Rachael Wonderlin, M.S. Gerontology, has been awarded the Outstanding Young Alumnus Award at her undergraduate alma mater, University of Mary Washington. Join us in congratulating her.
In honor of National Volunteer Week 2020, Ms. Luther was selected for a volunteer spotlight!
“Embrace Their Reality.” This is Rachael Wonderlin’s best-known, soon-to-be trademarked approach to dementia care. For Rachael, founder and owner of Dementia By Day, positive communication is essential to caring for those with dementia, but in a way that hasn’t traditionally been advised.
Intelligent.com has ranked UNC Greensboro’s Master’s in Gerontology #7 for 2020!
University of North Carolina at Greensboro has been featured in a ranking of the Best Online Master’s in Gerontology!
University of North Carolina at Greensboro ranked #5.
Sara Bailey has been awarded the 2019 George and Beatrice Goldman Fisher Gerontology Dissertation Award for her work, The Game of I am: Enhancing Empathy and Improving Attitudes Toward Older Adults in First-Year Master’s Students Training to Become Counselors and Student Support Professionals. This award annually supports the best UNCG… Continue reading…
Congratulations to Ronqeiya Luther, a student currently enrolled in our MS in Gerontology program. She is the first recipient of the Nancy Edmunds Hannah Award in Gerontology. We would also like to thank the Hannah family for setting up this award to support a gerontology student such as Ronqeiya who… Continue reading…
As we begin the semester at UNCG, we may see some new “senior” Spartans! Beginning this Fall 2017, the General Assembly authorized the UNC Board of Governors to establish rules permitting those who have attained the age of 65 to audit courses tuition-free on a space available basis (see below). … Continue reading…
The UNC General Administration has just approved the MS in Gerontology (31 hours) to be offered online for Fall 2018. Elise Eifert, PBC in Gerontology, PhD in Public Health, will be joining the Department of Social Work, where Gerontology is now located, to develop and coordinate this online program. UNCG… Continue reading…
By 2030, more than 69 million Americans will be over the age of 65.
And UNCG’s Kate Reid will be at the forefront of supporting this aging population.
