Archive for November, 2010
November 30, 2010
Guilford Shares is our annual giving campaign to support non-profit organizations that serve the environmental, arts, human and social resource needs of our community: Earth Share of NC, the United Arts Council of Greater Greensboro, and the United Way of Greater Greensboro.
Total Donations To-Date: $20,387 (68%% of $30,000 goal)
Total Participation To-Date: 44%% (goal is 50%%; 170 faculty and staff have donated)
“Shares Cup” Trophy Competition: Current Participation Rate by Division. The division with the highest participation will win the coveted Shares Cup Trophy, and have the prestigious honor of hosting this precious award all year. Support your division in the quest for the Cup. The winning division will be the first to have their name engraved in the cup, as we begin a new community tradition.
Advancement & Finance: 74%%
President, Friends Ctr, HR, Campus Life: 73%%
Facilities & IT&S: 49%%
Academic Affairs Staff: 43%%
Social Sciences Faculty: 28%%
Natural Sciences & Mathematics Faculty: 27%%
Admissions & Athletics: 12%%
Arts & Humanities Faculty: 11%%
Bus, Policy, Sports Studies Faculty: 8%%
Give to be entered in weekly drawings for prizes donated by Follett.
Send your donations to Human Resources or to JERRY JOPLIN, SONYA MITCHELL-DUFFY, or BRIAN WENGER (coordinators of our 2010 campaign). They are working with building representatives PAT ANDERSON, BRYAN BRENDLEY, AARON FETROW, MARK JUSTAD, JANET WRIGHT, KYLE DELL, TIM LINDEMAN, SUSAN MCCLANAHAN, LYNN MOSELEY, TOM POLOMBO, JACKIE SMITH, SUZANNE SULLIVAN, and JEFF FAVOLISE. If you have questions or need an additional donation packet, they will be glad to respond.
November 30, 2010
The Bookstore is proud to announce Faculty and Staff Appreciation Day, Friday, Dec. 3, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The bookstore will be offering a 25%% total discount on your purchase of qualifying items with a valid faculty or staff ID.
November 30, 2010
Due to the restructuring in the Office of Student Financial Services (SFS), students with last names beginning with the letters A-C, H, P, R, X-Z have a new SFS counselor effective Wednesday, Dec. 1.
Below you will find the new counselor case loads and contact information:
BRANDI WARDELL Last Name (H,R) 336-316-2410 bwardell@guilford.edu
BEN CARMICHAEL Last Name (A-C, X-Z) 336-316-2165 carmichaelbe@guilford.edu
JEREMI WATKINS Last Name (D-G, O-Q) 336-316-2147 watkinsjw@guilford.edu
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the above counselor.
November 29, 2010
JUSTIN PARKER ’11 has been invited to the second annual D-III Senior Classic, hosted by the Collegiate Development Football League (CDFL). The CDFL is a competitive football league meant to train football players 18-24 years of age for post-high school play. The D-III Senior Classic showcases the top 90 seniors in NCAA Division III with a North vs. South all-star game. Players are invited to play based on application and committee selection. The Senior Classic takes place today at Salem Stadium in Salem, Va.
Parker, a 6-1, 200-pound receiver, recently completed a decorated career for the Quakers. He began his career as a running back for the Quakers, compiling 15 career rushing touchdowns, good for fourth in school history. In his junior season, he began the transition to wide receiver and made a team-high 55 receptions for 493 yards and three touchdowns, which helped him garner Second Team All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) honors. This year, Parker was featured primarily as a receiver. He caught 46 balls for 457 yards and four touchdowns in just seven games because of a knee injury that kept him out of the first three games. Parker’s best game of the season came Oct. 30 at #18-ranked Hampden-Sydney College where he had nine receptions for 109 yards and three touchdowns, accounting for all of Guilford’s scores in the 49-20 loss.
For his career, Parker is tied for sixth in school history with 22 total touchdowns scored in 36 career games. He ranks in the top-10 in school history in several categories, including rushing yards (ninth with 1426), all-purpose yards (ninth with 2800), and receptions (ninth with 138). His 10 rushing touchdowns in 2008 set the school record.
November 22, 2010
DANIEL RHODES, visiting assistant professor in the Justice and Policy Studies Department, was the closing keynote presenter at the North Carolina Chapter of the National Association of Social Worker Fall Conference in Asheville, N.C. on Nov. 21. His presentation was titled “Protecting a Spiritually and Philosophically Balanced Understanding of Ethics in a Litigious Society”.
November 18, 2010
DERRICK KOSGEI ’12 earned Guilford’s first at-large berth to the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships by placing fifth at the South/Southeast Regional Championship meet Nov. 13. He earned one of seven at-large berths in the 280-runner field.
