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Greensboro College Awards Its Highest Honor to Security Chief Calvin L. Gilmore

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GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College awarded its highest honor, the Nannie Lee Smith Exemplary Service Medal, during today’s Commencement ceremony to Calvin L. Gilmore, the college’s longtime director of campus safety and security. In presenting the award, college President Lawrence D. Czarda, Ph.D., cited Gilmore for his helpfulness, kindness, patience and consistency, characteristics as revered by alumni from decades ago as they are by today’s graduates. Since joining the college staff … [Read more...] about Greensboro College Awards Its Highest Honor to Security Chief Calvin L. Gilmore

Greensboro College Awards 2019-2020 Moore Professorship to Michelle Plaisance

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GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College has named Michelle Plaisance, associate professor of English and of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, its Moore Professor for 2019-2020. Since her appointment in August 2014 to the Department of English, Communication & Media Studies and to the directorship of the college’s M.A. program in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, Plaisance has developed the program from a few dozen students to more than 120. In two weeks she … [Read more...] about Greensboro College Awards 2019-2020 Moore Professorship to Michelle Plaisance

Greensboro College Recognizes Samantha Renee Saint as Outstanding Adult Undergraduate Student

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GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College has presented Samantha Renee Saint the William Henry and Martha Grant Likins Award as this year’s outstanding graduating adult undergraduate student. She received the award today along with her B.A. in history and Social Studies education, cum laude (with honors), during the college’s Commencement exercises. “Having overcome some significant obstacles early in life, Samantha vowed to herself and her son, Seth, that she would graduate from college … [Read more...] about Greensboro College Recognizes Samantha Renee Saint as Outstanding Adult Undergraduate Student

Greensboro College Names Alla Ahmed Alaghbri Outstanding Traditional Graduating Senior

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GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College has awarded the Harold H. Hutson Award, presented annually to the outstanding traditional graduating senior, to Alla Ahmed Alaghbri of High Point. Alaghbri, who received his B.A. in history and religion summa cum laude (with highest honors) today, came to the U.S. in high school from his native, war-torn Yemen, where he had once belonged to the Yemeni national tennis team. He has earned a full scholarship to the University of Chicago to pursue a doctorate … [Read more...] about Greensboro College Names Alla Ahmed Alaghbri Outstanding Traditional Graduating Senior

Greensboro College Announces 2019 Baccalaureate and Commencement Speakers

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GREENSBORO, N.C. – A Greensboro College trustee and retired law-school dean will address Greensboro College’s 2019 graduates at Commencement May 11, and a minister and alumnus of the college will speak at the college’s Baccalaureate/Cap & Gown ceremony May 10. The commencement speaker will be George R. Johnson Jr., dean emeritus and professor of law at the Elon University School of Law. Johnson has served since 2017 on the Greensboro College Board of Trustees. His speech is titled, “To … [Read more...] about Greensboro College Announces 2019 Baccalaureate and Commencement Speakers