Greensboro College Theatre Presents "Sugar" Oct. 20-23

"GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Greensboro College Theatre presents "Sugar," directed by William Perry Morgan-Hall, 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 20-22, and 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Oct. 22-23, in Gail Brower Huggins Performance Center in Odell Building on campus.

Tickets are $10 adults, $8 seniors and non-GC students. Reserve tickets by calling 336-272-7102, ext. 5242, or emailing tickets@greensboro.edu.

"Sugar," with book by Peter Stone, music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Bob Merrill, is the Tony Award-nominated musical based on the film "Some Like It Hot."

"Sugar" chronicles the zany lives of two musicians of the Prohibition era who witness a gang slaying. Forced to disguise themselves as women, they join an all-female orchestra. Memorable music numbers like "Penniless Bums" and "Doin' It for Sugar" are accompanied by the choreography of faculty member Ashley Hyers.

Greensboro College's Department of Theatre seeks to provide a strong foundation in theatre while allowing the student to emphasize in a particular area such as directing, acting, or arts administration.

The coursework is integrated with the production work to provide a better understanding of the many facets of the theatre. Required participation on stage or backstage on all theatre productions allows the techniques and theories that are examined in the classroom and the laboratory to be tested in a performance setting.

For more information on the program, contact David Schram, Jefferson-Pilot Professor of Theatre, at 336-272-7102, ext. 5243, or email schramd@greensboro.edu.  

Greensboro College 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 near downtown Greensboro, 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 a 17-sport NCAA Division III athletic program and dozens of service and recreational opportunities."

- A Press Release

Greensboro College Professor to Speak Sept. 22 at Franciscan Center

Benjamin S. Wall

"GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Benjamin S. Wall, assistant professor of religion at Greensboro College, will speak at noon Thursday, Sept. 22, at a luncheon at The Franciscan Center of Greensboro.

The luncheon is $5; to make reservations, call 336-273-2554. The Franciscan Center is at 233 N. Greene St. in downtown Greensboro.

Wall will speak on "Jean Vanier and the Story of L'Arche," focusing on the themes of welcome, presence, and care as a way of life.

Vanier is a Canadian philosopher, theologian and humanitarian who has published numerous books and founded two international groups that work with and for people with developmental disabilities.

Wall's book on Vanier, "Welcome as a Way of Life: A Practical Theology of Jean Vanier," was published earlier this year by Cascade Books.

Wall holds a B.A. from Southeastern College at Wake Forest, an M.A. and Th.M. from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. from the University of Aberdeen. He joined the Greensboro College faculty in 2015.

Greensboro College 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 near downtown Greensboro, 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 a 17-sport NCAA Division III athletic program and dozens of service and recreational opportunities."

- A Press Release

Greensboro College Names Anna Peluso Assistant Professor of Health Sciences

Anna Peluso, Assistant

Professor of Health Sciences

"GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Greensboro College has named Anna Peluso assistant professor of health sciences.

Peluso comes to Greensboro College from the University of Pittsburgh, where she had been a graduate student researcher with the Physical Activity and Weight Management Research Center since August 2013. She also had been an independent personal trainer in Pittsburgh since 2012.

Previously she was a sales representative for Ferring Pharmaceuticals and had worked as a student physical therapist, an aquatic-development instructor, a graduate student assistant, and a strength and conditioning specialist.

She holds B.S., M.S., D.P.T., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Pittsburgh.

Greensboro College 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 near downtown Greensboro, 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 a 17-sport NCAA Division III athletic program and dozens of service and recreational opportunities."

- A Press Release

Greensboro College Names Ashley Hyers to Theatre Faculty

Ashley Hyers, assistant professor

of theatre and dance

"GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Greensboro College has named long-time adjunct faculty member Ashley Hyers to its full-time faculty as assistant professor of theatre and dance.

Hyers had served as an adjunct faculty member since 1997. In that capacity, in addition to teaching dance classes and choreographing theatre productions, she wrote and implemented the dance minor program.

She also has taught voice and movement classes and Alexander Technique classes in posture and muscle control for actors, and recreational dance in the Department of Kinesiology.

She also has taught on the adjunct faculties of Elon University's Department of Theatre, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro's Department of Dance, and Catawba College's Department of Theatre and Dance and has taught Alexander Technique for musicians at High Point University and the Music Academy of North Carolina.

She taught dance with the Greensboro Department of Parks and Recreation's City Arts Program from 1991 to 2011 and has led workshops at numerous venues including the Southeastern Theatre Conference.

