Gardner-Webb Designated First Purple Heart University in State

Authors

Office of University Communications

Files

Description

Gardner-Webb University is proud to announce it will be designated as a Purple Heart University for its military and veteran support, the first such honor for a higher education institution in the state of North Carolina. The Military Order of the Purple Heart (MOPH) and Gardner-Webb invite veterans to a ceremony to mark the honor at 10 a.m. on Jan. 28 in the University’s Dover Campus Center. The program will include a salute to veterans, a proclamation and plaque for the University and a presentation on the Purple Heart, which is bestowed on U.S. military members who are wounded by adversaries in combat.

Publication Date

1-23-2015

Publisher

Gardner-Webb University

City

Boiling Springs

Keywords

David Hawsey, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Purple Heart

Recommended Citation

Office of University Communications, "Gardner-Webb Designated First Purple Heart University in State" (2015). Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive. 1258.
https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/1258