Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

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Gardner-Webb University Theatre Presents “The Music Man” March 26-28

Office of University Communications

The Gardner-Webb University Theatre Department will present “The Music Man” March 26-28 at 7:30 p.m. in the Dover Theatre, located inside the Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center (LYCC). Tickets are $14 for adults, $9 for senior adults and students of other schools, $4 for GWU faculty and staff and children under 12, and free for GWU students. Set in 1912, “The Music Man” follows a con man trying to start a boys’ band in River City, Iowa, under the pretense that he is a professor of music.
Missionary to Speak at Gardner-Webb on March 24

Office of University Communications and Brooke Kelly

Missionary Jamie Wright will visit Gardner-Webb University on March 24 to share her diverse global experiences and her passion for encouraging people. Wright will speak at Dimensions at 9:25 a.m. in Paul Porter Arena, located inside the Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center (LYCC). The event is free and open to the public.
Gardner-Webb to Offer Online Classes to Undergraduate Students this Summer

Office of University Communications

Gardner-Webb University will offer students an opportunity this summer to make progress on an undergraduate degree, without sacrificing a summer job or travel plans to take a seated college course. Several dozen GWU courses already offered online through the University’s Degree Completion Program (DCP) will also be available via the Internet for eligible traditional undergraduate students who attend Gardner-Webb and other institutions. Students enrolled at other colleges and universities may take GWU courses and transfer eligible credits back to their school.
Southern Baptist Leader Offers Mental Health Hope During Visit to Gardner-Webb University

Office of University Communications

After Gardner-Webb University alumnus Dr. Frank Page lost his daughter to suicide, he discovered a calling to help save others who are battling mental health illnesses. Page, now president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) executive committee, visited Gardner-Webb on March 17 to encourage students, local ministers and community members who are dealing with their own psychological challenges and the trials of others. When his daughter, Melissa, took her own life in 2009, Page faced the immense grief that suicides cause for thousands of American families, marriages, churches and friends each year.

WGWG: Dimensions with Frank Page
Gardner-Webb Hosts Japanese Study Abroad Students

Office of University Communications

Gardner-Webb University welcomed four Japanese engineering students during a two-week visit to experience English, engineering and American culture. The study abroad visit was made possible through the University’s English as a Second Language program, facilitated by World Languages and Cultures Associate Professor Dr. Lorene Pagcaliwagan. The group consisted of three undergraduate students—Ryosuke Mori, Yoshitaka Toeda, and Kyouhei Miyama—and one graduate student, Hironori Sakamoto, from Chiba University in Chiba, Japan, a suburb of Tokyo.
GWU’s Sport Management Degree Earns National Ranking

Office of University Communications

Gardner-Webb University offers the best bachelor’s degree in sport management in the Carolinas and one of the top 10 programs nationwide among institutions with fewer than 3,000 undergraduate students. Sports Management Degree Guide (sports-management-degrees.com), an online source for information on the field’s programs and careers, recently ranked Gardner-Webb No. 6 nationally in its “20 Great Small Colleges for a Bachelor’s Degree in Sports Management 2015.” GWU ranked ahead of other North Carolina institutions that made the top-20 list, including Catawba College (Salisbury, N.C.), Barton College (Wilson, N.C.), and Johnson C. Smith University (Charlotte, N.C.).
Meet the Authors’ Book Signing to Feature Work of GWU Employees

Office of University Communications

Gardner-Webb University will host a book-signing event on Wednesday, March 25, for four faculty and staff members who published works. The event, scheduled from 2 to 5 p.m. in the Dover Memorial Library, will feature Dr. Scott Shauf, Dr. Donald Berry, Dr. Joseph Webb and Dr. Doug Bryan. Dr. Shauf, associate professor of religious Studies, recently published “The Divine Acts and Ancient Historiography.”
The Call of the Wild

Office of University Communications and Niki Bliss-Carroll

He was sitting on the porch watching the sun set across shimmering waters and had just completed his boat patrol shift as a park ranger with the Corps of Engineers at Lake Hartwell, Ga. But something was wrong. A nagging feeling caused him to take a deep breath.
Gardner-Webb Improves Transfer Process for Elementary Education Students

