Jack Holley ’63 won 412 high school football games in North Carolina—more than any other coach. A legend in the southeastern part of the state, he mentored hundreds of students and coaches over a 44-year coaching career. Jack died May 20 at the age of 74 at home in Teachey, N.C., after being hospitalized two [...]More
May. 21, 2013
Guilford College has joined the West Friendly Avenue-Guilford College Area Alliance in calling attention to environmental, preservation, traffic and safety concerns and requesting adjustments in the planned development of the property adjacent to and including Hodgins Retreat that totals 6.4 acres. The new development would include new traditional apartment units and conversion of some of [...]More
May. 17, 2013
Some Guilford students have taken a big step in combating hunger and food issues in the Greensboro area. The students recently completed a test run of a Mobile Market to bring fresh produce to local food deserts as part of the College’s Farmers Market. “The goal has always been for the on-campus market to fuel [...]More
May. 17, 2013
A scholarship allowed Marvin Shore ’24 to attend Guilford College, where he met Pansy Donnell ’26, who would become his wife. Their son, Phillip Shore, has left more than $1.7 million to the Marvin H. and Pansy D. Shore Scholarship Fund, an existing endowment to support students seeking Quaker higher education at Guilford. Phil, a [...]More
May. 16, 2013
Faculty members Melanie Lee-Brown and Michael Bruno were elected to positions on the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Academy of Science. Melanie, associate professor of biology and director of undergraduate research, was elected managing editor of the Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science. Michael, assistant professor of chemistry, was elected to a [...]More
May. 14, 2013
Martin Eakes, a Guilford trustee, has received the 2013 Hubert H. Humphrey Civil and Human Rights Award from The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. Martin is co-founder and CEO of Self-Help, a cluster of five national nonprofits that provide consumer financial services, technical support and advocacy for those left out of the economic [...]More
May. 14, 2013
Faculty, staff, administrators, students and alumni were honored May 3 at the Journeys in Blackness Banquet, capping Guilford’s commemoration of 50 years of integration. Among those recognized with awards were 18 people who were “firsts” as African Americans or Africans in their administrative, teaching or student roles at the College: Kenneth Chandler ’76, former staff [...]More
May. 7, 2013
The Alumni Association inducted 21 members of the Class of 1963 into the Golden Circle and presented awards to eights alumni and two students during Reunion 2013. Alumni Excellence Awards Alumni Excellence Awards, which recognize alumni who have contributed outstanding service as humanitarians and professionals in their chosen field, were given to Willa Minnette Coleman [...]More
May. 6, 2013
David Cason ’14 broke his own Old Dominion Athletic Conference record in the 3,000 meter steeplechase in the Duke University Twilight meet on May 5. David (9:15.34) broke his own ODAC and school record in the 3,000 meter steeplechase by 3.34 seconds, finishing eighth. The only Division III competitor in the race, his time stands [...]More
May. 6, 2013
Students in all disciplines are invited to apply for the College’s first Summer Research Scholars Program, an eight-week session of one-on-one mentoring and hands-on research related to Greensboro’s Bog Garden. Sponsored by the Center for Principled Problem Solving and the Office of Undergraduate Research, the new program emphasizes research conscious of the ethical dimensions of [...]More
May. 3, 2013
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