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Gardner-Webb Hosting Human Relations Compliance and Trends Seminar
Office of University Communications
Gardner-Webb University’s Godbold School of Business along with the Employers Association and The Cleveland (Clev. Co., N.C.) Industrial Relations Association presents Employer Update: HR (Human Resources) Compliance and Trends. The seminar designed for churches, business owners, managers, and HR professionals will be held Thursday, Oct. 17 from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. in GWU’s Tucker Student Center. The purpose of the event is to help those who need risk management advice for their church or organization, while staying current with the latest employment related laws, regulations, and trends that might impact their business.
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Gardner-Webb Named a National Military-Friendly University for its ROTC Program
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Gardner-Webb University’s Army ROTC program has been selected as a top institution across the nation in the Military Advanced Education’s (MAE) 2014 Guide to Military-Friendly Colleges & Universities. This list is featured annually and will appear in the upcoming December issue. In order to come up with their list, MAE, based in Maryland, conducted an extensive survey that included a record number of schools participating.
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Gardner-Webb University Political Science Professor Debuts Artwork in Tucker Gallery
Office of University Communications
Gardner-Webb University is known for carefully selecting faculty members who are both experts in their field of study and who display highly developed skills sets. Dr. Michael Kuchinsky is no exception to this practice, and the proof is on display at the Tucker Student Center Art Gallery through Nov. 3 with an exhibit that unveils his love for both photography and painting. Many people are familiar with Kuchinsky in his role as associate professor of political science at Gardner-Webb.
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Dimensions Program to Emphasize Alcohol and Other Drugs Awareness Week at Gardner-Webb
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The Dimensions program at Gardner-Webb University is pleased to welcome Michael Dean Chadwick, an inspirational speaker whose personal testimony will relay a moving message during Alcohol and Other Drugs Awareness Week. The nationally known speaker will share his story on Tuesday, Oct. 15 at 9:25 in the Paul Porter Arena, located inside the Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center (LYCC). The addiction to drugs and alcohol is something that Michael Dean Chadwick knows all too well.
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GWU Campus Police Announce Cash Reward for Information Relating to Recent Sexual Assault
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Gardner-Webb University Campus Police announced a $2500 cash reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the man who attacked and raped a GWU alumna a week ago near the Lake Hollifield complex on the University campus. Officials are continuing their investigation into the assault and hope the offer of a reward might compel someone with evidence pertinent to the case to come forward. On Tuesday, Oct. 1 around 9 p.m., a recent Gardner-Webb graduate reported she was walking on the path along Lake Hollifield when she was attacked from behind and raped.
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Concert Choir, Chorale and Handbells Event Offers a Variety of Selections
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Gardner-Webb University’s School of Performing and Visual Arts presents their annual Concert Choir, Chorale, and Handbells Concert on Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 8 p.m. in Dover Theatre, located in the Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center. The concert is free and open to the community, however a good-will offering is being accepted to benefit missions. “The audience will get the chance to hear both sacred and secular numbers – a wide variety,” said Dr. Paul Etter, GWU director of choral activities and conductor of church music.
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Gardner-Webb’s Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship to be Renamed Following Professor’s Donation
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Gardner-Webb University held an expression of appreciation event to announce that the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship, a part of the Godbold School of Business, would be named in honor of the parents of Dr. Don Caudill. Caudill, who serves as professor of marketing at GWU, made a significant financial gift to the center. Caudill, who was born and raised in the Appalachian mountains of Virginia, has honored his parents by designating it the “Alfred and Shirley Wampler Caudill Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship.”
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NewSpring Church Youth Pastor to Speak at Gardner-Webb
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The Dimensions program at Gardner-Webb University is pleased to announce Brad Cooper, the student director at NewSpring Baptist Church, based out of Anderson, S.C, will serve as a distinguished speaker. The pastor will share the gospel with students on Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 9:25 a.m. in the Paul Porter Arena, located inside the Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center (LYCC). Originally from Hendersonville, N.C., Cooper pursued his undergraduate degree at Furman University, in Greenville, S.C., where he played baseball and football.
