UNITED WAY FORSYTH COUNTY KICKSOFF 2016 CAMPAIGN

"United Way of Forsyth County kicked off its 2016 Annual Campaign at the 5th Annual Moonlight Madness Run Aug.26, 2016 at Bailey Park. This was the first year that the United Way sponsored Moonlight Madness which had previously been organized by the city of Winston Salem.

The Kickoff event is the start of United Way’s annual fundraising effort and United Way team members, partner agencies and volunteers were joined by more than 590 participants in the Fun Run and 5K race. Sponsors included Windsor Jewelers, Foothills Brewing, Mellow Mushroom, The City of Winston Salem, RAI and The Millennium Center. Over $14,000 was raised from registration fees .

“It’s wonderful how the community supports the United Way mission of building stronger lives for everyone in Forsyth County,” says John Fox, Chairman, First Tennessee Bank Mid Atlantic Region and the 2016 Community Campaign Chair. “We are so fortunate to live in a community where more than 30,000 donors take part in the campaign each year. People in Forsyth County understand the value of investing in education, financial stability, healthier lives and basic needs of our neighbors.  They recognize that when they give through United Way, we can solve problems that none of us can solve alone.”

The theme of this year’s community campaign is “The Why Behind the Way.” The goals of United Way of Forsyth County reach beyond raising money, but also include educating community members about major issues and encouraging involvement.

“Although we’re proud of our successes, such as investing to help increase high school graduation rates from 71% in 2008 to 85.7% in 2016, many individuals and families in our community continue to struggle on a daily basis.  One in three children and one in four adults live in poverty and that impacts every aspect of their lives,” says Fox. “United Way collaborates and invests with partners to tackle the tough challenges and make a real impact.”

United Way’s annual campaign is a vital part of the organization’s work because the funds raised go to support local programs in the community. Last year, United Way Forsyth County funded forty-four local agencies with $10.8 million in funding focusing on the fundamentals of a good life: health, education, and financial stability.

United Way of Forsyth County believes quality of life relies on education, financial stability, health, and basic needs. All four are critical and interdependent to the collective success of our community. United Way of Forsyth County creates positive change in the community by aligning resources and strategic partners to achieve measurable, lasting results. We invest in improving student success and the high school graduation rate, increasing financial stability among lower-income individuals and families, broadening access to health care and prescription medications to the un- and under-insured, and providing critical assistance to those facing immediate crisis. Learn more about our work and rediscover the why behind the way at www.forsythunitedway.org."

- 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

Greensboro College Presents Eighth Annual Schleunes Lecture Jan. 27

LLOYD WOLF

"GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Greensboro College presents the Eighth Annual Schleunes Lecture at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 27, in Hannah Brown Finch Memorial Chapel on campus.

The event is free and open to the public.

The speaker will be Lloyd Wolf, an internationally recognized photographer whose award-winning work has appeared in the pages of National Geographic, Vogue and the Washington Post. His lecture is titled, "Love Will Find A Way: Holocaust Survivor Couples."

His photo essay "Great Love Stories: Holocaust Survivor Couples," published in Moment magazine, won a Simon Rockower Award of Excellence. Wolf has published several photographic collections, including "Jewish Fathers, Jewish Mothers," "Facing the Wall" and "Circles Within Circles."

The Schleunes Lecture is presented annually through the generosity of Richard and Jane Levy of Greensboro in honor of the eminent Holocaust scholar Dr. Karl Schleunes of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

The series is dedicated to providing opportunities for area residents and students to hear nationally and internationally recognized experts present their research on the Holocaust and on issues related to genocide.

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 Six New Members of Board of Trustees

"GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The Greensboro College Board of Trustees has elected six new members, who take office this month for four-year terms. They are:

• Nickolay Bochilo '03 of Alexandria, Va., an executive with Bell Partners and a member of the Greensboro College School of Business Advisory Council.

• The Rev. Dr. Dan Martin of Greensboro, senior pastor of West Market Street United Methodist Church.

• The Rev. Dr. Samuel Moore '87 of Albemarle, pastor of Hickory Grove United Methodist Church and a past district superintendent for the Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church.

• Shannon Scales '01 of Greensboro, mortgage loan counselor and banking officer for BB&T and principal of the Scales Business Group.

• Cindy Thompson of Greensboro, executive director of the nonprofit Boundless Impact and a former executive with Arthur Andersen & Co., The Fresh Market, Wendover Funding/EDS, and United Guaranty/AIG.

