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Building a Sustainable Future Our Long-Standing Commitment to Stewardship
MAGAZINE
Friends, GUILFORD COLLEGE LEADS BY EXAMPLE in our commitment to sustainability, which is closely linked to the College’s Core Value of stewardship. Why does this matter? A multifaceted commitment to sustainability can support greater economic resilience for individuals throughout their lifespan and for the communities in which they live. Our students learn about this directly within our curriculum and beyond, as Guilford demonstrates our commitment to a future that this generation of students will see in coming decades. As one of the nation’s most environmentally responsible colleges, Guilford leads in so many ways: • 430 energy conservation measures that have been implemented • 196 thermal solar panels that produce 9,000 gallons of hot water daily PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIANS DORIS K E ARNS GOODWIN AND MARK UPDEGROV E, P I C T U R E D W I T H P R E S I D E N T J A N E , W E R E F E AT U R E D I N T H E G U I L F O R D C O L L E G E B R YA N S E R I E S I N N O V E M B E R . M A R K , W H O AT T E N D E D G U I L F O R D F O R T W O Y E A R S I N T H E 1 9 8 0 S , I S P R E S I D E N T A N D C E O O F T H E LY N D O N B A I N E S J O H N S O N F O U N D AT I O N .
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
• A farm that is a learning laboratory and supplier of produce to campus and community • A commitment to a carbon-neutral campus by 2043 Among nearly 12,000 prospective students and parents The Princeton Review surveyed for its 2019 College Hopes & Worries Survey, 64 percent said knowing a college's commitment to the environment would influence their decision to apply to or attend the school. The Princeton Review stated: "We salute — and strongly recommend — Guilford College to the many environmentally minded students who want to study and live at a green college.” In the cover story for this issue of Guilford College Magazine you will read about some of our unique and collaborative classes related to sustainability, including Permaculture Design Certification, Wild Foraging and Food and Faith. Strengthening student internship opportunities is a priority of The Guilford Edge. In this issue you will read about Noah Jackson’s ’20 internship with the Center for Environmental Farming Systems in which he learned about sustainable agriculture and community food systems from a broad systems perspective, his experience with our Sustainable Food Systems program
and what he plans to do after graduating in May. We’ll take a look at the remarkable work of faculty and alumni in the sustainability field. Professors Kyle Dell and Marlene McCauley are working with a colleague at N.C. A&T State University to research and publish curricula in Sustainable Food Systems. Seren Homer ’17 helped complete Guilford’s STARS (sustainability, tracking, assessment and reporting) tool her senior year and now works with a local environmental consulting company. Environmental consciousness is a key marker for strong economic sustainability of communities. Our students long to create this kind of meaning in their lives and the ways they live. Guilford is already offering stellar opportunities for learning and practicing one of this century’s most important commitments of stewardship. We’ll celebrate philanthropic support that is driving Guilford’s progress to become a nationally recognized college of distinction. This includes a deferred gift from Charlie and Mary ’45 Routh for a professorship solely focused on Quakerism, as well as a 3-weekterm course about Quaker testimonies and service. Also, descendants of John Thomas Subak created an emergency fund for students and the Edward M. Armfield Sr. Foundation awarded the College a large, four-year grant to support improvements to Hege-Cox Hall and other aspects of The Guilford Edge. In this issue of the magazine, you’ll read about our latest Alumni Award winners, a group of 11 alumni who have made their marks in many ways since they graduated
IN THIS ISSUE
April 2020 On the Cover M A R L E N E M C C A U L E Y, C H A R L E S A . D A N A P R O F E S S O R O F G E O L O G Y A N D S U S TA I N A B L E F O O D S Y S T E M S , A N D H O L LY P E T E R S O N , A S S I S TA N T P R O F E S S O R O F G E O L O G Y, C O - L E A D AN OUTDOOR GEOLOGY L AB IN THE GUILFORD WOODS / PHOTO BY JENNA SCHAD
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Bryan Series Legacy Society
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The Edge in Action
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Athletics Report
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Our Commitment to Sustainability
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Learning Collaboratively
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Student Internships
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Faculty Collaboration
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Alumni Profile
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Faculty Stars
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Alumni Awards
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Alumni Engagement
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Community Notes
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Remembering Guilfordians
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The Impact of Philanthropy
from Guilford. For the first time this year we will salute one alumnus with a Lifetime Achievement Award. There is so much for Guilfordians to be enthused about at this moment in time at Guilford College. For that reason I am excited to invite you into a new level of engagement with the College as we build our sustainable future together.
Jane K. Fernandes President
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THE EDGE IN ACTION PHOTOS BY JENNA SCHAD
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s part of the new Guilford Edge curriculum, students participated in a number of collaborative and experiential classes over the 12-week term. Classes included
Forensic Chemistry, Music Theory, Design of Objects, and Structural Geology. At the end of the Spring 2020 semester, students will embark on another 3-week intensive term, which may take them around the world or to their own backyard.
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PHILANTHROPY
WELL GIFTED
Three recent significant gifts will make an enduring impact on Guilford College.
John Thomas Subak Emergency Fund THE JOHN THOMAS SUBAK EMERGENCY FUND was established in March 2019 to aid students in good standing who are facing financial emergencies. John Thomas Subak was born in the Czech Republic, but fled the Nazi occupation in the early 1940s. After serving in the U.S. Navy, John attended Yale University and Yale Law School. He became a successful attorney in Philadelphia, finishing his career as a Group Vice President and Director at Rohm and Haas. “(My father) always felt that educational opportunity was one of the most important T H E H E G E - C O X A R T B U I L D I N G AT R I U M A N D G A L L E R Y S PA C E W I L L S H O W C A S E W O R K S B Y S T U D E N T S , FA C U LT Y A N D O T H E R TA L E N T E D A R T I S T S .
gifts he got when he arrived here,” said Jane Kennedy. Jane, her daughter Hannah K. Moran ’11 and husband Steve, former Director of the Office of Student Leadership & Engagement at
Edward M. Armfield, Sr. Foundation THE EDWAR D M. AR MFIELD, SR. FOUNDATION OF GR EENSBORO
Guilford, created the Subak Emergency Fund in celebration of John’s legacy for empowering others by providing access to education. In its first year, the Fund has helped dozens
awarded Guilford College an $800,000 grant over a four-year period in support
of students in crisis — from affording a cap
of improvements to the Hege-Cox Art Building and implementation of other
and gown for graduation to catching up on
aspects of The Guilford Edge.
rent and paying medical bills.
Edward M. Armfield, Sr., a native of nearby Asheboro, and long-time resident of Greensboro, was the Founder, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Armtex, Inc., a textile company. At his death, the Edward M. Armfield, Sr. Foundation was organized to make gifts in Surry, Randolph and Guilford counties, with a focus on supporting education. “The Edward M. Armfield, Sr. Foundation is very pleased to provide grant support to Guilford College for improvements to its art building and for its very innovative new academic initiative, The Guilford Edge,” said Mindy Oakley, Executive ADAIR ARMFIELD 6 | W W W. G U I L F O R D . E D U
Director of the Foundation.
