Guilford College has very strong arts and very strong athletics. Right now, both are being re-imagined and newly resourced there.
Dana Giola, the Poet Laureate of California and former chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, once commented
I don’t like sports, but you’ve got to admire the energy, creativity, and innovation that goes into sports. And it’s very similar to arts. It’s a way of focusing human energy to create these symbolic encounters which have enormous emotional resonance to audiences
Guilford’s got’em both.
Giola’s comment affirms Guilford’s thinking. The student experience at Guilford crosses traditional boundaries. It finds connections, focuses energy, teaches the importance of symbolic encounters. It’s creative.
These are elements of a life lived well. Both sports and arts teach those things HANDS ON at Guilford College.
I’m amazed continually at how often people who spent their college years at athletics and arts and literature (and other such endeavors) turn out to have the chops to get things done.
Athletes make great executives; French majors make the BEST lawyers.
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