX ’42 JEAN PAYLOR SMITH ’49 He previously served as interim executive faculty, is HPU’s highest teaching accolade. Tennessee Heath Science Center. MARTHA ANN GALLIMORE EASTER ’63 MS CHANDA PLATANIA ’16 is youth service BETTY JEAN KNOFSKY GOLDBERGER ’42 JESSICA PARKER ’10 was selected to director at New Winston Museum. ROSEMARY JACOBS LAMB ’50 INDIA SMITH LITTLETON ’63 CLINT ALFARO ’14 won the 2016 ABC Best CONNOR DOTEN ’15 has opened a new board librarian at the Kinston-Lenoir (N.C.) participate in the NC Leadership JULIA GEORGEIA DAVIS LEONARD ’42 KO EUN “GRACE” LEE ’12 DMA performed as Paper Award presented by the Springer game store and social venue called 3 Blind Public Library. MARY LEAH WHITFIELD MCFEE ’50 MARGARET DOHERTY MCMILLAN ’63X Academy. She has taught in both part of the Asheville (N.C.) Art Museum’s journal “Analytical and Bioanalytical Dice in Winston-Salem, N.C. MAE EDLA ASBELL SHAW ’42 LOIS BEST COLWELL ’51 elementary and middle school settings NANCY WALTERS WARREN ’63 ongoing Pianoforte Series. She is an Chemistry.” Clint is a PhD candidate in GRETCHEN KRUPP ’15 was a finalist for NANCY REID DUPUY WILSON ’42X in Edgecombe and Nash county schools. Alumni Marriages ELIZABETH BARBER "BETSY" HAWKINS ’51 DORIS LILLIAN GRUBBS ’65 adjunct piano faculty member at Brevard analytical chemistry at Purdue University. the 29th annual Eleanor McCollum She received Teacher of the Year honors LOTTIE MAE BUIE “LUTE” BARRETT ’43X CARLENE CATHEY HOVIS ’51 College and Mars Hill University and Competition for Young Singers Concert of ALIVIA “ALI” ANN ESTERLY ’12 AND JONATHAN LORENE NOLEN SNODDERLY ’65 in 2016 for her school. She is serving as DANIELLE BAREFOOT ’14 received a master’s teaches at the Academy for the Arts at First Arias sponsored by the Houston (Texas) LEE TILLEY ’11, both of Greensboro, were BONNIE LYNN MOORE CROWELL ’43 MYRLE PEOPLES LOWDERMILK ’51 an instructional coach at Coker-Wimberly degree in clinical research from Campbell LYDIA LEONHARDT CLONTZ ’66 Baptist Church of Asheville. She is director Grand Opera. Gretchen is a mezzo- married Dec. 3, 2016, at Whispering Oaks MARJORIE ANDRAS JOYCE ’43 Elementary School. University College of Pharmacy and Health JEANNE ISABELLE MONTGOMERY ’51, ’71 MM SHERRY ROE SMITH CRAFT ’66 of music at Oakley United Methodist soprano and two-time regional finalist in Julian, N.C. Ali is a real estate agent Sciences. She completed a research project DOROTHY SMITH TAIT ’43 DOROTHY “DOT” ELLIOTT SINK ’51 received her CLARICE LELAND "CLARE" MOORE ’66 MED ERIN KATHERINE RASPET ’10 Church. on childhood autism/autism spectrum and encouragement award recipient in for The Villas at Sedgefield. Jonathan is master of science degree in physician a project manager for Triad Decorative LUCY JANE POORE BROWNE ’44C GWENDOLYN “GWEN” WILBURN WARREN ’51 SCOTT MACLEOD ’12 DMA, a baritone and disorder diagnosis. the Metropolitan Opera National Council MARGARET MORRISON WOODALL ’66X assistant studies from Elon University. assistant professor of voice at High Point Auditions. She is finishing her master’s Concrete. LOIS W. BROWNING ’44 JEANNE PINNER HOOD ’52, ’56 MED JUSTIN COWAN ’14, ’16 MM and DOMINICK NELSIE PUGH ’67 MED degree at the Indiana University Jacobs RENAE SIMON ’10 of Step-by-Step Business University, performed with LAURA STEVENS CARLEIGH MEGAN O’SHELL ’12 and Jamie PATRICIA DARSEY BURNSIDE ’44 BETTY JO PETREA KORNOWSKI ’52 AMENDUM ’01 collaborated to develop BETTIE BREWER WROBLEWSKI ’67 