"Sonya has been an amazing student in my classes, including her leadership during a collaborative project in Environmental Pollution during Fall 2019.  The class developed research questions and hypotheses regarding water quality in potentially impacted streams here in Greensboro, and Sonya proved to be an outstanding scientist and collaborator throughout the process. It has been a pleasure having her in my classes, and I am excited to hear about her journeys and work during the rest of her time here at Guilford and after graduation."

"The Guilford Edge allows me to have more hands-on learning opportunities and more time in the field working on larger projects. Holly’s energy and passion for the environment always been an inspiration for me. Her class opened my eyes to the problems with today’s environment and helped me see that I want to play a part in protecting it."

“When you get to college, you go from being carried by your guardian's wings to having to quickly learn how to fly with your own. It's the scariest yet most liberating experience once you find your way, and Guilford made it easy to take flight."

"So much happened in the first Initiate that we will be unpacking it for a while!  Working on teams with instructors and students in a three-week format allowed us to boost academic confidence, create a shared experience, and build community in ways that cannot be understated."

"The intensive class structure gives students more opportunities for collaborative learning and builds a strong foundation of the organic chemistry concepts, allowing students to successfully transition into Organic Chemistry II during the 12-week session."

"The three-week Organic Chemistry Class was, as my instructor puts it, 'the intense in intensive.' I appreciated that because I am interested in pursuing my MD after undergraduate, and I need to be trained and ready to handle academics that are challenging."

"I was privileged to have a brand new class where my professor gave us a new perspective and experience. ... I appreciated the opportunity to take a Spanish class where the main focus was speaking, not grammar. And I love being able to use Spanish in the same way I use English."

"Intermediate Spanish students in '"Speak Up in Spanish" wrote and performed original plays, gave a poetry reading at a local independent bookstore, created insightful and eloquent on-the-spot presentations at local museums, and recorded poetry podcasts — all in Spanish. I loved experimenting with the intensive format (15 hours/week) and seeing my students grow in skills and confidence."

"The three week block provided both faculty and students with the opportunity to immerse themselves in the study of causal systems through a variety of lenses, while surrounded by history and pastoral beauty that was magic for the senses and medicine for the soul!"

"The best part about the Mechanisms of Medicine and Magic class was the community that formed which was something truly special and unexpected; it was a delight to think about magic in different cultures, the meaning of religion, the history of biology and Darwin, and postmodernism outside by the river and the sheep."