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Searight Professional and Continuing Education (PACE)

Searight PACE is the Gardner-Webb University Professional and Continuing Education program.

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What is Searight PACE?

Gardner-Webb University’s Searight Professional and Continuing Education program offers very specific, online and in-person courses to enhance the skill levels of professionals ranging from entry level to mid-management, executive, and beyond. The program offers courses in all disciplines.

These courses provide you with real world capabilities, based on current trends and research, that will advance your career and improve your effectiveness.

The Searight PACE Program offers CEU credits and certificate programs from different disciplines to help you improve your skills and impact society. It also offers fully customized training modules in partnership with corporations and other institutions that govern and issue discipline or specialized certificates.

In-Person classes are held at the Charlotte Campus Center, unless otherwise noted.

Course Number Course Faculty Start Date Cost
PACE 100 Paralegal Certificate
In-person & Online
Dr. Angelina Smith 1/13-2/10/24
9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
$1,125
PACE 100 Paralegal Certificate
In-person & Online
Dr. Angelina Smith 3/9-4/6/24
9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
$1,125
PACE 125 TEAS Prep
Online
Dr. Jessica Ivey & Dr. Melissa McNeilly 4/13/24
9 a.m. – 4 p.m. 
$100
PACE 201 Jesus + Therapy = Healing: Learning How to Integrate Spirituality into Mental Health
IP
Dr. Simone McIntyre 7/12/24
9 a.m.- 3 p.m.
$99
PACE 202 Mental Health Response Training for National Disasters
VBT
Dr. Sharon Webb 2/9/24
9 a.m.- 3 p.m.
$99
PACE 203 Seeing the Military in Our Multicultural Lens
IP
Dr. Lorell Gordon 3/22/24
9 a.m.- 3 p.m.
$99
PACE 204 Avoiding Pain or Seeking Pleasure: Treating Substance Use Disorders
VBT
Dr. Simone McIntyre 4/19/24
9 a.m.- 3 p.m.
$99
PACE 205 Unveiling the Invisible Wounds: Addressing Trauma and Mental Health in Marginalized Communities
IP
Dr. Anthony Andrews 5/17/24
9 a.m.- 3 p.m.
$99
PACE 206 Nuts and Bolts of Clinical Supervision
VBT
Dr. Lorell Gordon 6/21/24
9 a.m.- 3 p.m.
$99
PACE 301 Microsoft Excel Fundamentals 1:
Manage worksheets, data cells, and ranges
VBT
Prof. Ghassan Dib 1/20/24
10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
$70
PACE 302 Microsoft Excel Fundamentals 2:
Manage tables , use formulas and functions
VBT
Prof. Ghassan Dib 2/10/24
10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
$70
PACE 303 Microsoft Excel Fundamentals 3:
Manage charts and review for exam (exam is optional)
VBT
Prof. Ghassan Dib 2/24/24
10 a.m. – 12 p.m.

$70

+$59 for exam

PACE 304 Microsoft Excel Advanced 1:
Regression, Excel Stats package. Manage and format data.
 VBT
Prof. Ghassan Dib 3/23/24
10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
$70
PACE 305 Microsoft Excel Advanced 2: Formulas, Graphs and Charts. Create advanced formulas and macros. Manage advanced charts and tables. 
 VBT
Prof. Ghassan Dib 4/6/24
10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
$70
PACE 306 Microsoft Excel Advanced 3: Data for decision making. Manage workbook options and settings.
 VBT
Prof. Ghassan Dib 4/20/24
10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
$70 + $100 for Excel Expert exam
PACE 501 Supply Chain Management Online Kaddra Green-Hall 5/4/24-6/22/24
9 a.m. – 12 a.m.
$1,125
PACE 660, 661, 662, 663, 663+

Grant Writing Certificate Series

IP

Dr. Bobbie Cox

5/10, 5/17, 5/24, 5/31, 6/7

10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
(lunch included)

$1900
PACE 703 Project Management (PMI)
Online & VBT
Dr. Christina King 1/20/24-2/3/24
10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
$1,125
PACE 704 CompTIA Network+ Certification (part of Cybersecurity certificate series)
Online & VBT
Oscar Gonzalez 1/27/2024 – 3/9/2024 $1,125
PACE 705 CompTIA Security+ Certification (part of Cybersecurity certificate series)
Online & VBT
Oscar Gonzalez 3/23/2024 – 5/4/2024 $1,125
PACE 754 Medical Spanish
IP & Online
Alba Gonzalez Calleja & Cristina Huerta Reyes 1/20/24-3/9/24
9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
$1,125
PACE 754 Medical Spanish
IP & Online
TBA 5/4/24-6/22/24
9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
$1,125
PACE 901 Human Resources Certificate Series – Payroll
In-Person
Prof. Sabrina Hall and Ghassan Dib 3/23/24
9 a.m. – 3 p.m. (lunch included)
$249
IP=In-Person, VBT=Video Based Training
Searight Multicultural Leadership Award

The endowed Searight Leadership Award shall provide need- and merit-based financial support to first-generation college students who exhibit an aptitude and an appetite for leadership.

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The Charlotte Center

The Charlotte Center is home to the Searight Professional and Continuing Education (PACE) program, located at 8030 Arrowridge Blvd., in Charlotte.

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