ĢƵ

Day: May 12, 2018

  • Retiring Professor Randy Hunt Granted Emeritus Status During Commencement

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – Randy R. Hunt, a professor of exercise and sport studies and chair of ĢƵ’s Department of Kinesiology, was granted emeritus status today during the college’s Commencement ceremony. Hunt, who is retiring, was cited for his 43 years of distinguished teaching, 28 of them at ĢƵ, where he has been a……


  • ĢƵ Awards 2018-2019 Moore Professorship to Allison Palmadessa ’03

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – ĢƵ has named Allison Palmadessa ’03, associate professor of history, its Moore Professor for 2018-2019. Palmadessa was cited in particular for her most recent book, “American National Identity: Policy, Paradigms, and Higher Education,” which has been hailed by scholars for “taking the study of higher education in bold new directions.” In……


  • ĢƵ Names Jaime Alvaro Paredes Paez Distinguished Graduating Graduate Student

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – ĢƵ has named Jaime Alvaro Paredes Paez its Distinguished Graduating Graduate Student. The award, established in 2014, is presented annually at Commencement to a graduating graduate student who has excelled in all areas of graduate studies at ĢƵ and contributes to the life of the program, has expanded his/her own……


  • ĢƵ Recognizes Traci Apple DeCongilio as Outstanding Graduating Adult Undergraduate Student

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – ĢƵ has presented Traci Apple DeCongilio the William Henry and Martha Grant Likins Award as this year’s outstanding graduating adult undergraduate student. The award, named for the 16th president of ĢƵ and his wife, was begun in 1993 upon Dr. Likins’s retirement from ĢƵ.  Established by Dr. Jeanne M.……


  • ĢƵ Names Kelvina Dorcas Dei-Tumi Outstanding Traditional Graduating Senior

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – ĢƵ has awarded the Harold H. Hutson Award, presented annually to the outstanding traditional graduating senior, to Kelvina Dorcas Dei-Tumi. The award, named after the college’s 11th president, the Rev. Dr. Harold H. Hutson, who served from 1952 to 1964, recognizes a student selected by the faculty who: Has developed a……


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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.