Office of University Communications

Gardner-Webb University and Cleveland Community College (CCC) have formed a partnership that will ease the transfer process for students who seek to complete an elementary education degree with coursework at both institutions. Officials for both schools signed an agreement to create a seamless track for students who begin their school-age education associate’s degree studies at CCC and complete them in an elementary education bachelor’s degree program at Gardner-Webb. The agreement, called Pathways to reference the structured path of study between the two schools, formalizes a degree partnership that already exists between GWU and CCC.
Gardner-Webb’s Healthcare Management Bachelor’s Degree Earns National Ranking

Office of University Communications and Jill Blank

Gardner-Webb University recently earned national recognition as one of “15 Great Small Colleges for a Bachelor’s in Healthcare Administration 2015.” Healthcare Administration Degree Programs, an online source for undergraduate and graduate information, ranked Gardner-Webb No. 8 in the nation for bachelor’s degrees in healthcare administration at a small college. Schools were ranked based on institution types, accreditation, affiliations, faculty strength and ratio, admission rate, and average net price of the college.
GWU Mourns Loss of Assistant Athletics Director

Office of University Communications

The Gardner-Webb University community is mourning the loss of longtime athletics department administrator Mike Roebuck, who passed away this week at the age of 65. Roebuck was in his 14th season as assistant athletics director for academic services, and he previously served six years as the University’s director of financial aid. “We are devastated by the news of Mike’s passing,” said GWU Vice President for Athletics Chuck Burch.
GWU’s Dr. Steve Harmon Serves as Keynote Speaker at Vatican II Symposium

Office of University Communications

A Gardner-Webb University instructor of Christian theology recently participated as a keynote speaker in a discussion on ecumenism held at Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., as part of a four-year series of events with the theme “Celebrating the Legacy of Vatican II.” Dr. Steve Harmon was one of several internationally-recognized theologians and clergy members from around the country who took part in a conversation on ecumenism during last month’s symposium. Unitatis Redintegratio, the Decree on Ecumenism coming out of the Second Vatican Council, was the subject of a discussion between keynote speakers Harmon, William Rusch, D.Phil., of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and Yale Divinity School; and the Rev. John Crossin, Ph.D., a priest in the order of the Oblates of St. Francis De Sales and a member of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Gardner-Webb Department Chairman Taking American Railroad Adventure

Office of University Communications and Jill Blank

“All aboard!” Gardner-Webb Professor Dr. Bob Carey will hear this phrase many times in the next few weeks. The GWU Communication and New Media Department chairman is taking a trip across the United States via railroad with his camera as his companion.
Gardner-Webb Online Graduate Nursing Degree Named Top-20 Program Nationwide

Office of University Communications

Gardner-Webb University’s online Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) degree has been named a top-20 program nationwide by an education information website, the third distinguished honor for GWU’s Hunt School of Nursing this year. SuperScholar, an online source for college and career information, honored Gardner-Webb as No. 19 in its “50 Best Online Master’s in Nursing Programs of 2015,” a resource produced to help current and future nurses make smart choices about advancing their education and careers. The ranking earned GWU a place among schools like Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Md.) and Duke University (Durham, N.C.).
Trio of Art Events Debut at Gardner-Webb in February

Office of University Communications

Artistic work will abound at Gardner-Webb University during the month of February as three separate exhibits open on the campus. Shows include work by GWU art students, a university professor and a resident of nearby Mooresboro, N.C. Tom Whitaker debuted his “Potter at Large” exhibition on Feb. 3, and it will continue through Feb. 27 in the art gallery in the Tucker Student Center.
GWU Alumna Named Army Spouse of the Year

Office of University Communications

A Gardner-Webb University graduate has been named Armed Forces Insurance (AFI) 2015 Army Spouse of the Year. Corie Weathers was recently named the branch winner for the Army, and is a finalist for the overall National AFI Military Spouse of the Year, to be announced in May. Weathers and her husband, Matthew Weathers, a U.S. Army Chaplain currently stationed at Fort Gordon in Augusta, Ga., met at Gardner-Webb.
GWU Honors Career of Former Coach Eddie Holbrook

Office of University Communications

Former Gardner-Webb coach Eddie Holbrook helped put the University on the intercollegiate athletics map by building an elite basketball program in the 1960s and 1970s. Now Gardner-Webb has put Holbrook’s name on the University’s basketball court in Paul Porter Arena to honor his accomplishments as a coach and mentor. The University honored the former coach and celebrated the naming of Eddie Holbrook Court, with a reception and a halftime program on Feb. 26 during the Runnin’ Bulldogs’ home game versus Charleston Southern.