She has performed not only at Greensboro College but also with City Arts, the Livestock Players Musical Theatre, the N.C. Dance Alliance and other organizations.

Hyers holds a B.S. from Wofford College and an M.Ed. from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Greensboro College 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 near downtown Greensboro, 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 a 17-sport NCAA Division III athletic program and dozens of service and recreational opportunities."

- A Press Release

Greensboro College Names Lindsay Lane Assistant Admissions Data Manager

Lindsay Lane

"GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Greensboro College has named Lindsay Lane assistant admissions data manager.

In that role, she will compile and maintain data for the college Office of Admissions and perform other admissions-related duties.

Lane comes to Greensboro College from Pearce Elementary School in Greensboro, where she had been a data manager and provided office support since 2014.

Previously, she had been a graduate assistant teaching high-school health and related courses at the Middle College at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Lane holds a B.S. from Appalachian State University and an M.S. from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Greensboro College 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 near downtown Greensboro, 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 a 17-sport NCAA Division III athletic program and dozens of service and recreational opportunities."

- A Press Release

Greensboro College Names De'Shauna Ottley Residence Hall Director

De'Shauna Ottley

"GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Greensboro College has named De'Shauna Ottley residence hall director.

Ottley comes to Greensboro College from Guilford College, where she had served since February as a program coordinator in the Office of Student Leadership and Engagement.

She previously had been an orientation leader and orientation team leader at the college since 2013 and also had been a First Year Experience peer educator.

She holds a B.S. from Guilford College.

Greensboro College 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 near downtown Greensboro, 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 a 17-sport NCAA Division III athletic program and dozens of service and recreational opportunities."

- A Press Release

Greensboro College Names John Barbrey to Criminal-Justice Faculty

John Barbrey, assistant professor of criminal justice

"GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Greensboro College has named John Barbrey an assistant professor of criminal justice.

Previously, Barbrey served as assistant professor of criminal justice and director of the Homeland Security program at Longwood University in Farmville, Va., and an assistant professor of criminal justice at the University of Northern Colorado.

He also has served as a visiting professor of criminal justice at Armstrong State University in Savannah, Ga., as well as a graduate research associate and graduate teaching associate at the University of Tennessee.

His published work includes examinations of sentencing policy and campus safety efforts.

Prior to entering academia, he was an office manager with the Greenville, S.C., Parks and Recreation Division.

Barbrey holds a B.A. in history from Clemson University, an M.P.A. from Clemson and the University of South Carolina, and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Tennessee. 

Greensboro College 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 near downtown Greensboro, 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 a 17-sport NCAA Division III athletic program and dozens of service and recreational opportunities."

-  A Press Release

Greensboro College Names Brittany Sondberg to Art Faculty

Brittany Sondberg

"GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Greensboro College has named Brittany Sondberg an assistant professor of art.

She joins the full-time faculty after two years as a member of the adjunct art faculty, teaching sculpture and three-dimensional foundations.

Previously she had been a teaching assistant for sculpture and three-dimensional foundations, an art history instructor and a wood studio technician at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and, since 2009, an instructor of metal design at the Sawtooth Center for Visual Arts in Winston-Salem, N.C.

She also has operated her own metalsmithing and jewelry-design business, Copper Chameleon, in Greensboro since 2008 and has served as board member, secretary, vice president, and president of the nonprofit Center for Visual Artists in Greensboro.

She holds a B.F.A. from East Carolina University and an M.F.A. from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Greensboro College 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 near downtown Greensboro, 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 a 17-sport NCAA Division III athletic program and dozens of service and recreational opportunities."

- A Press Release

Greensboro College Theatre Presents "Small Engine Repair" Sept. 1-4

"GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Greensboro College Theatre opens its 2016-2017 season Thursday-Sunday, Sept. 1-4, with a production of John Pollono's "Small Engine Repair."

Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 1-3 and 2 p.m. Sept. 3-4 in the Annie Sellars Jordan Parlor Theatre in Main Building on campus. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for seniors/non-GC students, and may be reserved by calling 336-272-7102, ext. 5242, or emailing tickets@greensboro.edu.

The play, a comic thriller, focuses on former high-school buddies Frank, Swaino and Packie, all now past their prime, who meet after hours one night in Frank's out-of-the-way repair shop under cloudy circumstances that only Frank seems to have a handle on. Enter Chad, a plugged-in, preppy college jock, whose arrival ignites a long-simmering resentment.

