Day: April 6, 2017

  • Greensboro College Professor Co-Authors Paper on Teaching English as a Second Language (4/6/2017)

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – Michelle Plaisance, assistant professor of English and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages  and director of Greensboro College’s M.A. program in TESOL, has published a paper on that subject. “Like Driving from ‘the Back Seat’: Teaching English as a Second Language in Commodified Curricular Terrains”  was co-written with Spencer Salas and……


  • Greensboro College Student Wins $500 Scholarship from Statewide Association (4/6/2017)

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – Meegan McCarthy, a sophomore at Greensboro College, has received a $500 scholarship award from the North Carolina Association on Higher Education and Disability. McCarthy is a psychology and art major from Loudon, N.H. The association awards the scholarship yearly to a current undergraduate student based on leadership and service to the campus……


  • Greensboro College Staff Member Honored by State Organization for Support of Students with Disabilities (4/6/2017)

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – Lisa Alley ’93, Greensboro College’s director of academic support, has been honored by the North Carolina Association of Higher Education and Disabilities. Alley received the association’s Laura Thomas Award, established by the association’s executive board in 1996 in memory of Laura L. D. Thomas, the Director of Disability Services at UNC-Chapel Hill……


  • Greensboro College Chaplain Speaks at Youth Religious Conference (4/6/2017)

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Rev. Dr. Robert Brewer, Greensboro College chaplain, spoke at the recent Summit youth retreat, sponsored by the Western N.C. Conference of the United Methodist Church. About 150 high-school and middle-school students attended the program, whose theme was “In the Shadow of Giants.” The weekend messages talked about confronting and addressing the……


  • Four Greensboro College Business-Student Teams Score in Top 50 in Global Business Competition (4/6/2017)

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – Four teams of Greensboro College business students have scored in the top 50 worldwide in the Glo-Bus business-strategy simulations for business and marketing students worldwide. All four teams, called “companies,” are in BUS 4900, the senior business capstone class taught by Mike Crombie, assistant professor of business administration. They all placed in……


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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.