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UNC-Greensboro: Dr. Nancy White - Minerva's First Ph.D.
March 22, 2024
GREENSBORO, North Carolina, March 22 -- The University of North Carolina Greensboro campus issued the following news:


By Christine Garton

One - and only one - PhD was awarded at UNC Greensboro between its founding in 1891 and the end of the Woman's College era in 1963, a span of about 70 years. That honor belongs to the late Dr. J. Nancy White '46 - making her the first woman to earn a PhD at what would become UNCG.

The Statesville, North C . . .

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