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November 2019: Launching a New Strategic Plan
Gardner-Webb University
Gardner-Webb University is now due for its next five-year plan. GWU 2020-2025 will map out our institutional priorities and help guide resource allocations across a range of essential areas. Too frequently, complex organizations such as universities can get so mired in the daily minutiae that they fail to take time to think big…to aspire…to dream. We are going to make sure that GWU does not fall into that trap; instead, this month we will launch an intentional and inclusive process that will transform vision into action. I am excited about engaging with you to chart a path for our shared success, and I invite your participation at each step along the way.
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October 2019: Sharpening Our Institutional Identity
Gardner-Webb University
Welcome to October, my friends.
As I have traversed campus and listened to faculty and staff over the past three months, one of the (many) recurring themes has been an undercurrent of some anxiety over whether Gardner-Webb University’s identity as a faith-based institution has eroded or been adrift for several years. The narrative, as I have heard it, is that GWU “might not be as Christian as it once was.”
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September 2019: Celebrating Our Student- Athletes
Gardner-Webb University
The start of a new fall semester brings with it the excitement of college sports; and I’ll be honest with you, I love college sports. I admire the grit, determination, and discipline that college athletes pour into their sport. I respect all of our young men and women who balance the rigors of their academic studies with the heat and sweat of grueling practice regimens. I am grateful to the coaches who forge teams out of raw individual talent, and who mold leaders for life. As Gardner-Webb’s fall sports get into full swing, I want to reflect a bit on what successful athletic programs can do for studentathletes, for their university, and for a college town like ours.
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