news-category: Campus News Join Gardner-Webb for a Night with the Charlotte Knights By Office of University Communications On March 28, 2023 Discounted Tickets Available to GWU Students, Alumni, Employees and Friends BOILING SPRINGS, N.C.—Join the Gardner-Webb University family at The Charlotte Knights on Friday, April 14. Gardner-Webb Cheerleaders, the Sound of the Springs Marching Band, Bo the Mascot and more will be at Truist Field to support The Knights as they take on the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp. The gates open at 6 p.m. with the first pitch at 7:04 p.m. Gardner-Webb’s own Big South Champion Football Coach Tre Lamb is set to throw out the first pitch. A fireworks show will be held at the end of the game. The Charlotte Knights, an affiliate of the Chicago White Sox, is a Triple-A Minor League Baseball team in the International League. Truist Field is located at 324 S. Mint St., Charlotte, N.C. Discounted tickets are available to students, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends at this link. Gardner-Webb University is North Carolina’s recognized leader in private, Christian higher education. A Carnegie-Classified Doctoral/Professional University, GWU is home to nine colleges and schools, more than 80 undergraduate and graduate majors, and a world-class faculty. Located on a beautiful 225-acre campus in Boiling Springs, N.C., Gardner-Webb prepares graduates to impact their chosen professions, equips them with the skills to advance the frontiers of knowledge, and inspires them to make a positive and lasting difference in the lives of others. Ignite your future at Gardner-Webb.edu.
News Article ‘Mission in Action’: Gardner-Webb Human Services Students use Skills to Propose Nonprofit Ideas Organizations Created by Students Show Their Commitment to Meeting Needs in The Community Ready to Finish Your Bachelor’s in Human Services? Apply before March 7 BOILING SPRINGS, N.C.—The final project in Dr. Erin Cook’s upper-level human services course, “Understanding Nonprofit Organizations,” requires her students to apply everything they learned during the semester. “They present to […] Office of University Communications | January 28, 2025
News Article Alive and Thriving: After Cancer Scare, Alumna Cherishes Every Day with Family Gaby Laurent Shares from Her book, ‘Wrinkles Welcome,’ at Dimensions on Feb. 11 BOILING SPRINGS, N.C.—A month after graduating from Gardner-Webb University in 2014 with her Master of Arts in school counseling, Gaby Laurent, 26, received both joyous and heartbreaking news. She and her husband, Joseph, were expecting their first child. However, through routine bloodwork, […] Office of University Communications | January 28, 2025
News Article Chris Scruggs Invited to Speak at Gardner-Webb Dover Library for ‘Freadom Reads’ Doctoral Student Shares from his Collection of Banned Books By Chloe Cloutier, Intern for University Communications BOILING SPRINGS, N.C.—Chris Scruggs, a doctoral student in the Gardner-Webb University College of Education, is the featured speaker for “Freadom Reads.” The program will be on Jan. 28 from 3 to 4 p.m. at Dover Library, 110 Huggins St., […] Office of University Communications | January 23, 2025
