Greensboro College Names Krista Connelly ’09 Admissions Counselor

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College has named Krista Connelly ’09 an admissions counselor.

Connelly comes to Greensboro College from the Family Support Organization of Essex County in New Jersey, where she had been a community engagement specialist.

Previously, she had been a freelance costume design assistant, a guest-services agent with Embassy Suites and Hampton Inn and Suites, an adoption specialist with the Laurens County (S.C.) Humane Society, and a community engagement specialist in fundraising for Church World Service in both Raleigh, N.C., and Lowell, Mass.

She holds a B.A. in sociology with a minor in Child & Family Studies from Greensboro College and an M.S.W. in Social Policy from New York University.

At Greensboro College, she was a Pride Leader, a member of Pride Productions and the Interclub Council, a participant in the Emerging Leaders Program, and a member of the Alpha Xi Delta sorority. She also was inducted into the Alpha Kappa Delta international sociological honor society.

Greensboro College provides a liberal arts education grounded in the traditions of the United Methodist Church and fosters the intellectual, social, and, spiritual development of all students while supporting their individual needs.

Founded in 1838 and located in downtown Greensboro, the college enrolls about 1,000 students from 29 states and territories, the District of Columbia, and seven foreign countries in its undergraduate liberal-arts program and six master’s degree programs. In addition to rigorous academics and a well-supported Honors program, the school features a 17-sport NCAA Division III athletic program and dozens of service and recreational opportunities. Learn more at www.greensboro.edu.

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