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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.
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’50s
Claudette Weston ’59
