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  GWU Alumnus Making a Difference for Deaf Children

  Office of University Communications

  Antwan Campbell was inspired to earn a degree in American Sign Language (ASL) because he witnessed how awkward it was for his deaf brother to communicate through a female interpreter. “I felt that he, being a black male, wasn’t being represented as much as he should be,” Campbell explained. “Caucasian females are the majority in the interpreting profession. There are very few male interpreters available, if any at all. My brother is three years younger than I am and seeing him have to go without an interpreter or have a female talk for him was a very eye-opening experience. This made me want to pursue an interpreting career.”

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  GWU Program to Feature Evangelist Clayton King

  Office of University Communications

  Evangelist and Gardner-Webb alumnus Clayton King (’95) will return to GWU to share an inspiring message during the University’s Dimensions program on Feb. 23. The event, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 9:25 a.m. in Paul Porter Arena, inside the Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center (LYCC). King began preaching in 1987 at the age of 14 when he sensed a call from the Lord to be an evangelist.

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  Gardner-Webb University to Host Eating Disorder Awareness Events March 14-19

  Office of University Communications and Tyra Montour

  In an effort to encourage the prevention of eating disorders and body image issues, Gardner-Webb University will host an eating disorders awareness week, March 14-19. The National Eating Disorders Awareness (NEDA) week is recognized Feb. 21-27. NEDA is a collective effort of volunteers, including health professionals, students and educators, who are committed to raising awareness of the dangers surrounding eating disorders and the importance of early intervention and treatment.

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  Expert on Healthy Relationships to Speak at Gardner-Webb University

  Office of University Communications

  Kristin Rollins, an expert on the steps to building healthy relationships, will speak to the Gardner-Webb community during the Dimensions program on Feb. 16. The program, free and open to the public, begins at 9:25 a.m. in the Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center (LYCC) on GWU’s campus. Rollins has worked with Safe Harbor, an organization that provides support to adults and children impacted by domestic violence.

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  Gardner-Webb University to Hold Casting Call for Upcoming Play Production

  Office of University Communications

  The Gardner-Webb University Department of Theatre Arts will hold auditions Feb. 16 for roles in the upcoming comedy production of “The Servant of Two Masters.” Members of the Gardner-Webb and greater community are invited to contact the play’s director, Dr. Chris Nelson, at cnelson2@gardner-webb.edu to schedule a 10-minute audition time from 6:30-9 p.m. Parts are available for a variety of roles.

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  GWU Grad Student has a Passion for Helping Young Educators

  Office of University Communications

  An educator for 21 years, Brian Sherman of Campobello, S.C., has experienced all levels of the profession, from teacher and coach to administrator. Now serving as assistant to the superintendent and district ombudsman for Greenville County (S.C.) Schools, he is responsible for helping parents resolve issues involving their child’s education. But he also has a passion to help young educators grow in their careers and is working to complete his doctor of education degree at Gardner-Webb University.

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  Gardner-Webb Alumna Passing on Love of Music to Elementary Students

  Office of University Communications

  When asked to reflect on her experience at Gardner-Webb University, Samantha Collins (’14) realizes her thoughts center on one word: Relationships. “I formed friendships. I met my husband, Kenny. I made relationships that will last a lifetime,” she elaborated.

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  Gardner-Webb Alumnus is Vocalist for Celebrity Cruises

  Office of University Communications

  A specialty vocalist for Celebrity Cruises, Otto Reynolds III (’11) of Charlotte, N.C., has experienced success on a variety of stages, including an MTV reality show. The Crouse, N.C., native discovered a desire to perform in middle school when a friend asked him to audition for a play. He started performing in local theater groups and singing at church and school.

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  Gardner-Webb Professor to Speak at University’s Dimensions Program

  Office of University Communications and Brooke Kelly

  Dr. Eddie Stepp, professor of religious studies and philosophy at Gardner-Webb, will speak at the University’s Dimensions program on Feb. 9. The event is free and open to the public. Beginning at 9:25 a.m. in the Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center (LYCC), Stepp will share on the topic of “Growing Up in the Land of Never.”

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  Math Degree Offers Alum Track to Career in Education

  Office of University Communications

  Kevin Parsons imagined building a career on the racetrack. The son of NASCAR driver Benny Parsons, his aspirations were centered on stock cars, pit stops, and checkered flags. Yet his parents wanted their son to earn a college degree.

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  GWU Professor Selected to Participate in Slave Narratives Seminar at Yale University

  Office of University Communications

  Dr. Joseph S. Moore, assistant professor of history at Gardner-Webb University, has been selected to participate in a seminar on Slave Narratives sponsored by the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. He is one of 25 CIC faculty members from across the nation chosen to attend the program, which will be held at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. David Blight, Class of 1954 Professor of American History at Yale, will lead participants through a study of the texts of freed and runaway slaves.

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  Gardner-Webb The Magazine Wins Gold Award in National Competition

  Office of University Communications

  For the second consecutive year, Gardner-Webb University was named among the top in the nation in the 2015-2016 Collegiate Advertising Awards (CAA) program. The elite program recognizes higher education organizations for excellence in communications, marketing, advertising and promotions of their institutions. Only three institutions were honored with a gold award for an individual magazine issue.

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  GWU Alum Dolly Wilson (’12) 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.

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  Theatre Alum Experienced Key Stage of Growth at Gardner-Webb

  Office of University Communications

  Gardner-Webb University provided theatre alumnus Nathan Rouse (’02) with a solid Christian education that has impacted both his work for the stage and his life. It was the University’s Christian foundation, as well as the beauty of its campus and surrounding countryside, that first attracted Rouse to Gardner-Webb from his native Georgia. He credits GWU’s role in his spiritual growth, while he majored in theatre and minored in religious studies, as a significant influence on both his career and his relationships with others.

