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Gardner-Webb University Fall Commencement Set for Dec. 14
Office of University Communications
Gardner-Webb University will award nearly 300 degrees during the 2015 fall commencement exercises on Monday, Dec. 14 at 10 a.m. in the Paul Porter Arena of the Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center, located on the campus of Gardner-Webb University. Approximately 275 students have earned degrees and a majority of those graduates will don their cap-and-gown to celebrate their hard work. The ceremony will honor students who have successfully completed undergraduate, degree completion, and graduate programs.
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Tuition-Free Program to Help Students Build Professional Experience
Office of University Communications
Gardner-Webb University’s Office of Career Development began a new program this fall that is designed to help students apply for and earn internships as well as provide assistance throughout the process with skills to prepare for future careers. Internships with the Certified Internship Program (CIP) will begin in the 2016 spring semester and the CIP will aid students in building resumes, practicing for interviews, and learning about networking through workshops and tutorials. While it is a tuition-free program, it does not offer course credit.
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Why Online? GWU Tracks Trends in Higher Education
Office of University Communications
Flexibility. Convenience. Access. These are all reasons someone might choose to pursue an online education instead of a more traditional face-to-face delivery. In 2012, the U.S. Department of Education reported more than 5.5 million people seeking a higher education—roughly 25 percent of students—were taking at least one course online. Experts predict those numbers will continue to climb.
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Gardner-Webb Presents 2015 Advent Devotional Book
Office of University Communications
Gardner-Webb University is proud to present the 2015 Advent Devotional as a guide for reflecting on the birth of Jesus Christ and focusing on the holy blessings of the Christmas season. This year’s daily Advent readings are available as a traditional written book and online in audio format via the WGWG.org SoundCloud page. Throughout the devotional, GWU students, faculty and staff members offer perspectives on the Advent season and appreciation of a journey throughout the year.
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GWU Student Wins Prestigious Award at National Conference
Office of University Communications
On a national stage in Chicago, Ill., while fighting pneumonia, Gardner-Webb senior history major Elisabeth Moore talked about hillbilly stereotypes. And she won a prestigious award in the process. She was in high school when she first realized how much the stereotypes about Appalachia had permeated contemporary culture.
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Gardner-Webb Students Join Alpha Chi Honor Society
Office of University Communications
Gardner-Webb University inducted 35 new members into the Alpha Chi student honor society in a ceremony on Nov. 15 in Blanton Auditorium on the GWU campus. Alpha Chi is a coeducational academic honor society that promotes academic excellence and exemplary character among college and university students and honors those who achieve such distinction. Membership is open to students with junior and senior classification who demonstrate strong character and whose GPA ranks them in the top 10 percent of their academic classes.
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Gardner-Webb University Students Join Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Society
Office of University Communications
Gardner-Webb University inducted more than 30 new members into the Gamma Beta Upsilon Chapter of the Alpha Sigma Lambda honor society for adult students on Nov. 15. In a ceremony in GWU’s Tucker Student Center, 31 students and four honorary inductees joined the society as representatives of the College of Adult and Distance Education at Gardner-Webb.
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GWU’s Annual “Festival of Lights” Returns Dec. 3
Office of University Communications and Brooke Kelly
Gardner-Webb University’s Festival of Lights has become an annual community tradition as a celebration of the holiday season for students, faculty, staff, alumni and members of the public. This year’s event will be held Thursday, Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. in Dover Theatre, located inside the Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center on the GWU campus. The free festival features the GWU concert choir, chorale and multiple small instrumental ensembles.
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GWU Symphonic Band to Offer Christmas Concert
Office of University Communications and Brooke Kelly
The Gardner-Webb University Symphonic Band will present a free concert featuring Christmas music on Tuesday, Dec. 1 at 8 p.m. in Dover Theater, located in the Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center on the GWU campus. The concert will feature selections including “New York Hippodrome March” composed by John Philip Sousa, “Sinatra!” a medley of pieces composed by Frank Sinatra, “Movements II & III” by Vincent Persichetti, and variations on “America” by Charles Ives. The performance will conclude with a short Christmas medley of “Silent Night.”