The New York Times called "Small Engine Repair" "raw, funny and well-tooled," while the Los Angeles Times called it "a psychological thriller worthy of Hitchcock" and the New York Post called it "tawdry, nasty and fun." LA Weekly said it is "an exquisitely modulated gem of a play, gripping the viewer with a storyline that is both shocking and sobering in its commentary on modern interactions in the technological age."

The play, directed by David Schram, Jefferson Pilot Professor of Theatre at Greensboro College, features adult language and situations and is not recommended for younger audiences.

The rest of the program's 2016-2017 productions include:

• "Sugar," Oct. 20-23
• Four student-directed one-act plays, Dec. 1-4.
• "The Complete History of America (Abridged)," Feb. 23-26
• "Much Ado About Nothing," March 30-April 2
• "Tonin'," April 28-30

Greensboro College's Department of Theatre seeks to provide a strong foundation in theatre while allowing the student to emphasize in a particular area such as directing, acting, or arts administration.

The coursework is integrated with the production work to provide a better understanding of the many facets of the theatre. Required participation on stage or backstage on all theatre productions allows the techniques and theories that are examined in the classroom and the laboratory to be tested in a performance setting.

For more information on the program, contact Schram at 336-272-7102, ext. 5243, or email schramd@greensboro.edu.  

Greensboro College 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 near downtown Greensboro, 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 a 17-sport NCAA Division III athletic program and dozens of service and recreational opportunities."

- A Press Release

Brown Joins Greensboro College as Director of Alumni Programs

Kristen Crutchfield Brown 

"GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Kristen Crutchfield Brown '04 has joined the Greensboro College Institutional Advancement team as director of alumni programs.

Brown graduated from Greensboro College in 2004 with a B.A. in psychology, a minor in Theatre, and a degree from the Honors Program. She worked in Institutional Advancement as a student, making calls during the College's Phonathan. She was also a cheerleader; a Pride Leader; a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, Psi Chi and the InterClub Council Honorary; and a founding sister of Alpha Xi Delta.

Brown graduated from N.C. State in 2006 with an M.Ed. in Higher Education Administration. Following graduation from N.C. State, she worked as assistant director of campus activities and major events at East Carolina University and as assistant director of annual giving and acting prospect researcher at Virginia Wesleyan College.

At Virginia Wesleyan, she was in charge of the Phonathon, the Marlin Athletic Club, individual solicitations, and prospect research for the capital campaign. During her time at Virginia Wesleyan, she also served as the Tidewater Virginia representative member of the Greensboro College Alumni Board.

Brown first returned to Greensboro College in a staff capacity in 2009 as assistant director of annual giving and alumni relations. She was promoted to director of annual giving in 2010, and in 2012 was named director of annual giving and alumni engagement.

Brown left Greensboro College in September 2013, before her second son was born, to be a stay-at-home mom. She worked as a consultant to plan the 2015 and 2016 Alumni Weekends.

Brown is married to Jeremy Brown. They have two sons, Aiden and T.J.

Greensboro College 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 near downtown Greensboro, 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 a 17-sport NCAA Division III athletic program and dozens of service and recreational opportunities."

- A Press Release

Greensboro College, Guilford College Meet in Football "Soup Bowl" Sept. 3 to Benefit Greensboro Urban Ministry

"GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Greensboro College and Guilford College will meet in the 20th annual Soup Bowl football game, 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, at Guilford's Armfield Athletic Center in Greensboro.

Admission to the game is free with the donation of two cans of nonperishable food items. Proceeds will benefit Greensboro Urban Ministry.

Students, faculty and staff also are gathering food donations on their respective campuses before the game.

The annual series, which began when Greensboro College added football as an intercollegiate sport in 1997, has generated donations of more than 80,000 cans of food to benefit Urban Ministry and other regional charities.

Guilford leads the series 11-8 and has won the past three games.

Greensboro College 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 near downtown Greensboro, 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 a 17-sport NCAA Division III athletic program and dozens of service and recreational opportunities."

- A Press Release

Greensboro College Professor Publishes Book on Welcome in Christian Community

Benjamin S. Wall, assistant professor of religion

"GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Benjamin S. Wall, an assistant professor of religion at Greensboro College, has published a book, "Welcome as a Way of Life: A Practical Theology of Jean Vanier."

The book, published by Cascade Books, focuses on the theology of Jean Vanier, the Canadian philosopher, theologian and humanitarian who has published numerous books and founded two international groups that work with and for people with developmental disabilities.

