2015-2016 Gerontology Graduates!

Today the UNCG Gerontology Program proudly celebrates student accomplishments and awards with our 2015-2016 graduates! (Pictured are Hanjong Cho, Kristin Spence, Dr. Rebecca Adams, Leslie Harris, Holly Sluder, and Brenda Jones.) Our congratulations to: December 2015: Janet Webb, M.S. Gerontology May 2016: Melissa Leonard, Post Baccalaureate Gerontology Leslie Harris, M.S…. Continue reading…

Ronqeiya Luther receives UNCG Graduate Dean’s Award

Congratulations to Ronqeiya Luther, a recent graduate of NC A&T State University, who will receive a two-year UNCG Graduate Dean’s Award of $4,000 annually to support enrollment toward the M.S. in Gerontology at UNCG!  Ms. Luther begins her gerontology studies in the fall of 2016.

Greater Greensboro Senior Games Registration

Greater Greensboro Senior Games Registration Is Underway  Registration for the 2016 Greater Greensboro Senior Games and SilverArts is now open until March 4 for adults ages 50 years and better living in Guilford County. Competition includes more than 50 Olympic-style athletic events, as well as performing, literary, heritage, and visual… Continue reading…

2013 UNCG M.S. in Gerontology as Entrepreneur

We congratulate Patricia Orr Cook, 2013 UNCG M.S. Gerontology alumnus, who in 2015 forged her entrepreneurial talents to create Cook Care Management, an adult life care management service in Wake,  Durham, Orange, Johnston, and Harnett counties! Cook received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Fairleigh Dickinson University, holds the… Continue reading…

Elise Eifert’s New Publications!

Join us in celebrating recent publications of Elise K. Eifert, PhD, CHES, Assistant Professor, Department of Exercise Science and Health Promotion, Florida Atlantic University, recipient of a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Gerontology from UNCG (December 2014).    Eifert is serving as Assistant Editor of the American Journal of Health Education and is… Continue reading…

Dr. Wassel reminds us … “It Takes A Society”

In The Southern Gerontologist August 2015 issue Dr. Janice Wassel challenges Southern Gerontological Society (SGS) leadership to become proactively transformative, setting tangible goals and measureable outcomes in a column —  “It Takes A Society”.   As one example, she suggests SGS offer online webinars directed toward practice to demonstrate SGS’s commitment… Continue reading…

New SILVER INDUSTRIES course in Spring 2016!

EXCITING NEW CLASS — SILVER INDUSTRIES — Spring 2016! GRO/ENT 511 counts as a Gerontology course or an Entrepreneurship course. [gview file=”https://gerontology.wp.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/GROENT511SilverIndustriesClassSpring2016.pdf”]      

Elder abuse addressed by County Protective Order System

GREENSBORO, NC (Oct. 14, 2015) – In August 2015, Guilford County instituted the Electronic Protective Order System. With this new program developed by the NC Administrative Office of the Courts (NCAOC), the temporary protective order process is now automated, with the victim initiating and completing the process to obtain an… Continue reading…