SCUA News
Special Collections and University Archives
Student Success
Humanities at Work
During the 2025-2026 academic year, SCUA served as an internship site for the College of Arts and Sciences Humanities at Work program. Five undergraduate humanities majors were assigned to work on a variety of projects related to student engagement and the history of student life at UNCG. The 2025-2026 SCUA H@W cohort were: We asked […]
Student Success: Spring 2026
SCUA Student Showcase Proves a Great Success On Friday, April 10, University Archivist Erin Lawrimore hosted “Spartans in the Stacks,” a SCUA Student Showcase in Hodges Reading Room. The Showcase spotlighted students’ work accomplished during their time working in the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives this year. These graduate and undergraduate students, working in […]
Student Success: Susan Huynh
by Susan Huynh I started working at SCUA, specifically with the Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Project, in August 2024 and my time has been filled with new experiences and opportunities. I learned about processing documents and artifacts, and how to curate an exhibit! I was given the opportunity to curate an exhibit for […]
Student Success: Odelys Morales-Sierra
I began working at SCUA in May 2024, and it has quickly become one of my favorite positions. The experience has been immensely rewarding, particularly my involvement with the North Carolina Literary Map project. It has been incredibly enjoyable to discover new authors and literary figures that I had never encountered before. This project has […]
Student Success: Spring 2023
SCUA supports student success by providing opportunities for internships, capstone projects, practicums, student workers, and volunteers. Their projects include conducting research and archival processing, creating libguides and story maps, creating exhibits, and writing blog posts. Some of the experiences in SCUA lead to external internships and job opportunities in the field. Summer Internship: Country Music […]
Student Success!
Two former UNCG student employees share how their experience working at SCUA prepared them for jobs in the archives and public history field. Lacey Wilson In the summer of 2016 I was fortunate to get accepted into the UNCG Museum Studies graduate program. As I contemplated how I would pay for the out-of-state tuition and […]