Greensboro College
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 8, 2021 Greensboro College Office of Communications Quiera Marshall receives GC’s George Floyd Memorial Scholarship GREENSBORO, N.C. – The killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police on May 25, 2020, sparked a new national conversation on police treatment of minorities, Black Lives Matter, and related issues of racial equity. And, it also……
“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.