Guilford celebrates Martin Luther King holiday
On Jan. 17 at 7 p.m. in Dana auditorium, Alma Adams hobbled to the podium, crutch under one shoulder, red flower pinned to the other, and reminded her audience that Martin Luther King's struggle will never end.
Over 100 people arrived to learn about initiative and compassion from Adams, the State House representative for Guilford County since '94 and professor of visual arts at Bennett College.…
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Community Senate's corner space: weekly update
Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle."
"Everybody can be great... because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve.…
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State of the College: A note from President Chabotar
Dear Students:
To those who are returning for spring semester 2005, welcome back. To those new to Guilford College, welcome. I appreciate the opportunity that the editors of The Guilfordian have provided me to let you know some of what's going on. I spent the break away - in my case with family in the Philadelphia suburbs and then in Maine where I really missed the balmy temperatures that North Carolina had - so like many of you I am getting my head back in gear for another semester.…
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College mourns loss of visiting professor Tim Pettyjohn
Guilford professor Tim Pettyjohn died on Jan. 14, following hospitalization near his home in Chapel Hill since Jan. 10. The administration learned of his death the afternoon of Jan. 18. His family has not released details of the situation.
A campus memorial service is tentatively scheduled for Jan.…
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Panel highlights effects of tsunami disaster
Seats filled and doorways became crowded on Jan. 11 as over 100 students and members of the community attended a panel about the earthquake/tsunami that devastated several eastern countries on Dec. 26.
The 7:30 panel consisted of five faculty and staff members.…
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Bush announces increase in federal Pell Grant
In an effort to ease tuition sticker shock, President George Bush plans to ask Congress to raise the maximum amount awarded for the Pell Grant by $100 every year for the next five years, according to a report filed Jan. 15 by CNN.com.
The increase was originally proposed during the 2000 presidential campaign when Bush pledged to raise the grant from a stagnant $4050 to $5100 per student.…
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