Faculty Laurels
In addition to continually working to ensure student success, our faculty act as sound role models by engaging in a variety of significant research and artistic endeavors, and for this, we thank and honor them.
Read some of our faculty's recent accomplishments...
Greensboro College Student Journalists Win Honors in State Contest
Posted: March 11, 2010
Greensboro College Communications Office
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College’s student newspaper, The Collegian, and two of its staffers were honored at the recent N.C. College Media Association conference at Elon University.
Former editor Paul Raker ’09 received a second-place award in opinion writing for his column “The dirty little secrets of the American military,” a critique of the military’s ban on gay men and lesbians’ serving openly. Current Co-Editor David Rushing received an honorable mention in feature writing for his article “Earline Health King: The story almost never told,” a profile of a 96-year-old alumna who took up sculpting as a career at age 50.
Both pieces were published in the Nov. 18, 2009, issue (pdf).
The Collegian, led by faculty adviser Wayne Johns, an assistant professor of English, also received a third-place Best of Show Award, the general-excellence award for newspapers, in the category of schools with enrollment of fewer than 6,000.
The association is sponsored by UNC-Chapel Hill’s School of Journalism and Mass Communications.
Greensboro College is primarily an undergraduate college, also offering four master’s degrees. Coeducational and independent, the institution is located near downtown Greensboro. It was founded in 1838 and is affiliated with the United Methodist Church.
The college enrolls about 1,260 students from about 30 states, the District of Columbia and 21 nations. The school features a strong liberal-arts program and a 16-sport athletic program.
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Greensboro College Faculty Members Lead Sessions at Education Conference
Posted: February 15, 2010
Greensboro College Communications Office
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Two pairs of Greensboro College professors made presentations last week at the Lilly Conference on College and University Teaching, held at the Koury Convention Center in Greensboro.
Sharon Wu and Michael Dutch presented a session on "Applying Self Determination Theory in Teaching: Transforming Student Motivation from an Extrinsic One to an Intrinsic One." Wu is an assistant professor of management. Dutch is an associate professor of business administration, chairman of the Department of Business Administration and Economics, and director of the Executive Bachelor’s Degree Program.
Michelle Lesperance and Robert “BC” Charles-Liscombe presented a workshop on "Using Progressive Disclosure Problem-Based Learning." Lesperance is director and an assistant professor of athletic training and chairs the Department of Kinesiology. Charles-Liscombe is an assistant dean of the faculty, an associate professor of athletic training and clinical coordinator of athletic training.
Other faculty from Greensboro College who attended were Cynthia Hanson, the Fred L. Proctor Sr. Professor of Marketing; Beth Hair, associate professor of special education and director of the Teacher Education Program; and Ann Walter-Fromson, a professor of psychology and director of the Center for Enhancement of Teaching and Learning.
The college was a co-sponsor of the event, whose theme was “Evidence-Based Learning and Teaching.” For more information on the conference, visit its Web site, http://www.uncg.edu/tlc/lillyconference/
Greensboro College is primarily an undergraduate college, also offering four master’s degrees. Coeducational and independent, the institution is located near downtown Greensboro. It was founded in 1838 and is affiliated with the United Methodist Church.
The college enrolls about 1,260 students from about 30 states, the District of Columbia and 21 nations. The school features a strong liberal-arts program and a 16-sport athletic program.
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Media Contact:
Lex Alexander, Director of External Relations
lex.alexander@greensborocollege.edu
You Belong Here!
Greensboro College
815 W. Market St.
Greensboro, NC 27401
336-272-7102, ext. 398
www.greensborocollege.edu
Greensboro College Professor to Speak at Local School's Men's Breakfast
Posted: January 29, 2010
Greensboro College Communications Office
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Jim Langer, assistant professor of art at Greensboro College and an actor of wide range, will be the featured speaker on Saturday, Feb. 20, at the Morehead Elementary Men’s Breakfast in Greensboro. The event has been postponed from its original Feb. 6 date because of expected wintry weather.
Langer, who specializes in drawing and art history, also directs the college’s Anne Rudd Galyon and Irene Cullis Galleries. In addition to his art and teaching, he also has performed in stage productions as varied as Shakespeare, Broadway musicals and physical comedy.
Morehead Elementary School is an arts magnet program. Its annual Men’s Breakfast gathers hundreds of students who attend the school and their fathers or other men important in their lives to strengthen both family ties and Morehead as a community.