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Sixty-Mile Relay from Gardner-Webb to UNC Charlotte Adds to New Football Rivalry
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Runners of several counties are invited to participate in the inaugural “50 to 50 Military Appreciation Relay Run” event on Oct. 5. The relay involves a series of runners transporting the Gardner-Webb vs. UNC Charlotte game ball for the football matchup from Boiling Springs to Charlotte (nearly 60 miles). The event is in conjunction with Military Appreciation Day at UNC Charlotte, and is a joint effort by the adjoined ROTC programs at GWU and UNCC (which includes the Military Science and Aerospace Studies Departments – Army and Air Force).
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UPDATED Oct. 4, 4 p.m.–UNIVERSITY ADVISORY: Police Investigating Campus Sexual Assault
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GWU Campus Police are investigating a sexual assault against a recent GWU alumna that occurred on campus on Oct. 1 around 9 p.m. near the Lake Hollifield Complex. GWU Campus Police are investigating a sexual assault against a recent GWU alumna that occurred on campus on Oct. 1 around 9 p.m. near the Lake Hollifield Complex.
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Relay for Life Fundraiser Planned at Gardner-Webb on Nov. 2
Office of University Communications
As Gardner-Webb University prepares for a Relay for Life event on Saturday, Nov. 2 to foster cancer awareness, raise funds, and celebrate the lives of survivors and victims of the disease, October marks another important campaign. Oct. 1-31 is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the annual campaign to increase the knowledge that all adult women should know about the disease. The GWU School of Nursing shares the latest information on breast cancer from the American Cancer Society.
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Gardner-Webb University’s Counseling Center Provides Help to Students, Faculty and Staff
Office of University Communications
A cause and effect relationship exists between many things. For a cut, one applies a bandage. For a headache, one takes an aspirin.
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Comedian to Perform at Gardner-Webb on Oct. 1
Office of University Communications
The Dimensions program at Gardner-Webb University is pleased to welcome stand-up comedian, musician, ventriloquist, and actor Taylor Mason. The entertainer will share his talents with students on Tuesday, Oct. 1 at 9:25 in the Paul Porter Arena, located inside the Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center (LYCC). With the unique combination of comedy, ventriloquism and music, Mason has been charming audiences of all ages for the past 25 years.
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Former Gardner-Webb University Vice President to Release Humorous Book
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Bob Shepherd has touched and enriched countless lives through his work in ministry—which includes a lengthy relationship with Gardner-Webb—for nearly 60 years. When his kids requested he compile his experiences and write a book, he didn’t hesitate. The result is an entertaining, heartfelt, and humorous collection of his firsthand accounts appropriately titled, A Shepherd’s Joys in Fields of Service.
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Gardner-Webb University Alumnus Unveils New Documentary
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When Bruce Bowers began investigating ideas for a new documentary, he was not expecting to take on an issue of tremendous social significance or to become an advocate for an overhaul of the country’s foster care system. Yet, his piece “Without Perfect Answers,” which will air on WTVI-Charlotte on Oct. 3 at 10 p.m., takes a closer look at some of the most inspiring—and the most frustrating—examples within what Bowers believes is a social system with many faults. “What I like to do is tell stories. And wherever the story leads us, that’s what we like to do,” Bowers explained.
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Gardner-Webb University Theatre Presents “Rumors” Oct 2-6
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The Gardner-Webb University Theatre Department will present the comedy “Rumors” Oct. 2-5 at 7:30 p.m. and Oct. 6 at 2:30 p.m. in the Dover Theater, located inside the Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center (LYCC). Written by Neil Simon, this farcical play begins when four couples arrive at the 10th wedding anniversary celebration of a deputy New York City mayor and his wife. However, when the four couples (dysfunctional in their own right) arrive at the deputy mayor’s townhouse, they soon discover that there are no servants, the hostess is missing, and the deputy mayor has shot himself in the head.
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GWU School of Performing and Visual Arts Holds Piano Recital by Matthew Lineberger
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Gardner-Webb University’s School of Performing and Visual Arts presents Matthew Lineberger in a Distinguished Alumnus Piano (solo) Recital on Thursday, Sept. 26 at 8:15 p.m. in Blanton Auditorium, located in Hamrick Hall. The event is being held just prior to Lineberger beginning his pursuit of a Master of Music in Choral Conducting at Cambridge University, located in the United Kingdom. Lineberger, a Gardner-Webb music alumnus is a native of Morganton, N.C.
