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Homecoming & Family Weekend 2025: Join Us on Campus!
Homecoming & Family Weekend 2025: Join Us on Campus! We can’t wait to welcome alumni, families, friends, and the entire Guilford community back to campus for Homecoming & Family Weekend 2025, taking place Friday, September 26 – Sunday, September 28. Whether you’re reconnecting with classmates, cheering on the Quakers, or showing your kids around campus, this weekend is filled with opportunities to celebrate what makes Guilford special. 🎉 Weekend Highlights Include: Welcome Back Reception and a chance to meet our new athletic...

Before he made history at Guilford, Steve Hankins ’75 stood guard over it
What lingers in the memory is how ordinary the weekend was shaping up to be. Barely 19 and a few months removed from Parris Island, Marine Private First Class Steve Hankins ’75 was loafing in his barracks when a news bulletin shattered the Friday afternoon calm.

As New Garden’s pastoral minister, Brenda Esch ’83 comes home again
Forty years after graduating, Brenda Esch ’83 is back in Greensboro, this time as New Garden Friends’ new pastoral minister.

In Memoriam: James B. “Jim” Gutsell
A celebration of Jim’s life will be held Sunday, Sept. 29, in the Carnegie Room of Hege Academic Commons on campus from 11 am to 2 pm.

Zitty Nxumalo ’08 Named Guilford Education Alliance President
Zithobile “Zitty” Nxumalo ’08 has been named President of the Guilford Education Alliance, an independent, Triad-based nonprofit focused on advocating for public schools in Guilford County.

In Memoriam: Bill Stevens
I am writing to share the news of the passing of William F. “Bill” Stevens, who was a member of our Business faculty from 1982 until his retirement in 2006. He was instrumental in building our Center for Continuing Education up to its height in order to provide educational opportunities for adults and significant revenue for the College in six years as Dean.
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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