STEVE AND HANNAH '11 MORAN
Charles A. and Mary K. ’45 Routh
for service learning trips and connect students to Quaker communities around the world. This professorship
CHAR LIE AND MARY ’45 ROUTH
marks Guilford College’s place as a
OF GR EENSBORO, long-time friends
global leader in undergraduate Quaker
and benefactors of Guilford College,
studies and leadership formation.
have made a deferred gift to establish
Additionally, the new Charles
a tenure-track professorship solely
A. and Mary K. ’45 Routh Quaker
focused on Quakerism, as well as a
Testimony and Service In Context
3-week-term course about Quaker
Annual Class will be an experiential
testimonies and service.
course taken within the Quaker
The faculty member holding the
C H A R L E S A N D M A R Y '4 5 R O U T H
Quaker Studies, create opportunities
Studies major or minor. The 3-week,
Charles A. and Mary K. ’45 Routh
four-credit class will help students
Professorship in Religious Studies for
learn about and practice service from
Global Quaker Studies will oversee
a Quaker perspective and discover
students majoring and minoring in
how context shapes service.
MAKE A DIFFERENCE. EVERY GIFT. EVERY YEAR. Each gift to the Guilford College Annual Funds offers more than financial support for the College — it helps provide the students of today and tomorrow with unique and innovative educational opportunities to grow into leaders who will promote positive change in the world.
Join Adam in making your annual gift at www.giving.guilford.edu. Office of Advancement 5800 West Friendly Avenue Greensboro, NC 27410 336.316.2321 advancement@guilford.edu www.giving.guilford.edu/makeagift
“Guilford College was where I really discovered who I was and found my passion. The relationships I formed during my time at Guilford continue to sustain me today. When I give to Guilford, I know I am helping students have an amazing College experience just like I did.” ADAM WAXMAN ´07
PHILANTHROPY
Give the gift that pays you back IN 2003, ELEANOR D. (E.D.) KENNEDY and her late husband, Solomon B. (Sol) Kennedy ’49, established a charitable gift annuity. “My husband and I wanted to do something for Guilford College, never dreaming that it would also benefit us,” says E.D. Although Sol died in 2007, the CGA has continued to provide E.D. with annual payments for her life while also honoring their legacy of support for Guilford College. “The charitable gift annuity was easy to set up and I encourage others to do so,” says E.D. A charitable gift annuity is a contract between you and the College that provides advantages for both. You can make a gift and receive immediate financial benefits. By funding a charitable gift annuity, you will provide valuable support to Guilford and receive a charitable income tax deduction and fixed payments for your or your loved one’s lifetime. To learn more about CGAs or other planned gifts, call Jarrett Stull, Associate Vice President for Philanthropy, at 336.316.2168 or email stulljs@guilford.edu.
E.D. KENNEDY / PHOTO BY JENNA SCHAD
How Does a Charitable Gift Annuity Work? Donor, age 70, has made a gift of $100,000 to Guilford College to establish a charitable gift annuity.
$100,000 Cash
5.1% Gift annuity
Donor, 70 years old
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$40,017 Income tax deduction $5,100 Annual payments $3,774 Tax-free portion $1,326 Ordinary income portion Payments made for life
Remainder to Guilford College
ATHLETICS REPORT
GUILFORD ATHLETES HAVE HEART B Y D AV E WA LT E R S A N D NICOLLE HOLCOMBE
GUILFOR D COLLEGE'S QUAKER ROOTS laid the ground work for its Core Values. For its studentathletes, the pillars of community and stewardship are at the forefront of their commitment to community service throughout their time at the College. From volunteering at local elementary schools and helping relocate refugee families, to building tiny homes for the homeless and
A B OV E: MEMBERS OF GUIL FOR D'S WOMEN'S BA S K E T BA L L T E A M S P EN T T IME P L AY ING GA MES A ND S O CI A L I Z ING W I T H R ES IDEN T S AT T HE BR O OK DA L E S ENIOR L I V ING CEN T ER ; L EF T: MEMBERS OF GUIL FOR D'S WOMEN'S L ACR O S S E T E A M TAUGH T S K IL L S TO LO CA L EL EMEN TA RY S T UDEN T S .
visiting with residents at senior-living facilities, Guilford student-athletes make time in between practice, competitions and classes to give back. Many of Guilford’s coaches encourage and facilitate full-team community
Special Olympics, and many programs
service activities to show student-
work with local chapters to help staff or
athletes that there are things that
create events and help fundraise.
matter outside of school and sports.
In 2016, the Guilford baseball team
Head Women’s Lacrosse Coach Charlotte
spent a day with local tennis Special
Dixon says it is important for her
Olympians by keeping match scores and
athletes to get to know the community
encouraging the athletes. Logan said
and area off campus. “Learning that
that day was impactful for him and his
there are small things that they can do
teammates as they were inspired by the
with their time to make a difference in
the basics of lacrosse during physical
determination of the Special Olympians
someone else’s life is of value,” Charlotte
education classes. The Quakers also
and the volunteers who work with them.
said. “I hope they carry that sentiment
volunteer with youth lacrosse programs.
throughout their lives.”
Not only does this help to introduce
to create exemplary ambassadors of
children to the sport, it also invites new
Guilford’s core values. Associate Head
team, says volunteering allows him
fans and friends to the program. “It’s the
Men’s Basketball Coach Ronnie Thomas
and other student-athletes to leave the
best to see some of the kids we work with
says, “Establishing service in our
“bubble” of the Guilford campus.
coming to watch our games and support
student-athletes will hopefully lay the
our team,” Charlotte said.
foundation for them to go into the real
Logan Shortt ’20, of Guilford’s baseball
In addition to experiencing personal growth through acts of service, many
According to the NCAA, more than 80
Coaches and administrators want
world and give their time, effort and
of Guilford’s teams volunteer to help
percent of student-athletes volunteer
finances to uplift others. It’s about being
grow their specific sports within the
at least once a year, with 44 percent
a positive influence to the world and the
Triad. Charlotte’s team visits Greensboro
serving a few hours a month. Division
only way to do that is to give and share
elementary schools to teach children
III has an established partnership with
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ATHLETICS REPORT
NEWS & NOTES Student Spotlight: Miracle Walters ’20 MIR ACLE WALTERS ’20 earned her second straight Academic AllDistrict V recognition from the College Sports Information Directors Association and her third consecutive All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) commendation this spring. The honors are the latest in a long list of recognition earned by the Mathematics major from Elkin, N.C. Miracle, who led Guilford’s women’s basketball team in scoring for the second straight season, ranked among the ODAC’s leaders in scoring, rebounding and field-goal percentage. The three-time team captain is the sixth women’s basketball player in school history to earn All-ODAC recognition for three consecutive seasons. Off the court, Miracle is a seven-time Dean's List student and threetime Academic All-ODAC pick. She serves on Guilford’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and received the 2019 Nereus C. English Athletic Leadership Award, along with the 2019 Jack Jensen Ideal StudentAthlete prize. She won the school’s Nereus and Oriana Mendenhall Math Scholarship in 2018 and the Boyd Mathematics Scholarship in 2019. After graduation, Miracle looks to attend graduate school for Biomedical Engineering.
Jermaine Russell Earns Football All-America Honor Jermaine Russell ’21, of Durham, N.C.,
was third-best in the conference and
represented Guilford on the D3football.com
37th in the nation. He tallied 10 total
All-America team as an honorable
touchdowns, fourth-best in the ODAC,
mention selection. He made the team
and returned two kickoffs for scores,
as a kick returner and is the seventh
which topped the nation. Jermaine
All-American in Coach Chris Rusiewicz’s
amassed 821 combined kick return
nine seasons as Guilford’s Head Coach.
yards, fifth-best in Division III.
A D3football.com Second Team
Second Team All-ODAC honors and
Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC)
ranked fourth in the league with 64
and ranked third nationally with 177.7
receptions and seven touchdown catches.
all-purpose yards per game. His 16.4-
His 949 receiving yards stood third in
yard punt-return average stood second
the league and 53rd in Division III.
