Greensboro College

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Established in 1838, Greensboro College is a four-year coeducational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. It is located in the College Hill Historic District of Greensboro, North Carolina. With an enrollment of approximately 1,300 men and women, the College enjoys a small-community atmosphere and maintains a student-faculty ratio of 11:1.

The College has completed an exciting $40-million building and renovation program that provides new classrooms and laboratories and transforms the gardens and grounds to preserve and enhance the special character of the 60-acre campus. Its architecture is in the traditional Georgian style. The buildings include an indoor athletic center, four residential halls, classroom buildings, a chapel, a performing arts center, a library, and a main administrative building.

At the Royce Reynolds Family Student Life Center, students enjoy squash, racquetball, and basketball courts; a fitness facility; an indoor pool; an aerobics room; a Jacuzzi; a steam room; and a sauna. Intercollegiate sports include baseball, basketball, cross-country, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, and tennis for men as well as basketball, cross-country, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, and volleyball for women. Greensboro College is a member of the NCAA Division III and competes in the U.S.A. South Athletic Conference. An intramural program is also offered for students.

There is cultural, religious, and ethnic diversity at Greensboro College, where students come from more than thirty states and twenty-four nations. Many graduates have earned distinction in graduate and professional schools in all parts of the United States and abroad. Recent Greensboro College graduates have been accepted into the graduate schools of the College of William and Mary as well as Duke, Emory, Georgetown, Johns Hopkins, North Carolina State, Princeton, St. Andrews (Scotland), Temple, Vanderbilt, and Wake Forest Universities and the Eastman School of Music. Most graduates pursue careers in business, education, health care, and the arts.

Extracurricular activities are designed to supplement and reinforce academic study at the College. More than 100 student leadership positions are available in more than sixty different student organizations, enabling most students to be as active in campus life as they wish.

In addition to its undergraduate programs, Greensboro College offers the Master of Education degree.

The city of Greensboro, which is located near the center of North Carolina, offers major industries, including insurance companies and textile manufacturers, and many cultural, social, and athletic opportunities. With a population of more than 1 million people in the Triad region, the city is a thriving business center that offers excellent internship opportunities. More than 45,000 college students study at the six colleges and universities within the city. Greensboro College is at the heart of this community.

Greensboro College awards the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Science (B.S.), and Bachelor of Business Administration degrees. Students can major in the following areas: accounting, art, athletic training, biology, birth-through-kindergarten teacher education, business administration and economics, chemistry, criminal justice, education or special education, English and communications, exercise and sport studies, French, history, history and political science, mathematics, middle school education, music, physical education, political science, psychology, religion and philosophy, secondary education, sociology, Spanish, theater, and urban ecology. Minors are available in child and family studies, Christian education, computer information systems, computer science, dance, ethics, interdisciplinary studies, international studies, legal administration, women’s studies, and other areas in which majors are offered. Combined-degree programs are offered in medical technology and radiological technology.

All students are required to take courses in the humanities, the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the arts. The general education requirements for both the B.A. and B.S. degrees total 52 semester hours. Graduation requires the completion of 124 semester hours.

Greensboro College offers an honors program for superior students who qualify on the basis of SAT or ACT scores, high school grade point averages, or AP examination results. Students enrolled in the program must complete requirements in addition to those expected of students in the regular B.A. and B.S. degree programs.

Because Greensboro College recognizes that people must learn not only how to live but also how to make a living, the liberal arts curriculum and setting provide the context for a variety of professional programs, including accounting, business, and legal administration, as well as preprofessional programs in law, medicine, and theology. Besides providing career and academic counseling, the College seeks to ensure that its graduates acquire the basic intellectual and communications capabilities to cope with the changing demands of any career. An internship program during the junior and senior years places students in business and agency settings that are related to their major and career aspirations. The College also seeks to develop in its graduates a philosophy of life and an appreciation of Judeo-Christian values that transcend particular vocational skills.

Greensboro College is a member of the Greater Greensboro Consortium and the Piedmont Independent Colleges Association, which provide for arrangements with Bennett College, Elon University, Guilford College, Guilford Technical Community College, High Point University, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Salem College, and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. With permission from the academic dean, students at Greensboro College may take courses offered at any of the other campuses. Library resources are shared.