• John Tricoli '81, owner and president of Teph Seal, a detail and reconditioning center for auto dealerships.

The Board of Trustees is the governing body of Greensboro College. Members normally are elected for four-year terms and must rotate off the board for at least one year after having served two consecutive four-year terms.

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 Literary Magazine Wins Top Prize in National Competition ... Again

"GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The 2015 edition of Greensboro College's student-run literary magazine, The Lyre, has won first place nationally in its enrollment division from the American Scholastic Press Association for the third time in four years.

"Your magazine shows the superior efforts of talented and creative editors, writers, artists, photographers, layout/graphics designers, and staff members and advisor," the judges wrote.

The magazine took first place in the category of colleges with enrollments between 1,001 and 1,700. It also won first place in the same category in 2012 and 2013.

The magazine's editorial board included:

• Heather Alfano, a senior English major and humanities minor from Elon.
• Catherine Slusar Buck, a 2015 graduate in history from Greensboro.
• Richard D. Cameron III, a senior English major from Jamestown.
• Kady Evans, a senior psychology major from Glenolden, Pa.
• Jessica Quah, a 2015 graduate in music and English from Penang, Malaysia.
• Ethan Smith, a senior English and Communication Studies major from Greensboro.

The magazine's adviser is L. Wayne Johns, associate professor of English. For more information about the college's literary magazine and newspaper, which Johns also advises, contact him at 336-272-7102, ext. 5415, or email wayne.johns@greensboro.edu.

Johns holds a bachelor's degree from St. Andrew's Presbyterian College, an M.F.A. from Georgia State University, and a Ph.D. from Florida State University. He joined the faculty in 2007.

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 President's Essay Included in Book on United Methodist Higher Education

President Lawrence D. Czarda, Ph.D., 

"GREENSBORO, N.C. -- An essay by Greensboro College President Lawrence D. Czarda, Ph.D., has been included in a book on United Methodist higher education published by the association of United Methodist schools and colleges.

The book, "Conversations: Leading United Methodist-Related Schools, Colleges, and Universities," grew out of discussions among 40 leaders in United Methodist education who met in July to reflect on educational leadership in the United Methodist context.

Czarda's essay, "How the Historic Wesleyan Tradition in Education Can Inform United Methodist-Affiliated Institutions," is among seven in the book. Rosalind Fuse-Hall, president of Bennett College, the other United Methodist-affiliated college in Greensboro, also contributed an essay, "Out of Our Caves: Courage for Conversations in the Light."

The book is edited by Nashville author M. Kathryn Armistead and Melanie B. Overton, assistant general secretary for schools, colleges and universities of the General Board of Higher Education Ministry of the United Methodist church.

It is published by the National Association of Schools, Colleges, and Universities of the United Methodist Church. At that group's 75th annual meeting this past February, it approved a call for Methodist institutions to recommit to justice and dignity in 2015 and 2016, both in institutional actions and in "conversations that matter about ideas that matter."

The July meeting that gave rise to the book was a follow-up to that February meeting.

Broadly speaking, the Methodist tradition combines openness to all religious faiths and all who would learn with the notion that faith and reason can and should co-exist.

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 Honors Students Present Their Senior Theses Dec. 3

"GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Four Greensboro College seniors will present their senior honors theses beginning at 3 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3, in the Campbell Lyceum, 109 Proctor Hall West on campus.

The event is free and open to the public.

The presenters are:

• Theatre education major Michaela Richards: "It Stops Here: Changing the Culture Surrounding Sexual Violence on College Campuses."
• English major Heather Alfano: "Linguistic Innovation in Post-Modern Women's Poetry."
• Theatre education major Lilly Allemond: "Sparks and Power: Providing Growth Through Theatre for All Students."
• Biology major Madison Peregoy: "Factors Contributing to the Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome."

The George Center for Honors Studies is a program designed for students who have a high level of intellectual ability and motivation. It stresses interdisciplinary teaching, learning, and research in both the traditional liberal arts and professional programs.

The Honors Program emphasizes close interaction with faculty through interdisciplinary and team-taught honors seminars and an in-depth senior project or thesis. For more information, contact director Neill Clegg at 336-272-7102, ext. 5288, or email cleggn@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

YES! Weekly Donates $15,000 in Advertising to Greensboro College's Healing Blues Project

"GREENSBORO, N.C. -- YES! Weekly, a Piedmont Triad-based arts and entertainment publication, has agreed to donate $15,000 worth of advertising to an effort organized by Greensboro College to benefit the homeless.

