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A mural painted at the Intercultural Engagement Center located in King Hall.

Engaged learning through community service opportunities

Sary Guerra Extrada, Staff Writer February 5, 2022

The Bonner Center for Community Service and Learning and the Community Scholars Program at Guilford College offer students the opportunity to become more civically engaged both on campus and with surrounding...

Mylène Dressler, Associate Professor of English, and fellow Associate Professor Diya Abdo had to change their planned three-week, study-abroad course to a class they titled Writing in Real Time // Photo by Maia Dery.

Coronavirus forces change for three-week courses

Reagan Bednar and Navya Belavadi, Staff Writer and News Editor May 24, 2020

With Guilford finding itself in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, closing its campus and offering online-only classes, many three-week session classes didn’t go according to original plans. Some...

Professor Diya Abdo receives Ehrlich Award

Ayesha Tahirkheli, Staff Writer November 11, 2019

Diya Abdo, associate professor of English at Guilford, was awarded the 2019 Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award. The Ehrlich award was presented by Campus Compact, an organization of over 1,000...

Writer Oswaldo Estrada, a UNC-Chapel Hill professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies, reads at Scuppernong Books during the Writers for Migrant Justice event on Sept. 4.

Reading brings community together to raise money for families at the border

Alesha Garcia and Ellen Han September 12, 2019

As tensions continue to intensify along the U.S.-Mexico border, the tragedies that occur there often seem to get drowned out by the incessant arguing of politicians. In an effort to support migrant families...

Diya Abdo presents dialogue on refugee crisis

Sofia Pavone and Ethan Santana September 28, 2018

On Monday, Sept. 24, Associate Professor of English Dr. Diya Abdo hosted a talk in Dana Auditorium where she discussed refugee settlement and the refugee communities at Guilford. She spoke about her work...

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Guilford College News in Brief

February 9, 2018

Quaker lunch teaches about core values Guilford’s core values consist of community, diversity, equality, excellence, integrity, justice and stewardship. On Thursday, Feb. 1, Guilford offered students,...

Diya Abdo signs the UN Together Campaign Action Charter in New York on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018// Photo Courtesy of Mark Von Holden

Every Campus a Refuge recommended by UN

Kathleen Herbst, Opinion Editor January 26, 2018

Every Campus a Refuge was represented and recognized by the United Nations at the U.N. Together Campaign Summit in New York on Jan. 9. The event sought to promote refugee resettlement efforts and the...

immigration panel

Faculty and staff discuss immigration

Shania Lao, Staff Writer December 1, 2017

On Nov. 20, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Gilmer room, the Honors Program and OSLE hosted a dinner and discussion on the topic of immigration justice at Guilford. The speakers in attendance were Associate...

ECAR welcomes new refugees and trainees

Jilly Campbell, Assistant Copy Editor September 29, 2017

18 trainees. Five refugees. One campus. It’s been a busy week for Every Campus a Refuge to say the least. On Saturday, Sept. 23, 18 students, staff members, faculty and alumni participated in a...

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