Post Community Update: Current Data, Commencement & Summer School Gardner-Webb community, For the past 14 months, we have communicated regularly with you to provide vital information related to the COVID pandemic and its impact on our campus. In our weekly or bi-weekly “Community Updates,” we have detailed the number of positive cases among our faculty, staff and students, as well as the number of […] Office of University Communications | April 23, 2021
Post Community Update: Easter Break, class schedules, vaccines and facility updates As we prepare to celebrate Easter and share some time with family, friends and community, we encourage you to engage in all the healthy habits we have developed over the last year. The successful conclusion of the semester is in all of our hands. Wearing face coverings, washing hands frequently, avoiding large gatherings and maintaining […] Office of University Communications | March 26, 2021
News Article Gardner-Webb Officials Plan Return to Regular Programming for Fall 2021 Semester Seated Classes and Activities Expected to Return to Pre-Pandemic Levels BOILING SPRINGS, N.C.—Officials at Gardner-Webb University are preparing for a return to pre-pandemic operations and schedules for the Fall 2021 Semester. With vaccines being distributed and the number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations declining, GWU students, faculty and staff are looking forward to returning to […] Office of University Communications | March 26, 2021
Post Community Update: We must remain vigilant The number of cases of COVID-19 on campus remains high this week. This is due in part to GWU’s continuing commitment to repeated testing and aggressive contact tracing. That being said, we also know that some of the recent spike is because too many of us have grown complacent and let down our guard. Let us […] Office of University Communications | March 19, 2021
News Article Crossroads Camps Return to Gardner-Webb for Sold-Out Week in July Alumnus Clayton King Happy to be Back Home in Boiling Springs BOILING SPRINGS, N.C.—Gardner-Webb University alumnus Clayton King is bringing a week of Crossroads Camps back to the GWU campus this summer—and it’s already sold out. King founded the non-profit Christian ministry in 1995 when he was a senior at Gardner-Webb. “We are still […] Office of University Communications | February 19, 2021
Post Community Update: Let’s have a successful semester It’s the middle of February and the number of COVID-19 cases in the GWU family remains low. In fact, in Cleveland County the number of new cases, positivity rate, and hospitalizations are all down. This is good news for all of us on campus and for our nearby communities, too…but we can’t let up. Just […] Office of University Communications | February 12, 2021
Post Community Update: We Continue to Protect our “Bubble” When we all returned to campus in January, the University tested a total of 1,455 individuals and found only 18 positives, a rate of 1.23%. This is a very low percentage. The good news is we now have a “bubble” we can protect! Protecting the bubble means keeping up the healthy practices we learned last […] Office of University Communications | January 29, 2021
News Article Gardner-Webb is a Place Where Lasting Friendships are Forged 1971 Alumni, Tom Bell and Steve Simpson, Have Remained Close Friends for 50 years To our readers: Gardner-Webb University celebrates a historic milestone in 2021—the 50th anniversary of senior college status. Transitioning to a four-year college in 1971 was the result of 10 years of planning and meeting goals. To celebrate this anniversary, Gardner-Webb will […] Office of University Communications | January 28, 2021
News Article Gardner-Webb University Prepares to Welcome Students Back to Campus All Students Attending Face-to-Face Classes in Boiling Springs Must be Tested for COVID-19 Upon Returning BOILING SPRINGS, N.C.—Gardner-Webb University faculty and staff are preparing to welcome back more than 1,750 residential, undergraduate and graduate students who will attend face-to-face classes on the Boiling Springs campus for the spring semester. Equipped with information learned during the […] Office of University Communications | January 8, 2021
News Article Gardner-Webb Selects Second Recipient of Tucker Scholarship Kyndal Jackson, of Gaffney, S.C., Presented the Prestigious Undergraduate Award BOILING SPRINGS, N.C.—A high school senior who excels academically and shares her faith enthusiastically is the second recipient of the Tucker Heart, Soul, Mind, and Strength Scholarship at Gardner-Webb University. Kyndal Jackson, of Gaffney, S.C., was honored in a formal presentation of the award on […] Office of University Communications | December 22, 2020