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Gardner-Webb Professor’s Book Published by Oxford University Press
Office of University Communications
A story uncovered in research for his dissertation has led one Gardner-Webb University faculty member to be published by the prestigious Oxford University Press. Dr. Joseph Moore, assistant professor of history, wrote the book, “Founding Sins: How a Group of Antislavery Radicals Fought to Put Christ into the Constitution,” from research that took him to the United Kingdom. It chronicles the attempts of The Covenanters to convert America to a Christian nation and traces their political roots from Scotland to the New World.
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Gardner-Webb University School of Psychology and Counseling Reintroduces Program
Office of University Communications
The School of Psychology and Counseling at Gardner-Webb will relaunch the Master of Arts in Marriage, Couples and Family Counseling program at the University’s Charlotte, N.C., campus next fall. The program will be offered in addition to other established graduate counseling programs, such as school and mental health counseling. “Healthy marriages and strong families are essential components of a well-functioning society,” said Dr. Jasmine Graham, assistant professor of mental health counseling and director of the program.
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GWU Dimensions Program to Celebrate Advent
Office of University Communications
Gardner-Webb will celebrate and reflect on the holiday season with its annual university Advent services during the Dimensions program on Tuesday, Dec. 1. The service is free and open to the public. GWU professor Susan Bell will be the featured speaker for the Advent service, which is the final Dimensions program of the fall semester. “Susan came to Gardner-Webb to teach art at the beginning of my sophomore year as a student,” said Dr. Tracy Jessup, vice president of Christian Life and Services and senior minister to the University.
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Gardner-Webb Provided Deep Scholastic Enrichment for Top Athlete
Office of University Communications
Now enrolled in what she described as an “intense” Occupational Therapy graduate degree program, Charity Byrum (’15) credited Gardner-Webb with preparing her to manage a busy life schedule. The four-time Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association (CCSA) All-Academic Team member made deep scholastic enrichment a major part of her undergraduate career, in addition to her success in the pool as a seven-time all-CCSA athlete. “I participated in independent study research with Dr. Jeff Hartman in Exercise Science and created a laboratory teaching assistant position as a practicum with Dr. David Granniss,” she offered.
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GWU Athlete: ‘I Always had a Large Community in my Corner’
Office of University Communications
Community support propelled Heather Feldman (’15) as she pursued excellence in the music department and on the volleyball court during her baccalaureate career at Gardner-Webb. A GWU Senior Scholastic Award recipient, she also ranks 11th all time in the Big South in career volleyball assists. “I always had a large community in my corner, both on campus and off campus, pushing me to do the best I could in the classroom and on the court,” she said.
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GWU Hunt School of Nursing Acknowledges National Nurse Practitioners Week Nov. 8-14
Office of University Communications
In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the inaugural Nurse Practitioner (NP) program, the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) is honoring these health care providers during National Nurse Practitioners Week, Nov. 8-14. The first nurse practitioner program was established at the University of Colorado (Boulder, Colo.) and now, there are over 200,000 NPs licensed to practice in the U.S. In 2013, Gardner-Webb University established the Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) program track as part of the Hunt School of Nursing’s Master of Science in Nursing.
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GWU Program to Spotlight Ethics in Social Media
Office of University Communications
Social media ethics will be in the spotlight during Gardner-Webb University’s Dimensions program Nov. 17 in the Tucker Student Center. The program begins at 9:25 a.m. and is free and open to the public. Joe Jones, a digital and social media marketing professional for 12 years, will be the guest speaker.
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“Freedom Hall”
Office of University Communications
In honor of Veterans Day, Gardner-Webb University officials joined members of the campus community on Tuesday, Nov. 10 to dedicate Gardner-Webb’s new military wall of honor, “Freedom Hall.” Around 50 people attended the ceremony, which was held in the Dover Campus Center at GWU. Freedom Hall honors the military contributions of the extended university family, including faculty, staff, current students, alumni and members of their immediate family.
