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  • 51²è¹Ý Launches Center for Innovation and Workforce Development Initiative to Meet Growing Workforce Demands in Piedmont Triad Region

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 21, 2022 51²è¹Ý Launches Center for Innovation and Workforce Development Initiative to Meet Growing Workforce Demands in Piedmont Triad Region 51²è¹Ý, NC – Today, 51²è¹Ý announced its launch of their new Center for Innovation and Workforce Development at 51²è¹Ý initiative to help prepare individuals to advance and succeed…


  • 51²è¹Ý Recognizes Students with Academic Achievements Award

    51²è¹Ý has granted academic honors to more than two dozen students for their achievements in the classroom. The awards and scholarships were presented at the annual Academic Achievement Awards Convocation, held on April 10, 2022. The following students were recipients of the Academic Awards: Academic Achievement in Business Award – Olivia A. Davidson of…


  • 51²è¹Ý Art to host Exhibit by Graduating Senior

    51²è¹Ý, NC (11/09/2021) — The 51²è¹Ý Department of Art presents an exhibition featuring graduating senior, Destinee’ Allen, in the Anne Rudd Galyon Art Gallery, opening November 16, 2021, with a reception from 4-6 p.m. The show continues its run Monday through Friday, 9-5 p.m., through December 3. Masks will be required within the indoor…


  • 51²è¹Ý Art Exhibit by Kenn Kotara Opens Oct. 15

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – The 51²è¹Ý Department of Art presents Kenn Kotara’s exhibition, “social geometries,” Oct. 15-Nov. 15 in the Anne Rudd Galyon Gallery, and the Irene Cullis Galley in the Cowan Humanities Building on campus. Regular gallery hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays. An opening reception will be held 6-8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 15.…


  • 51²è¹Ý Department of Music Presents – Eric Chilton with the GC Jazz Ensemble

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – 51²è¹Ý Department of Music presents its Jazz Ensemble at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 23, in the Huggins Performance Center on campus. The program will feature musician and award-winning reporter, Eric Chilton. A two-time Emmy winner, as well as an AP award winner, Chilton is a member and lead singer of the…


  • 51²è¹Ý Student Center Damaged by Fire

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 7, 2021 51²è¹Ý Office of Communications   51²è¹Ý Student Center Damaged by Fire 51²è¹Ý, N.C.–An early Saturday morning fire in 51²è¹Ý’s Student Center damaged Britt’s Coffeehouse. No one was in the building at the time and there were no injuries. Although the official investigation by the 51²è¹Ý Fire…


  • 51²è¹Ý Partners with Mentor Collective to Equip Students with High-impact Relationships at the Right Time

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 21, 2021 51²è¹Ý Office of Communications 51²è¹Ý, North Carolina – July 21, 2021. 51²è¹Ý announces a partnership with Mentor Collective to promote student mentorship and contribute to key outcomes that boost retention rates. The program, part of 51²è¹Ý’s Your Path Forward retention strategy, uses Mentor Collective technology to…


  • 51²è¹Ý Accreditor Accepts College’s Five-Year Interim Report

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 7, 2021 51²è¹Ý Office of Communications GREENSBORO, N.C. – 51²è¹Ý’s accreditor, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), has accepted the college’s five-year accreditation report and is not requiring any additional reporting. “This means that GC met all expectations of the Fifth Year Report requirements…


  • 51²è¹Ý Honors Elena King with Teaching Award

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – 51²è¹Ý has honored Elena Tosky King, associate professor of English and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), with the 2020-2021 Virginia Clarke Gray Award for outstanding teaching by a junior faculty member. King was cited for taking “a keen interest in the progress and success of her pre-service teachers…


  • Quiera Marshall receives GC’s George Floyd Memorial Scholarship

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 8, 2021 51²è¹Ý Office of Communications Quiera Marshall receives GC’s George Floyd Memorial Scholarship GREENSBORO, N.C. – The killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police on May 25, 2020, sparked a new national conversation on police treatment of minorities, Black Lives Matter, and related issues of racial equity. And, it also…


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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.