Becca Stevens talks Thistle Farms with Guilford community
Jake Ramsaur, Staff Writer
October 31, 2018
As the first part of Guilford’s speaker series on women and economic development, on Monday, Oct. 1, Founder and President of Thistle Farms Becca Stevens discussed with the Guilford community the impacts of and secrets behind Thistle Farms. “Love heals,” is the motto of Thistle Farms, a justice...
Art faculty close out HERstory month
Praveena Somasundaram, Features Editor
April 13, 2018
Since spring break, the Boren Lounge of Founders Hall has been decorated with Visiting Lecturer for Art Katy Collier’s work. “This room was not beautiful, and it is really beautiful now,” said Nancy Daukas, professor of philosophy. Collier’s art has served as a supplement to many of the...
Guilford celebrates Women’s History Month
Abigail AbantoHollans, Staff Writer
March 23, 2018
“When women tell their stories, other women sometimes can raise their voices as well,” said Associate Professor of English Mylène Dressler. Dressler, along with other Guilford faculty members, spoke at the HERstory Month Celebration on March 15. The celebration was an interdisciplinary celebration...
Yoga session empowers patrons
Abigail AbantoHollans, Staff Writer
March 16, 2018
“Our intention here today is to be open and accepting of what the universe has to offer,” said yoga instructor Leanne Pizio. Pizio led the yoga session hosted by the JPS 350 course, “Women, Crime and Criminal Justice,” on Feb. 27. The session was held in the West Gallery of Founders Hall. The...
Guilford College News in Brief
January 19, 2018
Campus Kwanzaa Celebration On Thursday, Jan. 11, the Friends Center and the Multicultural Education Department hosted a Kwanzaa celebration for Guilford students, faculty and staff. The event was open to people of all faiths and was intend- ed to teach attendees about the practice, purpo...
Reporting for the Pulitzer Center – Praveena Somasundaram
Praveena Somasundaram, Features Editor
August 9, 2017
Praveena Somasundaram is a rising senior in The Early College at Guilford program. She is the features editor of The Guilfordian, Guilford College’s award-winning student newspaper. Praveena has always been interested in gender inequity and intends for her project to bring more awareness to...
Students share stories at Womyn with a Y
Praveena Somasundaram, Staff Writer
February 17, 2017
“I think people should come see this play because it’ll make you really uncomfortable,” said senior Jocelyn Foshay. Foshay was a director and performer for “Womyn with a Y,” a series of monologues performed by Guilford College students to share the stories of different women. The monologues...
‘The Vagina Monologues’: diversity and womanhood
Mara Stern, Staff Writer
February 19, 2016
Women dressed in black and red spread around the room looking focused and excited as the audience sat in anticipation in Bryan Jr. Auditorium waiting for the show to begin. “The Vagina Monologues” premiered in New York City in 1996, as its author, Eve Ensler, aimed to capture the experiences of w...
Guilford should implement St. Mary’s plan to fix wage gap
Nicole Zelniker, Senior Writer
October 24, 2014
Equality. Community. Integrity. Those are just some of the Quaker values that Guilford lives by. Given those values, how could we still have a gender wage gap? This isn’t purely a Guilford issue. Today, for every dollar a man makes in the U.S., a woman makes 81 cents. At Guilford, the problem...