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As a wide receiver, Jermaine earned
All-South pick, Jermaine led the Old
Guilford could return as many as 19 starters in 2020, including Jermaine.
Game-Winning Buzzer Beater Gets Guilford on SportsCenter Again History somewhat repeated itself nearly 14 years after Jordan Snipes’ ’07 miraculous full-court heave. Thanks to multiple replays
Volleyball Team Enjoys Historic Season
on ESPN’s SportsCenter, the play
The 2019 volleyball team had a 19-8 record and was 9-3 in ODAC matches, the Quakers’ best
Around the World” and triggered
season since 1993. Guilford notched its first ODAC Tournament victory since 1997 with a
national publicity.
became known as the “Shot Seen
quarterfinal win over the University of Lynchburg before being eliminated by the eventual champions, Virginia Wesleyan University, in the semifinal round.
The latest acclaimed buzzerbeater happened in Atlanta,
Tina Eucker ’20 and Christian Ritter ’20 earned spots on the College Division All-
where the Quakers tangled with
State Volleyball Team and All-ODAC honors for the third-straight season. A third
Emory University, the second-
Quaker, Khaira Bolden ‘21, was named to the All-ODAC Third Team for the first time in
ranked team in NCAA Division
her career. Head Coach Emily Gann hopes to return 13 letterwinners from the 2019 squad.
III. In a frantic final minute, the lead changed hands three
Guilford Pair Reaches Scoring Milestone
times. Moments after Emory’s three-point shot with 3.4 seconds
Miracle Walters ’20 of the Quakers’ women’s basketball team and
remaining in regulation gave
Kyler Gregory ’20 of the men’s basketball team both reached the
the Eagles the lead, Guilford
1,000 career points plateau this season.
inbounded the ball to Jaylen
Miracle scored her 1,000th career point in a January contest against Randolph College. Miracle, whose sister, Heaven ’17, also played at Guilford, is the 21st women’s basketball student-athlete to reach the
Gore ’21. He hastily dribbled M I R A C L E WA LT E R S
floating shot from about 25 feet
milestone. Lauren Ramsey ’18 was the last Quaker woman to score
out. The ball hung in the air as
1,000 career points.
time expired before swishing
Kyler, a 6-6 forward/center from Yadkinville, N.C., hit the mark
through the net and setting off a
January 8 in a game at Ferrum College. He became the 35th Guilford
celebration by the Quakers’ bench
men’s basketball player to score 1,000 career points and the first since current Assistant Coach and former teammate Marcus Curry ’19.
up the court before releasing a
that spilled out onto the floor. K YLER GREGORY
Jaylen’s game-winner gave the Quakers a 70-69 upset of the previously unbeaten Eagles.
Student-Athletes Excelled in the Classroom Last Fall More than half of Guilford College's student-athlete population earned spots on the school's Fall 2019 Student-Athlete Honor Roll. The 236-member list is comprised of varsity student-athletes who achieved a grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or higher for the Fall 2019 semester. The list includes 141 students who earned Dean's List commendation for maintaining at least a 3.5 GPA. In addition, six Guilford squads
The Quakers’ publicity team reached out J AY L E N G O R E
to Guilford alum
Katharine Weikel ’13, an ESPN employee and sister of forward
(men’s lacrosse, men’s soccer, women’s swimming, volleyball, women’s soccer and
Liam Ward ’22. SportsCenter
women’s tennis) recorded their highest team GPA since 1997 and 12 units had team
showed Jaylen’s game-winner
GPAs of 2.99 or better. The department’s overall GPA was its highest since 2009.
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OUR COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY At Guilford College, we are conscious of the impact our actions have on Earth. We're dedicated to creating a campus-wide commitment to responsible stewardship that includes recycling and practicing energy conservation and composting, and we have created a culture that holds each of us accountable for sustainable practices. For the second consecutive year, our commitment to a carbon-neutral campus by 2043 and implementation of 430 energy conservation measures has earned Guilford recognition by The Princeton Review as one of the nation’s most environmentally responsible colleges.
COMPOSTING
100% Nearly
THE GUILFORD FARM The two-acre learning laboratory, including a 6,000 sq. ft. high production High Tunnel space, produces up to
16,000
POUNDS OF VEGETABLES annually. The farm supports the Sustainable Food Systems major and Bonner programs and is a popular work study site. The produce grown on the farm offsets the majority of the operating cost.
of the food waste generated by Founders Dining Hall is composted and turned into rich compost which is used across campus as fertilizer. Composting diverts an average of 40,000 pounds of waste annually from area landfills.
SOLAR THERMAL SYSTEM Guilford has
196
SOLAR PANELS
on six buildings across campus, including Founders Hall, Armfield Athletic Center and the largest dorms, which preheat water for domestic use.
DUAL FLUSH TOILETS By installing low-flow toilets and opting for dual-flush, high-
18,000
efficiency mechanisms, Guilford saves about
COMMUNITY GARDEN The garden has 20 plots, costing $30 a year, along with a deer fence and a solar powered well pump for water. The garden is so popular that there is always a waiting list to get a plot. 1 2 | W W W. G U I L F O R D . E D U
GALLONS OF WATER per toilet each year.
LEARNING COLLABORATIVELY
Bringing Collaboration to New Heights BY K AREN ALLEY
PHOTOS BY JENNA SCHAD
Working together to grow and learn has long been a part of the culture at Guilford College. Whether it’s through the traditional classroom setting with professors teaching students or within the community as students learn from each other and from mentors in organizations outside the college, the Quaker tradition values communion with each other. Now, with the creation of The Guilford Edge, the emphasis on collaborative learning is more clearly defined and encouraged. Part of The Guilford Edge program includes a new semester schedule which has enhanced the collaborative learning environment with a whole new slate of course opportunities. Each semester is broken down into two segments, one three weeks long and the other 12 weeks. The two types of class structures offer plenty of room for creative class environments and new avenues of learning. >>
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LEARNING COLLABORATIVELY Food and Faith: Getting out in the Community This new 3-week course created by Bronwyn Tucker and Wess Daniels offers many aspects of collaborative learning, but one that stands out is the chance for students to get off campus and interact with the community. In Fall 2019, students visited St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church’s free, walk-in community lunch, went to a local church that worships on a farm after doing work in the community garden, and visited a Quaker community where land has been preserved through the Piedmont Land Conservancy. “Getting out to other places helps students see other people with their own history and path in life, and their own different experiences with food,” Bronwyn says. “The intensive nature of the class led to real bonding opportunities and a depth of personal introspection you don’t necessarily get in the typical semester-long course.”
Modern Homesteading: Team Teaching for Enhanced Experiences
happened without collaboration,”
Bronwyn is also collaborating with
Bronwyn says. “Not only do
fellow teacher Jenny Kimmel on a new
the students get a chance to
3-week class for Fall 2020, Modern
experience first-hand the work of
Homesteading. Students will immerse
two different farms, but Jenny and
themselves in farm life, get the chance
I share the load of a very time-
to participate in some of the daily
intensive course offering.”
chores, while also learning about topics
This teamwork not only brings
such as composting, permaculture, tree
an enhanced experience to the
identification and food preservation.
students, but also helps the two
Half of the time students will be
teachers bring their best work to
working and learning on Bronwyn’s
this endeavor. Jenny says, “When
farm and at a goat dairy; the other half
you teach a class you’re up there
will be spent at Jenny and her brother’s
in front of 20 pairs of eyes all
farm in Rockingham County where
expecting something of you, and
they raise pigs and sheep, as well as
having someone there next to you
vegetables and flowers.
