Campaign News
Safran’s $1M gift will create nursing professorship at UNCG
A health care entrepreneur and nurse who has taught countless American Heart Association Lifesaving courses, Susan Morris Safran ’77 knows firsthand how important it is to have excellent teachers. Now, she is bolstering the already exceptional standard of faculty excellence at UNC Greensboro’s School of Nursing.…
UNCG’s Light the Way campaign at $163M
For the second year in a row, UNC Greensboro has announced its best fundraising year ever. UNCG has exceeded $163 million in its comprehensive Light the Way campaign. Light the Way: The Campaign for Earned Achievement, which launched publicly in Fall 2021, is well on its…
‘Transformative’ gift: Sloans give Frankenthaler painting to Weatherspoon
The Weatherspoon Art Museum’s mission will be bolstered by the work of Helen Frankenthaler, one of the biggest names in 20th-century American painting. Frankenthaler’s “Houdini” (1976), a gift from Linda Fisher Sloan ’82 MFA and Thomas R. Sloan, will be on view at the Weatherspoon beginning…
Endowed curatorship will elevate education at Weatherspoon
Walking into the Weatherspoon Art Museum at UNC Greensboro, one is likely to find students in and out of the galleries, enjoying the art, completing class assignments, and meeting up for coffee breaks. Their constant presence is a reminder that the museum, with its over 17,000…
Volvo gift supports UNCG’s Bryan School Blueprint Series
Volvo is helping steer UNC Greensboro’s students toward success in their careers. Volvo Group North America, LLC, has pledged $100,000 to UNC Greensboro for the purpose of supporting the UNCG’s Bryan School of Business and Economics Blueprint Series. The Blueprint Series is a required four-credit undergraduate…
Alvarez psychology scholarship will boost UNCG undergrads
Milly Alvarez ’63 and her husband, Walter, have made a planned gift valued at $375,000 to UNC Greensboro’s Mildred Millner Alvarez Endowed Undergraduate Scholarship in Psychology.