The advertising will support and promote the college's Healing Blues Project, which seeks to raise money to benefit the nonprofit Interactive Resource Center, a day center in downtown Greensboro for people dealing with homelessness and related issues.

The Healing Blues Project unites local homeless people, called "storytellers," with area musicians, including the Piedmont Blues Preservation Society, to turn the storytellers' life stories into blues songs. A CD of the songs was released in October 2014.

The Healing Blues Project Vol. 2, which will include both songs and spoken-word compositions, is scheduled to be released in June 2016.

Proceeds from sales of the CDs, as well as concert performances of the music, benefit the Interactive Resource Center. Storytellers also receive songwriting credit and a portion of the royalties.

"The Healing Blues Project is something that is near and dear to my heart," YES! Weekly publisher Charles Womack said. "As a long-time supporter of the Piedmont Blues Preservation Society and the annual (blues) festival, a blues music fan and someone who wants to do anything and everything I can to help those in need, this is something we wanted to get behind in a big, big way."

He added, "It made sense to me that promoting and creating awareness of The Healing Blues Project to the generous and caring readers of YES! Weekly would make a significant impact and bring in some needed donations."

Kim Thore, the college's marketing director, says the college will use the advertising to promote Healing Blues benefit concerts and the release of the Healing Blues Vol. 2 CD.

"We are very grateful for this support from YES! Weekly," Thore said. "Advertising is very important to the success of any project, and this gift will help ensure that the Greensboro community and beyond are informed of all of the exciting events that will be coming from this next phase of the Healing Blues Project."

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 Presents 50th Annual Festival of Lessons and Carols Dec. 6

"GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The Greensboro College Department of Music presents the 50th Annual Festival of Lessons and Carols at 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6, in Hannah Brown Finch Memorial Chapel. The event is free and open to the public.

The candlelit Advent worship services includes Scripture readings, liturgy, and performances by the college's vocal and instrumental musicians under the direction of Jonathan P. Brotherton, professor of music.

The tradition was brought to Greensboro College from King's Chapel, Cambridge, England, by the late Dr. James Hull, Jefferson-Pilot Professor of Religion and Philosophy.

The service is designed to symbolize the bond between the academic community and the city, and peace within the whole church, as well as the joy and the worship of all during the holiday season.

A reception will be held afterward in Lea Center in Main Building, adjacent to the chapel.

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 Presents Musicians' Honors Convocation Dec. 3

"GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The Greensboro College Department of Music presents the Musicians' Honors Convocation at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3, in the Gail Grower Huggins Performance Center in Odell Building on campus.

The event is free and open to the public.

The convocation features performances by music students in the college's George Center for Honors Studies. Instrumental and vocal performances will include sacred and secular, classic and modern works.

The college Department of Music focuses primarily on developing musical skills, musical understanding, performance, teaching skills and music appreciation. The department strongly supports the liberal arts curriculum necessary for students to function as educated, responsible citizens as well as to communicate effectively as musicians and teachers.

At Greensboro College, students may pursue the Bachelor of Arts in Music, the Bachelor of Science in Music, the Bachelor of Music Education, or a Certificate of Church Music. Music majors also may concentrate in either contemporary improvisation or digital music production.

For more information on the department, contact chair Jane McKinney, professor of music, at 336-272-7102, ext. 281, or mckinneyj@greensboro.edu.

The college's Honors program, housed in the George Center for Honors studies, includes four years of special curricular and extracurricular opportunities and an emphasis on intellectual and personal development.

Coursework is exclusive to the Honors Program and team-taught by two professors in the classroom. Courses are interdisciplinary in nature, meaning participants study the human condition in all its dimensions: traditional studies in classical literature and philosophy will incorporate views of the social sciences and the arts.

The Honors curriculum is dedicated to intellectual development through pursuit of academic excellence in the dual traditions of the liberal arts and the Judeo-Christian faith. For more information on the program, contact Neill Clegg, program director and associate professor of music, at 336-272-7102, ext. 5288, or cleggn@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's Healing Blues Project Announces Second Benefit CD

Art Professor Ted Efremoff, one of the

founders of the Healing Blues Project

"GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Greensboro College's art and music departments, along with other faculty, staff, students, and area musicians, plan to produce and sell a second Healing Blues Project CD to raise awareness of and money to fight homelessness.