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big difference.”
Permaculture Design: Teaching Each Other Jenny also teaches Guilford’s Permaculture Design Certification, which gives students the design skills and practical tools necessary to create resilient, healthy communities. Much like the Food and Faith class, this course takes students out to different farms, gardens and organizations to learn from experts in the field. “This course is really all about collaborative learning, from the collaboration with local experts in the community to the collaborative learning between students,” Jenny says. She recounts a story from the last session when a student said, ‘one person doesn’t know it all, but together we learn a lot.’ “It was just such a great example of our interconnectedness, and how all our voices come together to learn, adding new perspectives with learning happening in multiple layers.”
Wild Foraging: Voices from the Farm
Supporting Collaborative Learning through Farm Fellows Marlene McCauley, chair of the
management experience that’s important
Sustainable Food Systems department,
when applying for jobs. “The big thing
knows first-hand just how important
our students are missing is working on
the Guilford College farm is to the
the farm in the summer, when we’re
collaborative learning pillar of The
harvesting and planning the next season,”
Guilford Edge. “The farm, and student
Nick says. “This program gives a student
involvement on the farm, was the
the opportunity to learn about how things
inspiration for starting the SFS major and
work on a farm while staying within the
is a great resource for many collaborative
college environment.”
Gaining knowledge from multiple
learning opportunities,” Marlene says.
The next goal of the Farm Fellow
perspectives is one of the benefits
Nick Mangili, the farm manager, keeps
Program is to lengthen the time of the
of the Wild Foraging class, as well.
things going with the help of student
fellowship to a 15-month commitment.
Taught by Jenny, Eva Moss and Nick
volunteers, but Marlene and Nick saw
“The longer time period would have the
Mangili, the course introduces
the opportunity for so much more. That
Fellow here until August so they experience
students to wild foods in the field and
inspired Marlene and her husband, Steve
two summers,” Nick said. “Also their time
woods of the Piedmont and their many
Green, to fund a Farm Fellow Program.
would overlap with the incoming Fellow,
uses, from nutritional to medicinal
The fellowship created a paid position for
providing an opportunity for learning and
a recent graduate to work with Nick for
sharing between those two folks.”
and textile purposes. “All three of us are farmers, but we all have different backgrounds and bring different perspectives to our work,” Nick says. In the classroom, on the farm and in the community, collaboration is part of the fabric of Guilford life. “Learning to be in communion with one another is in its very essence a peaceful act,” Jenny says. “Our students aren’t just learning a specific subject, they’re learning to be good humans.”
one year, assisting with running the farm and teaching the farm practicum classes. “Having Will Briar ’19, our current
Eventually the program could expand to two 15-month positions. “There’s the capacity to do so much more on the farm
Farm Fellow, has really given me the
that we’re limited in right now due to
opportunity to do more work with the
labor constraints, from adding livestock
students,” Nick says. “Not only was I able
to starting agri-forestry practices,” Nick
to help teach the Wild Foraging class, but I
says. “The Farm Fellow Program would
also traveled with students to Italy on the
help us see those projects to fruition.”
spring semester’s study abroad program.” The fellow program is also beneficial to the student, giving them hands-on farm
If you would like to make a gift in support of the Farm Fellowship Program, go to www.giving.guilford.edu.
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TEAMING FOR SUCCESS
A FARM INTERNSHIP: PAVING THE WAY TO THE FUTURE THE CHANCE TO GAIN real-world work experience just got a little easier for students at Guilford College, thanks to the new Annual Internship Fund created by Steve ’82 and Athena Trout. When Noah Jackson graduates from Guilford in May 2020, he will already be well on his way to a successful career in agriculture, thanks in part to a summer
NOAH JACKSON ’20
“I’ve always been interested in
pursuing a career in agriculture, and I really liked the fact that you can build the SFS major in the way it works best for you.” — Noah Jackson ’20
internship in 2019 at the Center for
Noah to take some courses at N.C. A&T State University, including the Dollar Enterprise class with Dr. Chyi Lyi Liang, a professor at the University who also helps with the CEFS farm. “When she found out my family had a farm in Wayne County, she talked to me about the internship opportunity and said they were looking for people if I was
Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS). Formed by a partnership between
A focus on farming systems led
interested,” Noah says. of operations on the 27-acre farm, giving
The work on the farm not only gave
N. C. State University, N.C. A&T State
him managerial experience in addition to
Noah first-hand experience in all
University and the North Carolina
his farm tasks. He interviewed and hired
aspects of farming, but also served as
Department of Agriculture and
two new workers and helped plan the
a good introduction to the work being
Consumer Services, CEFS is a center for
fiscal year budget. “I got a lot of real-world
done in agricultural research. “I’m
research, extension and education in
experience,” Noah says. “I enjoyed the farm
looking to gain more experience in
sustainable agriculture and community-
experience, but having the opportunity
agriculture before going to work on my
based food systems.
to take on more responsibilities was even
family’s farm, and I think I would like
more important.”
to continue working in agricultural
At CEFS Noah participated in the daily tasks of running a research farm, and
Noah was introduced to the internship
research,” Noah says. “I enjoyed working
much more. He worked on studies being
through connections he made in the
with the state to learn new things and
conducted on topics like acidity levels
Sustainable Food Systems program.
in turn helping others learn those
in soil and how it affects crops, as well
“This major was part of what attracted
techniques. It’s farmers helping farmers,
as how planting patterns benefit crops.
me to Guilford College,” Noah says. “I’ve
and that’s something I can get behind.”
For example, planting sweet potatoes
always been interested in pursuing a
around okra can be beneficial because
career in agriculture, and I really liked
Education Fund for North Carolina
sweet potatoes hold water in the soil.
the fact that you can build the SFS major
Quakers and the Horace S. Haworth Sr.
in the way it works best for you.”
Memorial Scholarship.
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— K. Alley
TEAMING FOR SUCCESS
COLLABORATION LEADS TO SUCCESS ON ANY GIVEN DAY at Guilford College, you may find students with dirt under their nails who have just come from the farm, catch them loading produce on the Mobile Oasis farmers market, or find them sitting in class learning about the science of wine or food and the law. All of this is a part of the interdisciplinary Sustainable Food Systems program, a new major introduced in 2016 that brings to life an integral part of The Guilford Edge: Teaming for Success. The unique curriculum was the result of teamwork on the part of Marlene McCauley, Charles A. Dana Professor of Geology and Sustainable
ABOVE: MARLENE MCCAULE Y IN THE F I E L D . L E F T: K Y L E D E L L W I T H A G R O U P O F S U S TA I N A B L E F O O D S Y S T E M S M A J O R S . / PHOTOS BY JENNA SCHAD
Food Systems, and Kyle Dell, Associate Professor of Political Science, Associate Academic Dean and Environmental Science Department Chair, together
recognition for the College in the
with other faculty and consultants. It
academic realm. Kyle and Marlene
started with Marlene’s brainstorm to
produced a paper, Building a
create a practicum that made use of
Collaborative Effort of Training and
the College’s garden. “It seemed like a
Education in Sustainable Food Systems
colossal waste to me that we had the
for the 22nd Century through Urban
farm out there and no one was using it
Agriculture Programs, that won first
for classes,” Marlene says. “I developed
place in best practices at the Small
the practicum, and then Kyle and I were
Business Institute annual conference
[...] envisioning one day it would grow
and Director of the Center for
in 2017. They also wrote, along with
into a major.”
