Greensboro College Student Presents Paper at Regional History Honor-Society Conference
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College student Alla Ahmed Alaghbri has been selected to present a paper at a regional conference of the national history honor society.
Alaghbri, a junior history and religion major from High Point, N.C., will present his senior history capstone paper, “The Origins and Development of ‘Kalam’ between the 8th and 12th Centuries,” at the annual Phi Alpha Theta Carolinas Conference, April 13-14 at Queens University in Charlotte.
Phi Alpha Theta, the nation’s oldest disciplinary honor society, was founded in 1921 at the University of Arkansas.
Alaghbri is presenting a paper at a regional academic conference for the second time this year. He presented “The Definition of Reason in the Asha’ri School of Islamic Theology: Implications and Applications” at the recent 18th Annual Undergraduate Honors Symposium at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, taking second prize.
Alaghbri is a student in Greensboro College’s George Center for Honors Studies. The center is a program designed for students who have a high level of intellectual ability and motivation. It stresses interdisciplinary teaching, learning, and research in both the traditional liberal arts and professional programs.
The Honors Program emphasizes close interaction with faculty through interdisciplinary and team-taught honors seminars and an in-depth senior project or thesis. For more information, contact program director Neill Clegg at 336-272-7102, ext. 5288, or cleggn@greensboro.edu.
Greensboro College provides a liberal arts education grounded in the traditions of the United Methodist Church and fosters the intellectual, social, and, spiritual development of all students while supporting their individual needs.
Founded in 1838 and located in downtown Greensboro, the college enrolls about 1,000 students from 29 states and territories, the District of Columbia, and seven foreign countries in its undergraduate liberal-arts program and four master’s degree programs. In addition to rigorous academics and a well-supported Honors program, the school features an 18-sport NCAA Division III athletic program and dozens of service and recreational opportunities.
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