Greensboro College

Greensboro College

Motto	Palma non sine pulvere (Latin)
Motto in English	(lit. No palm without dust), No reward without effort
Type	Private liberal arts college
Established	1838
Founder	Rev. Peter Doub
Religious affiliation	United Methodist Church
President	Dr. Lawrence D. Czarda
Academic staff	45 (FT)
Students	1,300
Location	Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
Campus	80 acres (320,000 m2)
Athletics	NCAA Division III – USA South
Mascot	The Pride
Affiliations	IAMSCU
Website	www.greensboro.edu

Greensboro College is a four-year, independent, coeducational liberal-arts college, also offering four master's degrees, located in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States, and affiliated with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1838 by Rev. Peter Doub. The college enrolls about 1,000 students from 32 states, the District of Columbia and 29 nations.

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 (100,000 m²) campus near the heart of the city within what would become 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 the Rev. Peter Doub that the institution grow to serve women.

Through the Methodist Church, a charter was secured in 1838, an event which makes the college one of the oldest institutions of higher education for women in the United States. The college became coeducational in the late 1950s.

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 Rev. Solomon Lea, and his faculty.

Greensboro College provides a liberal arts education grounded in the traditions of the United Methodist Church and fosters the intellectual, social, and, spiritual development of all students while supporting their individual needs.

The academic calendar consists of two semesters and a summer-school session. Full-time undergraduates must carry a minimum academic load of 12 credit hours per semester.

The college offers four undergraduate degrees: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Business Administration, Bachelor of Music, and Bachelor of Science. It offers four master's degrees: M.Ed. in elementary education, M.Ed. in special education/general curriculum, M.Ed. in special education/adapted curriculum, and M.A. in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.

Undergraduate majors: The college offers majors in accounting, art, athletic training, biology, birth through kindergarten education, business administration, business administration and economics, chemistry, criminal justice, elementary education, English, English and communication studies, exercise and sport studies, French (effective with the 2009-2010 academic year, enrollments in the major and minor in French are suspended until further notice), history, history and political science, liberal studies, mathematics, mathematics education, middle grades education, music, music education, health/physical education, political science, psychology, religion, secondary comprehensive science education, sociology, Spanish, special education, theatre, and urban ecology. Most departments also offer minors.