Are you looking for an engaging and transformative university experience? Grogan College could be your first-year home. Grogan College is developing the successful students, future professionals, leaders, and informed citizens of the UNCG campus and beyond. Becoming a Groganite can be your first step towards making an easier transition to college life, maintaining a higher GPA, developing leadership skills, building relationships with friends & faculty, and having fun while exploring University resources & opportunities.
Grogan College is a supportive, residential community of students and faculty with common interests who engage in courses and extracurricular activities designed to enhance the first-year student’s personal and academic success. Each Learning Community within the College focuses on a specific theme; some are designed for students who have already selected a major or career while others are for students from any major who share an interest in the topic. The students in each LC take several courses together, one or more of which is taught by the Faculty Fellow. Members of the LC benefit from mentoring and support provided by the Faculty Fellow and the Residential Peer Academic Mentor (PAL), an upperclassman who lives on the floor with the LC.
Groganites:
- live & learn with others who share a major, career focus, or interest in the LC topic.
- are guaranteed seats in popular courses with freshmen-friendly faculty.
- benefit from support from upperclassmen Peer Academic Leaders who live on the hall.
- have weekly access to dedicated faculty mentors.
