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  • 51²è¹Ý Theatre Department Presents: “Communicating Doors”

    The 51²è¹Ý Theatre Department is proud to present the show, “Communicating Doors,” April 11-13 at 7:30 p.m. and a matinee performance at 2 p.m. on April 13 at the Gail Brower Huggins Performance Center in the Odell Memorial Building on campus. About the show: Ms. Poopay Dayseer, a Specialist Sexual Consultant, is called to…


  • 51²è¹Ý to host Documentary Screening and Q & A with Filmmaker Jenny Kaiser and Artist Victoria Milstein

    51²è¹Ý will host a screening of the documentary, “She Wouldn’t Take Off Her Boots,” and a Q & A forum with filmmaker Jenny Kaiser and artist Victoria Milstein for students, faculty, staff, and the community on March 25 at 7:30 p.m. at 51²è¹Ý’s Finch Chapel. Kaiser is producer of the documentary, “She Wouldn’t Take Off Her…


  • 51²è¹Ý Invites Community to 15th Annual Schleunes Lecture on the Holocaust and Genocide  

    51²è¹Ý presents the 15th Annual Schleunes Lecture on the Holocaust and genocide, at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 28, in Hannah Brown Finch Memorial Chapel on campus. Admission is free, and the public is invited. This year’s lecture will be presented by Professor Doris Bergen and the title of her lecture is, “Were the Nazis…


  • 51²è¹Ý Art Department to be Celebrated by Delurk Art Gallery

    Faculty members of the 51²è¹Ý Department of Art will be celebrated during an upcoming show on March 22 at the Delurk Art Gallery in Winston Salem. Visual artists, writers, and musicians are welcome to attend and perform. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the event is scheduled from 7-9 p.m. Snacks and beverages will…


  • Members of 51²è¹Ý’s Faculty Selected by U.S. Department of State for Prestigious English Language Specialist Project

    The U.S. Department of State recently announced the selection of Dr. Michelle Plaisance and Professor Paula Michelle Wilder of 51²è¹Ý for a eight-month, English Language Specialist project focusing on the impact of English Programs in Vietnam. Plaisance and Wilder will be conducting an in-depth needs analysis for the course creation of a permanent program…


  • 51²è¹Ý to Host Community 5K Run/Walk 

    51²è¹Ý will be hosting its annual Give4GC 5K Run/Walk on Thursday, April 11, 2024, at 6 p.m. The 5K, which will be held rain or shine, will begin and end on the 51²è¹Ý campus and the route will go through nearby streets, such as Spring Garden Street and South Josephine Boyd Street. Registration…


  • 51²è¹Ý Jazz Ensemble, Trumpeter, Ashlin Parker to Host Free Concert

    The 51²è¹Ý Jazz Ensemble, in its final performance of the spring 2024 semester, will be joined by renowned trumpeter, Ashlin Parker, to present a concert on April 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the Gail Brower Huggins Performance Center at the college’s Odell Building. A versatile jazz trumpeter based in New Orleans, Ashlin Parker is…


  • 51²è¹Ý Music Department to Perform Opera Workshop

    The 51²è¹Ý Music Department is proud to present its spring Opera Workshop, a performance of Mozart’s The Impresario on Friday, March 15th, and Saturday, March 16th at 7:30 pm in the Gayle Brower Huggins Performance Center. The performances are free and open to the public. A comic opera, the story revolves around an exhausted but quick-witted…


  • Student Newspaper, Literary Magazine received honors at NC College Media Association Awards

    On February 24, 2024, 51²è¹Ý student media received several honors at the North Carolina College Media Association Annual Conference, hosted this year by High Point University, for their work during the previous academic year. In the literary magazine category for all North Carolina colleges and universities, Vincent Moody (of Newport News, VA) received an…


  • 51²è¹Ý’s Robert Brewer Recognized by North Carolina Campus Engagement for Civic Engagement

    North Carolina Campus Engagement has honored 51²è¹Ý Chaplain and Professor of Religion, Rev. Dr. Robert Brewer, as the 2024 Civic Engagement Professional of the Year Award. The award recognizes a higher education administrator in the state who works to realize a campus-wide vision of service, supports the engagement of faculty and students, and forms…


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Dr. Josh Fitzgerald, 51²è¹Ý class of 2019

“I loved the GC Honors program and 51²è¹Ý. I felt safe and a sense of genuine belonging at the college. I worked closely with my thesis advisor and professors who helped inspire me to define my path and passion of interest. That path has led me to complete my doctoral studies in Engineering Mechanics.â€

- Dr. Josh Fitzgerald, Class of ’19, Mathematics Major

Dr. Josh Fitzgerald earned his master's from Virginia Tech University (studied astrodynamics) as well as earning an Engineering Mechanics Ph.D. He joined the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX as an Advanced Mission Design Engineer, optimizing trajectories for the Artemis II and III missions to return humans to the moon.