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Gardner-Webb University Godbold School of Business Awards 2,000th Graduate Degree
Office of University Communications
Gardner-Webb University’s Godbold School of Business marked the awarding of its 2,000th graduate degree during commencement exercises on May 9, the latest milestone in an academic year full of regional and national recognitions for the school. The University awarded its first Master of Business Administration (MBA) degrees in 1995, its first Master of Accountancy (MAcc) in 2002 and its first International Master of Business Administration (IMBA) degree in 2003. In the years since, the School of Business has awarded approximately 1,500 MBA degrees, more than 400 MAcc degrees and almost 100 IMBA degrees.
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Gardner-Webb University Publication Receives Another Communications Award
Office of University Communications
Gardner-Webb The Magazine and its production team are once again being recognized for national and international excellence among marketing and communications publications. The magazine was named a Platinum Winner in the annual Hermes Creative Awards competition, administered by the Association of Marketing & Communications Professionals (AMCP), which is based in Dallas, Texas. The GWU Office of Communications and Marketing earned platinum status for the print edition of Gardner-Webb The Magazine (Vol. 49, No. 2).
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Gardner-Webb Recognizes Two Recipients with Honorary Doctorates During Commencement on May 9
Office of University Communications
Gardner-Webb University bestowed its highest recognition of merit, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degrees, to C. Neal Alexander (Denver, N.C.) and Frank Stewart (Belmont, N.C.) during its Spring Commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 9. GWU President Dr. Frank Bonner explained that the guidelines for awarding the honorary doctorate include the recipient’s embodiment of Gardner-Webb ideals, caring and Christian service; the awarding of the degree affirms the University’s values and honors individual achievements. “These guidelines are exemplified to the fullest degree by Neal Alexander and Frank Stewart in their personal, professional, church, and civic lives, and in innumerable leadership roles,” Bonner shared.
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Gardner-Webb University Awards Degrees During Exercises on May 9
Office of University Communications
Gardner–Webb University hosted Spring Commencement exercises on Saturday, May 9, in the Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Nearly 600 graduates were honored during the two ceremonies. The morning ceremony featured nearly 300 graduates of Gardner-Webb’s Degree Completion Program (DCP) and the traditional undergraduate program.
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Music Plays Major Role in Life of GWU Grad
Office of University Communications
After starting to play the piano at age two, Bonnie Scruggs has majored in music her entire life. This month she marks a milestone in her music education as she graduates from Gardner-Webb University with more than 200 hours of undergraduate coursework in two majors with three concentrations. GWU graduates normally complete 128 credit hours for a bachelor’s degree.
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Run/Walk Honors Late Gardner-Webb Athletics Administrator Mike Roebuck
Office of University Communications
Hundreds of runners and walkers traveled a mile around Gardner-Webb University on April 30 to honor Mike Roebuck, an avid runner and former GWU athletics administrator who passed away earlier this year. The first “A Mile for Mike” honored Roebuck, who served Gardner-Webb for 20 years, first as director of financial aid and then as assistant athletics director for academic services. In addition to the run/walk, the event included comments by Roebuck’s family and GWU Vice President for Athletics Chuck Burch.
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Gardner-Webb University Honors Employees for Excellence
Office of University Communications
Gardner-Webb University honored outstanding faculty and staff members on May 1 during the annual “Apples and Accolades” program. Dr. Joseph Webb, professor of Communication & New Media and a faculty member since 2007, was recognized with the 2015 Excellence in Teaching Award. “He entertains and inspires his students with detailed descriptions and imaginative lectures,” said GWU President Dr. Frank Bonner.
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Gardner-Webb University Publication Receives Pair of National Awards
Office of University Communications
Gardner-Webb The Magazine and its production team were recognized this week for national and international excellence among marketing and communications publications with a pair of awards from the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts (AIVA), based in New York, N.Y. The GWU Office of Communications and Marketing received two Communicator Awards for the print edition of Gardner-Webb The Magazine (Vol. 49, No. 1). The issue earned a 2015 Gold Award of Excellence in the category of cover design and a 2015 Silver Award of Distinction in the category of educational institution magazine.
