Encyclopedia of UNCG History
An online resource for exploring the history of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
School of Home Economics
Department of Human Development and Family Studies
In 1920, the first courses related to child and family development at UNCG were introduced by Dean Blanche Shaffer, who lead the School of Home Economics. A concentration in Child Development was established in the School of Home Economics in 1934. In 1936, it was renamed the Home Relationships and Child Development program and became […]
School of Home Economics
In 1917, the United States Congress passed the Smith-Hughes National Vocational Education Act, which, in part, created funding for vocational education in agriculture, home economics, trades and teacher training. This act led directly to the founding of the Department of Home Economics at the State Normal and Industrial College (later the University of North Carolina […]
Naomi Albanese
Naomi Albanese was born in Pennsylvania in 1916 and she served as Dean of the School of Home Economics from 1958 to 1982. Before coming to the Women’s College (now UNCG) in 1958, Albanese served as a high school home economics teacher in Pennsylvania from 1942 to 1950, and the college dietician at Glenville State […]
Department of Nutrition and Foodservice Systems
In 1998 the name of the Department of Food, Nutrition, and Food Service Management was changed to Nutrition and Foodservice Systems, consequently changing the previous Food and Nutrition Major to the Nutrition and Foodservice Systems Major. In 2002 the department and major name was shortened to Nutrition. Department Heads: Mark L. Failla (1998-2000, continuing from Department […]
Department of Food, Nutrition, and Food Service Management
The Department of Food, Nutrition, and Food Service Management was formed in the School of Home Economics (later known as The School of Human Environmental Sciences and now part of the School of Health and Human Sciences). In 1975 the School of Home Economics created six specialized departments, one of which was the Department of Food, Nutrition, […]
Department of Housing and Interior Design
Courses in interior design were offered as early as the 1930s within the Art Department. Related courses in “home furnishings” were found in the Home Economics Department. It was not until 1975 that a formal degree program in interior design was created and the Department of Housing and Interior Design was established within the School of […]