Youtube: Naming of the Eddie Holbrook Court at Gardner-Webb University
Southern Baptist Convention Leader to Speak at Gardner-Webb University on March 17

Office of University Communications

Gardner-Webb University will host a morning of free events featuring Dr. Frank Page, president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Executive Committee and a GWU alumnus, on Tuesday, March 17. Page will speak at the University’s Dimensions program at 9:30 a.m., and he will conduct a question-and-answer session with local ministers at 10:45 a.m. During the Dimensions program in the Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center, he will share experiences chronicled in his book, “Melissa: A Father’s Lessons from a Daughter’s Suicide.”
Gardner-Webb Offers Free Tax Preparation Services

Office of University Communications and Jill Blank

Gardner-Webb University professors and students will be contributing their skills to help members of the community by offering a free income tax preparation service. The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) will be offered on Tuesdays from 5 to 7 p.m. in Hamrick Hall, located on the Gardner-Webb University Campus. All student and faculty volunteers have completed Internal Revenue Service (IRS) training and certification and will offer their services free of charge to families and individuals who earn less than $60,000 a year.
5K Race at Gardner-Webb to Benefit Community Members Battling Eating Disorders

Office of University Communications

Gardner-Webb University invites the community to participate in a 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, Feb. 28 to increase awareness of eating disorders and raise money for people who suffer from body image illnesses. The “Everybody Knows Somebody 5K” will conclude a week of National Eating Disorders Awareness (NEDA) events at the University. Preregistration and race day registration are $20 for community members and $10 for all GWU students, faculty and staff. Participants may register online in advance at gardner-webb.edu/everybody-5k, or in person in front of Gardner-Webb’s Tucker Student Center, beginning at 7:30 a.m. Saturday.
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week & 5K Run/Walk Planned at GWU

Office of University Communications

In an effort to encourage the prevention of eating disorders and body image issues, Gardner-Webb University will be participating in National Eating Disorders Awareness (NEDA) Week, Feb. 23 through 28. This year’s NEDA theme is “Everybody Knows Somebody.” 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
Gardner-Webb Alum to Share His Story of Redemption

Office of University Communications

Musician, author and 1987 alumnus Jimi Ray will visit Gardner-Webb on Tuesday, Feb. 24, to share his spiritual journey during the University’s Dimensions program. The event is free and open to the public. Ray formed a band, Age of Faith, after graduating from Gardner-Webb.
Gardner-Webb The Magazine Honored in Competition

Office of University Communications

Gardner-Webb The Magazine and its staff were recognized this week for excellence among higher education publications throughout the Southeast with a pair of awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). The University magazine received a special merit award for print and digital publications, and Gardner-Webb The Magazine (Vol. 49, No. 1) earned a special merit award for cover graphic design in the 2014-2015 CASE District III contest. Honors were announced and presented Feb. 17 during the CASE District III annual conference in Orlando, Fla.
Higher Education Study Reveals Gardner-Webb University’s Economic Impact

Office of University Communications

A comprehensive analysis of the economic impact of higher education in North Carolina has found that Gardner-Webb University created $61 million in added economic value during the 2012-13 fiscal year. Overall, the state’s public and private colleges and universities had an impact of $63.5 billion in state, including payroll, operations, the purchase of goods and services, start-up companies, and spending generated by students and alumni. “While the true contribution of Gardner-Webb University is the positive impact on people’s lives, it is gratifying to know that the University makes a significant economic contribution to our region as well,” said GWU President Dr. Frank Bonner.
Renowned Carolina Brass Ensemble to Perform Free Concert at Gardner-Webb University

Office of University Communications

Gardner-Webb University will host a free concert by the Carolina Brass national touring ensemble on Saturday, Feb. 21, at 1 p.m. in the Tucker Student Center. The show is open to the public. Carolina Brass, regarded as one of the premiere music ensembles in the Southeast, regularly performs pops concerts, classical recitals and educational shows.