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Gardner-Webb University to Hold Spring Commencement Exercises on May 9
Office of University Communications
Gardner-Webb University will award over 600 degrees during the 2015 spring commencement exercises on Saturday, May 9. Ceremonies are planned for 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. in the Paul Porter Arena of the Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center, located on the campus of Gardner-Webb University. Of the two ceremonies planned, the ceremony at 10 a.m. will focus on the achievements of nearly 370 students in the traditional undergraduate and Degree Completion programs of study while the second ceremony at 3 p.m. will honor over 250 students who have successfully completed graduate programs.
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GWU International Students Visit Local School for Fourth Annual Cultural Awareness Day
Office of University Communications
Local school children learned some inside information about several faraway countries from Gardner-Webb University International Programs representatives during Cultural Awareness Day, held April 17 at Fallston Elementary School in Fallston, N.C. The daylong event—coordinated in part by GWU Assistant Director of International Programs Gail Peace—featured presentations by university international students Steve Jones of Great Britain, Ronia Hutterli of Switzerland, and Christal Ransome of Trinidad and Tobago. Chloe Boucquemont of France, a one-year teaching assistant in the Department of World Languages, also represented the University. Students in kindergarten through fourth grade took part in the event, which was coordinated by Rebecca Lane, the English as a Second Language Coordinator for Fallston, Casar, and Burns Middle schools.
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GWU Competes in National Disc Golf Championships
Office of University Communications
Gardner-Webb University has fielded a disc golf team for only a year, but the program already holds a national championship appearance and an individual collegiate record. The GWU team recently finished 38th in the 2015 National Collegiate Disc Golf Championships, ahead of schools like Clemson, Auburn, Texas A&M and Purdue. Junior team member Chase Richards set an individual collegiate distance record during the event, throwing a disc 620 feet, 6 inches.
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Gardner-Webb Professor Involved in Apollo 13 Rescue Mission 45 Years Ago Shares Inside Story
Office of University Communications
He remembers the fateful day as if it were yesterday. It was April 1970, and he had arrived at work in Huntsville, Ala., as usual. Then, he heard the words that sent chills up his spine as someone ran into the room and exclaimed, “Hey! They’re in trouble!”
WGWG: GWU Professor, Dr. Thomas Meaders looks back at the Apollo 13 mission.
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Gardner-Webb University School of Education Establishes Recognition Program to Honor Educators
Office of University Communications
The induction ceremony for the inaugural GWU School of Education Hall of Fame is planned for June 25 at 6 p.m. at Gardner-Webb University. The event will include a dinner program and the unveiling of the new Education Hall of Fame, located on the third floor of the Tucker Student Center. School of Education Dean Dr. Doug Eury said that nominees for the Hall of Fame will be Gardner-Webb alumni and others who have distinguished themselves in the field of education as either a practitioner or benefactor locally, regionally or at the state and federal level.
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Willing Hearts, Ready Feet
Office of University Communications and Emily DeVries
“It was the best and the hardest week of my life,” said one Gardner-Webb student of her recent spring break experience. Cassie Helms and Amanda Rymer were two of seven Gardner-Webb University students who participated in a life-changing mission trip to Honduras during their spring semester break. In March, Helms and Rymer joined GWU Associate Minister of Students Neal Payne and five other students to spend five days backpacking in the mountains of Honduras.
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Gardner-Webb Jazz Ensemble to Perform April 24
Office of University Communications
The Gardner-Webb University School of Performing and Visual Arts will present the GWU Jazz Collective in concert on Friday, April 24, at 7 p.m. The program will be held in Dover Theatre inside the Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center, and it is free and open to the public. Wally West will direct the ensemble.
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Gardner-Webb Symphonic Band to Perform April 21
Office of University Communications
Gardner-Webb University’s School of Performing and Visual Arts will present the GWU Symphonic Band in concert on Tuesday, April 21, at 8 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public. Senior flute performance major Natasha Puplichhuisen will be the featured soloist, performing “Concertino” by Cecile Chaminade, with the band accompanying.
