News Article Gardner-Webb Alpha Chi Inducts 40 New Members and Surprises Honorary Member GWU President Dr. William Downs Selected on Scholarship, Character and Friendship to Alpha Chi BOILING SPRINGS, N.C.—At the 49th annual induction ceremony, the Gardner-Webb University North Carolina Zeta Chapter of Alpha Chi National College Honor Society welcomed 40 new members and surprised GWU President Dr. William Downs with an honorary membership. The event was held […] Web Communications | December 8, 2021
News Article Gardner-Webb President William Downs Hosts Panel to Discuss Media’s Changing Landscape Local and Regional Journalists will Seek to Answer Questions to Why the Media Still Matters BOILING SPRINGS, N.C.—Podcasts, blogs, social media channels—the media in America and around the world is evolving. To discuss the media’s changing landscape, Gardner-Webb University President Dr. William Downs has invited a panel of local and regional journalists to campus. “Media […] Web Communications | February 9, 2022
News Article Nine Young Women Compete for the Title of Miss Gardner-Webb Alumnae Mentor Contestants in Workshop Before the Event BOILING SPRINGS, N.C.—Held in honor of Women’s History Month, the focus of the Miss Gardner-Webb Pageant is “women empowerment, confidence, grace and sisterhood,” said coordinator, Jessika Raduly, associate director of Student Engagement. The pageant features nine young women, who will vie for the title on March 27 […] Web Communications | March 17, 2022
News Article Wake Tech and Gardner-Webb University Officials Announce New Transfer Partnership Wake Tech Students Can Complete Online Bachelor of Science in 10 Programs at GWU BOILING SPRINGS, N.C.—In a special online ceremony, Wake Tech Community College and Gardner-Webb University signed multiple articulation agreements making it possible for Wake Tech students who earn one of 10 Associate in Applied Science (AAS) degrees to complete a Bachelor of […] Web Communications | May 9, 2022
News Article Esther Porter Named Interim Associate Vice President for Human Resources Porter Has Been Employed by the University Since 2016 BOILING SPRINGS, N.C.—Tim Shuey, Gardner-Webb University vice president of Finance and Administration, has named Esther Porter as interim associate vice president of Human Resources, effective immediately. Most recently, Porter served the University as a human resources generalist. As interim associate vice president, Porter will lead and […] Web Communications | June 28, 2022
Bulldog Profile Jody Brent Raduly ‘91 Alumnus goes back to GWU for degree in Physical Education “All of my professors truly cared about my success in academics as well as my success in life. I was not just taking a class that these individuals were teaching. These individuals were placed in my path to guide me to meet my greatest potential […] Web Communications | August 2, 2020
Bulldog Profile Peter Strickland ’97 Gardner-Webb helped alumnus earn degrees in Music Education and Composition “I had access to quality professors in a setting that allowed us to get up close and personal with the material presented as well as the practical applications that would come after graduation.” Peter Strickland, a 1997 alumnus of Gardner-Webb University, is an educator because […] Web Communications | August 3, 2020