Its publisher says, "It examines how welcome is a sign of community life, the visible expression of individual and communal trust in God's providence, and a conduit of God's presence in the world."

Stanley Hauerwas, Gilbert T. Rowe Professor Emeritus at Duke Divinity School, calls the book "a welcome addition to the growing realization that Jean Vanier and his friends have a lot to teach us about the Lord."

Brian Brock, a lecturer in Moral and Practical Theology at the University of Aberdeen, writes, "Wall shows why welcome and responsiveness must be central to any human community, Christian or otherwise, that we want to label 'caring.'" 

The book can be ordered online at http://wipfandstock.com/welcome-as-a-way-of-life.html.

Wall holds a B.A. from Southeastern College at Wake Forest, an M.A. and Th.M. from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a Ph.D. from the University of Aberdeen. He joined the Greensboro College faculty in 2015.

Greensboro College 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 near downtown Greensboro, 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 a 17-sport NCAA Division III athletic program and dozens of service and recreational opportunities."

- A Press Release

Yearns Joins Greensboro College Fundraising Team

Ellie Puckett Yearns

"GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Ellie Puckett Yearns has joined Greensboro College as assistant vice president for development. As part of the Greensboro College Institutional

Advancement team Yearns will help to plan and implement the college's strategic fundraising programs.

A 2005 Greensboro College graduate with a degree in English/Communications, Yearns has worked at Guilford College since 2006. She has 10 years of successful fundraising experience at Guilford, starting as assistant director of annual funds and rising to senior director of annual giving and finally senior director of philanthropy.

"We are thrilled to have Ellie Yearns join our Institutional Advancement team," said Anne Jones Hurd, vice president and chief advancement officer for Greensboro College. "Not only is she an alumna with a deep love and appreciation for Greensboro College, but she brings a decade of experience in higher education development to our program. Having worked with Ellie in the past, I know firsthand her depth of knowledge of fundraising and strong work ethic. We are fortunate to have her join us as we enter this period of growth in our advancement program."

Greensboro College 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 near downtown Greensboro, 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 a 17-sport NCAA Division III athletic program and dozens of service and recreational opportunities."

- A Press Release

Greensboro College Offers Pottery Course for the Blind

"GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Greensboro College will host a pottery course for visually-impaired people, "Visions in Clay," beginning Wednesday, April 13.

The course is free, but limited to six participants. To register, contact the organizer, Bonnie Hitchcock, at 336-255-6325 or pots4bon@gmail.com.

The course runs 10 a.m.-noon Wednesdays through May 18 in the ceramics room in Cowan Humanities Building on campus.

"Clay is a tactile medium and allows students to see with their hands," says Hitchcock, who operates the Clay Bakery Studio in her Greensboro home and is offering the course along with Greensboro College's Department of Art.

The class will begin with simple hand building techniques before moving on to the potter's wheel and then to glazing the works.

"Creative expression is inherently therapeutic," Hitchcock says.

Greensboro College 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 near downtown Greensboro, 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 a 17-sport NCAA Division III athletic program and dozens of service and recreational opportunities."

- A Press Release

Greensboro College Professor's Book on Sociology of Rock Music to be Republished

Jonathon Epstein

"GREENSBORO, N.C. -- A 1994 book edited by Jonathon Epstein, visiting associate professor of sociology and criminal justice at Greensboro College, will be reissued April 12 by the Routledge academic imprint as part of its Routledge Library Editions: Popular Music series.

The book, "Adolescents and Their Music: If It's Too Loud, You're Too Old," includes 14 essays and an extended, annotated bibliography of sociological popular-music scholarship.

The essays cover such topics as:

• How rock music has been targeted by the cultural elite.
• A case study of a "hard-core scene" in the culture of suburban New York City.
• The deviant lifestyles of early rock performers.
• Examinations of heavy metal and rap as cultural resources in which youth find meaning.

A 1996 review by Robert G. Weiner on Hnet: Humanities and Social Sciences Online said, "This text will, no doubt, be referred to again and again as popular music continues to be a source of study in academia."

Epstein holds B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a Ph.D. from Kent State University in Ohio. He joined the Greensboro College faculty in 2013.

Greensboro College 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 near downtown Greensboro, 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 a 17-sport NCAA Division III athletic program and dozens of service and recreational opportunities."

