Students Connect with History ‘Insiders.

Twenty-three-year-old Lisa Zevorich came to graduate school with a talent for historical research—seeking out documents, weighing interpretations, crafting arguments. This semester she has been honing a new skill: listening. Zevorich and seven classmates in UNCG’s Museum Studies program conducted twenty-five interviews with seniors at the Greensboro Senior Center. Every week students came downtown to the Center to sit with seniors and hear stories about the events of their lifetimes—from the moon landing to their favorite Thanksgiving meal to their reflections on whether the dishwasher represents technological progress or just a frill for the lazy