Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

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Gardner-Webb Mission Team to Host Zumba Fitness Fundraiser

Office of University Communications

A Gardner-Webb University mission team will host a Zumba Fitness® Party fundraiser on Saturday, Jan. 21 at the Shelby City Park gymnasium to raise support for its trip to Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Registration starts at 9:30 a.m., and the event will last from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. No previous Zumba® experience is necessary, though participants must be at least 12 years old.
The Hunger Games Extras Helping Ease Hunger Pains!

Office of University Communications

Tona Dahlquist, Extras Casting Coordinator for The Hunger Games, along with featured Extras from the film will be holding events on Friday February 10Th & Saturday February 11th in hopes of doing just that…easing hunger pains. Canned or Non – Perishable Food Items will be collected. The donated food will help fight hunger in Cleveland County. Donations will go to: The Senior Center Food Pantry, Bliss Center in Lawndale Food Pantry and Kings Mountain Crisis Ministry as part of the “A Community Read of The Hunger Games, READ –UNITE –SURVIVE” project.
Gardner-Webb’s Online Graduate Business Program Ranked Nation’s Best for Student Services and Technology

Office of University Communications

The U.S. News released today its rankings of America’s Top Online Education Programs for 2012, naming Gardner-Webb University’s Online Graduate Program in Business first in the nation among 161 college and university business programs in the “Student Services and Technology” category. The GWU Business Program also ranked 15th in “Faculty Credentials and Training,” 27th in “Teaching Practices and Student Engagement,” and was one of 14 institutions to make the honor roll for Master’s Programs in Graduate Business in this year’s report. The rankings are based on points earned from institutions’ responses to survey indicator questions related to each category.
GWU Announces Spring 2012 Fine Arts Calendar

Office of University Communications

The Gardner-Webb School of Performing and Visual Arts is proud to announce its Spring 2012 fine arts events schedule. The community is invited to enjoy each of these concerts, recitals, plays and exhibits. More information about these events will be published as the dates approach.
Gardner-Webb to Host Site Review for DNP Program Accreditation

Office of University Communications

The Gardner-Webb University School of Nursing will host a site review for the initial accreditation of its Clinical Doctorate Nursing Program (DNP) on Wednesday, Feb. 15 from 9-10 AM in the McCullough Grindstaff Conference Room, located inside Hamrick Hall. The community is invited to enjoy light refreshments and share their experiences with Gardner-Webb’s nursing programs and its graduates. The DNP Program is seeking accreditation through the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission, Inc. (NLNAC), which has accredited each of the School’s other professional nursing programs.
Gardner-Webb President Elected to Board of Trustees for SACS Commission on Colleges

Office of University Communications

Gardner-Webb University President Dr. Frank Bonner was recently elected to the Board of Trustees for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) Commission on Colleges. The Commission is the regional accrediting body for approximately 800 higher education degree-granting institutions in the Southern states. Bonner’s term begins January 2012 and concludes December 31, 2014.
Student Center, Science Wing Set to Open in 2012

Office of University Communications

Rarely has Gardner-Webb looked forward to the New Year with more excitement than this winter, as the University anticipates opening, in the fall of 2012, the long-awaited Tucker Student Center and the new science research wing. The buildings represent the culmination of the University’s “Higher Ground Campaign,” and they manifest the generous and continued support of the University’s most faithful friends and donors. As GWU President Dr. Frank Bonner says, when it opens, the Tucker Student Center will be “the single-most impressive and most transformational building ever built on Gardner-Webb’s campus.”
GWU Honors its Presidential Societies

Office of University Communications

Gardner-Webb University’s Office of Advancement recently hosted its inaugural Presidential Societies Dinner to recognize the outstanding generosity of the University’s most faithful supporters—the members of its six Presidential Societies. Membership in the Societies is reserved only for those donors who have given $25,000 or more to bolster the strategic plan, the mission, and the students of Gardner-Webb University. “This first annual event was simply one way to express our sincere appreciation to many of our most loyal and committed supporters,” said Monte Walker, vice president for advancement at Gardner-Webb.
Mark Wood, Formerly of Trans Siberian Orchestra, to Conduct Area High School Concert

