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Supporting Guilford: Every Gift Makes a Difference
Supporting Guilford College means investing in a community that values academic excellence, ethical leadership, and lifelong learning. Whether you're an alumnus, parent, faculty member, or friend, there are numerous ways to contribute to the College's mission and make a lasting impact on students' lives. Today, the College’s most urgent need is unrestricted giving to the Loyalty Fund, which provides critical flexibility to meet emerging priorities and ensure a strong foundation for the future. Ways to Give 1. Online GivingMaking a...
The Metamorphosis of Art Professor Mark Dixon ’96
In a corner of Mark Dixon’s ’96 Hege-Cox Hall classroom is a portable wooden table that wasn’t always a table. In another lifetime, the table’s top, sides and legs were part of an upright piano. That was before Mark extracted the soundboard from the piano’s innards, sketched out a blueprint, pulled out some tools and – voila! – a table.
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.”
Wendy Poteat’s Commencement Speech to the Class of 2024
Commencement May 18, 2024 As prepared for delivery. President Farmbry, trustees, distinguished faculty, fellow alumni, families and friends, and the remarkable Guilford College Class of 2024, it is with great pride and gratitude that I stand before you today on this...
Black Alumni Weekend Celebrates a Growing Community
Sixty years ago, Washington Rakama ’64 walked across the Commencement stage and into history when he received his Guilford diploma. Washington became the College’s first Black graduate that spring.
Guilford Welcomes Back Classes of ’73 and ’74 in Golden Form
When they graduated from Guilford College, the Vietnam War was winding down, Bruce Springsteen was heating up and the classes of 1973 and 1974 were ready to take their place in the world. Today, other conflicts have replaced Vietnam, the climate is changing and Generation Z is enjoying its moment on stage.
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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Giving to Guilford College creates lasting change. Your support fuels opportunities for future students and enhances programs and facilities. Every contribution, big or small, helps maintain the legacy of excellence and empowers the next generation to thrive.
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