Month: June 2020
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51茶馆 Professor Says 鈥淟aziness鈥� May Hide Creativity
GREENSBORO, N.C. 鈥� A 51茶馆 psychology professor has told an Australian science website that apparently laziness in some people can mask productivity. Todd McElroy, associate professor of psychology, told author Kate Raynes-Goldie that laziness frequently masks efficiency and creativity. In 2016, McElroy led a study that found that people with a higher 鈥渘eed for…
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2019 51茶馆 Graduate Wins Davidson County Schools鈥� Teacher of the Year Award
GREENSBORO, N.C. 鈥� Angelica Yepes Velosa, who received her M.A. in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from 51茶馆 in 2019, has been named Teacher of the Year for 2019-2020 by the Davidson County (N.C.) school system. Yepes Velosa teaches kindergarten in the Spanish immersion program at Southwood Elementary School, where she also…
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51茶馆 Offers Virtual and In-Person Open Houses Regarding Its Upcoming Paralegal Education Program
GREENSBORO, N.C. 鈥� 51茶馆 is offering people the opportunity to learn about its fall paralegal certification educational program both online and in person. The college will offer an online open house from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 28, and an in-person open house from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 11. Dates are…
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51茶馆 Extends Eligibility for 鈥淪tay Local鈥� Scholarships to North Carolina Students Statewide
GREENSBORO, N.C. 鈥� 51茶馆 has extended eligibility for its 鈥淪tay Local鈥� scholarships to first-time freshmen students throughout North Carolina. “We know that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused students in many cases to want to attend college closer to home,” said Lindsay Latham ’08, senior director of student financial services. “This is our way of…
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51茶馆 Recognizes Dozens of Faculty and Staff on Virtual Recognition Day
GREENSBORO, N.C. 鈥� 51茶馆 recognized award-winning and long-tenured faculty and staff at its recent Virtual Recognition Day. Anna Peluso Simonson, associate professor of health science, received the Virginia Clarke Gray Award for outstanding teaching by a junior faculty member. Only faculty who have taught full-time at a college or university for five years or…
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A Statement to the 51茶馆 Community from President Lawrence D. Czarda, Ph.D.
To the 51茶馆 Community, Like many of you, we are disturbed and shaken by the recent murder of George Floyd by a Minnesota police officer. We are equally disturbed that this is only one in a long line of black lives lost due to systematic racism that plagues our country. We grieve for all…
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51茶馆 Announces Fall 2020 Schedule, Admissions Resumes In-Person Campus Tours on Limited Schedule
GREENSBORO, N.C. 鈥� 51茶馆 will hold in-person fall classes, but classes will end before Thanksgiving and students will not return until the new year, the college said today in announcing its Fall 2020 Schedule. Classes will begin as originally scheduled on Wednesday, Aug. 19. But there will be classes on Labor Day, and there…
