Tag: history

  • Greensboro College History Honor Society Inducts Six New Members

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College’s chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the national honor society in history, has inducted six new members. They are: David Morrison Allen, a special education/adapted curriculum major and history minor from Cary, N.C. Keegan Thomas Cordell, a history/political science major from Chapel Hill, N.C. Ethan Lanning Mize, a history major from……


  • Greensboro College’s History Honor Society Inducts New Members

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College’s Phi Alpha Theta history honor society inducted five new members today. They are: Adelaide Leigh Elliott, a senior English and Communication Studies major and history and creative writing minor from Walnut Cove, N.C. Gwyneth Frances Navey, a junior history and political science major and Humanities and Legal Administration minor from……


  • Greensboro College Professor Sheila J. Nayar Publishes Book on Technology’s Impact on Literature

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – Sheila J. Nayar, a professor of English, Communication and Media Studies at Greensboro College, has published a book examining the effects of technology on early-modern literature. “Renaissance Responses to Technological Change,” published by Palgrave Macmillan, examines how three 16th-century innovations – gunpowder, the printing press and the magnetic compass – affected not……


  • Greensboro College to Host Panel Discussion on State Elections Oct. 25

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Greensboro College History Club will host a panel discussion on the importance of state legislative elections and the six proposed amendments to the North Carolina Constitution on Thursday, Oct. 25. The discussion, from 12:05 to 1:15 p.m. in Lea Center on the first floor of Main Building, is free and open……


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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.