Archive for April, 2010
April 30, 2010
In the April 16 edition of the Beacon, the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment estimated that average faculty salaries at Guilford had reached the 54th percentile of the AAUP IIB average for faculty overall. Unfortunately, a miscalculation was made.
While it’s true that faculty salaries improved from the 37th percentile in 2009 to the 45th percentile in 2010, a significant achievement in the midst of a global economic crisis, we are still shy of reaching our 50th percentile target in the strategic plan. The Beacon article also stated, and remains true, that we are behind the target for professors and associate professors and will concentrate future salary increases on those most behind the 50th percentile for faculty and 45th percentile for staff.
April 29, 2010
From Academic Dean ADRIENNE ISRAEL:
In last Friday’s Beacon, President KENT CHABOTAR and I briefed the community on the progress of the academic program prioritization study. We provided a list of tasks and timelines that will enable the college to complete the study by the end of fall 2010 semester. We also cited the consultancy of Dr. Robert Dickeson — author of the leading text in the field, Prioritizing Academic Programs — who visited with the Guilford community, trustees, faculty leadership and members of the administration to check on our methodology and fine tune our next steps.
Dr. Dickeson’s report with recommendations may be read here.
April 28, 2010
DERICK KOSGEI ’12 earned Guilford’s first individual Old Dominion Athletic Conference outdoor track and field title with a narrow victory in the 5,000 meters at the ODAC Championships in Bridgewater, Va. Kosgei also placed fourth in the 1,500 meters and accounted for 14 of Guilford’s 29 points at the meet.
For his efforts, he received First Team All-ODAC honors, another Guilford track and field first.
Kosgei edged Virginia Wesleyan College’s Sean Whitson by less than two-tenths of a second for his third college victory. Kosgei outpaced the 19-man field in 15:40.52, followed by Whitson at 15:40.71. He ran the 1,500 in a season-low 4:05.56, just two-hundredths of a second in front of Virginia Wesleyan’s David Kidd for fourth place.
Kosgei has Guilford’s fastest times in the 800, 1,500 and 5,000 in the school’s first outdoor track and field campaign since 1975.
Coach Bill Cason’s team placed seventh at the ODAC Championships. Kosgei and teammate QUAN PARKER ’13 plan to compete in the Carolina Qualifier May 8 at UNC-Chapel Hill.
April 28, 2010
Guilford placed three student-athletes on the All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference golf teams and captured three of the league’s top individual honors.
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PETER LATIMER ’10 (right) was named Golfer of the Year for the second straight season and NOAH RATNER ’13 (below) earned Rookie of the Year. BRIAN CREGHAN ’10 received the Golf Scholar-Athlete prize and was a Second Team All-ODAC honoree. Latimer and Ratner were First Team All-ODAC selections. Rookie J.T. THOMAS ’13 earned honorable mention recognition.
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The announcement gives Guilford 54 All-ODAC selections since joining the league in 1991-92. Latimer is the Quakers’ 11th Golfer of the Year in 17 seasons and joins SAVIO NAZARETH ’02 and COLIN CLARK ’06 as Guilford’s two-time winners of the honor. He becomes the fourth First Team All-ODAC golf honoree in league history and the second from Guilford.
Latimer helped his case with five top-two performances. The senior has nine top-10 finishes in 10 events this season and leads the ODAC with a 72.58 stroke average in 24 rounds.
Ratner, Guilford’s second ODAC Rookie of the Year, finished among the top-14 at four tournaments this season. His 74.78 stroke average ranks second in the ODAC.
Creghan earned second-team honors after averaging 75.63 strokes in 24 rounds. He stands third on the team in scoring (75.90), sixth in the ODAC, and has six top-20 finishes this year. Creghan is a three-time Academic All-ODAC selection and was recently named the winner of Guilford’s Jack Jensen Ideal Student-Athlete Award and Richard Joyce Sportsmanship Award.
Thomas boasted Guilford’s fourth-lowest scoring average (77.67) in 24 rounds and ranks 17th among ODAC scoring leaders. He had two top-20 performances.
April 28, 2010
Old Dominion Athletic Conference baseball coaches selected ALEX STARBUCK ’10 as honorable mention all-conference.
Starbuck, a 5-10, 170-pound outfielder, led the Quakers’ hitters with a career-high .370 batting average over 36 games and won the team’s McBane Hitting Award. The left-handed batter tied the team record with 17 doubles this season. Starbuck also led Guilford with 51 hits and 29 runs scored, both career highs, and had four homers and 24 runs batted in. He totaled a team-high 17 multiple-hit contests and enjoyed a 13-game hitting streak, Guilford’s longest of the season.