Environmental Farming Systems at
Gail Webster, a chapter entitled “The
N.C. A&T State University. “Dr. Liang
Sustainable Food Systems Major at
studying best practices from other
was interested in our curriculum, and it
Guilford College: Food, Environment,
institutions and pooling their own
complemented the work she was doing
and the Community,” published
knowledge and experience from years of
at A&T,” Marlene says. “We realized as
in Quakers, Creation Care and
working together in the environmental
we were developing our curriculum that
Sustainability, Volume 6.
sciences field. “Kyle and I are always
there’s no need to reinvent the wheel
“Working between disciplines has
pushing each other a little further and
here, so we have collaborated to share
always been a predisposition of people
making each other think about things in
classes, and make sure to publicize
who come to Guilford,” Kyle says. “We’re
new and different ways,” Marlene says.
guest speakers and special events at
building off the culture that was already
both places.”
in place to find success in the future.”
The pair began attending conferences,
Then, the two met Dr. Chyi Lyi Liang, Kellogg Distinguish Professor
The team’s work has also brought
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ETHICAL LEADERSHIP
WORKING TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE SER EN HOMER ’17 THOUGHT she knew the campus of Guilford College like the back of her hand. Like every student who has spent four years studying at Guilford, she had walked the common areas to class and meals a million times, and wandered off the beaten path in search of a little solitude. Seren even worked on the college’s farm for her work study job, taking her to a part of the campus some students rarely see. But in the summer of 2018, the alum got to come back to Guilford and explore the campus in an entirely new way. “After graduation I took a job with Pilot Environmental, Inc., out of Kernersville, a company that provides environmental consulting on everything from indoor air quality to stream and wetland management,” Seren says. “When I saw the Guilford College softball project on the list of upcoming jobs, I put in a bid to work it. I thought it would be really cool to go back and work at Guilford.” Seren was part of the group from Pilot Environmental that mapped out the streams and wetlands in and around the area of the proposed softball stadium. As part of the natural resources and environmental team at Pilot Environmental, a lot of what Seren does in the scope of her work is similar to the softball field project for Guilford. Her job is a combination of field work, getting 1 8 | W W W. G U I L F O R D . E D U
SEREN HOMER ’17
out on job sites to conduct stream and
program, I knew I’d found the right
operations,” Seren says. “What really
wetland delineations, and office work
major for me. I loved being able to apply
made an impression on me was how so
where she’s writing up the research
the knowledge I gained in both my
many of the faculty, staff and students I
and evaluations of sites. “In addition
science and my liberal arts classes to
spoke with seemed genuinely interested
to looking at streams and wetlands,
projects pertaining to sustainability and
in promoting sustainability throughout
we also make observations on the
enhancing the environment, which we
our College.”
habitats at the site. If there’s a potential
all depend on,” Seren says.
for federally protected species to be
One of those projects was the STARS
Seren credits her experiences and education at Guilford College with
located on a site, based on the habitat
assessment (sustainability, tracking,
helping her find a job that allows her
they live in, we’ll conduct a detailed
assessment and rating) created by the
to continue to make a positive impact
survey of the species,” Seren says. “I
Association for the Advancement of
on the environment. “The majority of
really enjoy that part of my work and
Sustainability in Higher Education.
the projects I work on are for proposed
how it incorporates environmental
“During my senior year it was offered
solar facilities,” Seren says. “I love
sciences and conservation along with
as part of a two-credit course, and we
that I’m able to take the knowledge I
my Biology degree.”
worked with Bronwyn Tucker and David
gained at Guilford and also through
Petree to complete this assessment
my work at Pilot Environmental and
for Guilford College,” Seren says. The
help to contribute to renewable energy
assessment is a self-reporting program
projects.” A strong background in
that allows colleges to measure their
geology and biology set her on the right
sustainability in different facets of the
track for a career in environmental
college, from academics to operations,
sciences. “Of course, it’s also great that
and even planning and community
I get to work out in the field part of the
engagement. “It was interesting to be
time,” Seren says. “Like most people who
a part of the process and see how the
go into the environmental field, part of
different facets of the college promote
the end goal is being able to get a job that
sustainability, especially in areas
allows you to work outside!”
“I loved being able to apply the knowledge I gained in both my science and my liberal arts classes to projects pertaining to sustainability and enhancing the environment, which we all depend on.”
I didn’t necessarily see before, like
— K. Alley
— Seren Homer ’17
Seren’s love for the outdoors started in childhood. As a kid in Blacksburg, Va., she and her four sisters grew up in a house without a television. “My parents wanted to make sure we were engaged in the world around us instead of glued to the screen,” Seren says. That meant a house full of books and interesting hobbies, as well as a lot of time outdoors. Once at Guilford, she found a way to turn her passion for conservation and sustainability into a course of study. “Like many kids when they first get to college, I wasn’t sure what I wanted at first and I switched between different disciplines. But when I started taking
How can I support sustainability at Guilford College? ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS FUND Funds from this endowed scholarship support ENVS and SFS students who plan to study abroad and exhibit excellent academic and extracurricular performance. Each student chosen receives financial aid to study abroad.
SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS ACADEMIC PROGRAM FUND This fund assists the Sustainable Food Systems major in multiple ways, including operating the Guilford Farm and providing support for the Farm Fellowship.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES Environmental and Sustainability Studies majors and minors explore complex relationships between humans and the environment through hands-on research, collaborative projects and service- and community-based learning and internships. If you are interested in making a gift to one of these funds, go to www.giving.guilford.edu.
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RALLYING CAMPUS SPIRIT
One of the Guilford's greatest assets is
Professional Education. The William
the 2019 Blue Light Books prize from the
its faculty and their dedication to their
Carroll Fund was established by Sukhan
Indiana Review and Indiana UP. Her poem
chosen field of study.
Kim ’76 in honor of William Carroll, his
“Hubris” received a 2019 Special Mention
mentor and Political Science Professor
from the Pushcart Prize Anthology.
GEORGE GUO Professor of Political Science George Guo will publish his new article, “Intelligence Communities and Culture in China,”
emeritus. These funds honor Bill’s legacy by
publications, including The Gettysburg
and teaching, which in turn enriches the
Review, The Southern Review, Harvard
experience of current and future students.
Review and The Moth. She was also chosen for inclusion in Best New Poets
in an upcoming book, Intelligence Communities and Cultures in Asia and the Middle East: A Comprehensive Reference, published by Lynne Rienner Publishers. The book, available in May 2020, discusses how intelligence systems are structured in countries across Asia and the Middle East — from Russia to India, from Turkey to China and Japan, from Kazakhstan to Saudi Arabia. George’s piece delves into the vital role that Chinese intelligence services played in the Communist Chinese Party’s (CCP) survival, competition for power and revolutionary victory against enemies during the 1920s-30s civil war, the Sino-Japanese War and the 1940s civil war. George is also the author of The Ideal Chinese Political Leader: A Historical and Cultural Perspective (Praeger, 2001), China's Security State: Philosophy, Evolution, and Politics (Cambridge University Press, 2012) and The Politics of the Core Leader in China (Cambridge University Press, 2019). In addition, his articles have appeared in many books and prestigious international journals such as The China Quarterly and The China Journal. Support for George’s academic endeavors has come from the William Carroll Fund for Faculty Growth & 2 0 | W W W. G U I L F O R D . E D U
Jennie has shared poems in various
strengthening faculty members’ research
JENNIE MALBOEUF Visiting Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing Jennie Malboeuf has received recognition for her poetry, which focuses on how issues of authority, control and violence intersect with gender, sex and memory. Her first collection, God Had a Body (Indiana University Press, 2020), was awarded
2018, a series featuring emerging writers. In 2017, her poem “Original Meal” was included in Nasty Women Poets: An Unapologetic Anthology of Subversive Verse (Lost Horse Press, 2017).
