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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,……

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College has honored two employees with service awards and also recognized three dozen employees for milestones in their service to the college. The Ann P. Lojko Distinguished Staff Award was given to Jenna Ryan in the category of employees who have worked for the college for less than five years and……

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Five Greensboro College students have been elected to serve on the college Student Government Association’s executive board for 2017-2018. They are: President: Jalen Pearson, a rising senior psychology major from Wake Forest, N.C. Vice President: Max Jenks-Gilbert, a rising senior business administration/economics major from Colwyn Bay, Wales. Secretary: Abigail Bügger, a rising……

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College’s student newspaper, The Collegian, has tied for first place nationally in its college-size category in the American Scholastic Press Association’s general-excellence awards. This is the fourth time in eight years that The Collegian has won or tied for first place nationally in the category of colleges with between 1,001 and……

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Sofia Sedergren, a graduating Greensboro College senior from Bromma, Sweden, has received a $4,000 fellowship for graduate study. The Robert W. Sledge Fellowship for 2017-2018 came from the national academic honor society Alpha Chi, of which she is a member. Sedergren is a student in the college’s George Center for Honors Studies.……

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Ten Greensboro College students and two faculty members cleared 20 bags of debris from College Branch, the creek that runs along the campus’s eastern edge, during the recent annual Streamwalk. Each spring as part of the city of Greensboro’s Adopt-A-Stream program, members of the college community take part in the clean-up. The……