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The Guilfordian

The student news site of Guilford College

The Guilfordian

The student news site of Guilford College

The Guilfordian

Core values offer chance to change

Core values offer chance to change

Brenna Walsh, Staff Writer November 13, 2015

How often do you think about Guilford’s core values in your day-to-day life? Be honest — it is not very Quaker to lie. Guilford established its seven core values, community, diversity, equality,...

Letter to the editor: You don’t belong at Guilford if…

Jim Hood, Guest Writer October 5, 2015

Dear Editor,   I’ve been thinking a lot about community lately, one of Guilford’s so-called “core values.” I’ve wondered if community is, indeed, the squishiest of those values, the...

Every campus a refuge: embodying our values

Diya Abdo, Guest Writer October 2, 2015

The refugee crisis is a perpetual crisis. As long as there has been conflict, there have been refugees. I myself am the child of refugees, their first, born in a country right across the river from the...

Letter to the Editor: Throughout the budget cuts, remember Guilford’s cohesion

Gia Henry, CCE senior, Guest Writer April 10, 2015

A few weeks ago when the student body was invited to come and “plea” their clubs, organizations, causes, and interests, to the board of trustees, I received an invite from many different groups I have...

Core value of diversity currently not represented in faculty

Beatriz Caldas, Staff Writer March 6, 2015

Guilford College’s website dedicates an entire page to the explanation of the school’s core values and missions. One of them represents the College’s desire to become an institution characterized...

Letter to the Editor: Core values should be reflected in salary equality

Cheryl Snider Bridges, M.Div., Guest Writer February 27, 2015

As a former full-time employee, a current adjunct faculty member at Guilford College and as a Quaker, I love the ethos at Guilford. It’s a place founded on the belief that all people have the right to...

Core Values: Excellence

Robert Pacheco, Staff Writer April 18, 2014

“In a Quaker context, ‘excellence’ must be understood as ‘living up to the Light’ in a lifelong journey towards wholeness. This applies not only to the academic mission of the College but also...

Core Values: Justice

Core Values: Justice

Robert Pacheco, Staff Writer April 11, 2014

“The judicial process at Guilford can be a healing process, part of the transformative education that Guilford College is known for. The school takes great pains to balance the Quaker principles...

Guilford Core Values: Equality

Robert Pacheco, Staff Writer April 4, 2014

Equality is defined as the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities. In what ways may Guilford College build upon this concept of Equality as we move into the future? Are...

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