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  Skills Learned in GWU Political Science Classes Prepared Alumna for Law School

  Office of University Communications

  Three times a week, Ivana Hughes ’13 is in court working on behalf of her clients. The Gardner-Webb University alumna is an associate attorney with King Law Offices in Rutherfordton, N.C., and Lincolnton, N.C. She practices family law, criminal defense, civil litigation, and wills and estates.

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  A Life Devoted to ‘God and Humanity’

  Office of University Communications

  Bobby M. Pettyjohn was a man of prayer who spent his life witnessing to others about Jesus. When he passed away, his family wanted to honor his memory with a gift to Gardner-Webb, the University that helped Pettyjohn earn a college degree and the place where he met Carolyn, his wife of 55 years. “The things we learned there he used all his life,” shared Mrs. Pettyjohn, who lives in Camden, S.C. “He was a successful but humble person. I felt extremely blessed to be his wife.”

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  Educator Who Laid Foundation for GWU Noel Center for Disability Resources Passes Away

  Office of University Communications

  Dr. Jerry Potter, who helped Gardner-Webb University establish a program for the Deaf in the fall of 1977, passed away Sept. 14. His work on this program laid the foundation for what is now the Noel Center for Disability Resources. In the 40 years since its beginning, the program has provided necessary accommodations to thousands of students.

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  Gardner-Webb Music Department Hosts 40th Annual Choral Clinic

  Office of University Communications and Mallory Moore

  The Gardner-Webb University Music Department is pleased to host its 40th annual choral clinic on Oct. 12. Select students from local high schools will participate in a day of instruction under Dr. Phillip Copeland, this year’s guest clinician from Samford University in Birmingham, Ala. The students will then perform a concert at 7:30 p.m. in Dover Theatre, located in the Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center on Gardner-Webb’s main campus.

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  Mental Health Advocate Coming to Gardner-Webb

  Office of University Communications and Katie Furr

  A man who is familiar with both perseverance and suicide will be speaking at Gardner-Webb’s Dimensions program on Tuesday, Oct. 3. This event will be held at 9:25 a.m. in Stewart Hall of Tucker Student Center on GWU’s main campus and is free and open to the public. Dennis Gillan lost two brothers to suicide and handled each one differently.

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  Gardner-Webb Volleyball’s Heather Feldman Rises Above in Battle With Cancer

  Office of University Communications

  The word has long been one of the most feared and devastating the English language has produced. Cancer. It is a diagnosis that is capable of breaking the strongest of us all.

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  GWU Honors Student Association Continues Big Sweep Tradition in West Jefferson, N.C.

  Office of University Communications and Sthefany Flores

  The Gardner-Webb Honors Student Association (HSA) participated in its annual Big Sweep camping retreat Sept. 8-10. For almost three decades, students in the Honors program have cleaned a section of the New River in West Jefferson, N.C. “We found less waste than the last few years and I think that’s a good thing,” observed Dr. Tom Jones, professor of biology and associate dean of the Honors program.

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  Tennis Alumni Serving Up Success

  Office of University Communications and Mallory Moore

  Gardner-Webb University takes pride in the triumphs of its dedicated student-athletes, both on and off the field. Several former GWU athletes have continued to find success even after graduation. Three GWU Men’s Tennis alumni, Andrew Veeder (’11), Adam Knutsson (’13) and Evgeny Slesarev (’12) have already made an impact as coaches at various schools and organizations over the past few years.

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  GWU Professor Dr. Tim Vanderburg Shares Insights on Cannon Mills Leader in New Documentary

  Office of University Communications

  Comments from a Gardner-Webb University history professor are included in a new documentary film on the life and work of notable industrialist, Charles A. Cannon. Dr. Tim Vanderburg, author of “Cannon Mills and Kannapolis: Persistent Paternalism in a Textile Town,” was interviewed on the GWU campus last November by the film crew. The 60-minute documentary, “Charles A. Cannon: A Mind for Business, A Heart for People,” takes an in-depth look at the life of the visionary whose leadership and philanthropy played out on a global stage.

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  GWU Dimensions Speaker Will Share How Helping Somalian Refugees Renewed her Spirit

  Office of University Communications and Katie Furr

  Sarah Thebarge, a breast cancer survivor and inspirational speaker, will be featured at Gardner-Webb’s Dimensions program on Tuesday, Sept. 26. This event will be held at 9:25 a.m. in Stewart Hall of Tucker Student Center on GWU’s main campus and is free and open to the public. Thebarge found her life uprooted after her battle with breast cancer, so she relocated to Portland, Oregon.

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  Trips to Asia Give GWU Divinity Students Opportunity to Minister and Receive Blessings

  Office of University Communications

  Sleeping on the floor, listening to a blind man’s story and sampling kangaroo burgers—students in the School of Divinity at Gardner-Webb University participated in these immersion experiences while traveling in Asia over the summer. Dr. Hebert Palomino, professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling, led a group that focused on pastoral care, and students who traveled with Professor of Missiology Dr. Terry Casiño learned how to function, live, and work in different cultures. The first week Palomino’s group stayed at a refugee camp in Mae La, Thailand.

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  Alumnus Returns to GWU to Work on Master’s Degree

  Office of University Communications

  Tanner Burch, a 2015 graduate of Gardner-Webb University and football standout, is back at GWU to pursue a Master of Arts in Sport Education. A graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach, he works with GWU football, softball, men’s tennis, women’s tennis, cheer, and assists with wrestling. A native of Savannah, Ga., Burch knows firsthand the importance of strength training.

