Campaign News

With $1.6 million planned gift, James Dutton elevates UNCG Volleyball

UNCG Volleyball is known for its vocal fans, giving the team a boost at key moments. One such fan, James Dutton, with a $1.6 million planned gift, will help turn the volleyball program into a perennial power. $1.1 million of the planned gift will establish the…

A Gift to Ignite Leadership on the Cutting Edge

Former UNC Greensboro Board of Trustees chair and current Light the Way: The Campaign for Earned Achievement co-chair Randall Kaplan has endowed the Randall R. Kaplan Distinguished Professorship in Innovation. This endowment will enable UNCG to award the Distinguished Professorship to a faculty member leading work…

UNCG’s Golden LEAF scholars recognized

Forty UNCG students currently receive the Golden LEAF Scholarship. These students and this important scholarship program were recognized at a reception event in the Alumni House’s Oakley Family Reception Room on April 21. The Golden LEAF Scholarship has helped more than 6,000 students from rural North…

Students with thank you notes — Students holding "thank you" notes for Believe in the G donors.

A record-setting Believe In The G

Thanks a million! During UNCG’s Believe in the G annual day of giving on March 15-16, alumni, students, faculty, staff, parents, and friends banded together to make a huge impact. A record 1,802 donors contributed a total of $1,077,204 to the UNCG schools, units, and programs…

Chancellor Gilliam and Betsy Oakley with Jeanne Tannenbaum

Transformative Gift Names Jeanne Tannenbaum Center for Creative Practice

A transformational gift to UNC Greensboro’s Light the Way: The Campaign for Earned Achievement by alumna Jeanne Tannenbaum ’64 has named the future arts and culture-driven facility for creative collaboration at the corner of Tate Street and Gate City Boulevard. As the gateway to UNCG’s campus,…

Group photo of the contemporary women's basketball team — The contemporary women's basketball number. Wiggs is jersey 33.

Former UNCG Hoopster Makes Another Exciting Assist

If you attended a UNCG Women’s Basketball game in the early-mid 1970s, you likely would have seen Rita Wiggs ‘75, jersey number 33, helping push the team to victory with record-setting scores. Since graduating (and having her number retired), she has continued her passion for basketball,…