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  • ĢƵ Professor Wins Third Statewide Poetry Prize in a Week

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – Wayne Johns, professor of English at ĢƵ, has been awarded the 2019 James Applewhite Poetry Prize for his poem “Meditation in a Glass House.” John will receive $250 in first-prize money, and his poem will be published in the 2020 print edition of the North Carolina Literary Review. Final Judge Allison……


  • ĢƵ Staffer Will Serve on Editorial Board of the 2020 World Future Forum

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – Georgieann Bogdan, director of academic accessibility, will serve as a reviewer and associate editor for the 2020 World Future Forum international conference. In that role, she will be reviewing abstracts submitted for possible presentation at the conference. At the 2019 World Future Forum in Chicago, Bogdan gave a presentation on ĢƵ’s……


  • ĢƵ Professor’s Poetry Book Wins Honorable Mention in N.C. Poetry Society Contest

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – L. Wayne Johns, a professor of English at ĢƵ, has won honorable mention for the 2019 Brockman-Campbell Award for his first full-length poetry collection, “Antipsalm.” The award has been given annually since 1977 by the N.C. Poetry Society for the best book of poetry by a North Carolina native or current……


  • ĢƵ Offers Paralegal Certification Prep Program Beginning Aug. 6

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – ĢƵ will offer a paralegal certification education program beginning Tuesday, Aug. 6. The class will meet 6-10 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, as well as on five Saturdays through Dec. 12. Cost is $4,745 on an installment payment plan or $4,500 paid in full. The program is an accelerated course that allows……


  • ĢƵ Offers College Essay Boot Camp Aug. 5-8

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – ĢƵ will offer a four-day program to teach rising high-school seniors how to write better college-entrance essays. The College Essay Boot Camp will be held 9 a.m.-12 noon Monday-Thursday, Aug. 5-8. Cost is $249. The program, limited to rising seniors ages 17-18, is designed to give participants a jump-start on the……


  • John Deere Selects ĢƵ Campus to Shoot Videos Promoting New Equipment

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – ĢƵ has long been known for its beautiful campus. That campus will get a wider audience as tractor and lawn-equipment maker John Deere films promotional videos on campus in July. The company will shoot video in early July of several new pieces of equipment – so new that they might not……


  • ĢƵ Community Mourns the Loss of Senior Matthew Russell Ellis

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – The ĢƵ community is mourning the death of Matthew Russell Ellis, a senior theatre/acting major from Chapel Hill. Ellis died June 24 from injuries sustained in a work accident in Raleigh. He was 21. “Matt was a joy to work with,” said Jo Hall, associate professor of theatre, who works closely……


  • ĢƵ Offers SAT Test Preparation Course Beginning July 22

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – ĢƵ will offer a test-preparation course for students preparing to take the SAT college admissions test, Monday-Thursday, July 22-25. The course runs 9 a.m.-noon daily; cost is $399. Participants must be between 15 and 18 years old. ĢƵ’s SAT Test Preparation class has been created by two teachers whose combined……


  • ĢƵ Democracy Project Becomes Part of New Collaborative

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Reclaiming Democracy Project, a learning initiative begun by ĢƵ and other area colleges, has become part of a new collaborative initiative, Partnerships for Listening and Action by Communities and Educators. Dan Malotky, Lucy H. Robertson Chair of Religion and Dean of the School of Humanities at ĢƵ, is on……


  • ĢƵ Alumna Will Publish Book on Mountain Craft and Folklore Sept. 1

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – Catherine Slusar “Cathy” Buck ’15 has a book coming out Sept. 1 on Appalachian crafts and folklore. “Granny Buck’s Dibs and Dabs: Appalachian Traditions and Magical Ways” covers everything from water witching to candle and soap making, love spells to crossroads and graveyards. It will be available at Barnes & Noble and……


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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.