Encyclopedia of UNCG History
An online resource for exploring the history of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
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Laura Hill Coit (1875-1944)
After receiving a diploma from Statesville Female College (now Mitchell Community College), Laura Hill Coit enrolled at State Normal in 1894. During her time as a student, she worked as a student assistant in the science department. She graduated in 1896. In 1901, she took on the role of secretary of the college and administrative assistant. […]
Maude Broadaway (d. 1934)
A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Maude Broadaway spent her initial college years at Salem Academy (now Salem College). She taught for several years in the Winston (N.C.) Public School System, and it was there that she met Charles Duncan McIver, a principal in a Winston public high school. McIver later founded the State Normal […]
Food Service Workers’ Strike (1969)
Cafeteria food service on campus was first introduced in the 1950s, but dissatisfaction soon mounted as growing enrollments brought longer lines and complaints about the choices and quality of the food offered. In 1964, the Carolinian student newspaper ran a comparative analysis of the food services offered at UNCG, Chapel Hill, and N.C. State, finding […]
Ezekiel Robinson (d. 1960)
When the doors opened at the State Normal and Industrial School (now UNCG) on October 5, 1892, president Charles Duncan McIver had 15 well-qualified faculty members and nearly 200 young female students. While cooks, janitors, handymen, and others worked behind the scenes to keep the school running, McIver felt that he needed a single individual […]