A four-year starter, Starbuck completed his career as a .326 hitter with 14 homers and 87 RBI. He had 50 doubles in 146 games, the second-highest total in team history. His 115 career runs stand 12th all-time at Guilford. Starbuck won Guilford’s 2010 English Athletic Leadership Award, the school’s highest athletic honor, and will graduate in May with a degree in psychology. He is a three-time Academic All-ODAC selection and was voted to the 2009 Second Team ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA All-District 3 squad.
Starbuck helped coach NICK BLACK’S ’02 club to a 14-23 overall record, 5-13 in the ODAC. Black expects 35 letter winners back for 2011.
April 28, 2010
The golf team dropped one spot to No. 4 in the Division III Golf World/Nike Golf Coaches’ Poll. Methodist University, which earned 16 first-place votes, retained the poll’s No. 1 spot, followed by Huntingdon College, Skidmore College and Guilford. Greensboro College was ranked No. 5.
PETER LATIMER ’10 owns the Quakers’ lowest stroke average with a 72.58 over 24 rounds. Recently named the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Golfer of the Year, he was ranked No. 1 in the April 28 Golfstat.com Division III Head-to-Head Player Standings. ODAC Rookie of the Year NOAH RATNER ’13 (74.78) has Guilford’s second-lowest stroke average, followed by BRIAN CREGHAN ’10 (75.88).
Guilford finished second and Latimer, second as an individual, at the ODAC Championships in Cape Charles, Va. The Quakers hope for one of three at-large bids to the NCAA Division III Championships May 11-14, in Hershey, Pa.
April 28 Golf World/Nike Division III Coaches’ Poll
Rank |
School |
(First-place votes) |
Points |
Last |
1 |
Methodist |
(16)
|
424 |
1 |
2 |
Huntingdon |
|
393 |
2 |
3 |
Skidmore |
|
367 |
4 |
4 |
Guilford |
|
366 |
3 |
5 |
Greensboro |
(1) |
362 |
5 |
6 |
Saint John’s (Minn.) |
|
324 |
7 |
7 |
Oglethorpe |
|
321 |
6 |
8 |
Redlands |
|
288 |
9 |
9 |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
|
272 |
11 |
10 |
Illinois Wesleyan |
|
249 |
10 |
April 28, 2010
In May, the Guilford Bookstore is moving to a new location on the basement level of Founders Hall in space formerly occupied by the Student Health Service.
The move begins May 10 and is expected to be completed by May 17. Students and faculty are encouraged to purchase summer textbooks as soon as possible; however, services will be available throughout the moving period.
The relocation is the first phase of work to be completed and should be followed by improvements to the store layout, seating and merchandising this summer.
The existing bookstore space will be used for a new pizza shop, to be completed over the summer.
Thank you for your patience during this transition.
April 28, 2010
SCOTT PIERCE COLEMAN has announced that he will be leaving the Guilford Community this summer. He has served the past eight years as director of the Quaker Leadership Scholars Program and liaison to Career and Community Learning.
Coming to Guilford under the auspices of the Lilly-funded Initiative on Faith and Practice, Scott’s legacy includes the SERVE (Service, Experience, Reflection and Vocation in Education) program, which encouraged faculty to develop curriculum incorporating those elements. He taught several FYE classes, worked vigorously on bringing important speakers to campus, assisted in the creation of panels of significant and relevant topics and kept the concern of community at Guilford in his heart and actions.
Scott and his family will be moving to Colorado in support of his wife Loren’s acceptance into a hospital chaplaincy program. Once the academic year is finished, Scott will be discerning where he is feeling called to serve as they settle in Colorado. He expects to leave Guilford no later than July 31. We wish him well on the next stage of his journey.
April 28, 2010
The B. Davis Scholarship, a general scholarship of $1,000, is available to both current traditional students and CCE students. To submit an application, interested students will need to provide the name of the college attending, a copy of transcripts and a 1,000 word essay on leadership. The applications are due May 28.
For more details on the scholarship, please visit http://www.studentawardsearch.com/scholarships.htm.
For further questions, a representative can be reached at awards@studentawardsearch.com.
April 28, 2010
Recent legislation passed by Congress has resulted in changes to the student loan process. Beginning in Fall 2010, Stafford Loans will be funded by the William D. Ford Direct Loan Program. There will be no changes to the total eligibility for students.
The only action needed will be for students to sign a new promissory note and entrance counseling with the federal government. Please check the Buzz, Beacon, Guilford e-mail and follow the new Guilford College SFS page on Facebook for updates.
