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  • 51²è¹Ý Announces December 2019 Graduates

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – 51²è¹Ý is pleased to announce that the following students have met all requirements for graduation. Their graduation date of record is Dec. 31, 2019. Luis Fernando Agudelo Ledezma, Matthews, N.C., Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Cherise Gabriele Ashley, Burlington, N.C., Bachelor of Arts in Criminal…


  • 51²è¹Ý Awards Its Highest Honor to Security Chief Calvin L. Gilmore

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – 51²è¹Ý awarded its highest honor, the Nannie Lee Smith Exemplary Service Medal, during today’s Commencement ceremony to Calvin L. Gilmore, the college’s longtime director of campus safety and security. In presenting the award, college President Lawrence D. Czarda, Ph.D., cited Gilmore for his helpfulness, kindness, patience and consistency, characteristics as revered…


  • 51²è¹Ý Awards 2019-2020 Moore Professorship to Michelle Plaisance

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – 51²è¹Ý has named Michelle Plaisance, associate professor of English and of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, its Moore Professor for 2019-2020. Since her appointment in August 2014 to the Department of English, Communication & Media Studies and to the directorship of the college’s M.A. program in Teaching English to…


  • 51²è¹Ý Recognizes Samantha Renee Saint as Outstanding Adult Undergraduate Student

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – 51²è¹Ý has presented Samantha Renee Saint the William Henry and Martha Grant Likins Award as this year’s outstanding graduating adult undergraduate student. She received the award today along with her B.A. in history and Social Studies education, cum laude (with honors), during the college’s Commencement exercises. “Having overcome some significant obstacles early…


  • 51²è¹Ý Names Alla Ahmed Alaghbri Outstanding Traditional Graduating Senior

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – 51²è¹Ý has awarded the Harold H. Hutson Award, presented annually to the outstanding traditional graduating senior, to Alla Ahmed Alaghbri of High Point. Alaghbri, who received his B.A. in history and religion summa cum laude (with highest honors) today, came to the U.S. in high school from his native, war-torn Yemen,…


  • 51²è¹Ý Announces 2019 Baccalaureate and Commencement Speakers

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – A 51²è¹Ý trustee and retired law-school dean will address 51²è¹Ý’s 2019 graduates at Commencement May 11, and a minister and alumnus of the college will speak at the college’s Baccalaureate/Cap & Gown ceremony May 10. The commencement speaker will be George R. Johnson Jr., dean emeritus and professor of law…


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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.