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ĢƵ Student’s Paper Wins First Prize at Honors College Symposium

GREENSBORO, N.C. – A paper by ĢƵ student Sofia Sedergren won a first prize in the recent Lloyd Honors College Symposium.

Sedergren, a senior history and political science major and philosophy and ethics minor from Bromma, Sweden, wrote her paper on “Framing Political Debates Based on the Attainment of Women’s Suffrage: The Case of Great Britain, 1916-1930.”

Sedergren is a student in ĢƵ’s George Center for Honors Studies.

The Lloyd Honors College Symposium is sponsored by the Lloyd International Honors College at the University of North Carolina at ĢƵ.

It offers outstanding undergraduates in honors programs at UNCG and other area colleges the opportunity to participate in an academic conference with concurrent sessions. Each student presents a 10-minute paper which is followed by a question and answer period.

Cash awards are given to the authors of the top papers in each of three categories: Arts & Humanities, Sciences & Professional Schools, and non-UNCG papers.

The George Center for Honors Studies at ĢƵ offers opportunities for students to participate in team-taught interdisciplinary honors seminars, independent projects and senior research projects. Approximately 50 students participate in the George Honors Program each year.

For more information, contact center director Neill Clegg Jr. at 336-272-7102, ext. 5288, or email him at cleggn@greensboro.edu.

ĢƵ provides a liberal arts education grounded in the traditions of the United Methodist Church and fosters the intellectual, social, and, spiritual development of all students while supporting their individual needs.

Founded in 1838 and located in downtown ĢƵ, the college enrolls about 1,000 students from 29 states and territories, the District of Columbia, and seven foreign countries in its undergraduate liberal-arts program and four master’s degree programs. In addition to rigorous academics and a well-supported Honors program, the school features an 18-sport NCAA Division III athletic program and dozens of service and recreational opportunities.

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The Collegian:

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.