- A Press Release

Greensboro College Will Host NASA Space Apps Challenge April 22-24

"GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Greensboro College will be a host location for the NASA International Space Apps Challenge in April for the second consecutive year.

The event will take place from 6 p.m. Fri., April 22, to 6 p.m. Sun., April 24, on campus. It is free and open to the public, although participants younger than 16 must be accompanied by a parent. Participants may register online at https://2016.spaceappschallenge.org/locations/greensboro-nc-usa or at the door.

The weekend will begin with a pre-party from 6 to 9 p.m. Fri., April 22, in Lea Center in Main Building, with the Space Apps Hackathon running from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sat., April 23, and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sun., April 24.

On Sunday afternoon, groups will upload their work for judging to determine which groups will go on to international judging. After that, participants will vote for their favorite project to receive the People's Choice award for Greensboro, which will also go on for the chance to get an international prize.

Projects are judged on impact, creativity, product, sustainability, and presentation.

A Kids' Space Apps session also will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sat., April 23.

In addition, registered participants who are interested in learning about working with data files may attend a Data Boot Camp from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 16, on campus. As with the challenge itself, the event is free and the public is invited.

Site leaders this year are Lisha Sterling and Carl R. Knapp of Geeks Without Bounds, a nonprofit accelerator of humanitarian projects, and Deirdre Sommerlad-Rogers, associate professor of sociology at Greensboro College.

The Space Apps Challenge brings together teams of teams of high-school and college students, technologists, scientists, designers, artists, educators, entrepreneurs, and developers at dozens of locations across the globe.

Participants collaborate and engage with publicly available data to design innovative solutions for global challenges on Earth and in space.

Projects this year are sought in six categories: aeronautics, the International Space Station, the solar system, technology, Earth, and Journey to Mars.

The Space Apps Challenge is sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and a variety of government, corporate and nonprofit sponsors.

The project that arose from the 2015 challenge at Greensboro College, an educational software program called Stellar Visage, was among five projects from out of dozens submitted worldwide to be nominated for the challenge's People's Choice Award.

For more information about the challenge, visit  http://2016.spaceappschallenge.org or email Sommerlad-Rogers at deirdre.sommerlad-rogers@greensboro.edu. 

Greensboro College 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 near downtown Greensboro, 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 a 17-sport NCAA Division III athletic program and dozens of service and recreational opportunities."

- A Press Release

Two Greensboro College Students Will Present Papers at State Historians' Conference

"GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Two Greensboro College students have been selected to present papers in April at a conference of the state historians' association.

Sofia Sedergren

Sofia Sedergren, a junior history and political science major from Bromma, Sweden, and Melanie Smith, a senior history and sociology/cultural studies major from Verona, N.J., will present their papers at the North Carolina Association of Historians Annual Conference, April 1-2 at N.C. A&T State University in Greensboro.

Sedergren's paper, "Nationalist Movements and British Foreign Policy, 1904-32," grew out of her work in the college's Nations and Nationalism history course, while Smith's paper, "John Locke and Founding American Doctrine," grew out of her work in the college's History of Knowledge course.

Both courses are taught by Allison Palmadessa, assistant professor of history.

Melanie Smith

Greensboro College 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 near downtown Greensboro, 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 a 17-sport NCAA Division III athletic program and dozens of service and recreational opportunities."

- A Press Release

Greensboro College Graduate Student Will Help Carry Disabled Friend Across Europe

Kevan Chandler. Learn more about his story at WeCarryKevan.com

Kevan Chandler. Learn more about his story at WeCarryKevan.com

"GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Philip Keller, a graduate student in Greensboro College's Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages program, has joined a team that will help carry a friend with muscular dystrophy on their backs across Europe to see sights he otherwise wouldn't be able to.

                                              

Keller and friends Tom Troyer and Ben Duvall are raising money to take Kevan Chandler across parts of France, England and Ireland this summer. Chandler has muscular dystrophy and normally relies on a wheelchair.

Another friend, Luke Thompson, will film and photograph the journey.

Keller says the venture stems from a trip in 2013 when Chandler, a writer and sound editor who belonged to his weekly potluck supper club, told the group it would be fun to accompany them in their "urban spelunking" - "cave exploring" in sewers.

So Chandler's friends took turns carrying the 65-pound Chandler on their backs through the abandoned sewers under the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where Keller had studied as an undergraduate.

Now, the group is  trying to raise $35,000 for the trip to and across Europe to see sights ranging from Samois Ser Siene, France, the winter home of the late jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt, to Skellig Michael, an Irish island that is home to a sixth-century monastery.