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  Gardner-Webb University Theatre Department Presents a Murder Mystery… With a Twist

  Office of University Communications and Mallory Moore

  Gardner-Webb University’s Theatre Department will present its first play of the season, Tom Stoppard’s “The Real Inspector Hound” on Oct. 5-8. The production will be at GWU’s Millennium Playhouse located behind the Communications Studies Hall on Main Street in Boiling Springs. “The Real Inspector Hound,” written in the early 1960s, is a comedy about two theatre critics, Moon and Birdboot, who become wrapped up in the plot of a murder-mystery play that they are watching and reviewing.

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  GWU Distinguished Artists Series Presents Special Opportunity for Aspiring Songwriters

  Office of University Communications and Mallory Moore

  Accomplished songwriters Glenn Selby and Steve Simpson will visit Gardner-Webb University on Saturday, Sept. 23 for a songwriting workshop and concert. This event is part of the GWU School of Performing and Visual Arts Distinguished Artist Series. The workshop will take place from 2 to 5 p.m. in the Recital Hall of O. Max Gardner Hall, and the concert will begin at 8 p.m. in Blanton Auditorium, located in Hamrick Hall.

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  New Study by Gardner-Webb Political Science Professor Receives National Attention

  Office of University Communications

  A new study on the connection between police militarization and civilian casualties is receiving national attention, and Gardner-Webb University Assistant Professor of Political Science Dr. Casey Delehanty is at the center of it. The research is being publicized in the Washington Post and is being discussed among public policy organizations like the CATO Institute, based in Washington D.C. Delehanty, along with co-authors Jack Mewhirter (University of Cincinnati), Ryan Welch (Stanford University), and Jason Wilks (Harvard University), researched the effects of the 1033 Program, theorizing that increased militarization of police leads to an increase in civilian casualties.

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  Planning for Hurricane Irma

  Office of University Communications

  While the University continues to monitor the weather situation with Hurricane Irma, we anticipate a regular schedule on Monday, Sept. 11th. We urge students, faculty and staff traveling to campus to use your best judgment and be cautious. At Gardner-Webb, we continue to remember in our prayers everyone facing this extraordinary storm.

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  Alumna Developed Research Skills in Science Labs at Gardner-Webb

  Office of University Communications

  As a student in the Department of Natural Sciences at Gardner-Webb University, Amber Bellamy ’09 appreciated the various ways her professors gave her glimpses of her future career. Each class included several hands-on activities that sharpened her research skills and prepared her for graduate school. An environmental science major with a minor in biology, Bellamy took advantage of every learning opportunity.

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  Gardner-Webb’s “Release the Captives” Club Hosts Second 5K to Rescue Enslaved Children

  Office of University Communications and Mallory Moore

  Gardner-Webb University’s human-trafficking awareness club, Release the Captives, will hold its second annual 5K “Rescue Race” at 9 a.m. on Sept. 16 on Gardner-Webb’s main campus. The proceeds of this race will help rescue enslaved children in Ghana through the Challenging Heights organization. Registration is $15 for GWU students and $20 for community members and can be completed online at www.rescueracegwu.com, or on the morning of the race beginning at 8:15 a.m.

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  GWU Partners with Cooperative Baptist Fellowship to Host Elevating Preaching Conference

  Office of University Communications

  The Gardner-Webb University School of Divinity is partnering with Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina (CBFNC) to host the 2017 Elevating Preaching Conference. “Nurturing Healthy Congregations” is the theme for the event, which will be held Sept. 18 in Tucker Student Center on the GWU campus. “The daylong conference features some of the premiere preachers in America,” said Dr. Danny West, professor of preaching and pastoral studies and director of the Doctor of Ministry Program and Ministry Leadership Development.

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  Gardner-Webb University Joins Community Partners to Aid Hurricane Harvey Victims

  Office of University Communications

  Hurricane Harvey continues to affect countless individuals in Texas. Dozens of people have lost their lives and many more are missing. Thousands of citizens have lost everything they owned and costly clean-up efforts will soon begin.

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  Gardner-Webb School of Education Motivated Alumna to Exceed N.C. Standards

  Office of University Communications

  Skylar Elton was 12 years old the first time she taught a group of younger children in Sunday school. From that beginning, the 2017 graduate of Gardner-Webb University took advantage of every opportunity she was offered to teach. “I was lucky enough to know from a very early age that a career in education was God’s calling for me,” Elton reflected.

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  Graduate Student Appreciates Reading Assignments in Online Master of Arts Program

  Office of University Communications

  Ilari Pass ’18 firmly believes that to excel as a writer, you must first read everything you can. As a student in the Master of Arts in English online program at Gardner-Webb University, she appreciates all the required reading. “I feel like I am the richest person in the world by being able to read such incredible works of literature,” she shared. “This has helped me academically, and I have become a better poet and I am so grateful.”

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  Psychology Graduate Receives Award for Research Completed at GWU

  Office of University Communications

  Does playing video games increase mental alertness? Through her research at Gardner-Webb University, Brittney Diane Jones discovered an answer to the question. “My findings suggested significant data in that action video games do increase mental-alertness skills among individuals,” concluded Jones, who graduated in 2017.

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  Gardner-Webb University Establishes Partnership with Regional Sports Facility

  Office of University Communications

  Gardner-Webb University is excited about a new partnership with a nearby $175 million equestrian facility. The Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC) is a 1600-acre equestrian resort located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains just 25 miles west of the University. “Gardner-Webb has a long tradition as a community and business partner at the state, regional, and local level,” shared Richard McDevitt, GWU Vice President for Marketing.

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  GWU Exercise Science Major Participates in Summer Fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

  Office of University Communications

  A Gardner-Webb University senior worked this summer to analyze a program that helps patients manage type 1 diabetes. Riley Brock of Kings Mountain, N.C., conducted the study as part of his Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in Ohio. The honor was personal for Brock, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when he was 9.