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The Guilfordian

The student news site of Guilford College

The Guilfordian

The student news site of Guilford College

The Guilfordian

Staff Editorial: J-Term should improve, continue beyond pilot

Editorial Board February 5, 2016

Experiential learning. Independent studies and projects. Study away, study abroad. For credit, even four-credit classes. Since it began five years ago, January Term has grown to include a wonderful hodgepodge...

Study Abroad Photo of the Week

September 18, 2015

Kyoto, Japan Carson Risser ‘17 studied throughout Japan this summer, visiting places like Kyoto, the former imperial capital of the island country. Each week we will feature a picture from students’...

Floods in Accra, Ghana lead to explosion that kills hundreds

Caleb Amstutz, Staff Writer September 4, 2015

On June 3, an explosion rocked a busy suburb in Accra, the capital of Ghana and an area where Guilford College hosts a study abroad program. Officials still do not know how many people died because...

Reunification of Germany 25 years later

Ian Penny, Guest Writer November 21, 2014

Nov. 9 has long been a day of political upheaval in modern German history. On Nov. 9, 1918, the imperial monarchy that led the nation during World War I was overthrown, eventually replaced by the democratic...

Student ventures abroad, teaches English in Tanzania

Student ventures abroad, teaches English in Tanzania

William Osterholt, Staff Writer September 5, 2014

While many students at Guilford College this summer were enjoying the sun outside or working summer jobs, one student was participating in something rather special. Junior Fiona Lloyd-Muller spent a significant...

Beloved Tibetan town, study abroad site devastated by fire

Beloved Tibetan town, study abroad site devastated by fire

Eric Mortensen, Guest Writer, Chair and Associate Professor of Religious Studies February 14, 2014

In the frigid inkiness of early morning on Jan. 11, 2014, a space heater allegedly ignited a window curtain in a hotel in the Old Town of Xianggelila — the very hotel in which Professor of Justice &...

May showers bring plenty of summer opportunities

Jamie Luckhaus, Staff Writer May 10, 2013

Summer. School is out. You made it through finals. Time to hit the beach and feel the sand between your toes. Sleep in. Get sunburned by the pool. Although these are vital parts of summer, there is...

I studied abroad with CIEE, now what?

Hallie Dowling-Huppert & Charlotte Cloyd, Guest Writers March 29, 2013

We expected to experience a reverse-culture shock.  What we didn’t expect was the sense of isolation and lack of interest about our specific study abroad experiences.   When Charlotte studied abroad...

GOOFORDIAN: Naughty Nathan the Quaker Man gets nabbed smuggling reefer/kush abroad

Josh Ballard, Staff Writer March 29, 2013

Disclaimer: This story is a part of our April Fool's edition, The Goofordian. This story was created by Guilfordian staff and is not based in fact. At 6:35 p.m. on Sunday, March 17, Nathan the Guilford...

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