Greensboro College

Greensboro College is a four-year, independent, coeducational liberal-arts college in Greensboro, North Carolina. It is affiliated with the United Methodist Church and was founded in 1838 by Rev. Peter Doub. The college enrolls about 1,000 students from 32 states, the District of Columbia, and 29 countries.

Greensboro College
MottoPalma non sine pulvere (Latin)
Motto in English
(lit. No palm without dust), No reward without effort
TypePrivate liberal arts college
Established1838 (1838)
FounderRev. Peter Doub
Religious affiliation
United Methodist Church
PresidentLawrence D. Czarda
Academic staff
45 (FT)
Students1,300
Location
Greensboro
,
North Carolina
,
United States
Campus80 acres (320,000 m2)
AthleticsNCAA Division III – USA South
AffiliationsIAMSCU
MascotThe Pride
Websitegreensboro.edu

History
Main Building

The first college to open its doors within the town of Greensboro was the woman's college, Greensboro Female College. The school occupied a 25-acre (100,000 m2) campus near the heart of the city within what would become the College Hill Historic District. The institution had its origin in 1833, when the Greensboro Female College was organized as an institution for local children. It was the intent of the Rev. Peter Doub that the institution grow to serve women.[1]

Through the Methodist Church, a charter was secured in 1838, an event which makes the college one of the oldest institutions of higher education for women in the United States. The college became coeducational in the late 1950s.

The cornerstone of the first building was laid in 1843, and in 1846 the institution opened its doors to students. Young women came from many southern states to become the first classes of the new president, the Rev. Solomon Lea, and his faculty.[2]

Campus
Finch Memorial Chapel

Located in the College Hill Historic District of Greensboro, North Carolina, the College's properties include several buildings of interest. Most are red-brick buildings built in a neoclassical revival or colonial styles. However, the most historic buildings are located around the campus quadrangle.

The oldest building and the administrative center of Greensboro College is the Main Building, housing the offices of the president, senior administrative officers, and important departments. The building also hosts the Brock Historical Museum, which displays artifacts relating to the history of the College as well as its relationship with the United Methodist Church.

The Finch Memorial Chapel was built in 1954 and is the worshiping heart of the College community. It is named after Hannah Brown Finch, an 1885 graduate and wife of Thomas J. Finch, the latter of whom was involved with Thomasville Furniture Industries and politics. Chapel services are held every Thursday.

The J.A. Jones Library is the bibliographic heart of the College community. Named after James Addison Jones, it houses the College's library collections. The building houses the Levy-Loewenstein Holocaust Collection and the First Citizens Bank Global Communications Center.

The Cowan Humanities Building houses the offices of the Art and English/Communications, as well as a large lecture hall and several art galleries, including the Anne Rudd Gaylon Gallery, the Irene Cullis Gallery, and the LIFT Gallery. The building is also home to Middle College.

The Odell Building houses the offices of the performing arts departments, such as Theater and Music. It also has the Huggins Performance Center.

Proctor Hall houses the offices of most academic departments while also containing classrooms and seminar rooms of various sizes.

Academics
J.A. Jones Library
Proctor Hall - West
George Center for Honors Studies

Academic programs are organized across five different schools, the School of Arts, the School of Business, the School of Humanities, the School of Science and Mathematics, and the School of Social Sciences and Education. Greensboro College offers four undergraduate degrees - Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Business Administration, Bachelor of Music, and Bachelor of Science - across 35 undergraduate majors and 26 minors. The academic calendar consists of two semesters and a summer-school session. Full-time undergraduates must carry a minimum academic load of 12 credit hours per semester.

Additionally, the College offers five graduate degrees (masters-level):

  • Master's of Education in Birth-Kindergarten Education; Elementary Education; or Special Education/General Curriculum
  • Master's of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL).
  • Master's of Arts in Theology, Ethics, and Culture.

Honors Program and Academic honor societies

The George Center for Honors Studies welcomes accepted students whose high school GPA is at least 3.65 and whose SAT score is at least 1240 or ACT Composite score is at least 26. They are interviewed prior to being determined for suitability for the program. Honors students are privy to certain courses that are team-taught by two professors and must complete a thesis to graduate. The student committee of the program also organizes extracurricular activities and outings for Honors students. The Honors Program is housed in the Honors House, just north of the Cowan Humanities Building.

Greensboro College also has local chapters of the following national honor societies:

Athletics
Hanes Physical Education Building

The Pride's athletic program competes in the NCAA's Division III and the USA South Athletic Conference. It offers 17 intercollegiate sports. Men's sports include baseball, basketball, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, swimming, wrestling and tennis. Women's sports include basketball, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis and volleyball.

The men's golf team has twice won the Division III national championship, in 2000 and 2011.

The men's soccer team was NCAA Division III runner-up in 1989 when they lost 2-0 to Elizabethtown College. Women's soccer saw one of their own players, Mercedes Bauzá, chosen to play for the Puerto Rico women's national football team in 2018.[4]

As of the beginning of the 2011–2012 school year, 77 Pride student-athletes had been named All-Americans and 26 had been named Academic All-Americans. [5]

Middle College
Cowan Humanities Building

Greensboro College Middle College (GMC) is a high school program on the campus of Greensboro College located in Greensboro, North Carolina. It schools the 11th and 12th grades, and allows students to finish their high school career while earning college credit. GMC's main focus is to provide a more flexible learning environment for students previously unsuccessful or dissatisfied with traditional high school. As of the 2011–2012 school year, there are about 120 students enrolled.

Notable Alumni

Notes
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-10-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Arnett, Ethel Stephens. Greensboro, North Carolina; the County Seat of Guilford. Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 1955. p. 102
  3. "Greensboro College Undergraduate Academic Catalog 2011-2012" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-24.
  4. "Fisher Named To Puerto Rican National Team For World Cup Qualifier". Greensboro College Athletics.
  5. "Greensboro College Sports".
  6. https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/20/politics/carolyn-maloney-elected-house-oversight-chair/index.html
  7. https://ir.redlion.com/board-directors/r-carter-pate
  8. https://utsnyc.edu/about/administration/fred-davie/
  9. https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/06/new-faculty-deans-announced-for-five-houses/
  10. http://airandspace.si.edu/staff/jeremy-kinney

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