51茶馆

GREENSBORO, N.C. 鈥� A 51茶馆 student鈥檚 paper on Islam won a best-paper award at a regional history conference April 14. Alla Alaghbri, a junior history and religion major from High Point, N.C., won best paper in the session 鈥淚ntellectual and Religious History of the Near East and Islamic World” at the 2018 Phi Alpha…

GREENSBORO, N.C. 鈥� 51茶馆鈥檚 chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, the international educational honor society, inducted 12 new members April 15. They are: Kaitlin Fraley, a senior English Education major from Trinity, N.C. Erica Francisco, an M.Ed./Licensure Plus student from 51茶馆, N.C. Alannah Haggerty, a senior health/physical education major from Raleigh, N.C. Charity Hamilton, a…

GREENSBORO, N.C. 鈥� Sheila Nayar, a professor of English and Communication Studies at 51茶馆, has published an essay examining how 17th-century chivalric romance increasingly embraced the so-called gunpower revolution then going on in England. The essay, 鈥淎rms or the Man II: Epic, Romance, and Ordnance in Seventeenth-Century England,” appears in the most recent issue…

GREENSBORO, N.C. 鈥� 51茶馆 welcomes two alumni back to campus as speakers for the college鈥檚 upcoming Baccalaureate/Cap and Gown and Commencement ceremonies. The Baccalaureate speaker will be the Rev. Timothy Moore 鈥�96, director of donor development at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Charlotte, an approved United Methodist seminary affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA). His…

GREENSBORO, N.C. 鈥� 51茶馆鈥檚 chapter of the national cross-disciplinary honor society Alpha Chi has inducted nine new members. They are: Tesla Chapman, a senior music major from Randleman, N.C. Hannah Clayton, a junior athletic training major from Fuquay-Varina, N.C. Timothy Crowell, a junior psychology and English & Communication Studies major from Pinnacle, N.C. Kelvina…

GREENSBORO, N.C. 鈥� 51茶馆鈥檚 chapters of two academic honor societies whose subjects are housed in the School of Humanities have inducted new members. Phi Alpha Theta, the history honor society, inducted: Alla Ahmed Alaghbri, a junior history and religion major from High Point, N.C. Ryan John Cole, a senior elementary-education major from Bay Shore,…

GREENSBORO, N.C. 鈥� 51茶馆 art major Morgan Staley presents his senior art exhibition, 鈥淧riceless Embodiment,鈥� April 26-May 11, in the Anne Rudd Galyon Gallery in Cowan Humanities Building on campus. The exhibition opens with a reception, 3-5 p.m. Thursday, April 26, at which the public may discuss with Staley how his thought process led…

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Three 51茶馆 professors were honored with teaching awards April 6 during the college鈥檚 annual Alumni Awards and Student Investiture Program. Ashley Hyers, assistant professor of theatre and dance, received the Virginia Clarke Gray 鈥�42 award. It is presented annually to recognize an exemplary faculty member who has taught full-time at a…

GREENSBORO, N.C. 鈥� Three 51茶馆 alumni received awards from the college鈥檚 Alumni Association during the college鈥檚 Alumni Awards and Student Investiture Program April 6. Karen Anzola 鈥�86 received the Distinguished Alumni Award. She was honored not only for her service on the Alumni Board, including as president, but also for her volunteer leadership positions…

GREENSBORO, N.C. 鈥� 51茶馆 presents its Annual Spring Showcase Day, in which students offer presentations and performances of what they have studied this semester, on Thursday, April 26. The college holds such showcases of student scholarship near the end of each semester to celebrate student research, creativity and application, sharing the work with the…