Greensboro College

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Greensboro College


Established:	1838
Type:	Private
President:	Craven E. Williams
Students:	1,233
Location:	Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
Campus:	80 acres
Mascot:	Pride
Affiliations:	United Methodist Church
Website:	http://www.gborocollege.edu/

Greensboro College is a four year, independent, coeducational institution located in Greensboro, North Carolina and affiliated with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1838. The College enrolls over 1,200 students from approximately 29 states and 21 nations. The average class size is 14 and the student faculty ratio is 11 to one.

1 History
2 Middle College
3 Theatre Department
4 Triad World Affairs Council
5 Notable Alumni
6 Notes
7 External links

[edit] History

The first college to open its doors within the town of Greensboro was the woman's college, Greensboro Female College. The school occupied a 25-acre campus near the heart of the city within the College Hill Historic District. The institution had its origin in 1833, when the Greensboro Female College was organized as an institution for local children. It was the intent of Reverend Peter Doub that the institution grow to serve women. ^[1]

Through the Methodist Church, a charter was secured in 1838, an event which makes it one of the oldest institutions of higher education for women in the United States.

The cornerstone of the first building was laid in 1843, and in 1846 the institution opened its doors to students. Young women came from many southern states to become the first classes of the new president, the Reverend Solomom Lea, and his faculty.^[2]

[edit] Middle College

Greensboro College Middle College is a high school program on the campus of Greensboro College located in Greensboro, North Carolina. It schools the 11th and 12th grades, and allows students to finish their high school career while earning college credit. GMC's main focus is to provide a more flexible and laid back learning environment for students previously unsuccessful or dissatisfied with traditional high school. As of the 2007-2008 school year, there are 122 students enrolled.

[edit] Theatre Department

A notable aspect of Greensboro College is the award winning Greensboro College Theatre Department. The theatre department offers undergraduate degrees in five emphaisiees including Stage Design and Technical Theatre, Costumes, Acting in the Theatre(okay), K-12 Theatre Education Licensure, and Management & Directing which encompasses Directing for the Stage, Stage Management, and Theatre Management.

- 2007-2008 Season

Caged Voices -

Blood Wedding -

Fat Pig -

GC Live! 2007 -

Fiddler on the Roof

- The theatre department produces several shows each year. Recent productions include: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Dearly Departed, The Spitfire Grill, To Kill A Mockingbird, Picnic, The Secret Garden, The Music Man, and Big Love. - - The Greensboro College Theatre Department offers a full scholarship to one incoming student every year. For more information on the Haley Theatre Scholarship please visit Haley Theatre Scholarship website. - - - Please visit the Greensboro College Theatre Department website for more information.

[edit] Triad World Affairs Council

The Triad World Affairs Council was founded in 1995 by business and cultural leaders with the purpose of raising public awareness of international political, economic and cultural issues, provides business and industry leaders with inside reports from international representatives and experts, and supports education at the secondary and higher educational levels. ^[3]

[edit] Notable Alumni

Eileen Fulton '55, soap opera and Broadway actress
Carolyn Maloney '68, U.S. Representative(D-N.Y.) 1992-Present
Ryan Nelsen '99, Professional soccer player

[edit] Notes

^ http://museum.gborocollege.edu/Peter_Doub.htm
^ Arnett, Ethel Stephens. Greensboro, North Carolina; the County Seat of Guilford. Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 1955. p. 102
^ Greensboro College: Press Releases - News.

[edit] External links

http://www.gborocollege.edu/ Greensboro College
http://theatre.gborocollege.edu/ Greensboro College Theatre Department
http://www.universitybusiness.com/page.cfm?id=181 University Business Article on Craven E. Williams

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Women's colleges that became coeducational

Became coeducational
Adelphi University • Albertus Magnus College • Andrew College • Beaver College • Bennington College • Carlow University • Cazenovia College • Chestnut Hill College • Chowan College • Columbia College • Connecticut College • Drexel University College of Medicine • Elms College • Elmira College • Emmanuel College • Georgia College & State University • Goucher College • Greensboro College • Hood College • Hunter College • Immaculata University • James Madison University • Keuka College • LaGrange College • Lake Erie College • Lasell College • Lesley College • Longwood University • MacMurray College • Mississippi University for Women• Marymount Manhattan College • Moravian College • Notre Dame College • Ohio Dominican University • Queens University of Charlotte • Radford University • Randolph College • Regis College • Rivier College • Sarah Lawrence College • Salve Regina University • Seton Hill University • Shorter College • Silver Lake College • Skidmore College • Stevenson University • Texas Woman's University • Trocaire College • University of Mary Washington • University of North Carolina at Greensboro • Vassar College • Viterbo University • Washington College of Law • Wells College • Wheaton College
Coordinate colleges
Douglass (merged with Rutgers University) • Evelyn College for Women (with Princeton University; closed) • H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College (merged with Tulane University) • Margaret Morrison Carnegie College (merged with Carnegie Mellon University) • Pembroke (merged with Brown University) • Radcliffe College (merged with Harvard University)

v • d • e USA South Athletic Conference

Averett • Christopher Newport • Ferrum • Greensboro • Maryville^* • Mary Baldwin^† • Meredith^† • Methodist • North Carolina Wesleyan • Peace^† • Shenandoah ^† women's sports only ^* football only