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Day: May 13, 2017

  • ĢƵ Names Andrew Mails Outstanding Adult Undergraduate Student

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – ĢƵ today presented Andrew Mails of ĢƵ with the Likins Award, given annually to the outstanding graduating adult undergraduate student. Mails, a sociology major with a 3.9 grade-point average, completed his degree while working full-time as executive director of the University of North Carolina at ĢƵ’s Wesley-Luther Foundation, a community campus……


  • ĢƵ Promotes Long-Time Coach and Faculty Member Jean Lojko in Surprise Announcement

    In a surprise announcement during Commencement exercises today, ĢƵ President Lawrence D. Czarda, Ph.D., said that effective immediately, the college is promoting G. Jean Lojko, associate professor of exercise and sport studies, to full professor. In his citation, Czarda called Lojko “an exceptional member of our faculty” and noted that she had been “a……


  • ĢƵ Confers Honorary Degrees Upon Roy and Vanessa Carroll

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – ĢƵ conferred honorary degrees today upon Roy and Vanessa Carroll of ĢƵ in honor of their service to the college and the community. At the college’s Commencement ceremony, Roy E. Carroll II ’85 received the honorary Doctor of Business degree while Vanessa Yount Carroll received the honorary Doctor of Humane Letters……


  • ĢƵ Names Deirdre Sommerlad-Rogers the 2017-2018 Moore Professor

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – ĢƵ has named Deirdre Sommerlad-Rogers, professor and chair of the Department of Sociology, its Moore Professor for 2017-2018. Sommerlad-Rogers was cited for her high degree of involvement in the education of her students, from organizing off-campus trips to preparing students to compete at national academic meetings. She also was recognized for……


  • ĢƵ Names Maria Madrid Manzano Distinguished Graduate Student

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – ĢƵ named Maria Madrid Manzano the 2017 Distinguished Graduate Student during today’s Commencement ceremony. Madrid Manzano, of Wilson, N.C., received her M.A. in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages today. She amassed a cumulative grade-point average of 3.967, with a perfect 4.0 in her major. Her thesis, “Developing and Maintaining……


  • ĢƵ Names Paul Freeman Its Outstanding Traditional Graduating Senior

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – ĢƵ has named Paul Freeman the winner of the Harold H. Hutson Award, the college’s highest award attainable by a traditional undergraduate student. Freeman, a history major from Winston-Salem, N.C., received the award and his B.A. degree today at Commencement. Freeman was cited for his campus involvement – senior class treasurer,……


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Dr. Josh Fitzgerald, ĢƵ class of 2019

“I loved the GC Honors program and ĢƵ. I felt safe and a sense of genuine belonging at the college. I worked closely with my thesis advisor and professors who helped inspire me to define my path and passion of interest. That path has led me to complete my doctoral studies in Engineering Mechanics.”

- Dr. Josh Fitzgerald, Class of ’19, Mathematics Major

Dr. Josh Fitzgerald earned his master's from Virginia Tech University (studied astrodynamics) as well as earning an Engineering Mechanics Ph.D. He joined the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX as an Advanced Mission Design Engineer, optimizing trajectories for the Artemis II and III missions to return humans to the moon.