Office of University Communications

Hundreds of area high school musicians will enjoy a unique experience when Mark Wood, formerly of the Trans Siberian Orchestra, returns to Cleveland County to lead area high school orchestras and choruses in a concert performance on Friday, Dec. 16 at 8:00 p.m. at Gardner-Webb University’s Paul Porter Arena. Tickets are $15 at the door or $10 online by visiting etix.com and entering “Mark Wood” in the search bar. The performance is a part of Wood’s “Electrify Your Strings” program, an alternative music curriculum program that has bolstered music and arts initiatives at select high schools across the nation.
GWU Instructor Participates in Exploratory Conversations between Baptists and Orthodox

Office of University Communications

Teams representing the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) and the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople recently held exploratory talks on the island of Crete that could lead to formal international dialogue between Baptist and Orthodox Christians. Dr. Steven Harmon, adjunct instructor of Christian theology at Gardner-Webb, was part of the three-person BWA delegation. The two teams reviewed earlier discussions between the BWA and the Orthodox Church and proposed that any international dialogue should strive to increase mutual understanding and knowledge of one another, to explore a common Christian witness between the churches, and to encourage cooperative action on ethical and moral issues.
Gardner-Webb’s Namesake, Fay Webb Gardner, is the Subject of a New Biography

Office of University Communications

A Gardner-Webb professor is conducting research for a new biography of Fay Lamar Webb Gardner, to whom Gardner-Webb University owes its name and its existence – and he wants the community’s help. The author, GWU communications professor Dr. Joseph Webb, is currently pouring through the extensive and previously unexamined collection of Webb Gardner’s papers in the Dover Memorial Library archives. “Fay lived to be 82, and she was a prolific writer and an extensive record keeper,” Webb said.
Interview with Dr. Harmon

Office of University Communications

The following “sound-bytes” were taken from interviews with Dr. Harmon in January and November of 2011: On the definition and purpose of “ecumenical theology”… “Ecumenical theology is a sub-discipline within the larger discipline of theology that focuses on questions that affect the quest for more visible forms of unity between the different Christian churches that are currently divided.
Fall 2011 Exam Schedule and Spring 2012 Key Dates

Office of University Communications

The Fall 2011 semester is winding to a close, and the Spring 2012 term is nearly set to begin. Listed below are the Fall 2011 Day Program exam schedule and several important upcoming dates on the Gardner-Webb academic calendar. Also, check out the Spring 2012 class schedule for more specific information regarding the semester’s course offerings.
Gardner-Webb Fall Commencement Set for Dec. 19

Office of University Communications

Gardner-Webb University will welcome the families and friends of more than 340 graduates to campus on Monday, Dec. 19 for the University’s 2011 fall commencement exercises. The ceremony takes place in Paul Porter Arena, inside the Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center, and begins at 10 a.m. Seating in Paul Porter Arena is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Gardner-Webb Presents the 2011 Advent Devotional Book

Frank Bonner and Office of University Communications

Dear Gardner-Webb Family and Friends, It is my pleasure to bring you Christmas greetings, and to present Gardner-Webb University’s 2011 Advent Devotional Book. The season of Advent is a very special time for Christians, a time to anticipate the coming of Emmanuel and the emergence of His grace in our lives.
GWU Orchestra to perform with the Concertmaster of the Royal Wedding

Office of University Communications

The Gardner-Webb University Music Department is proud to announce that Rosemary Furniss, co-musical director and concertmaster of the English Chamber Orchestra, and concertmaster of the Royal Wedding, will perform with the GWU Orchestra. The concert takes place Monday, Dec. 5 at 8:00 p.m. in Gardner-Webb’s Dover Theatre, located in the Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center. While admission is free, a donation of $10 per person is requested to benefit the Gardner-Webb School of Performing and Visual Arts.
Community Invited to Senior Art Show at Gardner-Webb University

Office of University Communications

The Gardner-Webb University Department of Visual Arts is proud to present the senior art exhibit for Melissa Potter, currently on display in Gardner-Webb’s Dover Memorial Library through Dec. 16. The show features original acrylic and pastel paintings, charcoal drawings and photography, all devoted to expressing the honesty and innocence of childhood. “I definitely feel relieved that the pressure is off, and now I can just enjoy the collection altogether,” Potter said at the exhibit’s opening reception.
Gardner-Webb Theatre Presents “My Sweet Charlie”

