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Friends of the UNCG Libraries

The Friends of the UNCG Libraries has a mission to promote understanding and appreciation of the Walter Clinton Jackson Library and the Music Library of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro; to highlight the Libraries' role in enhancing the University as the leading public research institution in the Triad; to seek support for the Libraries though monetary gifts and gifts of materials such as books and special collections; and to serve as an organization for the community, alumni, faculty, students, and friends to unite in support of the Libraries.

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    Friends of the UNCG Libraries

    PO Box 26170
    Greensboro, NC 27402-6170

    Phone: 336-334-5880   |   Email   |   Official Website

  • Current Events

    02/02/12- 05/11/12

    The World Is My Garden: Paintings by C. P. Logan UNCG - Jackson Library The World Is My Garden: Paintings by C. P. Logan Presented by Friends of the UNCG Libraries at UNCG - Jackson Library February 2-May 11, 2012 The Friends of the UNCG Libraries invite you to see the paintings of Greensboro artist C. P. Logan, on display now in the Jackson Library Reading Room at UNCG. The exhibit will remain open for the spring semester. An opening reception will be held at 5 p.m. Feb. 2. A percentage of all sales will benefit the collections and programs of the University Libraries.

  • Upcoming Events

    03/26/12

    FOL Book Discussion: 'Triumph of the City' UNCG - Jackson Library FOL Book Discussion: 'Triumph of the City' Presented by Friends of the UNCG Libraries at UNCG - Jackson Library March 26, 2012 Please join the Friends of the UNCG Libraries as we discuss "Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier, written by renowned economist Edward Glaeser. Dr. Ken Snowden, of UNCG's Economics Department, will lead the discussion. The book makes the argument that "cities are actually the healthiest, greenest, and richest (in cultural and economic terms) places to live. More than half of American's income is...

• Current &
  Upcoming Events

  • Current Events

    02/02/12- 05/11/12

    The World Is My Garden: Paintings by C. P. Logan UNCG - Jackson Library The World Is My Garden: Paintings by C. P. Logan Presented by Friends of the UNCG Libraries at UNCG - Jackson Library February 2-May 11, 2012 The Friends of the UNCG Libraries invite you to see the paintings of Greensboro artist C. P. Logan, on display now in the Jackson Library Reading Room at UNCG. The exhibit will remain open for the spring semester. An opening reception will be held at 5 p.m. Feb. 2. A percentage of all sales will benefit the collections and programs of the University Libraries.

  • Upcoming Events

    03/26/12

    FOL Book Discussion: 'Triumph of the City' UNCG - Jackson Library FOL Book Discussion: 'Triumph of the City' Presented by Friends of the UNCG Libraries at UNCG - Jackson Library March 26, 2012 Please join the Friends of the UNCG Libraries as we discuss "Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier, written by renowned economist Edward Glaeser. Dr. Ken Snowden, of UNCG's Economics Department, will lead the discussion. The book makes the argument that "cities are actually the healthiest, greenest, and richest (in cultural and economic terms) places to live. More than half of American's income is...

• Past
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  • Past Events

    12/05/11	Friends of the UNCG Libraries Book Discussion UNCG - Jackson Library
    11/01/11	The Day Carl Sandburg Died UNCG - Elliott University Center
    10/24/11	Friends of the UNCG Libraries Book Discussion UNCG - Jackson Library
    10/19/11	The Photographs of Matthew Lewis UNCG - Jackson Library
    09/26/11	Friends of the UNCG Libraries Book Discussion UNCG - Jackson Library
    09/12/11	Storytelling for all Ages with Bobby Norfolk. UNCG Elliott University Center Auditorium
    09/12/11- 01/06/12	"Fiction of Light": Recent Paintings by Jack Stratton UNCG - Jackson Library
    04/15/11	How Does Your Garden Grow? Gardening at UNCG, Past and Present
    04/12/11	Books and Baseball: Chasing Moonlight, the True Story of Field of Dreams' Doc Graham
    03/28/11	Friends of the UNCG Libraries Book Discussion UNCG - Jackson Library
    03/16/11	Friends of the UNCG Libraries Annual Dinner with Lee Smith and Hal Crowther Cone Ballroom
    02/28/11	Friends of the UNCG Libraries Book Discussion UNCG - Jackson Library
    02/23/11	The Critical Need for Media Literacy or Why Educators Love the Daily Show Claxton Roon, Elliott University Center
    02/21/11	Our Voice, My Voice UNCG-Alumni House Virginia Dare Room
    02/09/11	North Carolina's Oldest Roads UNCG - Jackson Library
    01/24/11	Friends of the UNCG Libraries Book Discussion UNCG - Jackson Library
    01/20/11- 05/31/11	Shifting Grounds: New Student Art Exhibit UNCG - Jackson Library
    12/06/10	Friends of the UNCG Libraries Book Discussion UNCG - Jackson Library
    11/15/10- 12/22/10	Exhibit: “Bound to Please: The Custom Bookbindings of Don Etherington & Monique Lallier” UNCG - Jackson Library
    11/03/10	Peter Yarrow performance and book signing Music Building
    11/01/10	Friends of the UNCG Libraries Book Discussion UNCG - Jackson Library
    10/28/10	Pirates . . . Beyond the Caribbean UNCG Elliott University Center Auditorium
    10/11/10- 11/12/10	Exhibit: A Gentleman’s Library: The Classic Book Collection Norman B. Smith UNCG - Jackson Library
    10/04/10	Friends of the UNCG Libraries Book Discussion UNCG - Jackson Library
    09/13/10	Native American Storyteller Tim Tingle Elliott University Center Auditorium
    08/30/10- 12/22/10	Accepting the Often Chaotic Appearance of Trees UNCG - Jackson Library
    05/10/10	Friends of the UNCG Libraries Annual Dinner with Frank Stasio Elliott University Center
    04/23/10	The Bard's Birthday Bash Jackson Library
    03/22/10	Friends of the UNCG Libraries Book Discussions UNCG - Jackson Library
    03/04/10	'Help Me to Find My People: Searching for Family After Slavery Ended' UNCG-Alumni House Virginia Dare Room
    02/22/10	Friends of the UNCG Libraries Book Discussions UNCG - Jackson Library
    02/18/10	'Did Abe Lincoln Really Free the Slaves?' UNCG-Alumni House Virginia Dare Room
    02/04/10	“The Civil War in Modern Eyes” UNCG-Alumni House Virginia Dare Room
    01/26/10	Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln and the End of Slavery UNCG-Alumni House Virginia Dare Room
    01/25/10- 03/05/10	Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation Jackson Library
    01/25/10	Friends of the UNCG Libraries Book Discussions UNCG - Jackson Library
    11/09/09	Friends of the UNCG Libraries Book Discussions UNCG - Jackson Library
    10/26/09	Friends of the UNCG Libraries Book Discussions UNCG - Jackson Library
    10/19/09	Friends and Faculty Lecture: The Everyday Lives of Young Children in Greensboro and Around the World Claxton Roon, Elliott University Center
    10/05/09	Friends of the UNCG Libraries Book Discussions UNCG - Jackson Library
    09/21/09	Friends of the UNCG Libraries Book Discussions UNCG - Jackson Library
    08/28/09- 12/31/09	'Times, They Are A-Changin': Photographs by Sarah Dorsey and Mark Stewart UNCG - Jackson Library
    04/16/08	Pulitzer Prize-winner Gene Roberts speaking at Friends of the UNCG Librarie UNCG Elliot University Center - Cone Ballroom
    04/03/07	Friends of the UNCG Libraries Annual Dinner, with Jill McCorkle UNCG

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