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UNG students won the Japanese Speech Contest
Six UNG students entered the annual Japanese Speech Contest on Saturday, March 5th, where high school and college students from all over Georgia competed. Five won a prize in their…
Eight UNG students, including two students of Spanish, win Gilman International Scholarship
Of the eight UNG students who recently won the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, two planned to use those funds toward their study abroad opportunity in Cusco, Peru. Biology…
Dr. Nishio, professor in Japanese, collaboration with Nanzan University
On a regular basis, Dr. Tomoe Nishio and students in her intermediate-advanced Japanese language class at the University of North Georgia (UNG) log onto their computers in the early morning or…
Madelyn Beacham received Fulbright scholarship and became the first from UNG to win a Fulbright for graduate school
Madelyn Beacham won Boren Scholarship in Spring 2018 and it paid up to $20,000 for her to study Arabic for six months in Jordan and live with a…
UNG secures another 4-year, $1.2 million Chinese Language Flagship grant
When the University of North Georgia's (UNG) Chinese Language Flagship program came up for re-authorization this spring, it was not simply a renewal application. The process was an open competition for schools that…
UNG Spanish Speech and Debate Team tied two schools for first place
The University of North Georgia's (UNG) Speech and Debate Team tied two schools for first place during an online and international Spanish language debate April 23. With a team of…
Micaela Tierce has successfully defended her Honors Thesis
Micaela Tierce, International Affairs and Political science Major with a focus on the Middle East has successfully defended her Honors Thesis. She made her mission to delve into that arena with…
Alaina Whitmore has successfully defended her Honors Thesis
Alaina Whitmore, Spanish and Kinesiology major, has successfully defended her Honors Thesis. She also won the Spanish Award for Academic Achievement and was a Fulbright Semi Finalist. "She did extraordinarily…
Four alumni and one senior selected as Fulbright finalists
UNG's five Fulbright finalists are: Madalyn Beacham (Arabic major), a December 2019 graduate from McDonough, Georgia, with a degree in international affairs. She plans to pursue a master's degree…
Three UNG students earn Boren Scholarships
Rachel Wilson will become the first UNG student to use a Boren to study at the new Chinese Flagship Domestic Immersion Capstone at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center…