Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

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Lost and Found: GWU Freshmen Collect Regional Appalachian Heritage Stories

Office of University Communications

William Faulkner once said, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” This ever-present force binds itself to our daily lives; but for a region so steeped in history, many stories of the past remain forgotten. That is, until now.
Gardner-Webb Homecoming Weekend Offers Activities for Students, Alumni and Community Oct. 26-27

Office of University Communications

Homecoming at Gardner-Webb University is coming up this weekend, and if you’re one of our beloved alumni, we hope you’ll make the trek back to Boiling Springs to reconnect with your alma mater and reunite with old friends. The Office of Alumni Affairs has planned a variety of fun Homecoming activities, detailed below. For more information about Homecoming, call the Office of Alumni Affairs at 704-406-2586.
GWU Alum Dolly Wilson Serves as Breast Cancer Patient Navigator

Office of University Communications

The term “true colors” is used to describe one’s authentic self; a person’s real character. Career nurse Dolly Wilson bleeds one color: pink. Known as the “Pink Nurse,” this Gardner-Webb University alum is making a difference for women diagnosed with breast cancer.
GWU Professor Dr. Ben Gaskins Examines Statistical Dead Heat for Oval Office

Office of University Communications

With just days before Americans head to the polls for the 2012 Presidential Election, North Carolina voters are sorting through the rhetoric and propaganda in an attempt to determine how to choose between Republican nominee Governor Mitt Romney and Democratic incumbent President Barack Obama. Gardner-Webb University Political Science Professor Dr. Ben Gaskins knows a thing or two about campaign strategies. He teaches his students how to get to the heart of the issues at hand and then use the information gleaned to make an educated decision.

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Office of Christian Life & Service Guides GWU Students Toward Spiritual Relationship with God

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Preparing students to think critically, succeed professionally, and to serve faithfully are elements of the mission and vision of Gardner-Webb University. University leaders say their desire for Gardner-Webb students is that they, like Christ, “grow in wisdom and stature, in favor with God and man.” (Luke 2:52) Nonetheless, a goal is nothing without a plan to achieve it.
GWU Opera Theatre to Present “The Tender Land”

Office of University Communications

The Gardner-Webb University School of Performing and Visual Arts will present “The Tender Land,” an opera by Aaron Copland, on Nov. 2-3 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 4 at 2:30 p.m. The opera will take place in the Dover Theatre, located beside the Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center. Set in the 1930s, “The Tender Land” is a coming-of-age story about a teenage girl who is about to graduate from high school in a small rural town and is ready to go out and experience the world.
GWU’s Dr. Earl Leininger: Renaissance Man

Office of University Communications

Dr. Earl Leininger is an accomplished man, to say the least. He has traveled across the world, served at two institutions of higher learning, and is a proficient actor. He also has received multiple undergraduate degrees as well as a Ph.D.
Octoberfest 2012 Set for Oct. 25 at Gardner-Webb University

Office of University Communications

Calling all kids! The community is invited to attend Octoberfest 2012 at Gardner-Webb University, a free fall festival that offers fun for the whole family, on Thursday, Oct. 25 from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Gardner-Webb’s Tucker Student Center. Octoberfest features games, crafts, prizes, and, of course, candy for children of all ages to enjoy.
Student Assessment Conference Planned for Oct. 25-26 at GWU

Office of University Communications

The Gardner-Webb University Godbold School of Business presents its inaugural Student Learning Assessment Conference Oct. 25-26 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Hamrick Hall’s Blanton Auditorium. The event is designed to provide professional development for faculty, staff, and administrators in order to help improve student learning outcomes. The Student Learning Assessment Conference will showcase such topics as student learning outcomes made simple; the assessment process: how does it all fit together; and the ABC’s of assessment rubrics.
GWU Alum Models Faith, Service and Leadership in Simpsonville, S.C.

Office of University Communications

Gardner-Webb University strives to produce well-rounded graduates who incorporate faith, service and leadership in their lives. Alum Hoyt Bynum Jr. is such a graduate; a successful businessman, a community servant, and a third-generation preacher. Bynum received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Gardner-Webb University in 1993.
Economy, Jobs, and Healthcare Discussed by GWU Experts as Election Day Nears

Office of University Communications

With just three weeks until Americans cast their ballots for local, state, and federal candidates, many citizens are viewing the national economy as a pivotal issue that could determine the outcome of the presidential election. To help citizens sort through the propaganda, faculty members of the Gardner-Webb University Godbold School of Business recently weighed in on the issues relating to business, job creation, and the overall economic health of the country. “Without taking a position with a particular party, the culmination of the campaign itself will be a start to ending so much uncertainty,” said GWU Assistant Professor Dr. William Little.
Former Gardner-Web Faculty Member Lansford Jolley Pens New Book

Office of University Communications

Gardner-Webb University alumnus and retired faculty member Lansford Jolley’s new book, “The Coed’s Mite,” may be fiction, but it’s apparent that parts of the story, including characters, locations, and plotlines are based on reality and even some GWU history. Jolley, a native of Boiling Springs, N.C., served as the University’s chair of the Department of Social Sciences for 33 years, where he taught history, sociology, and marriage and family, before retiring in 1992. Aspects of his new book bring historical moments of Gardner-Webb to life through the lives of main characters, Thomas and Ann.
Gardner-Webb Prepares Students for Eight New Global Missions

Office of University Communications

Gardner-Webb is a world in its own. Nestled among the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, it reflects the values of faith, service and leadership demonstrated within a close-knit community. These qualities remain apparent particularly when university representatives travel beyond the mountains and overseas.
Powerful Speaker to Share at GWU for Drug & Alcohol Awareness Week

