Posted on October 30, 2025

Ava Cobb, with braided hair, paints a colorful mural featuring abstract and cartoon-like faces in bright colors. She is holding a paintbrush and concentrating on her work.
headshot of Ava Cobb

Ava Cobb is a Special Education major who in also minoring in Studio Art. She is from Cary, N.C., and expects to graduate in May of 2027.

Why Did you Choose UNCG?

Greensboro has always felt like a home away from home to me. I knew I would thrive in this environment.

What is your favorite place on campus?

The SELF Design Studio!

What activities and organizations are you involved in on campus?

The Artist’s Guild.

What experience at UNCG has had the most significant impact on you?

Students and teachers being so welcoming and friendly towards me as a transfer student.

What has been your favorite class and why?

I enjoyed my Intro to Professions in SPED class. It was so refreshing to be with classmates that share the same ideals and goals as me.

What are your career goals?

I hope to be teaching in a self-contained exceptional children’s classroom in a high school setting. Preferably local!

What made you want to choose a career in Education?

I chose a career in special education because I saw people of different abilities getting discriminated against. This job is important because it is not only teaching students, it is teaching everyone around them.

What advice would you give a student considering UNCG and the School of Education?

You deserve greatness! Enjoy every moment and never be afraid to ask for help.

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