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Archive for May, 2012

Bryan Series Sold Out for 2012-13

Subscriptions for the Bryan Series are sold out for the fourth time in five years, with more than 2,000 purchased for the five events beginning in October. The 2012-13 speaker series sold out in 39 days, faster than ever before. Held at Greensboro’s War Memorial Auditorium, the series will welcome magazine editor Tina Brown Oct. [...]More

May. 23, 2012

Early College at Guilford Rated Top High School in NC

The Early College at Guilford, a partnership between Guilford College and Guilford County Schools, has been ranked No. 1 among North Carolina high schools by The Daily Beast and The Washington Post. The Daily Beast rated the 200-student school 17th in the nation; The Washington Post scored it 46th. Founded in 2002, The Early College [...]More

May. 22, 2012

Summer School Registration Open for Second Session

Spend part of your summer at Guilford College!  It’s not too late to register for the second 5-week session of summer school. Registration ends Thursday, June 21. Classes begin Monday, June 18, and end Thursday, July 19. Register in person by visiting the Center for Continuing Education in Hendricks Hall, located off New Garden Road at the northwest [...]More

May. 22, 2012

Football Team Volunteers More Than 900 Hours

The Quaker football team extended its work ethic beyond the classroom and off the football field to help others. Student-athletes and coaches volunteered 901 hours of community service during the past academic year, well above head coach Chris Rusiewicz’s goal of 600 hours. “We want to serve others and make a difference in someone else’s [...]More

May. 21, 2012

William Fleming ’73 Named President of Palm Beach Atlantic University

William M. B. Fleming Jr., a 1973 graduate of Guilford, has been named president of Palm Beach Atlantic University. Fleming, 60, joined the Florida university as vice president of development in 1992 and had served as interim president for more than a year. Earlier in his career he held senior administrative posts at Wingate University [...]More

May. 17, 2012

Roy Nydorf Retrospective Receiving Wide Acclaim

A solo exhibition at Green Hill Center for NC Art showcases more than 200 works by Professor of Art Roy Nydorf, who has taught at Guilford since 1978.More

May. 16, 2012

Pre-Professional Programs Pay Off

Guilford students in pre-professional tracks go on to graduate programs in health sciences, law, business, education and ministry. More

May. 11, 2012

Bryan Series Subscriptions On Sale

A limited number of new subscriptions for the College’s 2012-13 Bryan Series – $185 per person – now on sale. The speaker series has sold out through subscriptions in three of the past four years.      Subscriptions are available at bryanseries.guilford.edu and the Greensboro Coliseum Advance Box Office. Call 336-316-2852 to request an order form by [...]More

May. 11, 2012

Tributes Flow for Brooklyn Community Builder Greg Jackson

Greg “Jocko” Jackson, who was a member of the 1973 NAIA Championship-winning Guilford men’s basketball team, died May 1 of an apparent heart attack. The long-time manager of the Brownsville Recreation Center in Brooklyn was 60. The New York Times published an article about Jackson on May 2 in which the New York City parks commissioner said, “We’ve [...]More

May. 10, 2012

The Geography of Verbs: Commencement Remarks by Patti Digh ’82

My dear Friends, A few years ago, a young family appeared on the Oprah show. A mom, a dad and two young kids. The mom was dying of cancer. And she had decided in her last months to make videotaped messages for her young children teaching them what she so wanted them to know as [...]More

May. 5, 2012