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  • Student, Xypher Pino, Receives Community Impact Student Award from North Carolina Community Engagement

    Over the weekend of November 4, ĢƵ student, Xypher Pino, was presented with the Community Impact Student Award by NC Campus Engagement for his outstanding commitment and contribution to civic and community engagement. Xypher was selected as the award winner by ĢƵ administration after careful consideration of the students who made a lasting……


  • ĢƵ Will Host Ukraine Women’s National Wrestling Team

    ĢƵ will host the Ukraine Women’s National Wrestling Team November 16-20. Winners of the 2022 United World Women’s Freestyle Wrestling World Cup, the team is currently spending two months in the United States promoting the sport and sharing the struggles the country is facing at home. Founded in 1838 as a college for women,……


  • ĢƵ Theatre Department Presents: “Let’s Murder Marsha”

    The ĢƵ Theatre Department will be presenting the play, “Let’s Murder Marsha,” from October 19-21 at 7:30 p.m. at the Gail Brower Huggins Performance Center in the Odell Memorial Building on campus. There will also be a 2 p.m. matinee performance on October 21. The show is by Monk Ferris and the production will……


  • ĢƵ to Host Ward Lecturer, Best-Selling Author and Professor, Beth Allison Barr

    ĢƵ is proud to present its Annual Jean Fortner Ward Lecture, featuring best-selling author and professor, Beth Allison Barr, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, October 26, in Hannah Brown Finch Memorial Chapel. The event is free and open to the public, and a small reception at the college’s James Addison Jones Library will be held……


  • $10 Million Planned Scholarship Gift Announced at Homecoming

    At ĢƵ’s Alumni Homecoming celebration this weekend, President Lawrence D. Czarda, Ph.D., announced on Saturday, September 23, 2023, a $10 million commitment from an alumna trustee celebrating her 50th Reunion with the Class of 1973. Lynn Lewis Lane, Class of 1973, and her husband Pat Lane, have increased their planned estate gift to $10……


  • ĢƵ Art Exhibition Features “The Art of Delurk”

    The ĢƵ Department of Art will be hosting a collaborative art exhibition, “The Art of Delurk,” beginning Friday, September 15, 2023, in its Anne Rudd Galyon and Irene Cullis Galleries in the Cowan Humanities Building on campus. The exhibition will run from September 15 – November 16, 2023. A closing reception will be held……


  • ĢƵ Announces Spring 2023 Dean’s List

    ĢƵ is pleased to announce that the following students achieved Dean’s List academic status for the Spring 2023 semester. To qualify, a student must have a 3.5 grade-point average or better for the semester while having taken at least half of their course credit hours at ĢƵ’s main campus. The students are: ĢƵ……


  • Why Boom Supersonic Moving to ĢƵ Is a Big Deal for Aviation

    Boom Supersonic broke ground in 2022 on their new full-scale manufacturing Overture Superfactory in ĢƵ, North Carolina. Given the area’s rich history and involvement with aviation, the decision made a lot of sense. But there were several reasons why the Colorado-based aviation organization, known for designing supersonic airliners, selected the Piedmont Triad International Airport in……


  • ĢƵ Art Department to Host Senior Exhibition

    The ĢƵ Department of Art will be hosting a Senior Exhibition by graduating students, Nigell Isley and Sasha Cline. The show opens during the college’s Showcase Day on April 18 when Nigel and Sasha will be discussing their pieces at 4 p.m. at the Anne Rudd Gaylon Gallery in the Cowan Building. The exhibiton……


  • ĢƵ to host Annual Showcase Day

    On Tuesday, April 18, ĢƵ will be hosting its annual, Showcase Day. The all-day event begins at 8:30 a.m. and the last session is scheduled to end at 5:30 p.m. The college holds such showcases of student scholarship near the end of each semester to celebrate student research, creativity and application, sharing the work……


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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.