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Gardner-Webb School of Performing and Visual Arts Presents Musical Mission Team
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Gardner-Webb University’s School of Performing and Visual Arts presents their first Distinguished Artist Concert of the semester headlined by The Musical Mission Team, an ensemble of 24 students from Bob Jones University on Tuesday, Sept. 24 at 8 p.m., in Blanton Auditorium, located in Hamrick Hall. The concert is free and open to the community, however a good-will offering is being accepted to benefit missions. The Musical Mission Team consists of a choir and instrumental ensemble under the direction of Professor William McCauley.
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Gardner-Webb to Share Global Mission Trip Experiences
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As a university with a large-scale commitment to service in the community, Gardner-Webb places particular emphasis on missions. During the 2012-2013 academic year, over 100 students, faculty, and staff members served both the local and global communities through mission trips. Participants went where there was a need, with eight different trips crossing the county and the globe.
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Bulldog Backpack Program at Gardner-Webb Addresses National Hunger Issue on Local Level
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Many Americans are still struggling to put food on the table, a full four years after the global recession ended, a new poll by Gallup shows. “Twenty percent of people polled last month said that they sometimes didn’t have enough money to buy food for themselves or their family, the highest percentage since 2011,” reported Jeff Black, staff writer for NBC news. “In addition, the poll indicates that Americans’ ability to afford food has yet to recover to the levels seen in 2008, when the United States was in one of deepest economic slumps since the Great Depression of the 1930s.”
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Former Gardner-Webb University Faculty Member Passes Away
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Gardner-Webb University lost an admired and distinguished faculty member on Monday with the passing of Dr. Lansford Jolley. Jolley passed away at the age of 86 at Hospice of Cleveland County (Shelby, N.C.), after a period of declining health. Jolley retired from Gardner-Webb in 1992 after serving on the GWU faculty for 34 years teaching courses in history and sociology.
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Former UNC and WNBA Standout to Speak at Gardner-Webb on Sept. 17
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The Dimensions program at Gardner-Webb University is pleased to announce Charlotte Smith, former WNBA player and current head women’s basketball coach at Elon University in Elon, N.C., as a distinguished speaker. The Shelby, N.C., native will share her story and exciting message with students on Tuesday, Sept. 17 at 9:25 a.m. in the Paul Porter Arena, located inside the Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center (LYCC). Smith, the most decorated player in the history of the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, N.C.) women’s basketball program, has always been known for her abilities on the court.
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Gardner-Webb Dimensions Featuring Olive Aneno Leaves Lasting Impression
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Officials at Gardner-Webb believe students will likely never forget one of the most powerful messages ever conveyed during a Dimensions program. On Sept. 10, Olive Aneno offered personal testimony on how God redeemed her from childhood trauma and heartache and gave her an overall sense of inner peace, in part through the efforts of Compassion International, a Christian child advocacy group. Aneno, a native of Uganda, spent many years of her childhood as an orphan and had to learn how to survive on her own.
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Cleveland County Youth For Christ Rally to be Held at Gardner-Webb on Sept. 21
Office of University Communications
Gardner-Webb has always been a place where its students can zealously worship the Lord, and the University is once again extending an opportunity to the youth of Cleveland County to do just that. All middle school to college age students are invited to attend the Cleveland County Youth for Christ Rally (YFC), on Saturday, Sept. 21 at 6 p.m. in Stewart Hall, located inside the Tucker Student Center. There is no admission fee for the event, and all churches are encouraged to bring their youth regardless of the denomination.
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Gardner-Webb University Physician Assistant Program Receives Provisional Accreditation
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Gardner-Webb University’s Physician Assistant Studies Program has received accreditation-provisional from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA). Provisional accreditation is an accreditation status for a new PA program that has not yet enrolled students, but has demonstrated its preparedness to initiate a program in accordance with ARC-PA accreditation standards. Regional accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools-Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) is still pending.
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