The Best Kept Secret in NC - UNC Greensboro!

The next stop on our "First Flight" Tour in North Carolina was UNC-Greensboro. The Admissions staff, professors, and students gave us an incredibly warm welcome and were the epitome of southern hospitality. Here are some highlights...

• Our first night on campus, we were treated to a performance by a Percussion Ensemble from the Music Department. UNCG has a wonderful performing arts program - including majors in Dance, Drama, Design and Theater Technology, Technical Production, and Theater Education.


• We learned that Greensboro is the third largest city in North Carolina - and is part of the Triad area which includes Winston-Salem and High Point. The area has ten other four-year colleges and universities in the immediate area!


• UNCG offers an unique major through their Arts & Sciences Program - Interior Architecture. This is kind of a hybrid between Interior Design and Architecture. Students work to plan and design space and furniture. The student design space was filled with creative projects and works in progress - and the wood working studio allows students to bring their brainstorming and drawings to life. If you have ever dreamed of being one of the people who designs the rooms in the Pottery Barn catalogue, this could be the major for you!


• Two students who are members of the Lloyd International Honors College talked about the opportunities to travel as one of the most exciting bonuses of this impressive program. One student had just returned from a study abroad experience in Asia and was preparing for a trip to Japan next semester.


• Undergraduate enrollment here is about 18,000 students on campus - with about 27% minority enrollment. And the student population definitely seemed diverse as we were walking around campus. Students also seemed laid back - UNCG sweats appeared to be the outfit of choice on this cool, rainy day. The gorgeous Student Union houses the University Bookstore - where Mrs. Maglio and Ms. Hosmer procured their own UNCG sweatshirts. There's also a Starbucks, where we purchased lattes.


• We had lunch with current students - and they described campus as a place where students are involved in a variety of activities and clubs. Learning Living Communities were described as making a school that is relatively large feel like a much smaller school. There is a sense of Spartan Pride as students described the strong sense of community.

• We asked a few of the girls about the male/female student ratio on campus (34% male/66% female) - but the young women said they don't really notice the descrepancy - and they assured us that their social lives were going strong!

We really enjoyed our time in Greensboro and for students looking for a mid- size college, a gorgeous campus, strong academics combined with a laid back culture and great weather, this could be your school! Best of all, we could really feel a strong sense of community between students and faculty.

Published by KMH and TSM