Frank Family Science Center

The Frank Family

Stanley Frank The Stanley Frank Family has long been a friend of Guilford College. Stanley Frank was a member of the Board of Trustees from 1969 until his death in January 2006. He was also a member of the Guilford College Board of Visitors from 1968-70 and served as secretary of its executive committee. Through the years, Stanley and Dorothy Frank, with their sons William and Barry, have supported Guilford in many different ways, from their gifts for the renovation of Ragsdale House and for the establishment of the Bauman Telecommunications Center to their generosity for the Stanley and Dorothy Frank Fellows Program which assists students who display a spirit of entrepreneurship and who are committed to the American free-enterprise system. In 1983, Stanley was the recipient of the Guilford College Distinguished Service Award.

Dorthy Frank William Frank, his wife Hughlene, and Barry Frank currently serve on Guilford College's Board of Visitors. Barry is a member of the Board of Visitors Study Abroad Scholarship Committee. This committee awards financial assistance to students trying to fund a semester abroad, which enriches their college experience and ultimately the entire Guilford community.

The Frank Family is leading the college's efforts to equip and enhance the science center to meet the needs of future generations of students as well as strive to meet the science interests of the greater Greensboro community.

The Frank Family Science Center

Frank Family Science Center

In January 1998, the Board of Trustees of Guilford College approved moving ahead with the construction of a new science building to be open for classes in Spring 2000. This building is designed to meet the needs of students and faculty in the sciences and to provide the campus as a whole with a state of the art teaching and meeting facility that will benefit all students. The new science building will provide attractive and well-equipped meeting facilities for off-campus groups and organizations as well as support the college's many community service programs.

This new building will serve as a primary teaching facility for the college. The building will include laboratories, classrooms, offices, research space, a multifunctional auditorium and observatory and an atrium.

It is fitting that this new building, which will be completely outfitted for integration of computer technology with teaching, is located at the Arcadia Drive entrance to campus, next to the heart of the college's computer network in Bauman Telecommunications Center. The college is working with individuals, foundations and corporations to raise the funds for the building.

Guilford College

Over the years, Guilford College has earned a national reputation for training young scientists by integrating original research into its undergraduate curriculum. Many Guilford graduates have gone on to scientific research and teaching careers at some of this nation's most prestigious research centers and universities including Harvard, University of California at Berkeley and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The college believes integrating research into the education experience provides many benefits to students. The value of hands-on work and the study of science as a process, not just a body of knowledge, is a Guilford trademark. This observation is especially true for non-science majors who may not get another opportunity to observe science and scientists first hand. For science majors, the benefits of Guilford's model for integrating undergraduate research and education are numerous and include the following:

  • Offering a curriculum which both allows a student to enter and succeed in graduate study and a career in science while still providing the benefits and values of a broad liberal arts education.

  • Helping students establish cooperative learning skills and support groups which allow them to succeed in a challenging learning environ ment.

  • Preparing the student for graduate study or immediate employment in a technical field and ultimately a career in science.

  • Meeting one of the principles of Quaker education that an education should be "civil and useful."

Guilford was recently cited by Peterson's Guides as offering an outstanding undergraduate program in the sciences and mathematics. Other recognition has included funding of a science education program by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and its Project NOVA Program and participation in the Glaxo Wellcome Women in Science Scholars Program, an initiative to support scientific studies by female undergraduate students at selected North Carolina colleges and universities.