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Special Events

Every semester, Greensboro College hosts a master’s candidate symposium featuring students competing their theses and preparing for graduation. These events are held on campus in the Cowan Humanities Building on the second floor. We encourage all members of the GC TESOL Community to attend and are delighted when members of the general public stop in to show their support.

Upcoming Symposium:

  • May 3, 2026 1-3 PM
  • Program Coming Soon

TALGS 2026

TESOL & Applied Linguistics Graduate Student Conference

February 7, 2026

East Carolina University

Bate Building Building

East Fifth Street

Greenville, NC 27858

Sponsored by Greensboro College’s Department of English and
East Carolina University’s Department of English

The TESOL / Applied Linguistics Graduate Students (TALGS) Conference is an academic event organized by Linguistics and TESOL graduate students and faculty at East Carolina University and Greensboro College. We at TALGS aim to provide a serious but relaxed environment for you, our fellow graduate students and professionals working in TESL/TEFL/FL and other applied linguistics fields, to present your work, receive feedback, and network with others. The TALGS Conference exists to provide graduate students as well as TESOL and other Foreign Language professionals (including ESOL, TESL, EFL, ESL, TEFL, Spanish, French, German, DLI, and more) a forum to showcase your research and successful teaching practices and to learn from those of others.

TALGS Conference

Meet Ups and Learning Opportunities

Students at TALGS Conference
TALGS Conference

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Dr. Josh Fitzgerald, Greensboro College class of 2019

“I loved the GC Honors program and Greensboro College. I felt safe and a sense of genuine belonging at the college. I worked closely with my thesis advisor and professors who helped inspire me to define my path and passion of interest. That path has led me to complete my doctoral studies in Engineering Mechanics.”

- Dr. Josh Fitzgerald, Class of ’19, Mathematics Major

Dr. Josh Fitzgerald earned his master's from Virginia Tech University (studied astrodynamics) as well as earning an Engineering Mechanics Ph.D. He joined the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX as an Advanced Mission Design Engineer, optimizing trajectories for the Artemis II and III missions to return humans to the moon.