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  Gardner-Webb Invites Triple Amputee to Share Story

  Office of University Communications and Bryton Mitchell

  Wife, mother, former therapist, cancer survivor, and triple amputee will share her story at Gardner-Webb’s Dimensions program on Tuesday, Oct. 18 at 9:25 a.m. The event will be in Stewart Hall of Tucker Student Center, located on GWU’s main campus, and is free and open to the public. Kristan Seaford of Matthews, N.C., wife of 15 years and mother of five children, came down with what seemed like a routine flu in 2013.

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  GWU Baseball Program Teams Up with Vs. Cancer Foundation to Battle Childhood Cancer

  Office of University Communications

  The Gardner-Webb University baseball program teamed up with a special charity for a “basebald” event Saturday, Oct. 15, to fund research for childhood cancer and offer support for Levine Children’s Hospital (Charlotte, N.C.). Members of the Runnin’ Bulldogs 2016-17 team and coaching staff gathered at 5 p.m. at John Henry Moss Stadium to shave their heads in an effort to meet their fundraising goal of $5,000 for Vs. Cancer Foundation, based in Raleigh, N.C. “The Vs. Cancer Foundation 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 was among the group that surrendered their hair on Saturday.

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  GWU Godbold School of Business Collecting Supplies for Hurricane Matthew Victims

  Office of University Communications

  Hurricane Matthew has left its mark on North Carolina. A number of individuals in the state have lost their lives. Nearly 900 people were rescued, and over 760,000 lost power for days.

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  Gardner-Webb University to Participate in National Fields of Faith Event on Oct. 12

  Office of University Communications

  Students from Gardner-Webb University will join thousands of other youth on athletic fields across the nation on Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 7 p.m. to share their Christian faith with fellow students during the 13th annual national Fellowship of Christian Athletes’ Fields of Faith event. This rapidly-growing, interdenominational outreach event will be held at more than 500 locations throughout the nation, including at GWU’s Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center. While many Christian rallies are anchored to an entertainer or professional speaker, FCA’s Fields of Faith is structured as a student-to-student ministry.

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  GWU Godbold School of Business to National Business Leader on Oct. 12

  Office of University Communications

  Gardner-Webb University’s Godbold School of Business will host a lecture this week featuring the president and chief executive officer of the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP). Jeffrey Alderman will share on the topic “The Future of Education – from Employers’ Perspective” on Oct. 12 at 11 a.m. in Hamrick Hall’s Blanton Auditorium. Students, community business leaders, and members of the public are invited to attend the no-cost event. Prior to joining ACBSP, Alderman served as vice president of the Kansas City Kansas Chamber of Commerce, where he managed business development for the Chamber by working with small to large scale businesses on consulting, branding, and marketing initiatives.

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  Alum Furthers Career in Criminal Justice through GWU Degree Completion Program

  Office of University Communications

  Despite the dangers, Travis Brittain (’08) of Gastonia, N.C., decided from a young age to serve the community through law enforcement. “The risks involved did not weigh as heavily upon me as the desire to join the profession,” he stated. “I wanted to be in a position to help people.”

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  Deepwater Horizon Cleanup — GWU Student Searches for Future Solutions

  Office of University Communications and Bryton Mitchell

  Jacob Walley, a Gardner-Webb senior chemistry major from Stanley, N.C., had a unique opportunity recently to conduct research on the largest marine oil spill in history. Deepwater Horizon, an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, exploded on April 20, 2010, and scientists are still investigating the effects of the spill and cleanup efforts. Deepwater Horizon, a film about the explosion, opened in theaters on Sept. 30.

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  GWU Alum Applies Concepts From Classroom and Theatre to the Business World

  Office of University Communications

  Jordan Denmark’s most challenging project as a student at Gardner-Webb was to design the lighting for The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. While learning the technical aspects of live theatre, he realized the value of flexibility. “There were so many moving parts and characters it was a logistical nightmare,” Denmark (’14) shared.

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  Alumna Developed Guitar Technique and Research Skills at Gardner-Webb

  Office of University Communications

  Kate Oliphant (’14) displayed musical ability as a toddler, often surprising her mom by playing random notes on a piano that sounded like songs. She took piano lessons in first grade, drum lessons by third grade and guitar in the seventh grade. The guitar is what brought her to Gardner-Webb.

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  Gardner-Webb University to Host Color Dash 5K

  Office of University Communications and Bryton Mitchell

  Gardner-Webb University will host a Color Dash 5k (3.1 miles) on Saturday morning, Oct. 15 in the Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center (LYCC) parking lot on GWU’s main campus. The race starts at 9 a.m. and packet pick-up is at 7 a.m. The Color Dash 5k is an interactive race that incorporates bursts of colored powder that will shower participants.

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  Gardner-Webb Named to the President’s Community Service Honor Roll for 9th Consecutive Year

  Office of University Communications

  For the ninth consecutive year, Gardner-Webb University has been named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, sponsored by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) and the U.S. Department of Education. Launched in 2006, the Honor Roll recognizes those institutions that reflect the values of exemplary community service and achieve meaningful outcomes in their communities. Gardner-Webb has continued as an Honor Roll mainstay because of students’ commitment to a wide variety of service initiatives.

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  Psychology Influences how Alum Approaches Life and Pro Basketball

  Office of University Communications

  In the position of power forward, Auryn Macmillan (’10) looks for opportunities to energize his team with a rebound or a jump shot. As he blocks shots and protects the ball, the professional basketball player relates his actions and the responses of others to concepts he learned at Gardner-Webb University. “Studying psychology has been a huge influence on how I approach everything in life, basketball and otherwise,” Macmillan observed.