Office of University Communications

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1960s freedom marches, the Gardner-Webb Theatre is proud to present David Westheimer’s award-winning play, “My Sweet Charlie,” for its winter production. Performances will be held in the Millennium Playhouse, located in the Communication Studies Hall, November 29 – December 3 at 7:30 p.m. “My Sweet Charlie” is directed by James W. Thomas, interim dean of the School of Performing and Visual Arts at Gardner-Webb.
Cherokee Storyteller to Give Distinguished Lecture at Gardner-Webb University

Office of University Communications

The Joyce Compton Brown Lecture Series at Gardner-Webb University is proud to present GWU Distinguished Alumnus and accomplished Cherokee educator Freeman Owle, who will share the story of “The Cherokee of Yesterday and Today” on Wednesday, Nov. 30 at 7:00 p.m. in Gardner-Webb’s Ritch Banquet Hall, located inside the Dover Campus Center. The lecture is free and open to the public. Owle will intersperse traditional Cherokee myths and children’s fables into his greater lecture about the Cherokee heritage in the region.
Gardner-Webb Rises to Rachel’s Challenge

Office of University Communications

Before April 20, 1999, few people knew of Rachel Scott, a Colorado high-schooler with big dreams and a bigger heart. But for those who did, it’s no surprise that she has managed to change the world – they just didn’t imagine it happening like this. Rachel was the first student murdered in the Columbine Massacre, when two embittered students killed 12 students and one teacher before turning their guns on themselves.
Gardner-Webb University Anticipates Annual “Festival of Lights” Celebration

Office of University Communications

In 1985, Gardner-Webb University first ushered in the Christmas season with a “Festival of Lights,” a community-wide celebration of the birth of Christ that has become an annual tradition in Boiling Springs. This year’s Festival takes place in the Dover Theatre, inside the Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center on Thursday, Dec. 1 at 7:00 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
Gardner-Webb Invites the Community to a Christmas Celebration for the Whole Family

Office of University Communications

Gardner-Webb University invites the community to ring in the Christmas season with its inaugural Christmas celebration “‘Twas the Night,” on Friday, Dec. 2 at 7:00 p.m. in Blanton Auditorium, located inside Gardner-Webb’s Hamrick Hall. Guests should bring an unwrapped, new toy as the price of admission, to be donated to the Salvation Army Christmas Toy Closet. Part concert, part drama, part sing-along and storytelling session, “‘Twas the Night” is a dynamic musical event based around two dramatic scenes—a contemporary Christmas fireside scene and the biblical nativity scene.

Youtube: 'Twas the Night - Salvation Army Benefit
Gardner-Webb President Announces New Awards to Support Undergraduate Art

Office of University Communications

Two new annual awards will enable Gardner-Webb University to purchase original art by its undergraduate art students for campus decoration, Gardner-Webb President Dr. Frank Bonner announced recently. Together, the Presidential Purchase Awards for Undergraduate Art and for Senior Art will enable the University to spend $1,500 per year to purchase students’ original artwork for permanent display in campus facilities. The money will be used to award artists for their work exhibited at the School of Performing and Visual Arts’ annual undergraduate and senior art shows.
Annual Christmas Art Sale Open This Week at Gardner-Webb University

Office of University Communications

The Gardner-Webb University Art Department is proud to announce the opening of its annual Christmas Art Sale, a fundraiser to support individual artists and the GWU Art Club. The sale offers a variety of original artwork by local artists, and is open from Wednesday, Nov. 16 through Saturday, Nov. 19 in the Communications Studies Hall at Gardner-Webb. This year’s sale features handmade gifts, jewelry, pottery, fiber arts, and more, all made by local artists, GWU art faculty members, and GWU students.

Youtube: Annual Christmas Art Sale Open This Week at Gardner-Webb University
Senior Art Show on Display at Gardner-Webb

Office of University Communications

The Art Department in Gardner-Webb’s School of Performing and Visual Arts is proud to present a Senior Art Show featuring the work of Katie Grace Kibler and Jack Zimmerman, currently on display in the Communication Studies Hall. The show features a variety of forms and styles including paintings, prints, pottery, sculpture, and photography.