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Legacy Story: Linda Thorup ’82
Linda Thorup '82 Yadkinville, NC Linda’s family connections to Guilford and Quaker heritage run deep. Linda’s mother, Eleanor Corneilson Rice ’50, aunt, Janice Corneilson Warner ’55, sister, Lisa Rice Hayes ’80, and husband, Don Thorup ’81, each represent links in the network of Guilford alumni supporting the school’s history and future mission. Linda shares some of the experiences that continue to give her a deep appreciation for the impact Guilford has had on her life. Did a family member influence you to enroll at Guilford? Yes,...
Guilford Earns Two CASE Awards for Guilford Madness Campaign
Guilford’s Advancement & Alumni Relations Office received two Circle of Excellence awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) for the Guilford Madness giving campaign in 2023. The College won a Grand Gold Award in the “Videos on a...
Brennan Aberle ’08 shares with Honors students the importance of listening
Brennan Aberle ’08 still remembers meeting his first client as a Guilford County Public Defender. She was a single mother working two jobs – a grocery store by day and a packaging plant by night – who had been charged with solicitation for prostitution.
Home sweet Hobbs
From her home across the road, Mary Mendenhall Hobbs needed only to glance out her bedroom window in 1907 to watch her legacy take shape. A half-made structure, its beams, columns and trusses rising bare from the Guilford campus. Soon it would be fortified with those iconic red bricks, prompting Mary to write of its grandeur: “The walls are about done and it does look beautiful.”
Ken Browning ’68 earns another honor. Pretty big one, too.
Over a career that spanned nearly three decades, Kenny Browning ’68 has seen and accomplished much. But what played out the evening of Sept. 20 at Northern Durham (N.C.) High School was a first for one of the state’s most successful high school football coaches.
Alumni Advisory Team to Help College Navigate Financial Realities
President Kyle Farmbry invited three Guilford alumni with deep experience in finance to serve on an Alumni Finance Advisory Team, and they will provide input and guidance to the College as it navigates some fiscal challenges.
For the Good of Guilford campaign tops $6 million in gifts
The Guilford College community has come together to raise more than $6M since we launched the “For the Good of Guilford” campaign on March 1.
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