We Are Thankful For…

Julee Casey Johnson

We Are Thankful For…Our Students!

And just who are the UNCG GLS students?  And must the information be presented in charts and graphs? I’m a GLS graduate myself and as I reviewed the current student data it occurred to me to present the data in—a poem, of course! So, with a nod and apology for blatant thievery to one of my favorites, A Contribution to Statistics by Wislawa Szymborska, I present…

The People of UNCG’s Graduate Liberal Studies

by Julee Casey Johnson

Out of 204 GLS students
Those living in the Greensboro area
(at least three with new jobs)
—ninety-seven
in western NC
(at least two just got married)
—fifty-eight
in eastern NC
—thirteen (but only one at the beach)
paying out of state tuition
—thirty-six from twenty-one states
(pretty evenly distributed across the USA)
receiving instruction overseas
—three: Okinawa, Iraq, Turkey
believing it’s never too late to go back to school
—twenty-somethings: forty-five
—thirty-somethings: fifty
—forty-somethings: forty-nine
—fifty-somethings: thirty-eight
—sixty-somethings: thirteen
—seventy-somethings: six
and an amazing eighty-one year old
seeking not only knowledge, but credit
—MALS + Global Studies certificate: thirty-five
—certificate only: four
—MALS: one hundred sixty-five
GLS Facebook fans
—seventy-four (some more active than others)
involved in education
—104, almost half in public schools
(bless their hearts)
in the military
—five
(thank you for your service)
in the health field, making it all better
—fourteen or so
free-lance writers, journalists, publishers
—ten, though many more want to be
government, law enforcement, lawyers
(sometimes we have to stay inside the box)
—fifteen at least
in business, big and small
—about thirty-three
retirees, heartily enjoying the next phase
—twenty-five or more
chefs, homemakers, Hoppers announcers,
curators, bodybuilders, creative types
—lots
Females, not to be taken lightly
—one hundred forty-five
males, bravely going
—fifty-nine
graduate each year
—45 at least, and most miss us terribly
valued members of the GLS community
—204 of 204 as of September 2009