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GREENSBORO, N.C. – What if you took all those 1970s disaster movies and rolled them into one big parody? What if you turned that parody into a musical featuring some of the best-known songs of the ’70s? Then you’d have “Disaster!,” Greensboro College Theatre’s fun-filled, family-friendly musical that sends up the disaster-movie genre, Oct. 19-22 in Gail Brower Huggins Performance Center in Odell Building on campus. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 19-21, and 2 p.m. … [Read more...] about Greensboro College Theatre Presents ’70s Disaster-Movie Parody “Disaster!” Oct. 19-22

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College will hold open houses Tuesday evenings, Oct. 17 and 24, for adults with some college credit interested in completing degrees in business administration, psychology, or criminal justice. The events will take place from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in Room 209 of the Cowan Humanities Building on campus. Free parking is available in the lot beside Cowan. Counselors will be available to provide information on these degree-completion programs and to register those interested … [Read more...] about Greensboro College Holds Degree-Completion Open Houses Oct. 17, 24

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College’s Anne Rudd Galyon and Irene Cullis Galleries will host the annual conference juried exhibit of the Watercolor Society of North Carolina Oct. 15-Nov. 17. The exhibit opens with a reception, 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15, in the galleries, located in the Cowan Humanities Building on campus. Admission is free, and the public is invited. Regular exhibit hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m.-noon Saturdays. The exhibit is being juried by internationally … [Read more...] about Greensboro College Hosts Watercolor Society of North Carolina’s Annual Exhibit Oct. 15-Nov. 17

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College’s Office of Admissions will hold information sessions beginning at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14, and Saturday, Oct. 21. The sessions will be held in the lobby of Cowan Humanities Building on campus. Prospective students can learn about the college in small groups, learn about the admissions process, and take a tour of campus with a current student. There is no cost, but advance registration is requested at … [Read more...] about Greensboro College Will Hold Admissions Information Sessions Oct. 14, 21

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College will offer its Emerging Leaders Series training for early- and mid-career professionals in October in both a three-day “boot camp” format and a more extended format. The series is for managers in corporate, nonprofit or government organizations who must improve the performances of their teams and who want to improve their leadership skills. The three-day boot camp will be held 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, Oct. 18-20. Lunch will be provided all three … [Read more...] about Greensboro College Offers “Emerging Leaders” Training for Early- and Mid-Career Professionals

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Benjamin Wall, an assistant professor of religion and ethics at Greensboro College, is contributing a chapter to a book to be published in April. Wall’s contribution is titled "The Culture of Sport, Bodies of Desire, and the Body of Christ." It will appear in the book “Theology, Disability, and Sport: Social Justice Perspectives,” published by Routledge Press. Wall’s work critiques how sport shapes our idea of what it means to be human in ways that suggest that being human … [Read more...] about Greensboro College Professor Contributes Chapter to Upcoming Book

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College has reappointed Deirdre Sommerlad-Rogers as director of the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning and Neill Clegg as director of the George Center for Honors Studies. Each will serve a second three-year term. The CETL works with Greensboro College faculty to make them stronger teachers by helping them discover, create, implement and learn about effective pedagogy through workshops and lectures. The George Center provides specialized instruction … [Read more...] about Greensboro College Reappoints Two Program Directors

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College presents its first Tannenbaum-Sternberger Colloquium of 2017-2018, “Learning and Unlearning Culture,” at 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22, in the Campbell Lyceum, 109 Proctor Hall West on campus. The event is free and open to the public. The presenter is Cathryn Bennett, the college’s director of international programs. Her presentation is part of the 2017-2018 series theme, “The International Community.” Bennett holds a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at … [Read more...] about Greensboro College Will Hold Colloquium on “Learning and Unlearning Culture” Sept. 22

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College’s Office of Admissions will offer free Saturday information sessions for prospective students on Sept. 16 and Sept. 30. In the events, prospective students and their parents may experience Greensboro College in a small-group setting, learn more about the admissions process, and take a tour of campus with a current student. Each event begins at 10 a.m. in the lobby of Cowan Humanities Building. The event is free, but advance registration is requested. … [Read more...] about Greensboro College Offers Admissions Information Sessions Sept. 16, Sept. 30

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College has named Lindsay Lane director of student wellness. In that position, she will have administrative oversight of programs and services that address student success as it relates to student wellness and basic needs. She will coordinate with student health services and student counseling services and also will oversee the Royce Reynolds Family Student Life Center She moves to that position from the role of admissions counselor, which she had held since … [Read more...] about Greensboro College Names Lindsay Lane Director of Student Wellness

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College has named Kristin Sheridan ’05 visiting assistant professor of psychology. Sheridan had been an adjunct faculty member at the college since 2014. She also has worked since 2007 as a family therapist, clinical supervisor, regional supervisor, an assessment clinician/clinical consultant/outpatient therapist for the Greensboro social-services nonprofit Youth Villages. Previously, she interned at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s psychology … [Read more...] about Kristin Sheridan Joins Greensboro College’s Full-Time Faculty in Psychology

