-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.”
-
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
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
Why I’m ‘Caught in The Webb’
Office of University Communications and Bryton Mitchell
If you have been at Gardner-Webb for any length of time, you have probably heard people say, “Watch out, or you’ll get caught in the Webb.” Although this may sound corny, it speaks a lot of truth. It doesn’t take long for this to happen.
-
Undergraduate Research Scholars Program Features Work of Seven Stellar Students
Office of University Communications
The Gardner-Webb University Undergraduate Research Scholars program funded a total of seven students during the summer 2016 term, which represents the greatest number of scholars in the program’s history. As part of their research project, each scholar spends five weeks of a summer term on campus working on his/her topic for 40 hours a week. At the same time, students are mentored by a dedicated faculty member, who provides information and guidance to ensure a successful research experience for the scholar.
WGWG: GWU Undergraduate Research Scholar Chris Beguhl
WGWG: GWU Undergraduate Research Scholar Mariah Case
WGWG: GWU Undergraduate Research Scholar Shaquavia Chiles
WGWG: GWU Undergraduate Research Scholar Jeff Day
WGWG: GWU Undergraduate Research Scholar Christopher Lile
-
Gardner-Webb to Spotlight Missions and Campus Ministries on Sept. 27
Office of University Communications and Bryton Mitchell
Students and faculty will share missions experiences and Campus Ministries United (CMU) opportunities during Gardner-Webb’s Dimensions program on Sept. 27 in Stewart Hall of the Tucker Student Center on the GWU campus. The event starts at 9:25 a.m. and is free and open to the public. Gardner-Webb sends many students on mission trips every year.
-
Degree Completion Program Helps Student Begin Career in Education
Office of University Communications
Benjamin Abee (’17) of Trinity, N.C., took a job in manufacturing when he graduated from high school, but he dreamed of leaving a legacy. “I wanted a long-lasting career that impacted the world, not just another job,” Abee stated. “So, I chose to become an educator. I have always enjoyed working with kids, and I wanted to hopefully make an impact in the world by leading the next generation as a teacher.”
-
2017 U.S. News Best Colleges List Places GWU in “National University” Category for First Time in History
Office of University Communications
The 2017 U.S. News Best Colleges List is in, and Gardner-Webb University is positioned among the top 20 percent of higher education institutions in the nation. In addition, GWU is one of just six National Universities in the country that reported no classes with more than 50 students in 2015. Recently, Gardner-Webb achieved Doctoral University status with The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, moving from a pool of some 750 institutions in the U.S. to an elite list of just 334 in the nation.
-
Gardner-Webb University Art Gallery to Feature North Carolina Potter’s Work in October
Office of University Communications
North Carolina potter Ben Owen III will display several dozen pieces of his artwork at Gardner-Webb University during the month of October. The exhibit, “Tradition and Transition,” will offer a range of examples of the pottery craft that has been a major part of Owen’s entire life and his family’s history for centuries. Owen’s forefathers settled in North Carolina in the late 1700s, and they learned pottery techniques as a means of producing wares that met utilitarian needs in their homes.
-
Gardner-Webb History and English Classes Prepared Alumna for Career in Law
Office of University Communications
After graduating with her bachelor’s degree in history and minor in English from Gardner-Webb University, Elizabeth K. Kiessling (’07) headed to law school in Sacramento, Calif. Her goal—which she reached in the fall of 2010—was to be commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps. Since becoming a lieutenant, Kiessling has been stationed in Ventura, Calif., Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and Washington, D.C.
-
Nursing Faculty and Noel Center Help Student Achieve Success
Office of University Communications
On her first day of class in the Hunt School of Nursing at Gardner-Webb University, Kimberly White (’17) of Shelby, N.C., strained to hear what her instructor was saying. As she wondered what to do, the instructor came to a section in the syllabus that described how the Noel Center provides assistance to students with disabilities. “I had a hearing deficit due to Meniere’s disease and I wear hearing aids, but I didn’t see myself as having a disability,” White explained.
-
As “Sully” Movie Premieres, Gardner-Webb University Alumnus Reflects on “Miracle on the Hudson”
Office of University Communications
Out the window of his airplane, Gardner-Webb University alumnus Ben Bostic stared straight down at the Hudson River near New York City. Just seconds earlier, he had heard a booming noise, felt a jarring motion, sensed a burning smell and noticed one of the aircraft’s engines was in flames. Then he heard a voice on the cabin speaker: “This is your captain. Brace for impact.”
-
Biblical Justice Advocate to Speak at Gardner-Webb
Office of University Communications and Bryton Mitchell
A theology school president and expert on biblical justice will speak at Gardner-Webb’s Dimensions program on Tuesday, Sept. 13, at 9:25 a.m. This event, held in Stewart Hall of Tucker Student Center on the GWU campus, is free and open to the public. Ken Wytsma is the president of Kilns College, an Oregon graduate school that offers master’s degrees in the fields of theology and missions.
This is the archive for Gardner-Webb's Newscenter, which is your source for updates and events happening on campus, as well as interesting stories about GWU students, faculty/staff and alumni. You'll also find stories about academic accomplishments and community service projects.
Printing is not supported at the primary Gallery Thumbnail page. Please first navigate to a specific Image before printing.