Day: May 13, 2017

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College today presented Andrew Mails of Greensboro with the Likins Award, given annually to the outstanding graduating adult undergraduate student. Mails, a sociology major with a 3.9 grade-point average, completed his degree while working full-time as executive director of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s Wesley-Luther Foundation, a community campus……

GREENSBORO, N.C. – In a surprise announcement during Commencement exercises today, Greensboro College President Lawrence D. Czarda, Ph.D., said that effective immediately, the college is promoting G. Jean Lojko, associate professor of exercise and sport studies, to full professor. In his citation, Czarda called Lojko “an exceptional member of our faculty” and noted that she……

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College conferred honorary degrees today upon Roy and Vanessa Carroll of Greensboro in honor of their service to the college and the community. At the college’s Commencement ceremony, Roy E. Carroll II ’85 received the honorary Doctor of Business degree while Vanessa Yount Carroll received the honorary Doctor of Humane Letters……

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College has named Deirdre Sommerlad-Rogers, professor and chair of the Department of Sociology, its Moore Professor for 2017-2018. Sommerlad-Rogers was cited for her high degree of involvement in the education of her students, from organizing off-campus trips to preparing students to compete at national academic meetings. She also was recognized for……

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College named Maria Madrid Manzano the 2017 Distinguished Graduate Student during today’s Commencement ceremony. Madrid Manzano, of Wilson, N.C., received her M.A. in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages today. She amassed a cumulative grade-point average of 3.967, with a perfect 4.0 in her major. Her thesis, “Developing and Maintaining……

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College has named Paul Freeman the winner of the Harold H. Hutson Award, the college’s highest award attainable by a traditional undergraduate student. Freeman, a history major from Winston-Salem, N.C., received the award and his B.A. degree today at Commencement. Freeman was cited for his campus involvement – senior class treasurer,……