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Archive for September, 2011
Center for Principled Problem Solving Receives $50,000 Gift
Nonprofit executive and Guilford College alumna Esther Hall has made a $50,000 cash gift to benefit the endowment for Guilford’s Center for Principled Problem Solving. The gift will be matched dollar-for-dollar by a challenge gift previously made by College trustee Dan Mosca and his wife Beth. The Center for Principled Problem Solving challenges students, faculty [...]More
Sep. 19, 2011
Ellie Yearns and Ira Ross Appointed to Positions in Advancement
Ellie Yearns has been appointed associate regional director of philanthropy and Ira Ross ’61 has been named special consultant for gift planning in the Office of Advancement. Yearns succeeds Nicole Witten in the major gift fundraising position and Ross is working with the College on a contracted basis. Guilford is in the midst of a [...]More
Sep. 15, 2011
Guilford to Host Screening of “Women, War & Peace” Sept. 29
Guilford and UNC-TV will present a preview screening of the new PBS series “Women, War & Peace” Thursday, Sept. 29, from 7-9 p.m. in Dana Auditorium on the Guilford campus. “Women, War & Peace” is a five-part series that challenges the conventional wisdom that war and peace are men’s domain. The series spotlights stories of [...]More
Sep. 15, 2011
Eva Hardy Appointed Digital Communications Coordinator
Eva Hardy has been appointed digital communications coordinator in the Office of Communications and Marketing. In her role, she will work with Aimee White, the College’s web manager, and other staff to develop and post content for the website, manage the intranet and contribute content for social media. “One of our major objectives in strengthening [...]More
Sep. 15, 2011
Family Weekend Scheduled Sept. 30-Oct. 2
Families of current students are invited to attend Family Weekend Sept. 30-Oct. 2 for a series of on-campus activities, including a reception, faculty seminars and discussions of study abroad opportunities, first-year student support and career services. Attendees may also participate in a 5k Fun Run, stargaze at Cline Observatory’s telescope, take an historical tour of [...]More
Sep. 15, 2011
Learning to Question
Guilford College Associate Professor of Political Science and East Asian Studies George Guo has a great deal of international academic experience, including study and work in Japan, in Germany, in three areas of China (south, west and north), as well as in Florida, Virginia and North Carolina in the US. “In most other countries, students [...]More
Sep. 14, 2011
Celebration of Life for Assistant Professor Laurin Flynn is Sept. 21
A Celebration of Life After the Manner of Friends for Laurin Flynn will be Wednesday, Sept. 21, at 1:30 p.m. in the Moon Room of Dana Auditorium on campus. Flynn, an assistant professor of justice and policy studies, died Sept. 8 after battling cancer. She taught criminal justice and community and justice studies courses at [...]More
Sep. 13, 2011
Learning to Research
"I have learned that I can achieve the most when I am involved in science.”More
Sep. 12, 2011
Three Faculty Members Publish Books
Three members of the Guilford College faculty have books either published or forthcoming: Richie Zweigenhaft, Dana Professor of Psychology, is co-author of The New CEOs: Women, African American, Latino, and Asian American Leaders of Fortune 500 Companies, which was published by Roman & Littlefield Publishers in May. It is the latest in a series of [...]More
Sep. 9, 2011
