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  • 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……


  • ĢƵ Offers LSAT Test Preparation Class Beginning May 20

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – ĢƵ is offering a preparation class for the LSAT, the law-school admissions test, beginning May 20. The LSAT Preparation Program covers real questions from prior exams, offers students writing evaluations, introduces the puzzle and games sections of the exam, and provides students with test-taking strategies. The instructor took the LSAT, attended……


  • ĢƵ Names 12 Rising Seniors Student Marshals for 2018-2019

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – ĢƵ has named 12 rising seniors  student marshals for 2018-2019. They are: Timothy Samuel Crowell, a psychology and English & Communication Studies major from Pinnacle, N.C., chief marshal Gwyneth Frances Navey, a history/political science major from Florence, S.C., assistant chief marshal Sarah Elizabeth Bailey, a business administration and economics major from……


  • ĢƵ women’s soccer player joins Puerto Rican national team

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – ĢƵ women’s soccer player Mercedes Fisher is about to get the opportunity of a lifetime. Fisher, a sophomore, has been selected to the Puerto Rican national team and will play in the Concacaf Caribbean Women’s World Cup Qualifier in the Dominican Republic, beginning May 5 when the team opens pool play……


  • ĢƵ Honors Outstanding Musicians

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – ĢƵ honored six outstanding student musicians at the college’s spring Jazz Ensemble concert April 30. The awards and their winners are: Blanche Burrus Piano Scholarship: Natalie Danielle Craven, a sophomore K-12 music education major from Archdale, N.C. Hunt Family Music Scholarship: Ashton Jay Albright, a sophomore K-12 music education major from……


  • ĢƵ Student Newspaper Ties for First Place Nationally for Second Consecutive Year

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – ĢƵ’s student newspaper, The Collegian, has tied for first place nationally for the second year in a row in a contest sponsored by the American Scholastic Press Association. The Collegian tied for first place with the Crestiad of Cedar Crest College in the category of colleges and universities with between 1,001……


  • ĢƵ Announces Creation of the First Citizens Bank Global Communication Center

    GREENSBORO, N.C. — ĢƵ will open the First Citizens Bank Global Communication Center this fall to enhance students’ fluency in 21st-century communication skills and provide support in writing, speaking, and composing with digital media. Named for the college’s banking partner, which funded the initiative, the new center will be located on the garden level……


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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.