Guilford College
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| Motto | I am striving for wisdom and virtue. |
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| Type | Private liberal arts college |
| Established | 1837 |
| Affiliation | Quakers |
| Endowment | US $70.7 million |
| President | Jane Fernandes |
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Academic staff
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118 |
| Students | 2,137 |
| Location | Greensboro, North Carolina, USA |
| Campus | Suburban, 340 acres (1.37 km²) |
| Sports | NCAA Division III — ODAC |
| Colors | Crimson and Gray |
| Mascot | Quakers |
| Website | www |
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Guilford College
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Brick walkway through Guilford College
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| Nearest city | Greensboro, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°5′43″N 79°53′19″W / 36.09528°N 79.88861°WCoordinates: 36°5′43″N 79°53′19″W / 36.09528°N 79.88861°W |
| Built | 1885 |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Late Gothic Revival |
| NRHP Reference # |
01000676 (decrease) |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | June 21, 1990 |
| Boundary decrease | June 27, 2001 |
Guilford College is a small liberal arts college in Greensboro, North Carolina. Guilford has both traditional students and students who attend its Center for Continuing Education (CCE). Founded in 1837 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), Guilford's program offerings include such majors as Peace and Conflict Studies and Community and Justice Studies, both rooted in the college's history as a Quaker institution.
Guilford College is the only Quaker-founded college in the southeastern United States. Opening in 1837 as New Garden Boarding School, the institution became a four-year liberal arts college in 1888.Levi Coffin, a well-known abolitionist, Quaker, and political dissenter grew up on the land, which is now considered a historical site. The woods of New Garden, which still exist on campus today, were used as a meeting point for the Underground Railroad in the 19th century, run by Coffin.
Guilford competes as an NCAA Division III as an Old Dominion Athletic Conference member. The school has won five national championships, including the 1973 NAIA men's basketball title, the 1981 NAIA women's tennis title and the 1989 (NAIA), 2002 and 2005 (NCAA Division III) men's golf titles.
Bryan Series. In the past decade, Guilford's Bryan Series has brought many notable speakers to the campus and city for an annual public lecture series. Past speakers have included Desmond Tutu, Mikhail Gorbachev, Colin Powell, Madeleine Albright, Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, Ken Burns, Mary Robinson, David McCullough, and Toni Morrison. The 2008–09 Bryan Series lecturers were Khaled Hosseini, Christiane Amanpour and James Rubin, Salman Rushdie, and Anna Quindlen. The 2009–10 lecturers were Garry Trudeau, Paul Krugman, Anna Deavere Smith, David Gregory, and Yo-Yo Ma.
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