Communications Department Exhibits Senior’s Work
By: Kelly Bradley gwu-today.com Reporter The department of communication studies will host their senior show starting this Thursday, April 26. The show will take place in the Communication Studies Hall with a reception from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Seniors who are majoring in photography, photojournalism, graphic design, and public relations have worked to develop a [...]
French Club Hosts French Movie Night
By: Kelly Bradley gwu-today.com Reporter Gardner-Webb’s French Club, MOSAIC, will be getting together at the World Languages House tonight at 8p.m. Those who attend will be able to pack boxes of clothing that will go to Haiti, or plan T-shirts to be printed. They are also showing a French film and students will get a chance [...]
Sondheim Cabaret: A Dessert and Coffee Musical Theatre
By: Bethany Wright gwu-today.com Reporter This week, the Gardner-Webb University School of Performing and Visual Arts will present “A Stephen Sondheim Cabaret: A Dessert and Coffee Musical Theatre.” The show opens this Thursday, and will run through Saturday premiering each night at 7 p.m. A special matinee showing will be held on Saturday at 2 [...]
Health & Welness Club Meeting
By: Marcus McCoy gwu-today.com Reporter Wednesday, February 8th at 8pm there will be a Health and Wellness club meeting for any student whom may be looking into Health and Wellness as a Major. The meeting will be held in Bost 122; drawings for free memberships will be available along with refreshments. For more information in [...]
Language TA’s offer students help
video by: Carly Kiser gwu-today.com reporter Gardner-Webb University Language TA’s offer students help in improving their conversational skills by having discussions and playing games at the Broad River Coffee Company on Thursdays.
GWU’s Is He Dead? by Mark Twain
Reported by: Erica King gwu-today.com reporter Video by: Katie Holland and Rebekah Rausch gwu-today.com multimedia reporter and video editor
GWU Theater production has Guest Director
story by Hanna Mayfield gwu-today.com reporter photos by Amanda Smith gwu-today.com photographer Guest Director William Martin left New York earlier this fall to revisit his North Carolina roots and help produce the Gardner-Webb fall theater production “Is He Dead?” by Mark Twain. Now at Gardner-Webb, Martin is enjoying his time teaching and directing. Knowing there would [...]
Glenn Miller Entertains GWU
Photos by Amanda Smith gwu-today.com photographer The World Famous Glen Miller Orchestra performed at Gardner-Webb University on Monday, September 26 in the LYCC. The School of Performing and Visual Arts hosted the band as part of their concert series. Students and fans enjoyed swing dancing during the concert. For more images of the concert, click [...]
Representatives from WCNC visit GWU
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Dr. Tony Eastman delivers his final lecture after 43 year career
By Andrew Veeder GWU-today.com Sports Editor Jonathan Myer GWU-today.com staff writer Faculty, staff, students and community members alike gathered to watch Dr. Tony Eastman, Gardner-Webb’s longest tenured professor, give his final lecture after a 43 year tenure. Eastman, lecturing on the Cold War, spoke to a packed house in Blanton Auditorium. Using the classic black [...]
Joyce Compton Brown Lecture Series Ends With Cal Robertson
by Adam Barnes, GWU-today.com reporter The Joyce Compton Brown Lecture Series came to an end for the academic year on Wednesday night, as Warren Calhoun (Cal) Robertson presented a lecture titled, “Drought, Famine, Plague, and Pestilence: Ancient Israel’s Understandings of and Responses to Natural Catastrophes.” The presentation came from Robertson’s dissertation, published in 2007, of [...]
Campus Preview: Earth Day Events
By Andrew Veeder GWU-today.com Sports Editor Gardner-Webb University will be hosting events all week in order to promote awareness for Earth Day. Professors and students alike will be encouraged to attend events. Stephanie Richey, community outreach coordinator for GWU, is hopeful that students will not only attend events but will be active in planning Earth [...]
Alpha Chi impresses during trip to California
by Blake DuDonis gwu-today.com staff writer In an impressive performance, Gardner-Webb University’s top honor society, Alpha Chi, brought home four prizes from the national Alpha Chi convention last weekend. The convention was held in San Diego, California and hosted 450 students competing in 25 categories with GWU presenting in seven of those categories. The winners [...]
“Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” comes to GWU
by Adam Barnes gwu-today.com staff writer “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, the Musical” is coming to Gardner-Webb this week. Based on Frank Oz’s movie released in 1988 that starred Steve Martin and Michael Caine, the Broadway musical hit the scene in 2005 and will be performed in Dover Theatre from Wednesday to Saturday beginning each night at 7:30 [...]
Campus Briefs: Community Garden Work Day, Art
by Marcus McCoy GWU-today.com staff writer Diana Palka GWU-today.com news editor Undergraduate Art Show: Thursday, Communications Study Hall, 4-6 p.m. The Art show will display fine art done by the undergraduate students of Gardner-Webb. Community Garden Work Day: Friday, Next to GOAL House on Memorial Drive, 3-5 p.m. No experience is needed and all are invited [...]
GWU Library Implements Third Level of Information Literacy Program
by Adam Barnes gwu-today.com staff writer Part of the mission statement of the John R. Dover Memorial Library includes fostering the pursuit of lifelong learning. In an effort to accommodate that life-long learning, the library’s Information Literacy program will be implementing a new level for the 2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalog. Currently, two levels are already implemented [...]
GWU Writing Center Sees Change, Improvement
by Marcus McCoy GWU-today.com staff writer The Writing Center at Gardner-Webb University has been the place for students who have had questions or concerns in regards to their assigned papers for many years. Despite the great success in the past, the GWU Writing Center has undergone a number of changes to improve its services.
University Fellows Interviews Bring Many to GWU Campus
by Adam Barnes GWU-today.com staff writer Over the past two weeks, roughly 200 students have flooded Gardner-Webb’s campus seeking 12 scholarships. Students interviewed on January 27 and 28, and February 3 and 4. The 12 scholarships available include two University Fellows scholarships, five Academic Fellows scholarships, and five Presidential Fellow scholarships. University Fellows covers 80 percent [...]
Trial by Jury on stage in Dover Theater
Video by Erin Cooke GWU-today staff photographer The Gardner-Webb University Department of Fine Arts is presenting their 2010 Opera “Trial by Jury….and More!” which is a Gilbert & Sullivan opera in Dover Theater.The Opera is directed by Dr. Susan Ali and the Orchestra conducted by Dr. Patricia Sparti Performances areThursday, November 4 at 8 pm; [...]
Three Sisters in production
Video by Matt Hand GWU-today photo editor The Gardner-Webb University theater program is in production this fall of “3 Sisters.”
