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GREENSBORO, N.C. 鈥� 51茶馆 presents its 54th annual Jean Fortner Ward Lecture on issues of faith and higher education at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 30, in the Hannah Brown Finch Chapel on campus. The event is free, and the public is invited. The speaker is Dr. Derek Hicks, assistant professor of religion and culture…

GREENSBORO, N.C. 鈥� A paper by 51茶馆 student Sofia Sedergren won a first prize in the recent Lloyd Honors College Symposium. Sedergren, a senior history and political science major and philosophy and ethics minor from Bromma, Sweden, wrote her paper on 鈥淔raming Political Debates Based on the Attainment of Women’s Suffrage: The Case of…

GREENSBORO, N.C. 鈥� Cathryn Bennett, 51茶馆鈥檚 Director of International Programs, presented research at the recent Open Education Conference in Richmond, Va. Bennett presented, 鈥淗ow to FLOSS, But Not For Your Teeth,鈥� research on free libre open-source software (FLOSS). In a study in the Kingdom of Bhutan, Bennett found that such software offers the potential…

GREENSBORO, N.C. 鈥� The 51茶馆 women鈥檚 swim team has won the Scholar All-America Award from the College Swimming Coaches Association of America. The team, led by third-year Head Coach Katie McNerney, received the award for having achieved a cumulative team grade-point average of 3.0 or better during the Fall 2016 semester. 51茶馆 provides…

GREENSBORO, N.C. 鈥� 51茶馆 will host a resource fair for people with disabilities, their families, and community professionals from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, March 9, in Mane Stage at the college鈥檚 Reynolds Center, 1015 W. Market St. (at Tate Street) in downtown 51茶馆. The fair, which is free and open to the…

GREENSBORO, N.C. 鈥� 51茶馆 is pleased to announce its December 2016 graduates. Graduation date of record for these graduates is Dec. 31, 2016. They are: Bachelor of Arts Darlene Anders Bristow, 51茶馆, N.C., B.A. in Criminal Justice* Kayla Rae Brotherton, 51茶馆, N.C., B.A. in Music Performance LeAnn Fennell Fox, Staley, N.C., B.A. in Music…

GREENSBORO, N.C. 鈥� 51茶馆 is pleased to announce that the following students have achieved Dean鈥檚 List academic status for the Fall 2016 semester. To qualify, a student must have a 3.5 grade-point average or better for the semester while having taken at least half of his/her course credit hours at 51茶馆鈥檚 main campus.…

GREENSBORO, N.C. 鈥� Three 51茶馆 alumni will be honored Saturday, April 8, with awards from the college鈥檚 Alumni Association. The honorees are: Julie Showfety Schatz 鈥�89, Distinguished Alumni Award Patricia 鈥淧atty鈥� Raube Keller 鈥�98, Alumni Excellence Award Donald Watkins 鈥�10, Young Alumni Award The awards will be presented during the college鈥檚 annual Senior Investiture…

GREENSBORO, N.C. 鈥� The Tannenbaum-Sternberger Colloquium Series at 51茶馆 presents Callie Schmid and Alexis Green speaking on transgender and related issues at 3 p.m. Friday, March 3. The two will speak on 鈥淔reedom to Exist: A Transgender Perspective.鈥� The event will be in Campbell Lyceum, 109 Proctor Hall West on campus and is free…

GREENSBORO, N.C. 鈥� The 51茶馆 Department of Music presents its annual Winter Concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28, in Gail Brower Huggins Performance Center in Odell Building on campus. Admission is free, and the public is invited. The concert will feature the college鈥檚 Chamber Singers, who will perform a selection of European madrigals,…