The friends plan to carry Chandler on a specially-made backpack frame and care for his needs along the way.

"I have had the opportunity to travel several places in the world, and do so very easily because I am able-bodied," says Keller, who plans to teach in Asia and advocate for refugees after completing his degree.

"However, even many able-bodied people do not strive to reach their dreams. This trip has the potential of inspiring everybody, able-bodied or not. If someone who is as handicapped as Kevan is not allowing his condition to stop him, there is no excuse for anybody."

Keller hopes the documentary film that will be made of the trip will help send that message to a wider audience.

"Through community and by bearing each other's burdens, each one of us can reach heights together that we could not do alone," he says. "Knowing Kevan, and getting trained for this particular journey has already changed me. I am continually inspired by Kevan's joy and zeal for life."

Greensboro College's 30-hour M.A. program in TESOL qualifies graduates to apply for full-time teaching positions in academies and universities abroad -- a requirement that cannot be met by simply obtaining a graduate certificate in TESOL.

For more information about the program, contact director Michelle Plaisance at 336-272-7102, ext. 5285, or email michelle.plaisance@greensboro.edu.

Greensboro College 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 near downtown Greensboro, 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 a 17-sport NCAA Division III athletic program and dozens of service and recreational opportunities."

- A Press Release

Greensboro College Economist Calls Drop in Consumer Confidence "Much Ado About Nothing"

"GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The sharp drop in consumer confidence this month has been driven by short-sighted fear about stock-market collapse, Greensboro College economist William K. MacReynolds said today.

Those data, released today, show that the Consumer Confidence Index declined from 97.8 in January to 92.2 in February.

"It's much ado about nothing," MacReynolds said. "Stocks prices rise and fall.  It's what they do."

The economy's underlying strength, MacReynolds said, should suffice to provide at least 2 percent growth this year.

He acknowledged that there are pockets of concern around the nation because of falling oil prices, but he added that those same decreases have led to falling gasoline prices: "Consumers are quite well off as a result."

The latest stock-market vagaries, he said, do not presage a recession, declined as two consecutive quarters of shrinkage of the economy.

"It takes much more than what has transpired recently to move into recession," he said.

MacReynolds is founding dean of the School of Business and director of the N.C. Center for Economic Prosperity at Greensboro College.

The N.C. Center for Economic Prosperity was founded at Greensboro College in 2015 to gather, analyze and comment on economic data and policies that impact North Carolinians.

MacReynolds has served as a senior economist for the Federal Trade Commission and director of economic forecasting for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

He holds a B.S. in agricultural economics from the University of California at Berkeley and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Southern California. He joined the college faculty full-time in 2014 after having taught part-time here since 2010.

Greensboro College 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 near downtown Greensboro, 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 a 17-sport NCAA Division III athletic program and dozens of service and recreational opportunities."

- A Press Release

Greensboro College's Healing Blues Project Features Concert with Adrian Duke and Lawyers, Guns & Money Feb. 16

Adrian Duke

"GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Greensboro College presents a Healing Blues Project benefit concert featuring Adrian Duke, with special guests Lawyers, Guns & Money, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16.

The concert will be in Mane Stage at the college's Royce Reynolds Family Student Life Center, 1015 W. Market St. (corner of Tate Street). Admission is $10, with 50% of the door going to the Interactive Resource Center, a day center in downtown Greensboro for people experiencing homelessness.

Duke is a singer/songwriter/pianist in the New Orleans musical tradition of Professor Longhair and Dr. John. His music combines elements of New Orleans blues, classic soul, and Americana.

Lawyers, Guns & Money is a Greensboro-based blues band that has been active in the Healing Blues Project since its inception. The band contributed to the project's first CD, "The Healing Blues Project, Vol. 1," and is working on the second CD, currently in production and scheduled for release in early June.

The Healing Blues Project, begun by Greensboro College professors and local musicians, pairs local people experiencing homelessness or related issues such as post-traumatic stress disorder - "storytellers" -- with local musicians to turn the storytellers' life stories into blues songs.

The songs are recorded, with storytellers receiving songwriting credit and royalties; sales of the CDs benefit the Interactive Resource Center. To date, the project has given the center more than $10,000 from CD sales and concerts. 

Greensboro College 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 near downtown Greensboro, 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 a 17-sport NCAA Division III athletic program and dozens of service and recreational opportunities."

- A Press Release