In late September of 2024, Fiora Mecale had just recently moved into a new apartment in Hendersonville, North Carolina. Then came the life-altering moment that nobody was prepared for in western North Carolina – Hurricane Helene. The storm changed that part of the state physically and took an emotional and mental toll on the residents of that area.
The Department of Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations in the UNC Greensboro School of Education hosted the seventh annual Critical Conversations Conference on Saturday, March 1, 2025. This year’s theme was “Grounded and Growing: Collective Work to Strengthen Education and Communities.” The theme addressed the changing political, social, and cultural landscape in education and the increasing need for collaboration among educators, students, communities, and organizations.
For Matt Fisher, creativity thrives at the intersection of art and engineering. As assistant director of the Teaching Resources Center and Student Educator Learning Factory (SELF) Design Studio, he’s the mastermind behind the Cardboard Robot Parade, which will make its second annual trek down the Jackson Library Lawn on April 5 at 3:45 pm.
Vacc Counseling and Consulting Clinic director Alex Cammarano on training counselors and providing accessible mental health services to the UNC Greensboro community
An assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations (ELC), Dr. Lalenja Harrington originally came to UNC Greensboro in 2007 to serve with Beyond Academics (now Integrative Community Studies), a program for students with intellectual disabilities who want to further their education.
Thanks to a nearly $25,000 grant from the Teaching with Primary Sources Partner Program through the Library of Congress, Dr. Ryan Hughes in the Department of Teacher Education and Higher Education has engaged in a project with a local charter school that will combine STEM and social studies for students in kindergarten through second grade. The grant also allows for professional development opportunities for the teachers of those classes.
Working in the UNCG School of Education’s Department of Counseling and Educational Development, Dr. Rebecca Mathews trains future and current counseling practitioners, teachers, and community leaders in suicide prevention, teaching them to recognize warning signs and how to intervene.
Irina Mutruc, a 47-year-old Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement (FTEA) fellow from Moldova, recently signed up for her first Instagram account. Her six-week experience at UNC Greensboro yielded too many experiences, too many connections, too many epiphanies, to keep it all to herself. “I have so many things to share!”
“Anne of Green Gables” was performed by Studio 1 as a shadow play, designed for a deaf or hard-of-hearing audience. Some of the actors could hear; others were deaf. Each was paired with an interpreter who provided sign language or verbal speech. They worked with Interpreting, Deaf Education and Advocacy Services in UNCG’s School of Education to make it happen.
For Dr. Edna Tan, the Hooks Distinguished Professor of STEM Education in the Department of Teacher Education and Higher Education at UNC Greensboro, reaching children and families of historically minoritized communities to encourage participation in STEM fields has become part of her everyday life.