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  Flexibility of Degree Completion Program Helps Student Obtain Degree

  Office of University Communications

  Zach Fisher (’12) of Durham, N.C., has worked in several positions for the YMCA from summer camp counselor to full-time director. He put off finishing his degree, because he just didn’t think he had the time. Then, a chance meeting motivated him to go back to school.

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  GWU’s Music Department to Present Two Upcoming Concerts

  Office of University Communications and Bryton Mitchell

  The Gardner-Webb University Department of Music will host two annual concerts for the public on Oct. 11 and 13. Both performances are free and will take place in Dover Theatre on the GWU campus. The Concert Choir, Chorale, and Handbell Choir concert will be at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 11.

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  Research Creates Opportunity for GWU Students to Partner with Community

  Office of University Communications

  A primary focus of the Gardner-Webb Hunt School of Nursing is to create hands-on opportunities for students to serve in their communities. Recently, nursing instructors Becky Threatt and Sharon Hall worked on a research project that will connect the College of Health Sciences with a community health initiative. Threatt and Hall, also students in the GWU Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program, were assigned a project on epidemiology, the study of how disease spreads and can be controlled.

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  Alum Follows Examples set by GWU Religious Studies Professors

  Office of University Communications

  The Rev. Jacob D. Myers, Ph.D., (’01) teaches on a small college campus that reminds him of his alma mater, Gardner-Webb. His office door is usually open at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Ga., and students call professors by their first names. “It’s a small community where the professors care about the students,” he described.

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  GWU Psychology Degree Helps Alumna Serve Others

  Office of University Communications

  One of Brittany Haste’s favorite professors at Gardner-Webb wore a big red nose to class on test day. The psychology professor, Dr. James Morgan, also posted test grades a few hours after the class. “Every class he taught was challenging, but enjoyable and comprehendible,” Haste (’16) offered.

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  GWU Student Uses Research Project to Explore Topic

  Office of University Communications

  Few topics in contemporary American culture offer as much opportunity for commentary as issues of racial bias—and many individuals wonder to what degree the media intensifies—or reduces—such concerns. Gardner-Webb University senior sociology major Jeff Day (Lancaster, Pa.) took advantage of an opportunity to do an in-depth study on the matter as part of the University’s Undergraduate Research Scholars program. “Originally, I wanted to investigate how mainstream media affects racial discussions in America—if it exacerbates the problem at all,” Day explained.

  WGWG: GWU Undergraduate Research Scholar Jeff Day

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  Gardner-Webb ADN Program Meets Student’s Educational Needs

  Office of University Communications

  After spending over a year preparing for medical school, Ashley Frady (’17) of Gastonia, N.C., sensed a calling to missions and the nursing field. “The Lord really began to speak to me. I realized that I enjoyed caring for people and building relationships with them in some of their most desperate times,” Frady recalled. “I searched for ‘top nursing programs in the southeast,’ and Gardner-Webb was the first on the list.”

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  Gardner-Webb Swim Coach to Share Her Story of Overcoming Cancer

  Office of University Communications and Bryton Mitchell

  A Gardner-Webb University staff member will share her story about overcoming cancer through her faith in God during the weekly Dimensions program on Oct. 4. This event, which is free and open to the public, will start at 9:25 a.m. in Stewart Hall of the Tucker Student Center on the GWU campus. anya Hobbs, a former University of Georgia All-American swimmer, is currently serving as assistant coach for GWU Men’s and Women’s Swimming team

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  High School Seniors Invited to Gardner-Webb Nursing Preview Day

  Office of University Communications

  High school seniors will have an opportunity to experience Gardner-Webb University’s Nursing program on Nursing Preview Day Friday, Nov. 4. This special day for prospective nursing students begins with check in at 8 a.m. and includes a campus tour, lunch, interactive lab experiences and panel sessions for students and parents. Students will visit classrooms in the College of Health Sciences and receive hands-on experience with injections, vital signs, simulations and games.

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  GWU Doctor of Education Program Offers Practical, Useful Content

  Office of University Communications

  When Angela Hines (’16) of Statesville, N.C., decided it was time to earn the doctorate she always wanted, she chose her program carefully. After researching different colleges and talking to colleagues, Hines enrolled in the curriculum and instruction program at Gardner-Webb University. “The offerings at Gardner-Webb were heads above all other schools,” she observed.

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  Faculty in Hunt School of Nursing Help Student Achieve Her Goal

  Office of University Communications

  As a student in the Master of Science in Nursing Education program at Gardner-Webb, Karen Cochran (’14) of Arden, N.C., discovered supportive professors who wanted to help her reach her goal of becoming an educator. One professor talked to her on the phone one evening about a concept she was struggling to understand. Another professor helped her conquer statistics, and her thesis advisor provided support and guidance throughout the research and writing process.

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  Gardner-Webb Hires New Vice President for Marketing

  Office of University Communications

  Richard McDevitt has joined Gardner-Webb University as Vice President for Marketing. In this additional cabinet level position, he reports directly to President Dr. Frank Bonner, and he leads the new Marketing Division. This includes all university communications staff in marketing, public relations, creative services, web design and digital communications and broadcasting.

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  Gardner-Webb University Alumni Recall Experience of First-Ever Carolina Panthers Game in Charlotte

  Office of University Communications

  From the top of the stadium scoreboard to the football field below and the surrounding city streets, Gardner-Webb University students, alumni and staff experienced the National Football League from seats in the middle of all the action. Twenty years ago this month, when the Carolina Panthers played their first-ever home game in Charlotte, a GWU group served as assistants for a team of award-winning professional photographers who captured the historic moments of that day, Sept. 1, 1996. Beginning hours before game time, continuing throughout the game and concluding hours after it ended, GWU community members helped transport, organize and operate equipment for photographers who told the story of the momentous occasion through images of the people involved.