Archive for August, 2008
August 29, 2008
Old Dominion Athletic Conference volleyball coaches picked Guilford ninth in the league’s preseason poll. Washington and Lee University, the defending ODAC champion, topped the 11-team poll with nine first-place votes.
Third-year head coach EMILY GANN leads a squad that features five returning letter winners from last year’s 7-20 unit plus eight newcomers. ANNA MILLER ’11, who led the team in kills (257), service aces (38), and points (301), is the Quakers’ top returning hitter. Miller also ranked second on the team in digs (272) and digs per game (2.82) and received honorable mention All-ODAC honors. BETHANY HAWKS ’10 is Guilford’s lone three-year letter winner and ranked second on the team last season in service aces (31) and serve receive percentage (.880). She is the squad’s starting libero.
ODAC Volleyball Preseason Poll
(#) Denotes first place votes
1. Washington and Lee 120 (10)
2. Randolph-Macon 98
3. Bridgewater 95
4. Virginia Wesleyan 94 (1)
5. Roanoke 76
6. Lynchburg 71
7. Emory & Henry 60
8. Eastern Mennonite 41
9. Guilford 30
10. Randolph 24
11. Sweet Briar 17
August 29, 2008
Do you have questions about college policies or procedures? Concerns? Complaints? Compliments? Need help getting answers? If so, you can get help from JANET WRIGHT, ombudsperson.
The ombudsperson works with faculty, staff and students in communications, clarifying decision processes and resolving disputes. The ombudsperson role is a method that Guilford uses to protect against abuse, bias, and other improper treatment or unfairness as well as to provide guidance on how to navigate the college in order to find out information or to bring issues to the attention of the most appropriate department or person.
The ombudsperson is a confidential source of information and referral, aid in answering individuals’ questions about policies and procedures and facilitator in resolving concerns and critical situations and also passing on compliments for good work.
Contact the Office of the Ombudsperson: 316-2286 or jwright2@guilford.edu
August 28, 2008
Opening Academic Convocation, a campuswide assembly to kick off the new year, is planned Wednesday, Sept. 3, at 3:45 p.m. in Dana Auditorium. Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to attend. Department heads should plan for coverage of offices.
The convocation will feature remarks from President KENT CHABOTAR and JEFF JESKE, Dana professor of English and recipient of this year’s Bruce B. Stewart Award for Teaching Excellence. Chabotar will speak on “What Makes Guilford College Unique?” and Jeske will give a talk entitled “Being Here.”
Other participants in convocation will be Vice President and Academic Dean ADRIENNE ISRAEL, Dean of Students AARON FETROW, Director of Friends Center and Campus Ministry Coordinator MAX CARTER and the college choir.
Following convocation, the annual college picnic will be held on Founders Lawn for faculty, staff, trustees and their families.
August 27, 2008
A series on the Middle East stretching throughout the semester will begin Monday, Sept. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in Founders Gallery with a presentation by David and Linda Kusse-Wolfe on their recent year and a half experience in Iran. Quaker ministers and parents of ABBY WOLFE ’03, they lived in the holy city of Qom while serving with the Mennonite Central Committee.
Other programs in the series:
Tuesday, Sept. 9
7:30 p.m.
Boren Lounge
Students CULLY SALEHI ’08, KELSEY MCNICHOLAS ’11, BERN GLASSER ’11, MAX SPITALNICK ’11, and PAURAVI SHIPPEN-HOW ’11 will share about their work, travel and study in Israel and Palestine during the summer of 2008.
Tuesday, Sept. 16
7:30 p.m.
Boren Lounge
Art and Peggy Gish, members of Christian Peacemaker Teams in Palestine and Iraq, will share about their peace building efforts.
Wednesday, Sept. 17
7 p.m.
Founders Gallery
Art and Peggy Gish will lead a nonviolent direct action training workshop.
Thursday, Sept. 18
7:30 p.m.
Joseph M. Bryan Jr. Auditorium
One Voice, a traveling group of Israeli and Palestinian youth, will share their stories of growing up in a conflicted region.
Thursday, Nov. 6
7:30 p.m.
New Garden Friends meetinghouse
801 New Garden Rd.
Ambassador Reda Mansour, consul general of Israel to the Southeast, will speak on Israel’s response to current trends in the Middle East.
Thursday, Nov. 13
7:30 p.m.
