Guilford College Magazine - August 2020

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HIGHLIGHTS

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS MORE ACHIEVEMENTS • The Environmental and Sustainability Studies Department named Sonya Brunk ’21 as the Environmental Studies

BERENICE FUENTES-JUÁREZ '20

PHOTO BY JENNA SCHAD

Berenice, a Public Health and Biology double major with a Spanish minor, was awarded the 2019 Community Impact Student Award for outstanding leadership and service by the N.C. Campus Compact, a statewide network of colleges and universities committed to community engagement.

Distinguished Scholar for spring 2020.

• Three Guilford Accounting students received scholarships for their outstanding success in their journey to becoming CPAs: Juan Vigoya-Astroz ’21 and Robb Stowe ’20 received

JEREMY BROWN '20

the 2020 N.C. CPA Foundation

Jeremy, a Biology major, received two

Scholarship and Calyn Davis ’21 received the 2019 James

prestigious grants for his thesis research

McCoy Scholarship

on the “Combined ultrasonic/antibiotic treatment for removal of complex biofilms

• Four Guilfordians were

for medical implant plastics.” The first

recently awarded scholarships

grant was awarded by the N.C. Independent

from the Hispanic League, a

Colleges and Universities Undergraduate

nonprofit organization that

Research Program and the second by the N.C.

fosters diversity, facilitates education for Hispanic

Academy of Sciences for their Yarborough

students and raises awareness

Undergraduate Research Grant.

by serving as a liaison between

A team from Guilford College presented their unique collaborative teaching, learning, research and digital humanities experience in the fall 2018 course “REL 288: Defense Against the Dark Arts” at the 2019 Bucknell Digital Scholarship Conference

communities. Biological Specialization major Carlos Bonilla, International Relations major Miguel Angel Perez Montero ’22, Education Studies major Michel Perez

in Lewisburg, Pa. The presenters were Jed

Montero ’21 and Accounting

Edwards ’20, Chloe Wells ’20 and Tierney

major Carlos Romero ’23 were

Steelberg, Digital Pedagogy & Scholarship

all recognized.

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the non-Hispanic and Hispanic


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