Post Nicole Waters, DNP Associate Provost College of Health Sciences, Assoc. Prof. of Nursing Dr. Waters has been accepted in the 2020 BRIDGES Academic Leadership for Women program at UNC-Chapel Hill. BRIDGES is an inclusive professional development program for women in higher education who seek to gain or strengthen their academic leadership capabilities. It is designed to help women […] Gardner-Webb University | August 1, 2020
Post Coronavirus Information: Summer Commencement As Gardner-Webb University continues to prepare for the upcoming Fall 2020 semester, the health and safety of the GWU community remain our top priorities. As of Tuesday, July 28, the University has only one positive Covid-19 student case remaining on campus in isolation. Five international students, quarantined upon entry into the country, will be released […] Gardner-Webb University | July 29, 2020
Post Coronavirus Information: Confirmed Cases As Gardner-Webb University continues to prepare for the upcoming Fall 2020 semester, the health and safety of the GWU community remain our top priorities. As of Monday, July 13 Gardner-Webb has two confirmed cases of COVID-19. These are the first two reported cases. Both cases are student-athletes, the first case was confirmed July 12. This […] Gardner-Webb University | July 13, 2020
Post Coronavirus Information: Spring and Summer 2020 Graduates Commencement Update As Gardner-Webb continues to prepare for the upcoming Fall 2020 semester, the health and safety of the GWU community remain our top priorities. COVID-19 cases are now spiking again in our region and across the country, partially as a result of various re-opening activities. The University will, by necessity, follow the advice of state and […] Gardner-Webb University | July 1, 2020
Post July 2020: Revival of the Social Sciences In this month’s blog, I’m not going to mention COVID-19, Coronavirus, pandemics, face coverings, vaccines, or even social distancing. Indulge me…there are other pressing issues. As the infamous year 2020 lurches forward, we should take note of what’s going on across our nation. There’s hurt, frustration, and anger in the streets of some of our […] Gardner-Webb University | July 1, 2020
Post Coronavirus Information: North Carolina’s Most recent Executive Order and Fall 2020 Ppdates Gardner-Webb continues to prepare for the upcoming Fall 2020 semester. Here are the latest updates for the GWU community. In accordance with North Carolina’s most recent Executive Order, effective June 26 at 5:00PM, face coverings are required everywhere indoors on the Gardner-Webb Campus both in Boiling Springs and in Charlotte where physical distancing of six […] Gardner-Webb University | June 26, 2020
Post Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds (HEERF) Information Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act Student Assistance – HEERF I On April 9th, the U.S. Department of Education (“DOE”) informed Gardner-Webb University that it would be receiving $1,825,407 in total Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act assistance. Approximately half of those funds ($912,704) were designated by the DOE to be […] Gardner-Webb University | June 19, 2020
Post Coronavirus Information: Academics, Athletics, Student Life, Event Updates Academics, Athletics, Student Life, Event Updates Gardner-Webb continues to prepare for the upcoming Fall 2020 semester. The Post-COVID Transition Taskforce met on June 19, and recommendations were received from four workgroups: Decisions were made on a number of items: Academics Beginning with Summer Session II, face coverings will be required in classrooms and labs for […] Gardner-Webb University | June 19, 2020
Post June 2020: Strategic Plan for Growth and Excellence Colleagues and Friends of Gardner-Webb University, I am pleased to report that on June 18 the University’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously to endorse GWU 2020-2025: A Strategic Plan for Growth and Excellence. This new Strategic Plan is the product of a thoughtful, systematic process that included more than 500 responses to an online survey, three […] Gardner-Webb University | June 1, 2020
Post May 2020: Future of Higher Ed, Post-COVID These days it seems that everyone in our business is prognosticating about the future of higher education. At the risk of piling on, I am going to use my monthly blog to address this topic in light of what we think we know about COVID-19’s impact on our society. Spoiler alert: nobody, myself certainly included, […] Gardner-Webb University | May 1, 2020