G U O : TAY L O R S H I E L D S ; M A L B O E U F : M I C H A E L C R O U C H
FACULTY STARS
D R E S S L E R : A S H E LY G I L M E R ; W I L L I A M S : J E N N A S C H A D
MYLÈNE DRESSLER Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing Mylène Dressler is a critically acclaimed author of novels, short stories and essays. She says her work is heavily influenced by personal and cultural history, and her most recent novels, including The Last To See Me (Simon & Schuster, 2017) and I See You So Close (Simon & Schuster, 2020), reinvent the genre of the ghost story, exploring the idea of haunting as both history and metaphor. The Last to See Me won the 2017
$10,000 Book Pipeline Award, which
richest academic experience of her life:
evaluates books for their screen potential,
“Guilford is everything a teacher and
as well as the Audiofile Magazine 2018
creative artist could hope for — inspiring
Earphones Award for Fiction. The book
students, supportive colleagues and a
is also currently being spotlighted for
deep and moving worldview. I will always
promotion and development into a film or
consider myself lucky to be a member of
television project.
the Guilford family.”
Mylène and Jennie have each been awarded a 2019-20 Artists Fellowship from the N.C. Arts Council. They are two of just 18 artists recognized across North Carolina. They will each receive $10,000 to fund the production of new work throughout 2019-20. As Mylène prepares to retire from teaching to manage the success of her recent novels (I See You So Close, the latest book in The Last Ghost series, was released in March with a reading and celebration at the College), she shares that her time on campus has been the
ANTOINE WILLIAMS Assistant Professor of Art Antoine Williams was one of five people nationally to be awarded a Harpo Foundation Grant for Visual Artists for 2019. The Harpo Foundation, established in 2006, is a non-profit created to support visual artists who are under-recognized by the field. The foundation seeks to stimulate creative inquiry and encourage new modes of thinking about art. The money is intended to support Antoine’s practice for the next year. He plans to use the award on supplies for painting, printmaking, site-specific installations and travel. Antoine has begun work on a new series of paintings entitled Portrait of a Super Predator. “It is about the dehumanization of young Black bodies,” he explains. The paintings are made out of a process that creates what is called acrylic skins, something Antoine has been experimenting with. The funds from the grant will be put toward creating more of these pieces. In 2017, Antoine was also named one of only 25 artists across the country to receive a Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Grant. If you would like to support faculty stars like George, Jennie, Mylène and Antoine, go to www.giving.guilford.edu and make a gift to Faculty Development today.
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AWESOME ALUMNI
J I M H O O D , C H A R L E S A . D A N A P R O F E S S O R O F E N G L I S H , S P E A K S AT T H E 2 0 1 9 A L U M N I AWA R D S / P H O T O B Y J U L I E K N I G H T
Celebration to Honor 11 Distinguished Alumni and Friends GUILFOR D COLLEGE will celebrate
Award recipients, there are individuals
the career accomplishments and
who are leaders in medicine, business
contributions of 11 alumni and friends
and public service and have rendered
during the annual Alumni Awards
significant service to Guilford over
ceremony April 14.
many years.
Alumni Excellence Award • Ginger Garner Clasby ‘75 • Sukhan Kim ’76 • Leon Pinkett ’93
is our inaugural Lifetime Achievement
rare honorary membership in the
Young Alumni Achievement Award
Award winner, a distinguished scholar
Guilford College Alumni Association
• Liz Baltaro ’03
who escaped the Holocaust as a child.
to individuals who have, over time,
• Jennifer King ’06
Included among the award recipients
On the other end of the spectrum,
And again this year we offer the
become fully fledged Guilfordians
our Young Alumni Achievement Award
through their long-standing dedication
Community Cares Award
winners include a family doctor with
to the College.
• David Delman ’74
deep Guilford roots serving in rural North Carolina and the first African
Join us in congratulating this year’s award winners:
Honorary Alumna/us Award
Charles C. Hendricks ’40 Distinguished Service Award
• Christine Hoffman Adams
• Marcy Maury ’74
Lifetime Achievement Award
American woman coaching full-time in the NFL. Among our Charles C. Hendricks ’40 Distinguished Service, Alumni Excellence and Community Cares
• James Shields ’00
• Ann Fulton
• Fred Katz ’52
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AWESOME ALUMNI
ZACH EVENS '20 AND M I C H A E L R E I N E Y ' 1 7; OPPOSITE: ZACH WITH JAKE LUBEL '06
Notable Networking THE IMPORTANCE OF NET WOR KING
York-based alumni while his family was
very, very smart and driven students
in today’s job market is at an all-time
visiting the Big Apple during the recent
are stuck in a summer job (or worse, a
high. Guilford College recognizes how
holiday break: Michael Reiney ’17 and
career) not relevant to their career goals
vital this is to our changing world, and
Jake Lubel ’06. Michael is a Strategic
and interests. It’s a connections game
is working hard to make sure Guilford
Partner Manager at Payability, and Jake
— we need to make these connections
students keep that competitive edge. In
is an Analyst at Loews Corporation.
for students. Very rarely can one apply
order to do that, Guilford students are
Zach, a double major in Economics
‘cold’ and even get an interview to a
relying on Guilfordians who came before
and Business Administration, summed
competitive job or internship listing, no
them to help blaze the trail.
up the significance of these pairings
matter how high their GPA is. We need to
A wonderful example of a student
perfectly, saying, “Alumni love to help
leverage people like Jake and Michael to
who is taking advantage of Guilford’s
students and there is a genuine desire
improve outcomes for recent graduates
deep and unbreakable connections is
to do so. We need to be proactive in
and thus increase Guilford’s national
Zach Evens ’20. Zach had the initiative
connecting current students with alumni
profile.”
to meet with not one, but two New
in their fields of interest. Too often,
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For current students, the answers
to why they take the time to have these meetings are obvious: to make connections, gain insights and maybe even create job opportunities. For Michael and Jake, it was equally obvious: the pull to Guilford and desire to help those still at their alma mater. Michael said, “Guilford's alumni network helped and guided me while I was in college, and I know that it’s super important for students to have these relationships. I had a great experience at Guilford, and my experience had a lot to do with people who went out of their way to help me. People like Betty Kane (faculty), Mike Poston (former Vice President for Advancement), Tom Palombo (Head Men's Basketball Coach) and Fred Taylor '77 (alum and Board of Trustees) were always in my corner and helping me get to where I wanted to go personally and professionally. I want to pay that forward.” Zach’s initiative to connect with Michael and Jake led to two strong future connections. It’s not always about being able to provide internships or jobs; just hearing from someone who is working successfully in your field and started in the same place you did is helpful. When asked about the impact he felt he had, Jake answered, “I just think he now has one more resource that can help him — introduce him to folks,
“Alumni love to help
students and there is a genuine desire to do so. We need to be proactive in connecting current students with alumni in their fields of interest.” — Zach Evens ’20
provide advice — in the same field he will be entering upon graduation.”
achieve with its new Guided Discovery Program. For Zach, their encounter carried quite
as well as grad school and I hope to make the most of my remaining opportunities to do so.” In his experience reaching out to Guilford graduates, Zach says he has found a deeply embedded desire to stay connected and to help in any way they can. The Guilford community has invaluable resources waiting to uplift our students. With our new volunteer
While this may sound simple, it’s exactly what the College is hoping to
As Zach has found, people love to help students. “That can apply to undergrad
program, we hope Zach’s experience question, as is Michael.”
with Guilfordians will become more
Zach continues, “One comment that
and more common. But we cannot do
made a real impact was when he said, ‘It’s
this without the continued support of
extremely easy to reach out and meet
alumni. Together we can help secure
a bit of weight. “My meeting with Jake
experienced and knowledgeable industry
the future of Guilford College!
helped so much — not just by expanding
leaders when in school. Once out of school
my network but by expanding my
it’s not impossible, but becomes more
To find out more about the new Guided
knowledge of the industry and receiving
difficult because you might be working
Discovery Program and to sign up to
career advice. He is now on my short list
for a competitor and quite simply life gets
make a difference today, visit
of people to call when I have a relevant
in the way.’”
