The gift was the reason why the jazz program at UNCG is named the " Miles Davis Jazz Studies Program.

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro ( UNCG ), also known as UNC Greensboro, is a public university in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States and is a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina system.

However, UNCG, like all members of the UNC system, is a stand alone university and awards its own degrees.

UNCG is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award baccalaureate, masters, specialist and doctoral degrees.

UNCG is in the midst of expanding beyond its traditional borders onto West Lee Street, a major city thoroughfare, with the construction of an 800 bed residence hall for students, and this is just the beginning of the $ 200 million dollar project on Lee Street.

UNCG is consistently ranked among the best academic institutions in terms of value, academics, and student performance.

* According to the 2012 US News & Report, UNCG is classified as a Tier 1 University with an overall National University rank of # 189 among public colleges and universities in the United States.

UNCG is home to a large number of diverse and active sports and student organizations from Greek life to a radio station, and some traditions unique to the school.

Today UNCG competes in the Southern Conference, which is made up of 12 schools across five states in the Southeast including Appalachian State University, Elon University, Davidson College, and Western Carolina University.

UNCG is now coached by Roxboro, Person County native and former WNBA player Wendy Palmer.

UNCG is home to 20 Social Fraternities and Sororities that each have their own traditions.

It is also a tradition each year to give new students a Spartan pin and a daisy — the school flower of UNCG — after student convocation.

Yet another tradition is to put a wreath of daisies at the foot of the statue of Charles McIver at UNCG and on the grounds of the North Carolina state capitol on Founder's Day.

UNCG is distinguished by its five leadership areas – business, cultural leadership, education, public policy and social change, and science.

The School of Health and Human Sciences is a school of study at UNCG.

The UNCG School of Music, Theatre and Dance is home to over 900 student majors and more than 100 distinguished faculty members.

Gateway University Research Park is a 501 ( c ) 3 not-for-profit entity created to manage and operate the joint collaboration between North Carolina A & T State University and UNCG for the purposes of supporting research and economic development within the Triad.

This novel joint venture between NCA & T and UNCG is designed to facilitate collaborations between world-class researchers and businesses – to move scientific discoveries from the lab to the marketplace benefitting the local community, region, and North Carolina by transforming cutting-edge intellectual properties into thriving business ventures.

UNCG is home to three residential colleges, smaller communities within the university designed to enrich the student experience.

* Faculty: 1068 ( 838 FT, 230 PT ) ( Fall, 2010, per UNCG Fact Book )

On December 29, 2010 a UNCG record attendance of 22, 178 watched the Spartans host the Duke Blue Devils.

In Fall 2010, the Clubs and Organizations affiliated with UNCG included 36 Honor Societies and 20 Fraternities and Sororities.

* The Princeton Review ranked UNCG # 2 in its list of " Best Values " in public universities in the nation.

It also places UNCG in the " Best in the Southeast " category and ranks UNCG among the nation's top colleges in " The Best 373 Colleges.

Often it is recognized that all the details of the pattern may not be essential to the outcome but, because the pattern was empirically determined and not developed through theoretical understanding, one is never quite certain which behavior elements are effective, and the whole pattern becomes ritualized.

In his book Civilization And Ethics Albert Schweitzer faces the moral problems which arise when moral law is recognized in business life, for example.

He is usually something of an underdog, he must battle the organized police force as well as recognized criminals.

But the firm has recognized the tight dollar and the tourist's desire to visit the `` smaller, less-traveled and relatively inexpensive countries '', and is now prepared to teach modern Greek and Portuguese through recordings.

He is the recognized `` father '' of the Rural Electrification Administration and the Security and Exchange Commission.

The total adverse impact of disease, insects, fire, weather, destructive animals, and other forces on the uses and values of forest resources is not generally recognized.

The long-range objective is to bring about consolidation of ownership through use of land exchange authority and through purchase on a moderate scale of inholdings which comprise key tracts for recognized National Forest programs such as recreation development, or which are a source of damage to lands in National Forests and National Grasslands.

It was recognized years ago that the transition from daytime to nighttime propagation conditions, and vice versa, is not an instantaneous process, but takes place over periods of time from roughly 2 hours before sunset until about 2 hours after sunset, and again from roughly 2 hours before sunrise until some 2 hours after sunrise.

Muscle weakness is now recognized as an uncommon though serious complication of steroid therapy, with most of the synthetic adrenal corticosteroids in clinical use.

To maintain their intermediate position in the larger society, it is not only necessary that members of this population be `` visible '', but that their numbers be great enough to be recognized as a separate, distinct grouping or system in society.

Because of its importance, and because the lack of price competition is well recognized, the industry is under considerable public pressure not to raise its price any more than could be justified by cost increases.

A clearly recognized exception is a statutory merger or consolidation.

It is recognized that a mail questionnaire has inherent limitations.

He recognized that whatever transformation may be effected in the first stage of an R-stage process, the remaining stages must use an optimal Af-stage policy with respect to the state resulting from the first stage, if there is to be any chance of optimizing the complete process.

As in the theory of perception, established in psycho-physiology, the eye is recognized as an integral part of the brain.

Here again laboratory approaches are being evolved, for it is recognized how `` elastic '' these readings can be, how they can apply to many people, and are often stated in general terms all too easily applied to any individual's own case.

The government has recognized the dilemma and is beginning to devise some moral education for the schools -- but the teachers often have no firm conviction and are confused.

The 53-year-old Shea, a prominent corporation lawyer with a sports background, is generally recognized as the man most responsible for the imminent return of a National League club to New York.

A big-league municipal stadium at Flushing Meadow Park is in the works, and once the lease is signed the local club will be formally recognized by Commissioner Ford C. Frick.

Western alchemy is recognized as a protoscience that contributed to the development of modern chemistry and medicine.

* Kleiwerks-International organization recognized for their unique contribution to modern earthen and natural building techniques throughout the world, their focus is on education through hands on experience.

Aquarius is one of the oldest of the recognized constellations along the zodiac ( the sun's apparent path ).