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Winter Weather Alert

Guilford College is operating remotely on Tuesday, Feb. 3. Please check email for detailed communications. Food services remain open for student and staff residents. If you are on campus, use caution as Facilities continues to clear snow and ice. A follow-up message will be shared Tuesday regarding plans for Wednesday, Feb. 4.

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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"

We are Uniquely Guilford

The student experience at Guilford 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.

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.

The Guilford College Commitment

Guilford is committed to giving every first-time, undergraduate applicant generous institutional aid. Click the photo to learn more.

Career, Academic, and Personal Exploration

Click the photo to learn more about CAPE, Guilford's integrated-advising office, and meet the advisers who will help you discover success.

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Winter Weather Alert

What Can We Help You Find?

Guilford College’s financial stability affirmed by accreditor

We are Uniquely Guilford

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

NSF grant to expand faculty research and collaboration

Guilford community helps students grow roots — and wings

Conservation easement will forever preserve Guilford Woods' natural state

Get to Know Guilford

Learn more about the College's students, faculty, staff, and programs.

What's Happening at Guilford?

Be unique.

Be unique.

Winter Weather Alert

What Can We Help You Find?

Guilford College’s financial stability affirmed by accreditor

We are Uniquely Guilford

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

NSF grant to expand faculty research and collaboration

Guilford community helps students grow roots — and wings

Conservation easement will forever preserve Guilford Woods' natural state

Get to Know Guilford

Learn more about the College's students, faculty, staff, and programs.

What's Happening at Guilford?

Men's Basketball vs. Randolph College

Linda and Thomas Sloan named honorary chairs of campaign to protect Guilford Woods

Nick Opie ’26 Turned Academic Pressure Into Creative Purpose

Women's Basketball vs. Bridgewater College

Men's Tennis vs. NC Central University

Why Z Tate ’27 thinks community is non-negotiable

2026 Career Fair

U.S. Guitar Orchestra Summer Guitar Institute is at Guilford in July

Baseball vs. Brevard College

Guilford women’s basketball team is off to a historic start. Now comes its biggest test of the season.

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