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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 8, 2020 Greensboro College Office of Communications Pollard Family Makes Half-Million Dollar Gift to Greensboro College An alumnus and his wife have made a half-million dollar gift to Greensboro College to fund three areas of priority... Read More »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 20, 2020 Greensboro College Business Analytics Team Wins “Next in Fintech Community Challenge” GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College is proud to announce the winning team for the inaugural Next in Fintech Community Challenge, hosted by Campus Greensboro.... Read More »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Greensboro College Recognized by PGMS® for Grounds Maintenance Excellence with 2020 Green Star Award® Greensboro, NC (October 28, 2020) – The Professional Grounds Management Society® (PGMS®) recognized Greensboro College with an Honor Award in the Society’s 2020... Read More »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 8, 2020 Greensboro College Freezes Tuition for Next Year GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Greensboro College Board of Trustees unanimously voted to keep next year’s tuition rate the same as this year for traditional undergraduate students at... Read More »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE By Wes Gullett Greensboro College Sports Information Greensboro College Mourns Coach Randy Tuggle. GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Greensboro College community is mourning the loss of Head Women’s Basketball Coach Randy Tuggle, who passed away Thursday, September 10 following... Read More »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 24, 2020 GREENSBORO, N.C. – Dr. Sandra L. Cooke will join the School of Science and Mathematics as an Assistant Professor of Biology. Dr. Cooke most recently was an assistant professor of biology at High Point... Read More »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 28, 2020 Greensboro College Fall Sports Season Postponed GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College’s athletic conference announced today that fall sports conference competition is postponed until the spring 2021 semester because of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The... Read More »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 17, 2020 Greensboro College Exceeds Capital Campaign Goal Topping $21 million GREENSBORO, N.C. — Greensboro College today celebrated the successful completion of its 6-year capital campaign totaling $21,104,963, exceeding by more than $6 million the $15... Read More »
GREENSBORO, N.C. – A Greensboro College psychology professor has told an Australian science website that apparently laziness in some people can mask productivity. Todd McElroy, associate professor of psychology, told author Kate Raynes-Goldie that laziness frequently masks efficiency and creativity.... Read More »
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Angelica Yepes Velosa, who received her M.A. in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from Greensboro College in 2019, has been named Teacher of the Year for 2019-2020 by the Davidson County (N.C.) school system. Yepes... Read More »
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College is offering people the opportunity to learn about its fall paralegal certification educational program both online and in person. The college will offer an online open house from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 28,... Read More »
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College has extended eligibility for its “Stay Local” scholarships to first-time freshmen students throughout North Carolina. “We know that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused students in many cases to want to attend college closer to home,”... Read More »
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College recognized award-winning and long-tenured faculty and staff at its recent Virtual Recognition Day. Anna Peluso Simonson, associate professor of health science, received the Virginia Clarke Gray Award for outstanding teaching by a junior faculty member.... Read More »
To the Greensboro College Community, Like many of you, we are disturbed and shaken by the recent murder of George Floyd by a Minnesota police officer. We are equally disturbed that this is only one in a long line of... Read More »
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College will hold in-person fall classes, but classes will end before Thanksgiving and students will not return until the new year, the college said today in announcing its Fall 2020 Schedule. Classes will begin as originally... Read More »
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College has awarded its highest honor, the Nannie Lee Smith Exemplary Service Medal, to Paul L. Leslie, who will retire this summer as Professor of Sociology and Chief Academic Officer emeritus. The award was announced during... Read More »
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College has awarded emeritus status to Dr. Richard A. Mayes, who will retire this summer after 35 years with the college. In addition to being Jefferson Pilot Professor of Biology, Mayes also has served as dean... Read More »
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College has named Will Ritter, director of the J.A. Jones Library, its Moore Professor for 2020-2021. The award was announced at today’s virtual Commencement ceremony. Paul Leslie, senior vice president and chief academic officer, cited Ritter... Read More »
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College named Judith Marcela Becerra Avila the outstanding graduating graduate student during today’s virtual Commencement exercises. Becerra Avila, of Wilson, N.C., received the award along with her M.A. in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.... Read More »
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College awarded its William Henry and Martha Grant Likins Award to Elaine Kitchell as the college’s outstanding graduating adult student during today’s virtual Commencement exercises. Kitchell, of Greensboro, has served as the college’s Director of Conferences... Read More »
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College has awarded the Harold H. Hutson Award, presented annually to the outstanding graduating traditional senior, to Timothy Samuel Crowell of Pinnacle, N.C. Crowell, who received his B.A. in psychology and in English & Communication Studies... Read More »
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Beginning in 2021, Greensboro College will present an annual award for resilience, named after a retiring college executive. The Dr. Robin L. Daniel Resilience Award will be presented annually to the student who has overcome significant challenges... Read More »
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Greensboro College has received a high-six-figure estate gift from Mary Elizabeth Pugh Gildersleeve, Class of 1938, who was believed to have been the college’s oldest living alumna before she passed away on Jan. 24, 2020, at the... Read More »
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Greensboro College Board of Trustees promoted one faculty member and granted tenure or continuing-contract status to several others at the board’s recent spring meeting. Brittany M. Søndberg was promoted from assistant professor of art to associate... Read More »
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College welcomes back Hall of Famer Kim Strable as director of athletics, a position he previously had held for 20 years. In that role, he will oversee the college’s 17-sport NCAA Division III athletic program, ensuring... Read More »