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May 16, 2018 GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College has promoted Jason A. Myers, assistant professor of religion, to associate professor of religion. The college Board of Trustees approved the promotion at its meeting May 11. Prior to joining the faculty in 2015, he was pursuing his doctorate at Asbury Theological Seminary, where he was a……

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College will host the Greensboro Parks and Recreation Department’s “Music for a Sunday Evening in the Park” (MUSEP) series at 6 p.m. Sunday, June 10, on the campus’s front lawn at 815 W. Market St. The Greensboro Big Band will perform swing and jazz tunes. Admission is free, and the public……

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Randy R. Hunt, a professor of exercise and sport studies and chair of Greensboro College’s Department of Kinesiology, was granted emeritus status today during the college’s Commencement ceremony. Hunt, who is retiring, was cited for his 43 years of distinguished teaching, 28 of them at Greensboro College, where he has been a……

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College has named Allison Palmadessa ’03, associate professor of history, its Moore Professor for 2018-2019. Palmadessa was cited in particular for her most recent book, “American National Identity: Policy, Paradigms, and Higher Education,” which has been hailed by scholars for “taking the study of higher education in bold new directions.” In……

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College has named Jaime Alvaro Paredes Paez its Distinguished Graduating Graduate Student. The award, established in 2014, is presented annually at Commencement to a graduating graduate student who has excelled in all areas of graduate studies at Greensboro College and contributes to the life of the program, has expanded his/her own……

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College has presented Traci Apple DeCongilio the William Henry and Martha Grant Likins Award as this year’s outstanding graduating adult undergraduate student. The award, named for the 16th president of Greensboro College and his wife, was begun in 1993 upon Dr. Likins’s retirement from Greensboro College.  Established by Dr. Jeanne M.……

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College has awarded the Harold H. Hutson Award, presented annually to the outstanding traditional graduating senior, to Kelvina Dorcas Dei-Tumi. The award, named after the college’s 11th president, the Rev. Dr. Harold H. Hutson, who served from 1952 to 1964, recognizes a student selected by the faculty who: Has developed a……

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College is offering a preparation class for the LSAT, the law-school admissions test, beginning May 20. The LSAT Preparation Program covers real questions from prior exams, offers students writing evaluations, introduces the puzzle and games sections of the exam, and provides students with test-taking strategies. The instructor took the LSAT, attended……

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College has named 12 rising seniors  student marshals for 2018-2019. They are: Timothy Samuel Crowell, a psychology and English & Communication Studies major from Pinnacle, N.C., chief marshal Gwyneth Frances Navey, a history/political science major from Florence, S.C., assistant chief marshal Sarah Elizabeth Bailey, a business administration and economics major from……

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College women’s soccer player Mercedes Fisher is about to get the opportunity of a lifetime. Fisher, a sophomore, has been selected to the Puerto Rican national team and will play in the Concacaf Caribbean Women’s World Cup Qualifier in the Dominican Republic, beginning May 5 when the team opens pool play……