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  • Greensboro College Announces 2021-2022 Faculty Leaders

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 17, 2020 Greensboro College Office of Communications Greensboro College Announces 2021-2022 Faculty Leaders GREENSBORO, NC – Dean of the Faculty David Schram announced today the outcomes of the faculty elections for Deans of the five Schools, which constitute the Academic Deans Council (ADC). These terms will be effective August 1, 2021. Interim……


  • Pollard Family Makes Half-Million Dollar Gift to Greensboro College

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 8, 2020 Greensboro College Office of Communications Pollard Family Makes Half-Million Dollar Gift to Greensboro College An alumnus and his wife have made a half-million dollar gift to Greensboro College to fund three areas of priority for the College that match his and his family’s philanthropic interests: providing a scholarship for……


  • Greensboro College Business Analytics Team Wins “Next in Fintech Community Challenge”

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 20, 2020 Greensboro College Business Analytics Team Wins “Next in Fintech Community Challenge” GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College is proud to announce the winning team for the inaugural Next in Fintech Community Challenge, hosted by Campus Greensboro. Team “Greensboro College Analytics” was the winner of the Cone Health challenge. With 85 students……


  • Greensboro College Recognized by PGMS® for Grounds Maintenance Excellence with 2020 Green Star Award®

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Greensboro College Recognized by PGMS® for Grounds Maintenance Excellence with 2020 Green Star Award® Greensboro, NC (October 28, 2020) – The Professional Grounds Management Society® (PGMS®) recognized Greensboro College with an Honor Award in the Society’s 2020 Green Star Awards® competition. The award was given in the University and College Grounds (Small-……


  • Greensboro College Freezes Tuition for Next Year

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 8, 2020 Greensboro College Freezes Tuition for Next Year GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Greensboro College Board of Trustees unanimously voted to keep next year’s tuition rate the same as this year for traditional undergraduate students at their October 8 Annual Meeting. “We recognize the economic uncertainty that the COVID-19 pandemic has introduced into the……


  • Greensboro College Mourns Coach Randy Tuggle

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE By Wes Gullett Greensboro College Sports Information Greensboro College Mourns Coach Randy Tuggle. GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Greensboro College community is mourning the loss of Head Women’s Basketball Coach Randy Tuggle, who passed away Thursday, September 10 following a courageous two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. “Randy was a longtime friend and colleague, who……


  • Greensboro College welcomes five new full-time instructors to its staff this fall.

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 24, 2020 GREENSBORO, N.C. – Dr. Sandra L. Cooke will join the School of Science and Mathematics as an Assistant Professor of Biology. Dr. Cooke most recently was an assistant professor of biology at High Point University, after stints as a lecturing fellow and research scientist at Duke University. She received……


  • Greensboro College Fall Sports Season Postponed

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 28, 2020 Greensboro College Fall Sports Season Postponed GREENSBORO, N.C. –  Greensboro College’s athletic conference announced today that fall sports conference competition is postponed until the spring 2021 semester because of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The Pride sports impacted at GC are football, men’s soccer, women’s soccer, and women’s volleyball. Winter……


  • Greensboro College Exceeds Capital Campaign Goal Topping $21 million

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 17, 2020 Greensboro College Exceeds Capital Campaign Goal Topping $21 million GREENSBORO, N.C. — Greensboro College today celebrated the successful completion of its 6-year capital campaign totaling $21,104,963, exceeding by more than $6 million the $15 million campaign goal announced in 2017. The GC20/20: Uniquely Focused capital campaign focused donors’ attention……


  • Greensboro College Professor Says “Laziness” May Hide Creativity

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – A Greensboro College psychology professor has told an Australian science website that apparently laziness in some people can mask productivity. Todd McElroy, associate professor of psychology, told author Kate Raynes-Goldie that laziness frequently masks efficiency and creativity. In 2016, McElroy led a study that found that people with a higher “need for……


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Dr. Josh Fitzgerald, Greensboro College class of 2019

“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.