HIGHLIGHTS: STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS

Berenice Fuentes-Juarez '20

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Berenice Fuentes-Juarez '20

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.

Jeremy Brown '20

Jeremy Brown '20

Jeremy, a Biology major, received two prestigious grants for his thesis research on the “Combined ultrasonic/antibiotic treatment for removal of complex biofilms for medical implant plastics.” The first grant was awarded by the N.C. Independent Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Research Program and the second by the N.C. Academy of Sciences for their Yarborough Undergraduate Research Grant.

Jed Edwards ’20, Chloe Wells ’20 and Tierney Steelberg

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 in Lewisburg, Pa. The presenters were Jed Edwards ’20, Chloe Wells ’20 and Tierney Steelberg, Digital Pedagogy & Scholarship Technologist.

More Achievements

• The Environmental and Sustainability Studies Department named Sonya Brunk ’21 as the Environmental Studies 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 the 2020 N.C. CPA Foundation Scholarship and Calyn Davis ’21 received the 2019 James McCoy Scholarship

• Four Guilfordians were recently awarded scholarships from the Hispanic League, a nonprofit organization that fosters diversity, facilitates education for Hispanic students and raises awareness by serving as a liaison between the non-Hispanic and Hispanic communities. Biological Specialization major Carlos Bonilla, International Relations major Miguel Angel Perez Montero ’22, Education Studies major Michel Perez Montero ’21 and Accounting major Carlos Romero ’23 were all recognized.