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    National Black Businesses Month

    August is Black Business Month During this period, people become more aware of and show more backing for businesses owned by Black entrepreneurs. While this is positive, why not continue supporting these businesses throughout the entire year? By backing Black-owned enterprises, you’re actually contributing to the welfare of Black communities. This support plays a role […]

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    Bulldogs Together … Ready and Strong

    Gardner-Webb Answered the Call to Serve During the Pandemic As nations around the world began responding to the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020, Gardner-Webb University made the decision to follow the recommended prevention measures to help stem the spread. Students were asked to stay home for the rest of the spring semester, and all face-to-face […]

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    Gardner-Webb and Gaston County Partner on Program to Develop Next Generation of School Leaders

    Fourteen Teachers Chosen for New Program to Obtain Master’s Degree in School Administration Written by Gaston County Schools Fourteen teachers have been chosen for Gaston County Schools’ new partnership with Gardner-Webb University that will help develop the next generation of school leaders. The teachers will be involved in a 20-month program of study, completing 36 […]

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    After Popularity on Online Writing Platform, GWU Alumna Will Publish First Novel

    Brianna Joy Crump Says English Professors Gave Her Tools to Accomplish her Goals In the fall of 2022, Brianna Joy Crump, a Gardner-Webb University alumna, will accomplish a goal she’s worked toward since middle school. Her book, “The Culled Crown,” will be published by Wattpad Books. Crump received undergraduate and graduate degrees in English from […]

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    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 […]

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    Gardner-Webb Assistant Professor Dr. Wilson Hawkins Receives President’s Early Career Award

    Honor Recognizes Scholarship, Instruction, Professional Development and Service BOILING SPRINGS, N.C.—Gardner-Webb University President Dr. William M. Downs has announced the recipient of the President’s Early Career Award for 2024. Receiving the honor is Dr. Wilson Hawkins, assistant professor of physics and director of the GWU Honors Program. Since Hawkins’ arrival to the University in 2021, […]

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    Gardner-Webb Community Remembers Professor Emeritus Dr. Glenn Bottoms who Passed Away at 76

    Longtime Professor Respected his Students and Passionate About Helping Them Succeed BOILING SPRINGS, N.C.—Dr. Glenn Bottoms, professor emeritus of economics and management, passed away on May 12. He retired from Gardner-Webb University in 2018 after more than three decades as a professor of economics and management information systems. Before moving to Boiling Springs in 1985, […]

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    GWU Alumna’s Undergraduate and Divinity Degrees Prepared Her for Ministry in Sweden

    Jordana H. Surell (’01, ’05) Shares God’s Love with Everyone, Everywhere She Goes How did a little girl, who grew up in Hickory, N.C., end up 4,436 miles away, serving as a missionary in Stockholm, Sweden, for 16 years? “It’s totally Jesus,” asserted Jordana Hart Surell. She was 9 years old when she accepted Jesus […]

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    Deaf Alumnus Advocates for and Inspires the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community

    Kyle Kiser, ’06, Teaches American Sign Language and Owns Interpreting Agency When he was 5 years old, Kyle Kiser, a 2006 alumnus of Gardner-Webb University, taught a few basic signs in American Sign Language (ASL) to friends and members of his church. He didn’t realize it then, but those early days were shaping his future […]

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