The Division III men’s and women’s national championships will be held Nov. 21 in Waverly, Iowa. Kosgei will compete in the men’s eight-kilometer race.
Kosgei placed fifth in the 156-man regional meet in 25 minutes, 20 seconds, the second-fastest eight-kilometer time in school history. Despite cold and rainy conditions, he led the race up until the final 1,000 meters when race winner Sean Whitson of Virginia Wesleyan College led a charge to overtake Kosgei and deny him his fourth first-place finish of the season.
Guilford’s CHAD NORTON ’14 ran a personal-best 26:00 and took 12th place at the meet, which helped the Quakers finish a school-record seventh among 22 scoring teams.
Kosgei and Norton received All-Region honors. Five of six Quakers’ runners ran personal-best times on the eight-kilometer course.
Coach HEIDI PINKERTON’s harriers entered the meet ranked eighth in the latest United States Track & Field/Cross Country Coaches’ Association regional rankings.
ANNE MOGAVERO ’14 ran the second-fastest six-kilometer time in school history (25:07) in the women’s regional championship race. She placed 89th among 191 runners, seven spots ahead of teammate TAYLOR STOKES ’14, who ran a 25:16.
November 18, 2010
Four men’s soccer players were named All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference and RICHARD PAGE ’13 claimed Guilford’s first ODAC Rookie of the Year honor in the 13-year history of the award.
Page and FREDDY GOMEZ ’13 were named First Team All-ODAC, marking the first time since 2004 the Quakers have had two first-team selections.
DREW GUNTER ’13 earned Second-Team All-ODAC honors while senior JORDAN ALEXANDER ’11 received honorable mention.
Page, a 5-10 midfielder, started all 19 games and totaled three goals and two assists.
A 5-6 midfielder, Gomez started 17 of 18 games and led the Quakers with eight goals and five assists, both team highs. Through two seasons, Gomez has 19 goals and 10 assists. He is Guilford’s seventh two-time All-ODAC pick, having earned Second Team honors last year.
Gunter, a 6-1 defenseman, started all 19 games and posted one goal and two assists.
A 5-11 forward, Alexander started nine of 17 games and finished with a team-high eight goals and three assists. He ranked fourth in the ODAC in scoring. In 49 games over three seasons, Alexander had 19 goals and eight assists.
The team finished 10-6-3 (6-3-1 ODAC), posting its most wins in a season since 2003. Coach JEFF BATESON expects as many as 25 letter winners back in 2011.
November 18, 2010
Adults wanting to learn more about Guilford’s Adult Degree Program are invited to attend an Open House on Friday, Dec. 3, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. in the Hendricks Hall lounge. Advisers and transfer counselors will be on hand throughout the day to provide information about the program and answer questions.
For additional information, visit www.guilford.edu/adults or call (336) C-R-E-D-I-T-S (273-3487).
November 17, 2010
MEGAN SNIDER ’11 recently received a North Carolina Campus Compact Community Impact Student Award for making significant, innovative efforts to address local community needs.
Snider was one of 34 college students statewide to receive the honor, which includes a Volunteer Certificate of Appreciation from Gov. Beverly Perdue.
Snider is working toward a double major in elementary education and religious studies. As a Bonner Scholar, she has performed over 2000 hours of service. Snider helped create the children’s program Change through Art and Theatre (C.A.T.), an afterschool tutorial and enrichment program for students at Jefferson Elementary. Through the program, Guilford students tutor and mentor children and work with issues of social justice through art and theatre projects.
Last year, following the fatal shooting of Winston-Salem’s Sgt. Mickey Hutchens during a response to a domestic violence call, Snider created the organization Beautifully Brave. The non-profit offers workshops on domestic violence for men and women, vigils and a traveling exhibit that will visit several library branches.
North Carolina Campus Compact builds collaborations amongst the state’s colleges and universities and promotes programs to enhance students’ sense of responsibility, citizenship and leadership. For more information, visit www.nccampuscompact.org.
November 17, 2010
On Nov. 11, President KENT CHABOTAR hosted a delegation of about 24 senior officials from Japanese universities to lunch and a workshop at Ragsdale House. Their fact-finding tour from Nov. 8-12 also included visits to the University of Virginia, University of Richmond, Duke University, Elon University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The tour sponsors noted that they wanted to come to Guilford College because of Kent’s financial publications and teaching and our reputation for strategic budgeting. To this point, Kent led a 90-minute presentation on strategic budgeting followed by presentations by Director of Student Financial Services PAUL COSCIA on tuition discounting and by Vice President for Finance GREG BURSAVICH and Associate Vice President JIMMY WILSON on financial modeling.
Other Guilford faculty and staff also participated including Academic Dean ADRIENNE ISRAEL, Professor JIM HOOD, Associate Professor HIROKO HIRAKAWA and Assistant Academic Dean ERIN DELL.
