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First Year Experience

Welcome to Greensboro College

Starting college is an exciting time. That’s why Greensboro wants to make sure everything goes smoothly. The Office of First-Year Experience at Greensboro College helps students like you transition to college life. We are dedicated to preparing you for success the moment you become a member of The Pride. We do this by providing a holistic experience for first-year students through orientation, academic advising, residence life, first-year seminar, and athletics and clubs. 

Find Commitment. Find Community.

Our goal is to foster academic success, a seamless transition to college, and a sense of belonging at the College while serving as a central resource for all first-year students. Some of the ways we do that is through PAWS—Preparing, Advising and Welcoming Students—Orientation and Welcome Week. 

Click here to take a glance at what your PAWS Day will look like!

PAWS Orientation
College Check-In
Welcome Week

Further Questions?

Devin Phifer, M.Ed. ’20

Director of First Year Experience

Phone: (336) 217-7206

Email: orientation@greensboro.edu

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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.

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