The first Healing Blues CD, released in October 2014, featured blues and blues-related songs whose lyrics were built from the true stories of persons experiencing homeless, with local musicians providing the music. The participating storytellers received songwriting credit with the professional songwriters.

The proceeds benefited the Interactive Resource Center, a day center in downtown Greensboro for people experiencing homelessness or who are at imminent risk of homelessness.  Guests of the IRC may shower, do laundry, receive medical care, as well as case management and assistance in looking for jobs.  The first Healing Blues album raised more than $10,000 for the IRC. 

Vol. 2 will feature both songs and spoken-word compositions, says Greensboro College music professor Dave Fox, one of the originators of the Healing Blues Project and producer of the first CD. Release date for the second CD will be June 2016.

Collaborating on the project will be art professor Ted Efremoff, another of the Healing Blues originators, who has moved from Greensboro College to Central Connecticut State University. The idea for the Healing Blues grew out of Efremoff's efforts in the area of social-practice art.

Initially, Efremoff had responded to a call for artists to create blues-themed art installations, designed to bring attention to the Piedmont Blues Preservation Society's Carolina Blues Festival. The society was immediately struck by the concept and scope of Eftremoff's idea and became a partner in the project, providing musician names and other support.

The musicians who provided their talents, along with many who did not take part in Vol. 1, will be contributing to the project.

"We all had such a great time making the first album that we're inviting the original musicians and songwriters to help out again," Fox says. "Plus, we're opening the doors to many new collaborators." 

Vol. 2 will be partially funded by a project-support grant from the local nonprofit ArtsGreensboro to the Interactive Resource Center.  Fox says a series of benefit concerts in support of sales of the new CD is being planned.  Downloads and hard copies of the first CD, which received critical acclaim from reviewers in the United States and Europe, are still available for sale.

"We want to raise even more awareness about homelessness in Greensboro," Fox says, "and we want to get even more people involved in working toward a solution." 

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: Third-Quarter Growth About as Expected

"Today's preliminary government estimate of 1.5 percent annual economic growth in the third quarter of 2015 is in line with previous predictions of long-term government growth, a Greensboro College economist says.

William K. MacReynolds, founding dean of the School of Business and director of the N.C. Center for Economic Prosperity at Greensboro College, said today's report was no surprise.

The report "is consistent with the longer-term growth potential for the economy of 2.0 percent," MacReynolds said.  "In fact, compared to the third quarter one year ago, GDP has grown by exactly 2.0 percent."

MacReynolds noted that the report also found a "healthy" 3.5 percent real increase in disposable household income, which has led to increases in both personal savings and consumption.

"The added savings is a sign that future consumption can be maintained as households are paying down debt and becoming more prepared to fend off any future loss of income and jobs," he said.

Inflation remained low at 1.2 percent, he said. The one cloud on the horizon is that current-dollar GDP grew by just 2.7 percent.

Because federal income taxes are collected from current-dollar GDP, MacReynolds said, "previous estimates of federal tax revenue are likely overstated," meaning that future deficits could be higher than predicted.

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 Presents Tannenbaum-Sternberger Colloquium on Older Adult Learners Nov. 12

"Greensboro College presents a colloquium, "Invisible Victims of Social Injustice: The Older Adult Learner," at 3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, in the Campbell Lyceum, 109 Proctor Hall West on campus.

The event is free, and the public is invited.

The speaker will be Dr. Galeana D. Alston, coordinator of the M.S. in Education program at N.C. A&T State University. A question-and-answer session will follow her program.

The event is part of the 2015 Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation Colloquium Series at Greensboro College. Colloquia during the 2015-2016 academic year have been organized around the theme of social justice.

For more information about the colloquia, contact Paul Leslie at 336-272-7102, ext. 5282, or email lesliep@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 Names Daryl Bruner Study-Abroad Advisor

Daryl Bruner 

"GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Greensboro College has named Daryl Bruner to a three-year term as study-abroad advisor.

In that role, Bruner will oversee the college's study-abroad program and maintain the exchange relationships Greensboro College has with universities in England, Northern Ireland, and Germany.

For more information about Greensboro College's study-abroad opportunities, contact Bruner at 336-272-7102, ext. 5591; email him at daryl.bruner@greensboro.edu, or visit https://www.greensboro.edu/study-abroad.php.