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F R O M L E F T: L L O Y D S P R U I L L , D A N H U L B U R T A N D E M I LY H E D R I C K
Class of 1970 Excited for Golden Circle Reunion This Fall THE CL ASS OF 1970 is celebrating
are many reasons to
its 50th reunion this year and already
anticipate the return to
planning is well underway! Our ask
campus, one of the most
for Reunion Committee volunteers
notable is the induction into
was answered many times over.
Guilford’s Golden Circle,
This year, the charge will be led
where we will welcome the
by Lloyd Spruill, Joe Spruill, Emily
Class of 1970 into an elite group of
being involved in protests and living
Hedrick, David Feagins, Pat Keiger,
Guilfordians who have celebrated 50
through pivotal moments in our nation's
Dan Hulburt and Carol Cox. Several
years as alumni.
history, such as the assassination of
members of the Class of 1970 have
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Homecoming & Family Weekend October 9-10, 2020
Current campus life looks a lot different than it did in 1970. The committee is quick to remind us that being on a college campus from 1966 to 1970 meant
“I think I’m most excited to interact
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Kent
done a wonderful job staying in close
with current students and see what life
State shootings. Through the ups and
contact throughout the years through
at Guilford is like now. I’m also really
downs, the Class of 1970 had each other
beach trips, monthly dinners and
looking forward to visiting the spot
and they will always have Guilford.
constant phone calls, which will
where Joe proposed to me,” Lloyd said.
make for a very exciting reunion.
Lloyd accepted Joe’s proposal right here
reunions begins May 1 at www.giving.
Dan says he is most eager to return to
Registration for Homecoming and
on the Guilford College campus over 50
guilford.edu/hcfw. Questions about
the place where he made all these life-
years ago, adding one more fond memory
reunions and other activities of the
long relationships and to see friends he
to the hefty pile gathered throughout
weekend may be directed to Hailey
has not seen in far too long. While there
their four-year stay.
Hendrix at alumni@guilford.edu.
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SAVE THE DATE! HOMECOMING AND FAMILY WEEKEND October 9–10, 2020 Celebrating reunions for class members of ’70, ’75, ’80, ’85, ’90, ’95, ’00, ’10
Return. Reconnect. Reunite. For more information, email alumni@guilford.edu.
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COMMUNITY NOTES
We want your news Share your news with classmates and friends! Go to www.giving.guilford.edu to submit your Community Notes online through our Alumni Directory. The deadline for the August 2020 issue is May 31. Note: Community Notes may appear in print or online. Please share information that is appropriate for all audiences. High School 2019-2020
take over the school's football
was honored with the
Athletics Hall of Fame.
program. He spent the last 12
Lifetime Achievement Award at the YWCA’s
2020 Women of Vision Luncheon. She is recognized
Jon Hoots ’82 was inducted
’80s
creativity and leadership
Rhonna W. Phillips ‘83
for the betterment of the
celebrated 10 years in
community. Claudette
private practice as a Licensed
was also named the recipient of the 2020 Ann Spencer Sports by the National Sports Media
for Forbush High School in East Bend, N.C.
for harnessing her knowledge,
Connector Award, presented
into the 2020 Hall of Fame
Professional Counselor, Supervisor and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.
Association, in recognition
Andrea Surratt ’89, a North
of a person who has helped to
Carolina native who was
connect the local community
previously City Manager in
through sports.
Bozeman, Mont., was confirmed
Keith Holliday ’75,
’70s
former Greensboro Mayor, was announced
for her new role as Sandy Springs, Ga., City Manager by the Sandy Springs City Council.
as a part-time Development Associate for Downtown Greensboro Inc.
John Lilly ’90 was named
’90s
the new Tight Ends Coach for UNC Chapel Hill.
Richard Inscore ’77 was
Shane Handy ’92 was hired
inducted into the Starmount
by Clayton High School to
Stephen Dotson ’06 is looking forward to delving into issues around energy, food, housing, wastewater and water pollution. As the first Sustainability Coordinator for Brattleboro, Vt., Stephen has mostly been involved in communications roles in more than a decade of work related to sustainability and social action. In recent years in the Brattleboro area, he has served as Director of Communications and Marketing for the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association, Corporate Sustainability Operations Associate for OneReport, Inc. and Associate Director of the Rich Earth Institute. Mostly recently, he has helped Brattleboro Savings & Loan get special certification for being a socially and environmentally responsible business, and Friends of the West River Trail with connecting trails along the West and Connecticut rivers.
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seasons as the Head Football Coach at Randleman High School in Randolph County. Greg Loughlin ’93, English major and former Guilfordian writer, published an article about his time at Guilford on the rugby team in the 90s. The article was featured in the PS I Love You section of Medium. Marc Tyrey ’94 was appointed by Gov. Roy Cooper to the Guilford County District Court to fill the seat left vacant in August after the unexpected death of Chief District Court Judge Tom Jarrell ’85. Molly Sawyer ’95 was among the 50 artists invited into the Asheville Art Museum’s “Appalachia Now!” exhibition and opened solo shows at Revolve in Asheville, N.C., and
Gia Gaster ’16’s story is proof that it is never too late to take a chance on education. Undiagnosed dyslexia caused her to drop out of community college as a young adult, but after a 20year career as a bus driver for special needs children, Gia decided to give learning another try. Gia found the Peace and Conflict Studies program at Guilford and graduated with honors. After Guilford, Gia attended law school, graduated in 2018 and passed the Bar Exam on her first try in 2019. She was sworn into the state and federal court in May 2019 and now works as a personal injury lawyer covering issues such as wrongful death, police brutality, premises liability and social security disability.
D O T S O N : C O U R T E S Y O F T H E K E E N E S E N T I N E L ; G A S T E R : C O U R T E S Y O F T H E C A R E E R S A FA R I
’50s
Claudette Weston ’59
at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, N.C.
