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    Gardner-Webb Faculty Member Dr. Kortni Alston Lemon Receives Prestigious Grant from Broadcast Education Association

    Funding will Support Multimedia Audio Mini-Series on Rosalynn Carter’s Impact on Mental Health Journalism BOILING SPRINGS, N.C.—Gardner-Webb University faculty member, Dr. Kortni Alston Lemon, has received the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) 2025 Leibner Cooper Grant for Creative Productions on the History of Media. Lemon is chair of the Department of Communication, Art and Design and […]

    Dr. Kortni Alston Lemon on left with another person on the right.
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    Gardner-Webb’s American Sign Language Program First in North Carolina

    For More Than Four Decades, GWU Graduates, Like the Team of Educators at Central Piedmont, Have Pursued Careers to Serve the Deaf and Hard of Hearing BOILING SPRINGS, N.C.—As the first college in North Carolina to offer a Bachelor of Arts program in American Sign Language (ASL), Gardner-Webb University is an established leader in the […]

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    Securing His Future: Ignite Scholar Issa Cogdell Pursues Dream of Entrepreneurship    

    Gardner-Webb’s Cybersecurity Program and PACE Leadership Certificate Paves the Way By Makella Knowles, Intern for University Communications BOILING SPRINGS, N.C.—Issa Cogdell, a student at Gardner-Webb University, is majoring in computer science and minoring in cybersecurity to fulfill his dreams of financial freedom and entrepreneurship. Originally an accounting major, Cogdell switched to the tech field after […]

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    Capitol Experience: Sydney Hudson Explores Politics, Policy, and Purpose in D.C.

    Gardner-Webb Ignite Scholar Gains Real-World Experience Through Webb in Washington By Makella Knowles, Intern for University Communications BOILING SPRINGS, N.C.—Sydney Hudson is in her senior year at Gardner-Webb University double majoring in political science/international affairs and international business. Speaking highly of the benefits having two majors has offered her, she explains how “political science and […]

    four young adults posing on the Mall in Washington, D.C.
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    Gardner-Webb Presents Prestigious Tucker Scholarship to Will Brooks of Shelby, N.C. 

    Pinnacle Classical Academy Senior is the First Male to Win the Award and the First Recipient from Cleveland County, N.C. BOILING SPRINGS, N.C.—Will Brooks, of Shelby, N.C., is the 2025 recipient of Gardner-Webb University’s highest honor for incoming undergraduate students, the Tucker Heart, Soul, Mind and Strength Scholarship. He is the sixth student in the […]

    Will Brooks is surprised with the Tucker Scholarship at Pinnacle Classical Academy
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    Gardner-Webb Incoming First-Year Students Form Strong Bonds in Living-Learning Communities (LLC)

    Division of Student Success Offers Three Options: Honors, Faith and STEM BOILING SPRINGS, N.C.—After successfully introducing Gardner-Webb University’s first living-learning community (LLC) last year, the Division of Student Success in collaboration with the Office of Housing and Residence Education added two more LLCs for the 2024 Fall Semester. Incoming first-year students could choose to participate […]

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    Gardner-Webb Collegiate National Association for Music Education Chapter Receives State Honors

    Chapter Recognized with Only Excellence Award Given; Two Students Honored with Scholarships and Another Elected to Executive Council  BOILING SPRINGS, N.C.—The Gardner-Webb Collegiate NAfME (National Association for Music Education) received the statewide Chapter of Excellence award at the North Carolina Music Educators Conference (NCMEA) in Winston-Salem, N.C., in November. They were the only chapter in […]

    Members of the Gardner-Webb NAfME pose with their award
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    Ashley Hawkins and Darryl Simmons II Named Gardner-Webb Athletes of The Week

    Hawkins Led Women’s Basketball on Opening Night Win; Simmons Stands Out in Men’s Basketball Games BOILING SPRINGS, N.C.—After posting strong opening weeks of the season on the court, sophomore guard Darryl Simmons II of the Gardner-Webb University men’s basketball team, and senior guard Ashley Hawkins of the women’s basketball team, have been named GWU’s Athletes […]

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    Shirley Putman Toney

    Dean Emerita and Professor Emerita of Nursing With a career spanning more than half a century, Dr. Shirley Putman Toney, Dean Emerita of Gardner-Webb University’s School of Nursing, has dedicated her life to advancing nursing education and healthcare. Born in Henrietta, N.C., Toney has remained deeply rooted to Rutherford County, where she and her late […]

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    Gardner-Webb Marching Bulldogs Only University Band Selected to Perform in Novant Health Thanksgiving Eve Parade on Nov. 27

    Audience Includes 100K Spectators in Uptown Charlotte, N.C., and Over a Million Television Viewers BOILING SPRINGS, N.C.—The Gardner-Webb University Marching Bulldogs earned a coveted spot in the 78th annual Novant Health Thanksgiving Eve Parade on Nov. 27. They are the only university band chosen to perform, and they have the honor of being the first […]