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Guilford College’s financial stability affirmed by accreditor


Over the past year the College increased gift revenue, cut expenses and made significant improvements in financial management and operations to put itself on a sustainable path. Says President Jean Bordewich: "This has never been about the student experience in or out of the classroom, which has remained exceptional.”

President Jean Bordewich, Provost Kami Rowan and Chief of Staff Meredeth Summers unfurl a banner which reads "we did it"

Uniquely Guilford spotlights College's distinctions


The new theme is rooted in strong faculty-staff-student relationships, community-focused campus environment, innovative and practical liberal arts curriculum and Quaker-inspired values.

Guilford College Founders Hall with Uniquely Guilford Banners

Guilford opened student to a world he'd never thought about


“Mo” Mohammadi '26, an Honors Student, is designing an emergency-response drone capable of delivering medical supplies, food, and water to people in hard-to-reach or disaster-stricken areas. He says: “I’m such a different person than I was three years ago. I found so many opportunities [at Guilford] and I’m glad I took advantage of them." 

Mo Mohammadi presents his work on a beachcombing robot at the Undergraduate Symposium

NSF grant to expand faculty research and collaboration


A $400,000 three-year grant from the National Science Foundation will help Guilford strengthen faculty research and resource sharing with three other institutions. The grant will help the College identify barriers to external partnerships and launch a new faculty fellows program that supports professional development and community engagement.

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Guilford community helps students grow roots — and wings


A willingness to say yes — to new people, new challenges, new versions of herself — has been the heartbeat of Zaria Porter’s ’27 college experience at Guilford. “Here, I didn’t know anyone, and that made it easier to try new things. No one had expectations of me. I could just be open,” she says. For Zaria, that openness has paid back tenfold.

Zaria Porter in the Quad

Conservation easement will forever preserve Guilford Woods' natural state


An easement resulting from a Piedmont Land Conservancy fundraising campaign over the next two years will protect about 120 acres from future development.

Professor Marlene McCauley leads students on a hike to a stream that runs through campus during a Geology course.

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Why the magic matters: Jill Peterfeso teaches Disney
Why the magic matters: Jill Peterfeso teaches Disney

When Jill initially dreamed up a seminar about all things Disney, she knew it would turn a few ears – heads, too. “People hear ‘Disney class’ and think it’s just for fun,” she says. “But it’s actually a rigorous introduction to the liberal arts.”

Travel, learn and play the Guilford way in Italy and Greece
Travel, learn and play the Guilford way in Italy and Greece

Guilfordians are invited on a carefully curated journey with faculty through Italy and Greece March 6-15, 2026. Discover lands where ancient myths meet modern marvels, where marble stadiums and sunlit ruins still echo with the cheers of early Olympians.

Don Smith reinvents manuscript into an interactive Physics textbook
Don Smith reinvents manuscript into an interactive Physics textbook

Don recently completed "Introduction to Modern Physics," a dynamic, web-based learning tool built upon a 50-page draft written in 2004 by the late Rex Adelberger.

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