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Gardner-Webb University Professor Leads Discussion of Civil Rights Issues
Office of University Communications
A Gardner-Webb University professor shared his experiences from the Civil Rights Movement and related those events to modern issues during a program, “True Freedom: From the 1960s to the Present,” on April 20 in the Tucker Student Center. Dr. Joseph Webb, professor of communication and new media at Gardner-Webb, experienced the civil rights era as a college student. During the GWU program, he discussed the meaning of human freedom, how people’s decisions impact the ability of others to live freely, and how individuals can examine their own actions instead of shifting blame to others.
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Gardner-Webb University Students Create Documentary about Bigfoot Search
Office of University Communications
A group of Gardner-Webb University communications students is learning about interviewing, video editing and documentary production techniques this semester—while searching for evidence of the existence of a real-life bigfoot just a half-hour from campus. Students in Dr. Jim Lawrence’s Intermediate Video Editing and Rebekah Rausch’s Documentary Video Techniques classes have worked together to produce “Finding Knobby,” a short film that explores the story of a creature that was reportedly spotted five years ago by Tim Peeler, a resident of nearby Casar, N.C. The creature has become known as “Knobby” since its first reported sighting near Carpenter’s Knob in Cleveland County in the late 1970s.
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GWU Orchestra to Perform April 27 Concert
Office of University Communications
The Gardner-Webb University Orchestra will perform in concert on Monday, April 27, with various student musicians featured as soloists. The program is set to begin at 8 p.m. in GWU’s Dover Theatre, inside the Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center. Dr. Patricia Sparti, professor and chair of the GWU Music Department, will conduct the orchestra. Featured student performers throughout the program will include Hannah Blalock on harp, Natasha Pupplichhuisen and Samuel Stowe on flute, Matthew Wyatt on viola, Isaac Shigemi on violin, and soprano Katie Ujevich.
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Gardner-Webb University Theatre Presents “#8” April 23-26
Office of University Communications
The Gardner-Webb University Theatre Department will present a Holocaust love story with the latest production planned on April 23-25 at 7:30 p.m. and April 26 at 2:30 p.m. “#8” takes the stage in the Millennium Playhouse, located in the Communication Studies building. A Holocaust love story, “#8” was a 1990 finalist in the Eugene O’Neill National Playwright Competition.
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Gardner-Webb Students to Display Work at Uptown Shelby Art Walk on April 23
Office of University Communications and Jill Blank
Gardner-Webb University photography students will display their work as part of the Uptown Shelby Art Walk on Thursday, April 23, from 5:30-8 p.m. Every spring, summer and fall, the Uptown Shelby Association partners with the Cleveland County Arts Council to bring art to the streets of Uptown Shelby. During the Art Walks, local businesses extend their hours into the evening to host various artists.
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GWU Students to Exhibit Communications Portfolios
Office of University Communications
From portrait photography and videos to advertisements and journalistic writing, the outstanding work of Gardner-Webb University communications students will be on display on campus through May 9. The GWU Department of Communication and New Media’s annual Senior Show in the Communication Studies Hall is open to the public. “The senior show gives students the opportunity to showcase their best work and to also network and interact with visitors,” offered Dr. Amanda Bridges, assistant professor of graphic design.
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Environmental Expert, Author to Speak at Gardner-Webb University on April 7
Office of University Communications and Brooke Kelly
Author and environmentalist Emma Sleeth Davis will visit Gardner-Webb on Tuesday, April 7 to share ideas for improving the physical and spiritual world in which the University community lives. She will be the featured speaker during GWU’s weekly Dimensions program at 9:25 a.m. in Stewart Hall of the Tucker Student Center. The event is free and open to the public.
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GWU Events to Offer Career Experiences to Students
Office of University Communications
Gardner-Webb University will host multiple professional development events for students on Wednesday, April 8, including opportunities to learn from business leaders and secure internships. The Godbold School of Business Broyhill School of Management will host Executive Day at 10 a.m. in Blanton Auditorium in Hamrick Hall. A panel of business executives will share their experiences and answer students’ questions.
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New Standing Helps GWU Students Become Certified Financial Planners
Office of University Communications
Gardner-Webb University’s new Master of Wealth and Trust Management was awarded standing with Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. (CFP Board). With this status, graduates of the Wealth and Trust Management program will be eligible to become a Certified Financial Planner without having to pursue additional coursework. The degree is offered through the Godbold School of Business.
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