The James Addison Jones Library has approximately 110,000 volumes, periodicals, CD-ROMs, and microfilm reels. The computerized card catalog system allows students to access the holdings of other area colleges. Interlibrary loan among the colleges is permitted. There are reading rooms, periodical and browsing rooms, and a multipurpose meeting room.

One of the College’s goals is to ensure that every student develops a broad range of technical skills in order to flourish in the twenty-first century. State-of-the-art computer labs are available for all students, and students can access the Internet and World Wide Web from most points on campus. All dorm rooms provide high-speed access to the Internet.

Other facilities include a computerized writing laboratory, natural science laboratories, the Annie Sellars Jordan Parlor Theater, and the Gail Brower Huggins Performance Center, one of the most elegant and state-of-the-art performance facilities in the area. Music facilities include a computerized music laboratory, practice rooms, two recital areas, thirty-nine pianos (including a 9-foot concert grand), and a concert stage. In addition, Greensboro College is one of only three colleges in the state to have a Fisk organ. There are two large art studios, one for the teaching of two-dimensional media and one for the teaching of three-dimensional media. Students in the education department are served by the Curriculum Materials Center, which contains audiovisual equipment, books, teaching kits, and a variety of other special supplies.

For 2008–09, the total cost of tuition, fees, room, and board was $30,668. A private room cost an additional $4400. Greensboro College estimates that $800 to $1600 is adequate for books, clothing, entertainment, and other incidental expenses.

Greensboro College participates in many federal programs of student aid, including the Federal Pell Grant, Federal Work-Study, Federal Perkins Loan, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant, Federal Parent Loan for Undergraduate Students, and Federal Stafford Student Loan programs. Authorized state programs include North Carolina Legislative Tuition Grants, the State Contractual Scholarship Fund, North Carolina Prospective Teacher’s Scholarships/Loans, and North Carolina Student Incentive Grants. Institutional programs funded by Greensboro College include the College work-study program, grants, scholarships, and loans. Full- and partial-tuition scholarships are awarded to students based on merit. United Methodist Church scholarships and grants, which are based on both financial need and merit, are available. Full Tuition Presidential Scholarships, valued at more than $80,000 each, are available. Approximately 90 percent of the students at Greensboro College receive some form of financial assistance. All students are encouraged to apply for financial aid, and the College accepts the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Applications for United Methodist Church scholarships and grants are available from the financial planning office. A career-development office on campus is available to aid all students seeking a part-time job, regardless of their financial need.

Greensboro College has 105 full- and part-time faculty members. All of the full-time faculty members hold the highest degree in their areas of study. Although some faculty members have distinguished themselves by their research, scholarship, and creativity, all are deeply and primarily committed to undergraduate teaching and the personal welfare of the students. Every student has a faculty adviser; the average class size is 14, and there is a favorable student-faculty ratio of 11:1.

The College’s Student Government Association (SGA), acting within the policies and regulations of the College, is the main representative voice of the students. The SGA addresses various policy decisions that affect the students and acts as a sounding board for student opinions. The SGA is the communication link between student organizations, the student body, the administration, the staff, and the faculty. The Campus Activities Board plans and executes student events on campus.

Admission decisions are based on all available information. Although applicants are asked to submit scores from the SAT and/or ACT, the high school record is actually the most important single factor. No exact formula can be applied to all applications, but acceptable scores on the SAT or ACT, rank in class, grade point average, and high school program form the basis for evaluation. Candidates for admission should demonstrate academic achievement in a select academic program in high school, although completion of a given program of study is not as important as evidence of intellectual curiosity and emotional and social maturity. A curriculum that provides good preparation for Greensboro College might include 4 units of English, 3 units of college-preparatory math (algebra I and II and geometry), 2 units of science (including one laboratory science), 2 units of history, 2 units of the same foreign language, and electives chosen from art, music, physical education, and social science. An interview on campus is very helpful to the student and to the College. Arrangements may be made for the interview at the student’s convenience.

Greensboro College accepts transfer credits on a case-by-case basis. Credit is given for courses that have been successfully completed at accredited universities, senior colleges, junior colleges, community colleges, and technical colleges.

Students should submit an application for admission and immediately ask high schools and any colleges they have attended to forward official transcripts to Greensboro College. SAT or ACT scores should be forwarded to the College by the testing agency or the student’s high school. Reference letters may be requested by the Admissions Committee, which reviews all applications on a rolling basis. As soon as a decision is reached, the student is notified. Greensboro College has no closing date for applications, but those received before March 31 are given priority.

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