Rania Campbell-Bussiere ’08 continues to live
Addison Davis ’99 was named
out the values of stewardship and sustainability in her post-Guilford career. In 2012, she founded Cloud 9 Rooftop Farm, a nonprofit organization working to bring functional farms to rooftops across Philadelphia. As the Executive Director, Rania works with building and community groups to foster environmental stewardship through community-led rooftop farming, training and educational programming. Cloud 9 successfully opened its first rooftop farm in 2013 and now supports two garden sites and a food pantry for low-income seniors. A portion of the food grown at these sites is donated to the food pantry run by residents in the buildings, while the rest is sold at a farmers market and other local businesses.
the new Superintendent of Hillsborough County Schools in Tampa, Fla. Dan Drossman ’99 was featured in an article in The Denver Post. Dan was commissioned to paint an outdoor mural in a Denver neighborhood. The completed mural has turned into an C A M P B E L L- B U S S I E R E : C O U R T E S Y O F C L O U D 9 R O O F T O P FA R M ; S E L L A R S : C O U R T E S Y O F H A R VA R D G R A D U AT E S C H O O L O F E D U C AT I O N
interactive community art project that invites passersby to add color to the piece.
’00s
class of 40 Under 40 young
Hannah Little ’00
professional leaders. Alisha
was named Managing
is the founder of Yoke and
Partner of Garfinkel
Abundance, her coaching
Immigration Law Firm
business, and is Program
in Charlotte, N.C. She represents
Director for Triad Local First, a
employers and employees
network of locally owned and
in a variety of industries,
independent businesses.
including pharmaceutical,
Arminta Fox ’05 published
manufacturing, information
her book Paul Decentered:
technology, food service and specialty chemical.
Reading 2 Corinthians with the
Jenny Craige Riffe ’00 filed as
available through Rowman &
a candidate for Radford City
Littlefield.
Corinthian Women. Her book is
School Board.
Jennifer King ’06 was hired
Crystal Waitekus ’03 was sworn in as a U.S. Diplomat and will serve in Beijing starting this year.
by the Washington Redskins to become the NFL's first full-time female AfricanAmerican Coaching Intern.
Doug Robertson ’04, whose team won a state
Ann Ferguson ’10 was
’10s
Head Football Coach.
named an Assistant Coach for the prestigious McDonald's All American game in Houston, Texas, which showcases the top high school basketball players across the nation.
Alisha Wielfaert ’04, a
Mark Guillen ’11 and his wife
leadership, life and creativity
welcomed the birth of their child, Matthew Nolan Guillen, this February.
championship at Reidsville and reached a state final at Eastern Guilford, was hired to
take over the Page High School Pirates' program as the new
coach, was chosen by the Triad Business Journal to its 2020
Jabari Sellars ’10 delivers innovation in the classroom by exploring beyond the standard literary canon in his curriculum. After graduating from Guilford and spending some time teaching in the public school system in Washington, D.C., Jabari earned his Master’s degree from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education. While earning his degree, Jabari sought out strategies to increase student engagement during lessons and found that incorporating pop culture, such as comics, graphic novels, manga, anime and video games, inspired and helped students with the concept of literary analysis. His passion for alternative storytelling tools earned him the Intellectual Contribution Award from Harvard and led him to an English teaching position at The Siena School, an independent school in Maryland for students with diagnosed language-based learning differences.
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IN MEMORIAM
REMEMBERING GUILFORDIANS These members of the Guilford College community have passed since mid-August 2019. A full list of obituaries is available on the Community Notes page at www.giving.guilford.edu.
George Troxler ’64 George celebrated his Golden Circle induction with Guilford College classmates in 2014, but was very proud of his
British Amateurs and 26 consecutive North & South Amateurs at Pinehurst #2. Pat Foy helped Guilford win its golf conference in 1956 and is a member of the College’s Athletic Hall of Fame. He died Nov. 24.
career at neighboring Elon University. A recipient of the Elon Medallion, the University’s highest honor, George taught History, served as University Historian, Director of Cultural Programs and Chief Graduation Marshal and wrote a book on Elon’s history. He died Oct. 27.
Jeaneane Williams Jeaneane’s many years as a writer and editor in corporate and higher education settings across the country included a term as Guilford’s Director of Public Relations and Publications. She was a writer or
Glenn “Buck” Campbell ’50
ghostwriter for numerous books on various subjects and a lifetime devotee
Buck, who died at 95 on Sept. 17, served
of music, including serving as organist
in the Marine Corps artillery in two
in an Alamance County Church at the
major World War II campaigns. He was
age of 13. She died Nov. 5.
one of North Carolina’s first Certified
Carl Scheer A lawyer by training, Carl broadcast
Life Underwriters and worked with
Pat Foy Brady ’58
MassMutual for more than 60 years.
At age 19 in 1955, Pat
1960s when the Quakers’ biggest star
Known as “Mr. Rotary,” he had 66
Foy was the youngest
was Bob Kauffman ’68. He became the
years of perfect attendance with
amateur to qualify for
General Manager of the Greensboro-
Summit Rotary and with Memorial
the U.S. Open, where he
based Carolina Cougars of the ABA,
Presbyterian Church in Greensboro,
was paired with Gene
invented the dunk contest for the ABA
which he helped organize.
Littler and Byron Nelson.
and later became GM of several NBA
He played in five U.S. Amateurs, two
teams, including the expansion of the
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Guilford men’s basketball games in the
Rudy Behar Taught Me to “See” Differently BY MARTHA WENCE SUMMERVILLE ’76
As an English and Religious Studies major, I
a primary text. The course wove together
took a number of courses from Rudy Behar
the connections between poetry, art
between 1972 and 1976. He was masterful
and music. Rudy deftly created the path
at challenging his students to connect
and space for us to “see” for ourselves
Charlotte Hornets in the late
ideas and images — always holding up a
the vibrant connections he pointed out.
1980s. He died Dec. 13.
self-reflection mirror so we saw how we
Quiet spoken, his passion for the quest to
were making meaning out of what we were
expand our vision of the world (and his)
reading, writing about and talking about.
carried through every class.
Joyce P. Clark Joyce, who died
I came out of each course with a wider lens
Nov. 30, was
through which to view the world and the
am deeply grateful to him as a person and
a pioneer in
multiple languages of creativity.
teacher, and for the gifts of insight he
women’s sports
My favorite was his Comparative Arts
Rudy taught me to “see” differently. I
gave me.
and longtime
course, for which he used E.H. Gombrich’s
Professor of
work Art and Illusion: A Study in the
Rudy taught English at Guilford from
Psychology of Pictorial Representation as
1968–97. He died Jan. 17.
Sport Studies at Guilford College. She taught for 43 years and served as Chairperson of the Physical Education Department. In the 1960s she was in charge of intramurals and a women’s extramural teams coach, predating the intercollegiate program. She is in the College’s Athletic Hall of Fame.
Joanne Bluethenthal A noted community leader, Guilford College benefactor and Board of Visitors member, Joanne was instrumental in advancing lasting social change. After moving to Greensboro in 1950, she became deeply involved in civic life, including underground interracial groups as well as Jewish and other religious institutions, colleges and universities and the arts. She died Dec. 6. W W W. G U I L F O R D . E D U | 3 1
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Maria Peralta Porras ‘20 is a recipient of multiple scholarships, including the BAGC Boost Award. “Scholarships have affected my life completely — if it wasn’t for them, I wouldn’t be here. Many scholarships help students when they’re in crisis, and having that reassurance is really great. It really sucks having to worry about money and trying to worry about school at the same time. Guilford definitely helps with that.” Maria Peralta Porras is a senior at Guilford double-majoring in Public Health and Sociology/Anthropology.
Abbie Worsham ‘20, a recipient of the Samuel F. and Amy L. Wishon Family Scholarship, looks forward to taking her Guilford values out into the larger world. “I’m very grateful to have received the support of the Samuel F. and Amy L. Wishon Family Scholarship. I’ve loved my time here, and I’m thankful to all of the people and organizations that have played a part in making me a soon-
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