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Greensboro College Literary Magazine Wins First Place Nationally. Again. And Again.

GREENSBORO, N.C. – The 2017-2018 edition of The Lyre, Greensboro College’s literary magazine, has won first place nationally in its division from the American Scholastic Press Association for the fourth year in a row and the sixth time in seven years. The magazine previously won with its 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013, and 2012 editions. Its……
Greensboro College Theatre Presents “Starting Here, Starting Now” Jan. 25-27

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College Theatre presents the musical revue “Starting Here, Starting Now” Friday-Sunday, Jan. 25-27, in the Annie Sellars Jordan Parlor Theatre in Main Building on campus. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Jan. 25-26, and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 26-27. Tickets are $10 and may be reserved by emailing……
Greensboro College Professor Publishes His First Full-Length Book of Poetry

GREENSBORO, N.C. – L. Wayne Johns, professor of English at Greensboro College, has published “Antipsalm,” his first full-length book of poetry. “Antipsalm” (Unicorn Press) is “spooky, devastating, and ultimately tragic,” reviewer and author Cate Marvin writes. “(It) is as real a love story as you’re going to find. … I am so haunted by the……
Greensboro College Professor Will Publish Chapter in Book on Education

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Natasha Veale, an associate professor of special education at Greensboro College, has had a chapter included in a forthcoming book on education. Veale contributed a chapter to “Dignity of the Calling: Educators Share the Beginnings of their Journeys,” edited by Andrew T. Kemp, being published Dec. 31 by Information Age Publishing Inc.……
Greensboro College Offers Saturday Admissions Information Sessions Jan. 12 and 26

GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Greensboro College Office of Admissions will host Saturday information sessions for prospective students and their parents at 10 a.m. on Jan. 12 and Jan. 26. The sessions will be held in the lobby of Cowan Humanities Building on campus. Prospective students can learn about the college in small groups, learn about……
Greensboro College Theatre Alumnus Leads New Musical Production in Two Countries and Languages

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Tony Sportiello ’80, artistic director of Algonquin Theater Productions, is leading the company in producing two simultaneous versions of a new musical in 2019, one in New York in English and the other in Guadalajara, Mexico, in Spanish. The musical is “The Paparazzi,” by Al Tapper; it already has been produced in……
Greensboro College Offers Certification Course for Entry-Level Human-Relations Professionals

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College will offer the Associate Professional in Human Resources™ (aPHR™) course 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays beginning Jan. 12. In conjunction with the Human Resource Certification Institute, the college is offering the course on Jan. 12, 19, and 26; Feb. 9 and 23; and March 9. The fee is $1,288,……
Greensboro College Professor Sheila J. Nayar Publishes Book on Technology’s Impact on Literature

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Sheila J. Nayar, a professor of English, Communication and Media Studies at Greensboro College, has published a book examining the effects of technology on early-modern literature. “Renaissance Responses to Technological Change,” published by Palgrave Macmillan, examines how three 16th-century innovations – gunpowder, the printing press and the magnetic compass – affected not……
Greensboro College Will Hold Annual Fall Showcase Day Nov. 29

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College presents its Annual Fall Showcase Day, in which students offer presentations and performances of what they have studied this semester, on Thursday, Nov. 29. The college holds such showcases of student scholarship near the end of each semester to celebrate student research, creativity and application, sharing the work with the……
Gift from Former Greensboro College President’s Grandson Takes the College’s Capital Campaign Past $17 Million

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The grandson of Greensboro College’s president at the turn of the 20th century has made a significant gift to the college to endow a scholarship in memory of his grandfather and his mother. The Odelle Peacock Marsh 1922 and Dr. Dred Peacock Scholarship Endowment Fund was created in October with a gift……