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    Dr. Anna S. Hamrick, DNP, FNP-C, ACHPN

    Associate Professor of Nursing and Associate Director in the Hunt School of Nursing Dr. Hamrick delivered a podium presentation on April 8, 2022 in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) 48th Annual Conference.  The presentation titled “The Lived Experience of Holistic Self-Care:  Integration of Human Flourishing into NP Education” was […]

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    Dr. Candice Rome, DNP, RN, CNE

    Associate Professor of Nursing, Hunt School of Nursing Dr. Rome successfully passed the National League for Nursing’s Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) examination in July 2021, earning the credentials of Certified Nurse Educator. Previous Recognition October 2019 Dr. Rome was the clinical editor for the book, NCLEX-RN Review Made Incredibly Easy! sixth edition, published by Wolters Kluwer in […]

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    Dr. David Yelton, Ph.D.

    Associate Provost for Arts & Sciences and Professor of History Dr. Yelton was recently awarded the Vandervort Prize from the Journal of Military History for his article “Older German Officers and National Socialist Activism: Evidence from the German Volkssturm,” that appeared in the April 2019 issue. Yelton is one of only four historians to receive the award […]

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    Holly Mabry, MLIS

    Digital Scholarship and UX Librarian Dr. Bishop and Ms. Mabry co-authored a chapter titled, “Creating Sustainable Historical Community Partnerships through Institutional Repository Collections.” In Josh C. Cromwell (Ed), Rethinking Institutional Repositories: Innovations in Management, Collections, and Inclusion (Association of College and Research Libraries: American Library Association, 2023). Holly and Jessica Xiong co-presented a paper at the Georgia […]

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    Dr. Natalie Edwards Bishop, Ed.D.

    Associate Dean of the Library and University Archivist Dr. Bishop and Ms. Mabry co-authored a chapter titled, “Creating Sustainable Historical Community Partnerships through Institutional Repository Collections.” In Josh C. Cromwell (Ed), Rethinking Institutional Repositories: Innovations in Management, Collections, and Inclusion (Association of College and Research Libraries: American Library Association, 2023).  Previous Recognition June 2021 Dr. Bishop presented […]

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    Dr. Jeff Hamilton, Ed.D.

    Associate Professor/Program Coordinator, College of Education Dr. Hamilton successfully completed the International Leadership Association’s (ILA) Leadership Education Academy certification program. The Leadership Education Academy is designed to advance one’s ability to teach leadership foundations and theory while exploring and practicing a range of instructional strategies and pedagogies for use in credit-based leadership courses and programs. […]

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    March 2020: Thriving, Not Just Surviving, In Turbulent Times

    They say that March “comes in like a lion.”  Wow, little did we know a few short weeks ago just how true that old adage would be! This year the lion has chosen to bare unexpectedly sharp teeth, and “March Madness” has taken on a completely new and unpleasant guise.  In all fairness, humanity has […]

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    February 2020: Gardner-Webb University Celebrates Black History Month

    Black History Month first gained national traction in 1976, and it has been recognized and celebrated throughout the country ever since.  Here at Gardner-Webb University we, too, join in this annual opportunity to recognize the successes (and the struggles) of African-Americans…both locally and across the country. Just a few weeks back, we opened a new […]

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    January 2020: High-Impact Learning Opportunities

    For many years, I had a sign in my office that encouraged students to “Go Away!”  My intention was to get young people—many of whom had never left their hometown or their county of birth—to study abroad.  Not surprisingly, “Go Away!” was routinely misinterpreted by many who came to my door…so, I removed the sign […]

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    December 2019: Christmas Greetings

    Christmas Greetings to our Gardner-Webb Family and Friends! For Christians, Advent is a time of great expectation and preparation. We look forward to trumpeting the nativity of Jesus, and in doing so we are filled with renewed hope, peace, joy, and love. Kim and I feel so happy to be spending our first holiday season […]

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