Archive for September, 2012

Guilford Commemorates 50 Years of Integration

“Integration is not just about percentages of X or Y or Z group,” President Kent Chabotar said Tuesday. “It’s how those groups are treated. It’s how those groups have access to power. It’s how those groups have respect.” More

An Interview with Guilford’s First African-American Student

James McCorkleJames McCorkle ’66 seems to be a quiet man, smiling at and shaking hands with the many people who wish to meet him, speaking pleasantly with those who want just a minute of his time. More

Poem by Carolyn Beard Whitlow Wins Sonia Sanchez/Amiri Baraka Prize

Carolyn Beard Whitlow “Birthright,” a poem by Charles A. Dana Professor of English Carolyn Beard Whitlow, has won the 2012 Sonia Sanchez/Amiri Baraka Prize in Poetry. More

Kelli Uresti ’16 Named ODAC Soccer Player of the Week

Kelli UrestiKelli Uresti ’16 has been named Old Dominion Athletic Conference Soccer Player of the Week. She also received Guilford’s Student-Athlete of the Week Award, which is presented by the school’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. More

Jorge Zeballos is Panelist for Latino Education Forum Oct. 2

Jorge ZeballosJorge Zeballos will be a panelist for a community forum, “Latino Education in North Carolina: Barriers and Opportunities,” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2, at Embassy Suites near Piedmont Triad International Airport. He is Guilford’s interim director for diversity training and development and Latino community coordinator. More

Melanie Lee-Brown Named Leadership Fellow

Melanie Lee-BrownMelanie Lee-Brown, associate professor in the Biology Department, has been selected by the Partnership for Undergraduate Life Science Education (PULSE) program as one of 40 Vision and Change Leadership Fellows. More

Registration Opens Oct. 1 for Tickets to Hear Tina Brown

The Bryan Series will present renowned magazine editor Tina Brown at 7:30 p.m. Tues., Oct. 23, at War Memorial Auditorium. More

Sherry Giles Presents Papers at Conference

Sherry GilesSherry Giles, associate professor and chair of the Justice and Policy Studies Department, presented two papers at the annual conference of the International Association of Research on Service Learning and Community Engagement Sept. 24-25 in Baltimore. More

Alumni Association Board of Directors Meets Sept. 30-Oct. 1

The Alumni Association Board of Directors welcomes seven new members when it meets Sunday, Sept. 30, and Monday, Oct. 1, on campus. More

Caroline McAlister Publishes Essay

Caroline McAlister, a lecturer in the English Department, has an essay, “Reading the Reading Girl: From Frances Hodgson Burnett’s Little Editha to Hermione Granger and Her Fans,” appearing in the forthcoming New Media issue of The Looking Glass, an electronic journal about children’s literature.