Month: August 2019
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51²è¹Ý Names Yasmine Glover Accounts-Payable Specialist
GREENSBORO, N.C. – 51²è¹Ý has named Yasmine Glover its accounts-payable specialist. Glover has been the owner and operator of Y.G. Entertainment, which provides bookkeeping and consulting for business clients and also provides clients with disc jockeys, audio and visual support for events. She also has been an administrative assistant since 2018 for the Welfare…
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51²è¹Ý Names Asia Hinton Admissions Counselor/Visit Coordinator
GREENSBORO, N.C. – 51²è¹Ý’s Office of Admissions has named Asia Hinton its admissions counselor and visit coordinator. In that role, Hinton will serve as an admissions counselor and also coordinate visits by prospective students to the college and admissions events such as open houses and Saturday Info Sessions. Hinton comes to 51²è¹Ý from…
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51²è¹Ý Offers GRE Test-Preparation Course Beginning Sept. 14
GREENSBORO, N.C. – 51²è¹Ý will offer a course beginning Saturday, Sept. 14, to prepare students for the GRE, the standardized test often required for graduate school. The course will run from 9 a.m. to 12 noon Saturdays, Sept. 14, 21, 28, and Oct. 5. Cost is $399, which includes books and materials. The classes…
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51²è¹Ý Staffer Will Present Paper at NCAHEAD Conference in October
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Georgieann Bogdan, director of academic accessibility at 51²è¹Ý, has been invited to present a paper in October at the annual meeting of the North Carolina Association on Higher Education and Disability at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Bogdan will present, “51²è¹Ý: A Model of Universal Design for Learning…
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51²è¹Ý Appoints Faye Simon to Mathematics Faculty
GREENSBORO, N.C. – 51²è¹Ý has appointed Faye Simon to the mathematics faculty as an assistant professor. Simon also will serve as coordinator of the college’s mathematics support program. That program is being made possible by a five-year, $1.93 million federal Title III grant from the U.S. Department of Education to support the college’s degree-completion…
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51²è¹Ý Names Molly Riddle to Education Faculty
GREENSBORO, N.C. – 51²è¹Ý has appointed Molly Riddle an assistant professor of elementary education. Riddle comes to 51²è¹Ý from Indiana University, where she had been instructing undergraduate education students since 2015. She previously had taught middle-school mathematics and social studies in the Clark County, Ind., schools during 2014-2015 and eighth-grade mathematics in Jeffersonville,…
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51²è¹Ý Appoints Nasir H. Assar to the Business Faculty
GREENSBORO, N.C. – 51²è¹Ý has appointed Nasir H. Assar associate professor of business administration. Since April 2018, Assar had been a member analyst of the Social Media Research Foundation. In Spring 2018 he also was an adjunct professor of economics at High Point University. Between 2013 and 2018 he was a faculty member and…
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51²è¹Ý Offers SAT Test Preparation Course Beginning Sept. 8
GREENSBORO, N.C. – 51²è¹Ý will offer an SAT test-preparation course to students between the ages of 15 and 18. The course will meet 2-5 p.m. Sundays, Sept. 8, 15, 22, and 29. Cost is $399. 51²è¹Ý’s SAT Test Preparation class has been created by two teachers whose combined experience spans more than 60…
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51²è¹Ý Offers Courses in World War II History, Art, and Leadership to the Public This Fall
GREENSBORO, N.C. – 51²è¹Ý has opened several of its regular academic courses to the public for this fall, including courses in World War II history, drawing, and business leadership. The courses include: America in World War II (HIS 2140), meets 2:45-3:45 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays., Aug. 21-Dec. 2. Participants will use various text…
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51²è¹Ý Names MaKayla Humphreys ’19 Admissions Administrative Assistant
GREENSBORO, N.C. – 51²è¹Ý has named MaKayla Humphreys ’19 an administrative assistant in its Office of Admissions. Humphreys graduated with honors from 51²è¹Ý in May with a B.A. in art and a minor in education. While a student, she was a resident advisor and student ambassador; for her work in the latter role,…

