"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." 

“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."

"I’ve always wanted to be a part of the music industry, but before this class I didn’t even know all of the artistic job opportunities there were behind the scenes. I think it would be so cool to be a lighting designer now and can see myself really doing it!”
- Lydia Middlesworth '20

"The fact that students were able to learn a principle in the morning and implement it in the afternoon made it real. They could see the direct link between the ideas and the applications and how it affected people.”
-Don Smith, Associate Professor of Physics

"I enjoyed teaching in the 3-week session because my class is project-based and meeting students on consecutive days for longer class periods tightens the feedback loop, which helps us reach our goals quicker.”
- Brian Coleman, Technical Director, Theatre Department