Bruner is director of academic accessibility and an instructor of counseling at Greensboro College. He holds a B.A. from Eastern Michigan University and an M.A. from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He joined the college staff 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

Tannenbaum-Sternberger Colloquium Series at Greensboro College Presents "Breaking the Cycle of Poverty" Friday, Oct. 16

"GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The Tannenbaum Sternberger Colloquium Series at Greensboro College presents, "Breaking the Cycle of Poverty: How Institutions of Higher Education and Community Agencies May Partner to Eradicate Poverty," at 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16.

The event, to be held in the Campbell Lyceum, 109 Proctor Hall West on campus, is free and open to the public.

The speaker will be Michelle Gethers-Clark, president of the United Way of Greensboro. A question-and-answer period will follow her presentation.

In February, the National Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities of the United Methodist Church approved a statement (which can be read at https://www.greensboro.edu/history.php) calling on its member institutions to both foster conversations on social-justice issues and take institutional actions to more fully foster human dignity during 2015 and 2016.

The colloquium is the second of six scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year, all involving the themes of social justice and human dignity. The remaining four are:

• "Invisible Victims of Social Injustice: The Older Adult Learner," presented by Galeana D. Alston, Coordinator, M.S. in Adult Education Program at N.C. A&T State University, 3-4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12.

• "Stories from Behind the Wall: Children's Mental Health as a Social Justice Issue," presented by Elin Widdifield '85, 3-4:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19, 2016.

• "What Economics Tells us About Social Justice," presented by William K. MacReynolds, director, the N.C. Center for Economic Prosperity and founding dean, School of Business, Greensboro College, 3-4:30 p.m. Friday, March 18, 2016.

• "Social Justice and the Work of Foundry United Methodist Church in Washington, D.C.," presented by the Rev. Ben Roberts '10, Director of Social Justice Ministries, Foundry United Methodist Church, Washington, D.C., 3-4:30 p.m. Friday, April 8, 2016.

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 Presents Cartoon/Art Exhibit Oct. 21-Nov. 14

"The Greensboro College Department of Art presents an exhibit of cartoons and other humorous visual art, "You Can't Be Serious: Making Fun for a Living, " Oct. 21-Nov. 14 in the Anne Rudd Galyon and Irene Cullis Galleries on campus.

The opening reception will be 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, in the galleries. Regular gallery hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m.-noon Saturdays. Admission is free, and the public is invited.

The presenting artists are Harry Blair, Rich Powell, Rich Lynes, and Jim Langer. Blair and Powell are local cartoonists whose work has appeared nationally. Lynes worked many years for Disney Animation and various merchandizing ventures through Disney, as well as for Warner Bros. cartoons.

Langer, the chairman of Greensboro College's Department of Art, frequently incorporates caricature into his own work.

Greensboro College's Department of Art offers the B.A. or B.S. in Art and the B.A. in Art Education. The program, with individual attention to students, combines classic art principles with the liberal-arts foundations of diverse branches of inquiry, including both science and the humanities, so that students can incorporate as much of the world as possible into their own art-making.

For more information about Greensboro College's art program, contact department chair Langer at 336-272-7102, ext. 5361, or email langerj@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 Names Lance Pickeral '10 Instructor of Kinesiology

Lance Pickeral

"GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Greensboro College has named Lance Pickeral '10 an instructor of kinesiology.

Pickeral comes to Greensboro College from North Davidson (N.C.) Middle School, where he had taught health and physical education since 2011. He also had coached basketball and been an assistant football coach there since 2012.

Previously, Pickeral had served as head basketball coach at First Christian Academy and the Paisley Magnet School.

Pickeral holds a B.S. in physical education from Greensboro College and an M.S.Ed. from Canisius 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 1,150 students from 26 states, the District of Columbia and 10 nations 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 Caryn Atwater Director of Career and Personal Development

Caryn Atwater

"GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Greensboro College has named Caryn Atwater Director of Career and Personal Development.

She comes to Greensboro College from N.C. A&T State University, where she had been a lecturer and academic advisor for the Center for Academic Excellence since 2008.

Prior to that, she had worked as an honors-college program advisor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, manager of the business honors program and a career counselor at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, and a high-school school-to-career consultant in New Hampshire.

She holds a B.S. in marketing from Long Island University/C.W. Post and a master's in early modern European history from Tufts University. She also holds graduate certification from N.C. State University in online teaching and designing instructional systems.

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 1,150 students from 26 states, the District of Columbia and 10 nations 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