Diana Nyad to speak at next Bryan Series
Yunah Kim, News Editor
April 5, 2019
U.S. long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad will be speaking at the last Bryan Series installment for the 2018-2019 academic year at the Greensboro Coliseum on Thursday, April 11. The main event will be held from 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. A Q&A session with Guilford students, staff and faculty members will...
2019-2020 Bryan Series speakers announced
Yunah Kim, News Editor
March 15, 2019
The Bryan Series team is preparing for the 2019-2020 speaker series season and has announced the lineup of five speakers that are scheduled to speak in the upcoming season. The announcement was made by Associate VP for Alumni and Constituent Relations Ty Buckner at the end of the last Bryan Series...
Guilford College News in Brief
Yunah Kim, News Editor
February 15, 2019
Lunch with the Provost discusses changes and strategies On Monday, Feb. 11, Guilford students joined Provost Frank Boyd in the Atrium of Founders Hall for lunch and conversation in the cafeteria. The lunch discussion was held from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. and covered a range of topics concerning the c...
Julia Gillard talks experiences as a woman in politics at Bryan Series
Finn Williamson, Opinion Editor
November 28, 2018
For the third installment of the 2018-2019 season of the Bryan Series, Former Deputy Prime Minister and Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard came to speak with the Guilford and Greensboro community. Gillard was elected to prime minister in 2010 and became the first female to ever hold that position. “She...
Guilford College students excited for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Bryan Series event
Amber Dubois, Staff Writer
October 29, 2018
NBA legend, NY Times best-selling author, and activist are just a few things that describe the second Bryan Series speaker of the academic year. The 7-foot-2-inch NBA all-time leading scorer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar spoke at the Greensboro Coliseum on Tuesday, Oct. 23. Speakers for the Bryan Series are...
NBA legend Abdul-Jabbar visits Guilford
Finn Williamson, Opinion Editor
October 26, 2018
For the second event of the 2018 season of the Guilford College Bryan Series, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar talked about both his basketball career and post-NBA life. The event was held at the Greensboro Coliseum on Tuesday, Oct. 23. Abdul-Jabbar is a former Hall of Fame college and professional basketball...
Speakers get personal in Bryan Series Q&A
Finn Williamson, Opinion Editor
October 5, 2018
In addition to the main Bryan Series event, speakers David Axelrod and Karl Rove spoke to students in a Q&A format. Guilford hoped the two would create positive political dialogue. According to the Guilford website on the Bryan Series, “(Axelrod and Rove) bring more than keen insiders’ perspectives;...
Rove, Axelrod kickstart Bryan Series
Finn Williamson, Opinion Editor
October 5, 2018
“We seek to find ways for people who disagree or have very different views to stay in the room together and try and find some commonality” said Jane Fernandes, president of Guilford College. “These are two men have been working on that, and hopefully they will show us how to do it.” The aforementioned...
Axelrod, Rove to debut 2018 Bryan Series
Finn Williamson, Assistant Web Editor
September 7, 2018
Editor's Note: The Bryan Series event has been postponed until October 1 because of Hurricane Florence. Kicking off the Guilford College Bryan Series will be the duo of David Axelrod and Karl Rove. The event will be held on Sept. 13 at 7 p.m. at the Greensboro Coliseum. Both speakers are successf...