Solutions will lead two small business ’15, flutist, in “Hallquist and Friends” in School of Music. Scott Hines Jr. were married Oct. 14, 2016, North Carolina Summer Rep. In the JEAN RICKERT COWLES ’44 CAROLYN BURTON LANDERS ’52 center seminars at the Warren County SUSAN DAVIS TODD PEARSON ’68 High Point through the Piedmont Artists. summer of 2017, alumni, theater industry MAUREEN LAMB ’15 MED has been named at Byrum Family Farm in Currituck, N.C. MARY BAISE DOYLE ’44X BARBARA J. MICHAEL ’52X campus of Vance-Granville Community Scott has served as chorus master for professionals and community actors and Connecticut Language Teacher of the Year Carleigh is a special education teacher with LOUISE HARRIS RICHARDSON ’68 MED College. Renae has more than 12 years North Carolina Opera since 2013. by the Connecticut Council of Language the Dare County Schools. NELSON MANN HARTLEY ’44X DALE WATKINS ALLEN ’53 singers will perform a Stephen Sondheim GABRIEL “GABE” SPIL ’68X of experience in business consulting, Teachers. She is in her eighth year of HARRIET HOOVER ’13 MFA is a featured concert series through the pilot Summer CALLIE ANN DICKERSON ’13 AND EDWARD JANICE MOORE LITTLE ’44, ’70 MA, ’80 MLS EILEEN DARDEN “BUNNY” BETTY ’53 marketing and advertising, facilities SUSAN R. FOURNIER ’69 artist in the “A Sense of Place” exhibition Rep program. Justin is studying for his teaching Latin at Westminster School RANDALL MARKUS ’15 MS were married ERNESTINE "TINA" BARTLETT ROZIER ’44 ELIZABETH “BETSY” PHILLIPS DRUMMOND ’53 management, special events management at Novell Gallery in Salisbury, N.C. She doctorate in conducting and stage directing and serves as interim head of the school’s Dec. 17, 2016, at Full Frame Theater in JERRY DIANA BARRETT ’70 and sales. language department. HELEN GRAY SULLIVAN ’44 MILO O. KIRKPATRICK JR. ’53 MED coordinates teen and college programming at UNCG. Previously, he was artistic Durham, N.C. Callie teaches at Parkwood GREY CARLE ’70, ’77 MED LILIYA ZALEVSKAYA ’10 MFA teaches at the NC Museum of Art in Raleigh. director for the Big Arts/Herb Strauss , actor and director of Elementary School in Durham, and MARGARET BARNES WIGGINS ’44X SUSAN BATTEN KNOTT ’53 CAROLYN LAWS ’15 REBECCA WEBSTER GRAVES ’70 MED, ’85 EDS, printmaking and photography at Theatre on Sanibel Island, Fla. the short indie film “Damiane and Her Edward is employed by Morrison Health ANGELA HUBBARD ’13 SPECIALIST IN EVA HIGDON WOOD ’44 JERLEAN MURPH REAVIS ’53 MLS ’88 EDD Gaston College. She recently judged the Demons,” also wrote the screenplay. The Care. EDUCATION is program manager for ALAN MATTHEW MILLER ’14 MFA is pursuing “Connections” exhibition for Full Circle ANN BARNWELL BINGHAM ’45 RUTH FARMER ROBERTSON ’53 SYLVIA ANN DAVIS SAMS ’70 graduation initiatives and school a career in theater in New York City. He is film received a certificate of mention from ERIC BRADLEY HOOKS ’13 and Carolina Arts of Hickory (N.C). counseling for Winston-Salem/Forsyth also working toward a teacher certification the Southern Short Film Awards. Ann Harrison were married Nov. 12, CATHERINE AUSTELL DEARSTYNE ’45 MILDRED DORLEE STOUT ’53C PAMELA NESTA KLUTTZ SHOAF ’70 AMANDA JAMES ’11 MA and her husband, County Schools (N.C.). Previously, she was at the Great Lakes Michael Chekhov SAMUEL T. MCCRAW ’15 has joined the staff 2016, at Highland Presbyterian Church ROSALIE BRANOWER FAIN ’45 DAPHNE PATRICIA PLASTER MORRISON ’54 FRAN KIRKSEY DEATON BENNETT ’71 MA, ’74 PHD

