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GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College alumnus Ralph Josiah “R.J.” Bardsley won a prize in the New York City Big Book Awards, announced Nov. 14. Bardsley received his degree in theatre from Greensboro College in 1996. His 2016 novel, “The Photographer’s Truth,” won best LGBTQ novel. Amazon describes it as the story of a software programmer……

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College candidates for the M.A. in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages will make presentations on their theses at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, in the second-floor lecture hall of the Cowan Humanities Building. The event is free and open to the public. Presenters and their topics are: Cesar Gamba,……

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College presents its Fall 2017 Showcase Day, which features presentations and demonstrations of what students have learned during the semester, on Thursday, Nov. 30. Except where noted, all presentations are free. The public is invited. The schedule includes: Biology presentation on the vaccination controversy, 8:30-10 a.m., 214 Proctor Hall East. Greensboro……

GREENSBORO, N.C. – A Greensboro College faculty member has been recognized by a Winston-Salem nonprofit for his many years of service to it and the larger community. The Rev. Dr. Keith Marsden, an adjunct instructor of religion, received the “In Good Company” award from the North Star LGBTQ Community Center in Winston-Salem at its recent……

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College will offer a number of non-academic-credit certification courses and training programs for Spring 2018. They include: Paralegal Certification Education Program: an accelerated course that allows students to attain their state paralegal certification. Students must have an associate’s or bachelor’s degree to be eligible to attend this 19-week program. The course……

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Registration opens to the public today for three Greensboro College courses being offered for Spring 2018. They are: A seminar on the Holocaust. A class that examines the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through film. A seminar on the history of the civil-rights movement both nationally and in Greensboro. “Whose Guilt, Individual and Collective? The……

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College’s Tannenbaum-Sternberger Colloquium Series will focus on international perspectives on the Holocaust at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 29, in Lea Center in Main Building on campus. The event is free and open to the public. The speaker will be Zev Harel, professor of social work emeritus at Cleveland State University and……

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College is hosting a pottery sale Wednesday, Nov. 15, to benefit the nonprofit Interactive Resource Center. Between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. in the lobby of the Cowan Humanities Building on campus, patrons may obtain pottery produced by the college’s Department of Art for suggested donations of $1 to $3. Donations……

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College’s Department of Art presents an exhibit of work by two senior art majors, opening Monday, Nov. 20, with an exhibition reception 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 29. Regular exhibit hours will be 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays. The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public in the Anne Rudd……

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College will screen the documentary film “Embargo” at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15, after which the film’s director, Jeri Rice, will lead a discussion of the film that also will involve members of the college’s history and religion departments. The event will take place in Mane Stage in the Royce Reynolds……