Emmy Award-winning journalist Steve Sapienza will make a presentation, “Global Goods, Local Costs: Peru’s Wildcat Gold Rush,” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, in Founders Gallery-East. The program is free of charge and open to the public. Sapienza, this semester’s Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting visitor, will discuss how some Peruvians are cashing in on the [...]More
Sep. 26, 2012
The commemoration of 50 years of racial integration at the College begins Tuesday, Sept. 25, with more events planned for Homecoming and Family Weekend. In August 1962, James McCorkle ’66 of Winston-Salem became the first African-American student to enroll at the College. In that same year, two Kenyan students were enrolled. The kickoff event at [...]More
Sep. 21, 2012
Dana Professor of Psychology Richie Zweigenhaft has co-written a new book with University of California, Santa Cruz professor G. William Dumhoff entitled “The New CEOs: Women, African American, Latino, and Asian American Leaders of Fortune 500 Companies.” “The book is based on a rather dramatic change that’s taken place in the last 20 years or [...]More
Sep. 21, 2012
Guilford College is included in the fourth edition of “Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges.” More than 150,000 copies of the book have been sold since it was originally published in 1996. Guilford has been in each edition. The first editions of the book were written [...]More
Sep. 5, 2012
When Guilford hosts crosstown rival Greensboro College in the 16th annual Gate City Soup Bowl on Sept. 1, there’s more on the line than a football game. The two schools are also competing in a canned food drive. Fans who bring at least two nonperishable food items receive free admission to the 7 p.m. game. [...]More
Aug. 29, 2012
The Opening Academic Convocation for the 176th academic year will be held at 3:45 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 22, in Dana Auditorium. Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to attend. The program is as follows: Moment of Silence – Max Carter, campus ministry coordinator and director of Friends Center Welcome – Aaron Fetrow, vice president and [...]More
Aug. 20, 2012
The opening community meeting for faculty, staff and administrators is 8:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 14, at New Garden Friends Meeting. This annual kickoff event includes remarks from President Kent Chabotar and Vice President and Academic Dean Adrienne Israel as well as introductions of new faculty and staff. The theme is “Creating Student Success at [...]More
Aug. 9, 2012
The Opening of School Newsletter, prepared by the Division of Student Affairs, has a wealth of useful information for new and returning students.More
Aug. 7, 2012
Major: PhysicsCountry: Russia Don’t let the name fool you. Vladimir Sergeivich Sudilovsky certainly sounds Russian, and in truth, Vlad was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. However, he and his mother moved to North Carolina when was only 3 years old, and he’s lived here ever since. Vlad currently works at the Max Planck Institute for [...]More
Aug. 6, 2012
Major: Biology and Health SciencesCountry: Ethiopia Mahlet Abera puts it this way: ”If I can come from Ethiopia and feel comfortable at Guilford College, you can feel at home here too.” If feeling “comfortable” is measured in terms of academic and personal growth, then Mahlet has succeeded almost beyond measure. Having graduated from Guilford, she [...]More
Aug. 6, 2012
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