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Gardner-Webb Gave Student-Athlete Tools for Success in Business
Office of University Communications
Football brought Kyeonta “Keon” Williams Jr. (’14) to Gardner-Webb in 2010 for a visit, but a business professor convinced him to stay. “I was offered a full-scholarship to be a student-athlete,” the Runnin’ Bulldogs cornerback recalled. “I chose to attend Gardner-Webb shortly after hearing Dr. Anthony Negbenebor’s presentation during my official visit. Negbenebor (dean emeritus and professor of economics and international business in Godbold School of Business) discussed how the institution intertwines faith and academics, which my family and I felt was a competitive advantage.”
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Gardner-Webb University Trustee Emeritus, Longtime Supporter Passes Away
Office of University Communications
As a member of the U.S. military, he served his country in Korea. As a longtime trustee and generous donor at Gardner-Webb, he served the University family and community. Wade R. Shepherd, who passed away Nov. 8 at 87 years old, is being remembered for his lifetime of work to improve the lives of others and glorify God. Shepherd, a native of Hickory, N.C., earned a business administration degree from the Clevenger College of Business in Hickory, and he worked nearly 50 years in textiles as owner and operator of Wade Shepherd Hosiery, Shepknit Hosiery, Sheplan Hosiery and Contour Foam Corp.
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Original Play to Premiere at Gardner-Webb University
Office of University Communications
Gardner-Webb University and the Department of Theatre Arts will present the premiere of the comedy “I-Ya-I-Ya-O” from Nov. 19-22 in the Millennium Playhouse on campus. Dr. Doug Bryan, associate provost for academic development at Gardner-Webb, wrote “I-Ya-I-Ya-O.” It will be his second play to premiere at the University, following “Rummaging for Will” in 2013.
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GWU Soccer Player Ready for Whatever Comes Her Way
Office of University Communications
Elementary education major Ashley Carmean (’16) of Ashburn, Va., was playing in a soccer tournament the first time she heard about Gardner-Webb University. “The GWU women’s soccer assistant coach was at my game,” she explained. “A few days later I got an email from the coach saying they were interested in me. He told me a little about the school, so I decided to look into the University a little more.”
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Gardner-Webb Student Explores Opportunities in Field of Science
Office of University Communications
Wendy Harmon grew up with the mountains, rivers, lakes, and streams of western North Carolina at her back door. Some of her fondest memories are of outdoor exploratory excursions with her parents, Tommy and Darlene Harmon, where she literally first got her feet wet in ecology — the study of how organisms interact with their environments. Her mother was a Gardner-Webb graduate, but Harmon wanted to make her own decision about where to go to college.
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Gardner-Webb Studies Gave Ph.D. Student Inspiration for Doctoral Research
Office of University Communications
As he delves into research for his doctoral studies, Madison W. Cates (’13) is reminded of his years at Gardner-Webb University—both in and out of the classroom. A Ph.D. student in American history, Cates was awarded full financial funding to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Fla. “My current studies are constantly aided by mental and written notes taken from meaningful conversations in the Broad River Coffee Shop, Dover Library, or in course lectures,” Cates shared.
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GWU Psychology Grad Learned Real-World Lessons from His Professors’ Experiences
Office of University Communications
One of the more valuable lessons Jamie Hughes learned as a psychology major at Gardner-Webb University kept him from making the wrong career choice. His professors in the School of Psychology came from different backgrounds and shared their personal experiences with students. He also heard from a variety of guest speakers who could shed light on possible jobs and career paths.
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Gardner-Webb Graduate Appreciates Exchange of Ideas
Office of University Communications
As a music education major, Kevin Clary (’15) of Gaffney, S.C., has had ample opportunities to perform and refine his own talent while learning how to teach future musicians. “I was in the GWU Symphonic Band and then joined the orchestra,” Clary said. “I was a member of the GWU trumpet ensemble, and during my time with that group we advanced to the semi-final round of the National Trumpet Competition twice. I was a member of the GWU Marching Band and served as the drum major. I was also a member of the GWU Jazz Collective, which was my favorite group.”
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