Founders Gallery
Maia Hallward, a professor of political science at Kennesaw State University and associate editor of the Journal of Peacebuilding and Development, will speak on her research into the methodology of grass roots peace groups in Israel and Palestine.
The series is co-sponsored by Friends Center, Hillel, Campus Ministry, GCRO and Peace and Conflict Studies.
For information, contact Friends Center at 316-2445.
August 27, 2008
The next College Meeting for Worship will be on Sunday, Aug. 31, at 1 p.m. in the Moon Room of Dana Auditorium. DAN SCOTT ’09, history, will lead the worship. All are invited to hear fellow students, faculty, staff and visitors reflect on their spiritual journeys and their struggles.
GCRO and the Campus Ministry Office hope that the community will enjoy these opportunities to share in worship through music, word, and silence. For more information call 316-2326.
August 27, 2008
Students who enjoyed the long run of last year’s Campus Ministry “Difficult Passages” Bible study have chosen to continue with a study of the Psalms. The first session will be Tuesday, Sept. 2, at 6:30 p.m. in the Hut. MAX CARTER will lead an exploration of some of the Psalms of lament and anguish, including Ps. 22 and Ps. 137. GRACIE HARRIS of the Initiative on Faith and Practice will lead the succeeding week’s study of Ps. 91 and other Psalms of confidence and security. Other sessions will be led by various campus ministers. All are welcome.
August 27, 2008
Friends Center’s six-week crash course on all things Quaker begins Friday, Aug. 29, at Noon in the Hut. The first session will cover Quaker origins and basic beliefs. Subsequent sessions will consider sources of Quaker authority, worship, decision-making, testimonies, diversity of faith and practice and influence on the college. This non-credit series is free and open to all. Leadership will be by Friends Center staff. For information, call 316-2445 or e-mail mcarter@guilford.edu.
August 26, 2008
ROY NYDORF has been appointed to teach intaglio and relief printmaking for the University of Georgia’s Studies Abroad Program in Cortona, Italy, during the fall semester. CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON ’93, a ceramic artist, is associate director of the Cortona Program.
August 26, 2008
Old Dominion Athletic Conference cross country coaches tabbed Guilford’s men’s team sixth and the Quakers’ women seventh in their annual preseason polls. Washington and Lee University, the defending men’s and women’s league champions, earned the poll’s top spots.
The men return six letter winners from last year’s team, which placed a school-record sixth among 10 teams at the 2007 ODAC Championships. While Guilford will miss the top runner from last year’s team, JEREMY BANTE ’08, the Quakers look forward to the return of KEVIN SMITH ’10. Guilford’s number-two runner in 2006, Smith missed the 2007 campaign while studying abroad. He joins captains CHRIS WALKER ’09 and TYLER BROWN ’10 as the Quakers’ most experienced runners in 2008.
The women have four letter winners back from 2007, including GRACE NORMANN ’11. Normann had the Quakers’ top time in six of eight meets last year, including the fastest six-kilometer time in school history (26:57.7), which placed 23rd overall. The college finished seventh among nine teams at last year’s meet, its best finish since adding the sport in 2004. DANA SMall ’10, a two-year letter winner, captains this year’s team.
Guilford opens the season Saturday, Aug. 30, at the Marlin Invitational in Virginia Beach, Va. The contest will mark the first for Quakers’ head coach HEIDI PINKERTON.
2008 ODAC Men’s Cross Country Coaches Poll
1. Washington and Lee
2. Lynchburg
3. Bridgewater
4. Roanoke
5. Virginia Wesleyan
6. Guilford
7. Hampden-Sydney
8. Emory and Henry
9. Eastern Mennonite
10. Randolph
2008 ODAC Women’s Cross Country Coaches Poll
1. Washington and Lee
2. Roanoke
3. Lynchburg
4. Bridgewater
5. Virginia Wesleyan
6. Eastern Mennonite
7. Guilford
8. Randolph
9. Emory and Henry
August 25, 2008
TIAA-CREF counselors will be on campus on Monday, Oct. 27, and Tuesday, Oct. 28. One-on-one counseling appointments are available from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. each day. The sessions will be held in the Hege Library Conference Room, room 109.
Click here to schedule an appointment, select North Carolina from the drop down menu, and click the “submit” button. Next, click on the Guilford College one-on-one counseling links and follow the instructions, or call 877-267-4505.