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College has appointed Nicolás Eilbaum visiting assistant professor of sociology and criminal justice. Before coming to Greensboro College, Eilbaum served as visiting assistant professor of sociology at Centre College in Danville, Ky. He also has taught at the University of California, Los Angeles; The Graduate Center, City University of New York; and Duke University. Eilbaum’s publications include “Theory of Morals and Morals of Theory: A Note on Incentive Combos,” … [Read more...] about Greensboro College Names Nicolás Eilbaum Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College will hold a free information session on its new paralegal certification education program from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 22, in 109 Proctor Hall West on campus. Participants will be able to learn more about the program, which will be offered from 6 to 10 p.m. most weeknights, Sept. 5-Dec. 16, plus 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays. Recent college graduates, career changers, individuals looking for a professional field, and current legal assistants or paralegals are … [Read more...] about Greensboro College Will Hold Information Session Aug. 22 on Fall Paralegal Certification Education Program

GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Greensboro College Department of Music presents its first performance of 2017-2018, a music students’ convocation at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 16, in the Gail Brower Huggins Perfmance Center in Odell Building on campus. The event is free and open to the public. Student musicians will perform a variety of vocal and instrumental works. The Greensboro College music program stresses intense individual musical development in the context of a rigorous liberal-arts curriculum. For … [Read more...] about Greensboro College Department of Music Presents Musicians’ Convocation Aug. 16

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College will hold a free information session on its new paralegal certification education program from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8, in 109 Proctor Hall West on campus. Participants will be able to learn more about the program, which will be offered from 6 to 10 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays, Sept. 5-Dec. 16, plus 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays. Recent college graduates, career changers, individuals looking for a professional field, and current legal assistants or … [Read more...] about Greensboro College Will Hold Free Information Session Aug. 8 on Fall Paralegal Certification Education Program

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College’s master’s-degree program in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages presents a thesis symposium at 12 noon Thursday, Aug. 3, in the lecture hall in Cowan Humanities Building on campus. Admission is free, and the public is invited. Students in the program will present their master’s theses. For more information about the event or the college’s TESOL program, contact Michelle Plaisance, program director, at 336-272-7102, ext. 5285, or email … [Read more...] about Greensboro College TESOL Program Presents Thesis Symposium Aug. 3

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College has named Suzanne Suddarth director of certification development and innovative programs. In that role, she will create and collaborate with faculty to offer certification classes to benefit both Greensboro College students and the larger community. She also will administer and promote those classes. Suddarth comes to Greensboro College from Guilford College’s Professional Development and Training Center, where she had worked since 2003, first as an … [Read more...] about Greensboro College Names Suzanne Suddarth Director of Certification Development

   Jonathan Brotherton GREENSBORO, N.C. – Jonathan Brotherton, a professor of music at Greensboro College, recently served as an exam scorer for the College Board’s Advance Placement testing. Brotherton was among those scoring AP Music Theory exams during the College Board’s scoring session in Cincinnati. Brotherton’s work earned him 52 professional development hours and 5.2 continuing-education credits from the International Association for Continuing Education and Training. Brotherton … [Read more...] about Greensboro College Professor Scores Advanced-Placement Music Theory Exams

  GREENSBORO, N.C. --  Dr. Allison L. Palmadessa, assistant professor of history and coordinator of social studies licensure at Greensboro College, has written a new book examining higher education and its influence on American cultural identity. The book, "American National Identity, Policy Paradigms, and Higher Education: A History of the Relationship Between Higher Education and the United States, 1862-2015," was published by Palgrave Macmillan.   "This book takes the study of … [Read more...] about Palmadessa Pens Book on Higher Education and American Identity

   Lauren Brewer GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College has named Lauren Brewer a reference and instruction librarian in the college’s James Addison Jones Library. In that role, she will be helping to expand the library’s instruction program and also will help implement the college’s Quality Improvement Plan, “The Informed Citizen,” which focuses on information literacy and ethics in the digital age. Brewer comes to Greensboro College from Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, where she was … [Read more...] about Greensboro College Names Lauren Brewer Reference and Instruction Librarian

>  The Rev. Benjamin Wall GREENSBORO, N.C. – Benjamin Wall, an assistant professor of religion at Greensboro College, has published a peer-reviewed article on faith, sport and disability. The article, “The Culture of Sport, Bodies of Desire, and the Body of Christ,” critiques how sport shapes our idea of what it means to be human in ways that suggest that being human means being physically able. That representation, Wall writes, is at odds with proper understanding of the Body of … [Read more...] about Greensboro College Professor Publishes Article on Faith and Sport

GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Greensboro College men’s golf team will be among 18 top NCAA Division III teams competing in the 2017 Tournament Town Championship Preview Sept. 23-25 at the Grandover Resort in Greensboro. The field includes 11 of the top 15 finishers in the 2017 NCAA Division III Championships in May, including the Pride, who finished tied for fourth, and crosstown rival Guilford College’s Quakers, the national runners-up. Grandover will host the 2018 NCAA Championships May 15-18. “This … [Read more...] about Greensboro College Men’s Golf to Compete in Tournament Town Championships Preview