The event also serves as a food drive to benefit the Greensboro Urban Ministry Food Bank. The 2009 event drew 8,317 pounds; this year’s goal is 10,000 pounds. Forty pounds will feed a family of four for about two weeks.
Donations of canned food may be left at the school, 4630 Tower Road in Greensboro, in advance of the event. For more information, contact Griff Thompson at 908-5276 or griffanddee@triad.rr.com or Morehead principal Gay Citty at 294-7370.
Greensboro College is primarily an undergraduate college, also offering four master’s degrees. Coeducational and independent, the institution is located near downtown Greensboro. It was founded in 1838 and is affiliated with the United Methodist Church.
The college enrolls about 1,260 students from about 30 states, the District of Columbia and 21 nations. The school features a strong liberal-arts program and a 16-sport athletic program.
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Media Contact:
Lex Alexander, Director of External Relations
lex.alexander@greensborocollege.edu
You Belong Here!
Greensboro College
815 W. Market St.
Greensboro, NC 27401
336-272-7102, ext. 398
www.greensborocollege.edu
Greensboro College Names Four Assistant Deans
Posted: January 14, 2010
Greensboro College Communications Office
Interim President C. Brent DeVore has appointed four Greensboro College professors to two-year terms as assistant deans of the faculty. They are:
- Dr. Robert “BC” Charles-Liscombe, associate professor and clinical coordinator of athletic training.
- Dr. George Cheatham, professor and chairman of the Department of English
- Dr. Lisa Gunther-LaVergne, professor and chairwoman of the Department of Psychology
- Dr. Rebecca Klase, associate professor of political science and director, First Year Seminar Program.
The four, whose appointments take effect immediately, were recommended for the positions by the college’s Academic Council. Each will commit about 10 hours per week to the new duties.
The positions have been created to add to operational stability, functional effectiveness and timely completion of projects in the activities of academic affairs, said Dr. Paul Leslie, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty.
Each of the four will have responsibilities pertaining to defined areas of college operations and campus life. For example, among other things, Charles-Liscombe will work with instructional-technology projects, Cheatham with budgets and financial statements, Gunther-Lavergne with faculty deployment and Klase with faculty colloquia. A complete list of the duties and responsibilities of each assistant dean will be posted at www.greensborocollege.edu/faculty, Leslie said.
Greensboro College is primarily an undergraduate college, also offering four master’s degrees. Coeducational and independent, the institution is located near downtown Greensboro. It was founded in 1838 and is affiliated with the United Methodist Church.
The college enrolls about 1,260 students from about 30 states, the District of Columbia and 21 nations. The school features a strong liberal-arts program and a 16-sport athletic program.
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Media Contact:
Lex Alexander, Director of External Relations
lex.alexander@greensborocollege.edu
You Belong Here!
Greensboro College
815 W. Market St.
Greensboro, NC 27401
336-272-7102, ext. 398
www.greensborocollege.edu
Greensboro College Theatre Department Honored by N.C. Theatre Conference
Posted: January 4, 2010
Greensboro College Communications Office
Greensboro College's Department of Theatre has received its second College/University Award from the N.C. Theatre Conference, making GC the most honored college in the conference's 39-year history.
The conference cited the department; its chairman, Prof. David Schram; and Profs. John A. Saari and Robin L. Monteith for working with it to coordinate the Southeastern Theatre Conference Screening Auditions and the conference's College/University Auditions and Fair. The students, faculty and staff of GC donate hundreds of volunteer hours to coordinate these events and also served as hosts for the state conference's 2007 and 2008 Fall Gatherings.
The college first received this award in 2003.
The Winston-Salem-based N.C. Theatre Conference is North Carolina's organization for professional, community and educational theater. Its board of directors and past presidents present awards annually to companies, schools and individuals for leadership and for artistic, professional and educational excellence.
Greensboro College is primarily an undergraduate college, also offering four master’s degrees. Coeducational and independent, the institution is located near downtown Greensboro. It was founded in 1838 and is affiliated with the United Methodist Church.
The college enrolls about 1,260 students from about 30 states, the District of Columbia and 21 nations. The school features a strong liberal-arts program and a 16-sport athletic program.
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Media Contact:
Lex Alexander, Director of External Relations
lex.alexander@greensborocollege.edu
You Belong Here!
Greensboro College
815 W. Market St. Greensboro, NC 27401
336-272-7102, ext. 398
www.greensborocollege.edu
