Order and enjoy reading a new book published via Johns Hopkins University Press by UNCG Gerontology Program graduate Rachael Wonderlin! When Someone You Know Is Living In A Dementia Care Community From the publisher … “An indispensable book for family members and friends of people with dementia, When Someone You… Continue reading…
UNCG Gerontology Master’s degree student Ana Herrera recently received notice that she is one of three recipients of the 2016 Southeastern Association of Area Agencies on Aging (SE4A) Scholarship Awards. In recognition of her dedicated studies in gerontology — which began spring semester 2016 — Ana Herrera will receive $1,000… Continue reading…
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…
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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.
Dr. David Frank’s dissertation, “Aging and Task Representation Updating,” will be awarded the 2015 George and Beatrice Goldman Fisher Gerontology Dissertation Prize. All are invited to attend the Honors Convocation on Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 7:00 pm in the EUC auditorium, at which Dr. Frank will be honored. This… Continue reading…
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…
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…
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…
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…