46 uncg magazine ° Fall 2017 Fall 2017 ° uncg magazine 47 magazine KENNETH H. CALLENDER ’71 MED uncg Passages ROGER LYNN FOSTER ’71X ALUMNI MAKE A HARRIET ANNE HATHAWAY ’71, ’78 MLS, ’83 EDD FALL 2017 - VOLUME 19, NO. 1 FRANCES WARD HILTON ’71 KATHRYN STRIPLING BYER ’68 MFA, first woman poet laureate of DIFFERENCE ISSN 1525 9838 GEORGE HERBERT KAHL JR. ’71 MED North Carolina, died June 5. She first came to UNCG in 1966 UNCG Magazine is published by University Communications BARBARA L. PALERMO ’71 MED as a student in the MFA Program in Creative Writing. She GIVE The University of North Carolina at Greensboro DILYS “DEE” WALTERS BASS STOWELL ’71 studied with Fred Chappell and PO Box 26170 Greensboro, NC 27402-6170 MICHAEL T. BOWMAN ’72X Robert Watson, among others. 336-334-5371 EDWIN LEWIS DANIEL ’72 MFA After her graduation from

PUBLICATION’S EDITORIAL ADVISORS SARA PAULINE MILLER MITCHELL ’72 MED UNCG, she taught at Western Vice Chancellor for University Advancement DONNA WATKINS SWART ’72 Carolina University, becoming Dr. Jan Zink ROSITA SLUSHER THACKER ’72 MED poet-in-residence in 1990 and HER A Associate Vice Chancellor for KATHARINE “KATHY” POER CLENDENIN ’73X publishing six books of poetry. University Communications; Chief Communications Officer EVA VAL ELLIOTT MOORE ’73 PHD She joined UNCG’s faculty for Jeff Shafer DOROTHY BASS ALEXANDER ’74 MED a period in the mid-1990s as

Executive Director of the Alumni EDNA CAROL MULHOLLAND BERNASEK ’74 MM a visiting professor. She was Association; Director of Alumni Engagement featured in a cover story in this Mary G. Landers CARLA TERRELL MCKINNEY ’74 WAYNE ODELL PIKE ’74 magazine in 2005. PUBLICATION’S STAFF AND MARIAN FAYE PARKER ’76 CONTRIBUTORS BOOST Editor DONNA MARIE TOMON ’76 Mike Harris ’93 MA THURMAN PRESLEY HUDSON JR. ’77 NINA RIGGS ’04 MFA died in February at age 39, only weeks after

Art Director PATRICIA KENNEDY RAY IGLEHEART ’77 MED finishing her book “The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Lisa Summerell DONALD EUGENE KNIBB ’77 MBA Dying.” Published by Simon Lead Photographer and Schuster in June, it almost Martin W. Kane PATRICIA ARCHIBALD WATERS ’77 immediately became a New AND Writers / Copy Editors NANCY “NAN” WILLIAMS CALLAWAY ’78 Alyssa Bedrosian EMILY BURRAGE WELLES MEYMANDI ’78 MSHE York Times bestseller. She Jeff Shafer wrote the book in four months, Susan Kirby-Smith ’06 MA THOMAS EUGENE MARTIN ’79 MED Elizabeth Harrison ELLEN BOLES OLSON ’79 as she received treatments for Chris Garton KATHERINE ELIZABETH HEGE RIERSON ’79 metastic cancer and cared for Tommye Morrison her two children. In the memoir Amy Snyder MARTHA DOBBINS LOMAX SHEPHERD ’79 MED WATCH Erin Lawrimore RANDOLPH W. SIDES ’79 she shares her remarkable Kathelene McCarty Smith WAYNE BRUCE DALTON ’80 experiences and insights about Production Facilitator life and death. Sherri MacCheyne ’10, ’14 MSITM CHRISTINE DROUILLARD DE GREE ’80 Web Manager MELANIE ANN TAYLOR ’81, ’92 MA

Paige Ellis WESLEY R. PHILLIPS ’82 Designer / Advisor HILDA “TERRY” PICKNEY PITTS ’82 EDD Mark Unrue HER career in the Business School at UNCG. WILLIAM TED SHAWN SMITH ’82 MFA ANETT CARCHETTI BRANDE ’97 Photographer After serving several years as head of the MICHAEL FRANCIS KERCHEVAL ’98 Katie Loyd ELIZABETH ANN QUINN TYNDALL ’83 PHD Department of Business Administration, Additional photography from university and JACK WILLIAM MOOREFIELD ’84 AUDREY RAY WARD ’98 PHD he served as the dean of business at departmental archives. DANA RAY HATCHER ’85 MARIA "MARIE" ANN PENTA ’99 MLIS universities in California, Indiana and A special acknowledgment to UNCG’s Martha Florida. After a short retirement in 2007 ANNA SHARON LOGAN ’85 VERNON CHRISTOPHER “CHRIS” PINKSTON ’99 Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and and 2008, he was invited to rejoin the University Archives for advice and help with ALLEN MARTIN ’85 MA OKLA ELLIOTT ’02 Department of Management at UNCG as a this issue. KAREN PARKS MILTON ’85 JOHN ALVAH HARRIS JR. ’03, ’05 MBA lecturer in management.

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