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Each summer, the College of Arts & Sciences at UNCG shares a list of books published by its professors over the past year. The following lineup of 15 books (plus a couple of bonus publications!) explore a range of topics, from innovations spurred by the grocery chain Piggly Wiggly, to the rhetoric surrounding reproductive rights.

Whether it’s poetry or nonfiction, you can’t go wrong picking up one of these books by College of Arts & Sciences professors:

Stepping onto campus as a first-year student and Teacher Education Fellow, Hannah Ward had a mission: make her hometown of Morganton, North Carolina proud and major in music. Through her fellowship and the Lloyd International Honors College (LIHC), Ward soon encountered mentors, opportunities, and experiences that took her down paths she had not considered and helped her discover her true calling: teaching English.

“I’m 100 percent ready to teach,” Ward says. “I love it so much.”

On Friday, May 3, the UNC Greensboro class of 2024 will cross the commencement stage at the Greensboro Coliseum. Among this year’s graduates is English major Katherine Wyrick, a literary enthusiast with an exciting future.

Wyrick’s passion for literature will take her first to Florence, Italy — then Oxford, England — and finally, to a fully funded master’s program in English at Wake Forest University. She has been recognized within the UNCG English Department due to her exceptional academic performance, dedication to her studies, and passion for literature.

UNC Greensboro has been awarded a $5 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to implement a five-year paid internship and educational program for humanities students called “Humanities at Work.” This landmark grant is the largest ever received by UNCG’s College of Arts & Sciences – as well as one of the largest in the University’s history.

Because of the generous donations we received during the Believe In The G campaign, we are delighted to announce the recipients of the first annual English Excellence Awards! These students were selected by the faculty of the English Department in recognition of their superior academic achievement. Daniel Holloway – Outstanding… Continue reading…

Led by Business Officer Paul Cloninger, the English Department is proud to host our first annual “The Humanities Against Hunger Food Drive.” In collaboration with other departments, we are pleased to announce, thanks to the generous spirit of students, faculty, and staff, that over 400 pounds of food has been… Continue reading…

College hunger is a hidden problem. According to Spartan Open Pantry, 34.9% of UNCG students are food insecure, and 50% of UNCG students worry about paying their basic bills, and around the holidays these insecurities are multiplied. The English Department is partnering with the other Departments in MHRA to host a food drive that… Continue reading…