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  Gardner-Webb Centered Student-Athlete on Nursing Career Field

  Office of University Communications

  When Ashanti McPhee came to Gardner-Webb University to play football, he never expected he would discover his career in nursing. Through a curriculum that broadly exposed him to a variety of subjects, he uncovered an interest in the profession and an opportunity to help others. McPhee initially thought he wanted to pursue a degree and career in marine biology, but a general biology course helped him realize it was the human body that fascinated him enough to pursue further studies.

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  Gardner-Webb Offered Music Graduate Full Scale of Opportunities

  Office of University Communications

  A band of musicians and instruments filled Bonnie Scruggs’ childhood home near Gardner-Webb University. Her father, Johnny, was a high school drum major, and her mother, Pam, played piano and wrote songs. Earl Scruggs, the late legendary banjo musician from Cleveland County, N.C., was her third cousin.

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  Protecting the Little Ones

  Office of University Communications

  When Dawn Stover (’01) was in college, she studied criminal justice so she could one day become a police officer. But when life circumstances forced her to reconsider the career she had always dreamed about, she ultimately discovered a position that perfectly suited her skill set and capitalized on her passion for helping kids. “It was always about children for me, I knew that whatever I did in life was going to have to impact children,” Stover offered.

  WGWG: Guardian ad Litem program- An Interview with Dawn Stover

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  Gardner-Webb Music Alum Finds Success on Several Stages

  Office of University Communications

  Since his graduation from Gardner-Webb University, trumpeter Ty Sheets (’13) has performed on a cruise ship, placed in a national competition, played at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., and completed his master’s degree on a full graduate assistantship. He credits his successes to the teaching and mentoring of Tim Hudson, Gardner-Webb assistant professor of music. “He taught me to start thinking of myself as a professional musician, even when I was only in my second year of music school,” Sheets reflected.

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  Gardner-Webb Physician Assistant (PA) Students Receive Grants for Service, Leadership Development

  Office of University Communications

  Ashley Kernicky, Christen MacKorell, Dr. Nancy Winker, GWU College of Health Sciences, GWU Physician Assistant Studies Program, Joyce Nichols Community-Based Project Grant, Lanny Parker Memmorial Fund, Morgan Warthan, MPAS, N.C Medical Society Leadership College, N.C. Academy of Physician Assistants, PA-C

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  GWU Physician Assistant Student Appreciates Opportunity to Serve Patients

  Office of University Communications

  Christen MacKorell, class president of the Gardner-Webb University Physician Assistant (PA) Studies Class of 2017, is the first PA student ever to be accepted into the North Carolina Medical Society’s Leadership College through the Kanof Institute for Physician Leadership. She has also spearheaded multiple Gardner-Webb PA Studies Program grants and outreach efforts to further leadership development of PA students as well as to provide medical care for underserved individuals in a homeless center in rural Western North Carolina. In recognition of her community service, advocacy role and leadership qualities, MacKorell has been invited to speak as a member of a panel discussion entitled “Developing and Engaging Student and Early Career PA Leaders” at the American Academy of Physician Assistants Leadership and Advocacy Summit Feb. 6 in Washington, DC.

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  GWU School of Education Presents Annual Event for Educators

  Office of University Communications

  The Gardner-Webb University School of Education will conduct its annual conference, Keeping Learning Alive, with keynote speaker Steve Lassiter, North Carolina Principal of the Year, on Saturday, Feb. 6 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Tucker Student Center. The purpose of this free event is to facilitate discourse between administrators, practicing teachers, and pre-service teachers, and provide them support in continued professional growth, while sharing practices for a broad spectrum of educators. “We are planning a variety of presentations,” said Dr. Jason Parker, assistant professor in the GWU School of Education and an organizer of the event.

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  Gardner-Webb Exhibit to Feature Alumna’s Art

  Office of University Communications

  The works of artist and Gardner-Webb alumna Kiah Ann Bellows will be featured in an exhibit on the University’s campus beginning Feb. 15. The collection of abstract and landscape pieces will showcase color and composition in the display through March 21 in GWU’s Tucker Student Center gallery. On Feb. 18, the University’s art department will host an opening reception from 4-5 p.m. and a lecture featuring Bellows from 5-6 p.m. in Faith Hall of the student center.

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  GWU to Present Modern Version of Mozart Opera

  Office of University Communications and Brooke Kelly

  The Gardner-Webb University School of Performing and Visual Arts is proud to present Cosi Fan Tutte, an opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, on Feb. 11-13 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 14at 3 p.m., in the Dover Theatre on campus. “Among his final operas, Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte has become a favorite for both audiences and performers,” shared Dr. Stafford Turner, GWU Associate Professor of Music. “Its lessons of love and commitment are as relevant today as they were in Mozart’s 18th century.”

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  Founder of Company that Clothes Needy to Speak at Gardner-Webb University

  Office of University Communications

  The founder of a nonprofit organization that helps clothe the needy will speak to the Gardner-Webb University community during Dimensions on Feb. 2. James Barnett, who founded Clothe Your Neighbor as Yourself (CYNY) in 2009, will be featured in the weekly GWU program, which begins at 9:25 a.m. in the Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center on campus. It is free and open to the public.

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  Camp Experience Offers Additional Education for Gardner-Webb University Psychology Alumna

  Office of University Communications

  When Samantha Allen Mauldin first visited Gardner-Webb, she already knew she wanted to pursue a career in which she would work with children. At the time, she expected to become a teacher. But the University helped her discover additional avenues for impacting kids’ lives, while also providing opportunities for real-world experiences with children.