Office of University Communications

The Gardner-Webb Dimensions program welcomes Aaron Cooksey to speak during the University’s Alcohol and Other Drugs Awareness Week. Cooksey knows firsthand the impact that one decision can make in life, or, more specifically, the losing of a life. The program will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 16 at 9:25 a.m. in Paul Porter Arena, located in the Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center.
Champion on a Roll as Ms. Wheelchair NC 2012

Office of University Communications

Hairspray, evening gowns, spray tans, and bathing suits. These items usually come to mind when people think of pageants. Take away the mascara and blush and you’re left with a handful of women with kind hearts and dreams of world peace.
Gardner-Webb Baseball Team Members to Shave Heads for Cancer Research

Office of University Communications

The Gardner-Webb baseball is teaming up with a pair of special charities for a “BaseBald” event Saturday, October 13, to promote research for childhood cancer. Members of the Runnin’ Bulldogs 2013 team and coaching staff will gather at 12 noon at John Henry Moss Stadium prior to this year’s alumni game to shave their heads in an effort to help raise money for childhood cancer research. “The St. Baldrick’s organization has been a major force in the fight against childhood cancer and we are honored to partner with them in that battle,” said GWU head coach Rusty Stroupe, who will be among the group to surrender his hair on Saturday.
Dawg Days: University Open House Planned

Office of University Communications

Gardner-Webb University will host the first Dawg Day of the year this Saturday, Oct. 13 from 1 to 5 p.m. beginning in the Tucker Student Center. Dawg Days are free visitation days that allow future students to become familiar with the University and what it has to offer. “It’s kind of like an open house,” said Elisabeth Edmonson, Event and Visit Coordinator for Undergraduate Admissions.
Ranking Puts GWU in Top Two Percent in U.S. for Core Curriculum Requirements

Office of University Communications

An annual study on core curriculum requirements at over 1,000 colleges and universities from all over the United States has placed Gardner-Webb University at the head of the class for the second year in a row. The University was among only 21 colleges—and the only school in the Carolinas—to earn an “A.” The 2012-2013 What Will They Learn? study, conducted by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA), ranks the core curriculum of all the major public and private colleges and universities in all 50 states.
Southern Appalachian Culture Series Scheduled for Oct. 12-13 at Gardner-Webb

Office of University Communications

The culture, literature, and traditions of the Cherokee people will be showcased this week as part of the Southern Appalachian Culture Series (SACS), to be held Oct. 12-13 in Boiling Springs, N.C. The weekend’s activities will kick off with the Southern Appalachian Culture Film Festival from Oct. 8 – 11. In partnership with the Cleveland County Arts Council’s Real to Reel Film Festival, each night, films will be shown that highlight aspects of life in the Southern Appalachian region.
Multiple Events Scheduled on Gardner-Webb Campus Oct. 8-14

Office of University Communications

Several groups are planning events on the campus of Gardner-Webb University beginning Monday, Oct. 8 through Sunday, Oct. 14. Officials are encouraging students, faculty, staff, and community members to mark their calendars now for the events they don’t want to miss.
Esteemed Professor to Speak at Gardner-Webb’s Dimensions

Office of University Communications

The Dimensions program at Gardner-Webb University welcomes Dr. Warren Kay, a professor from Merrimack College who specializes in historical and systematic theology as well as the interaction of science and religion. The program will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 9 at 9:25 a.m. in Paul Porter Arena, located in the Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center. Kay received the John Templeton Science and Religion Course Program Award in 1997 for a course he taught during sabbatical in Prague, Czech Republic.
Gardner-Webb University Theatre Announces Open Auditions for “Sylvia”

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The Gardner-Webb University School of Performing and Visual Arts invites faculty, staff, students and members of the community to audition for the comedy “Sylvia.” Auditions will be held Tuesday, Oct. 9 at 7:30 p.m. in the Millennium Theatre, located in the Communication Studies Hall. Directed by Dr. Jim Thomas, dean for the School of Performing Arts, “Sylvia” is a play that tells the unique story of a dog named Sylvia and her owners, a middle-aged couple struggling to keep their marriage on track.
Concert Choir, Chorale, and Handbell Ensemble to Perform Oct. 9

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The Gardner-Webb University School of Performing and Visual Arts presents the GWU concert choir, chorale and handbell ensemble in concert on Tuesday, Oct. 9 at 8 p.m. The event will take place in Dover Theatre and the community is invited to attend. The all-female chorale will perform a variety of musical selections from the 1920s, 30s, 40s, and 50s, including the iconic World War II tune “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” and Frank Sinatra’s “Fly Me to the Moon.”
Gardner-Webb University to Host Choral Clinic on Oct. 11

Office of University Communications

The Gardner-Webb University Music Program is hosting its 35th Annual Choral Clinic and Concert. This daylong event will feature nearly 200 high school students from over 20 schools. Sessions will conclude with a public concert featuring clinic participants, with special performances by the GWU choirs and the Brevard High School Concert Choir.
Student Development Department Shines within New Tucker Student Center

Office of University Communications

If beauty is only skin deep, then the Tucker Student Center would be nothing more than a lovely jewel created to adorn the Gardner-Webb campus. The visual appeal of the building certainly commands attention; yet upon closer inspection, one discovers that beneath the stunning bricks and mortar pulses an energy that is palpable and a mission that is admirable. Like a gentle giant, the external magnificence of the Center quietly yields to its primary internal role as a venue to help students discover and unleash the University creeds of faith, service and leadership.