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 News: Baseball
by Marcus McCoy, GWU-Today.com reporter Gardner-Webb Running Bulldogs will be playing Radford in a three game face off starting Friday 6 p.m. and continuing Saturday at 4 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. The Running Bulldogs will go into this meeting 23-13 in hope of another tournament victory.
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 [...]
Campus Updates: Lent Devotions, GWU Diamond Dawgs to Host St. Johns
by Adam Barnes and Marcus McCoy GWU-today.com staff writers Lent Devotions- For the third consecutive year, Gardner-Webb will hold weekly devotionals to celebrate the Christian holiday Lent. The devotionals will take place each Wednesday from noon-12:15 p.m. in the Dover Chapel. Below is a list of the scheduled speakers. March 9 Dr. Donna Ellington, Department of [...]
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 Community Garden Approved at First Meeting
by Adam barnes GWU-today.com staff writer Thursday marked a milestone for Gardner-Webb’s new community garden project. The project had its first meeting with the Gardner-Webb community and the plot of land for the garden was approved.
GWU Hosts Earth Day Logo Contest
by Jonathan Myer GWU-today.com staff writer Gardner-Webb will hold an Earth Day logo design in anticipation of Earth Day this year. The contest is designed to give students an opportunity to express themselves and be a part of this years Earth Day celebration.
Monte Walker Named New VP for Advancement at GWU
by Diana Palka GWU-today.com news editor Gardner-Webb University welcomed Monte Walker on staff as the University’s new vice president for advancement earlier this month after a competitive and thorough search. A 1978 Gardner-Webb graduate and four-year football scholarship recipient, Walker unexpectedly returned to Boiling Springs after nearly three decades of working in executive fundraising and [...]
GWU Welcomes New Director of Marketing, Wilson Brooks
by Elizabeth Parker GWU-today.com staff writer Gardner-Webb introduced a new director of marketing, Wilson Brooks, effective January 3rd. Brooks is not unfamiliar with Gardner-Webb: he began his career working as the director of publications at GWU. “It’s a great place to work, with great people, benefits, and culture,” said Brooks, commenting on his return to [...]
GWU Football Coaching Changes: Patton’s services “not retained”
by Jordan Love gwu-today.com reporter At a mandatory GWU Football team meeting today Athletic Director Chuck Burchannounced head coach Steve Patton’s departure from the team after 14 seasons with the Runnin’ Bulldogs. “I thought it would’ve happened last year, and the year before, and the year before that. But I knew it would happen eventually,” said James Dugas, a [...]
Groundbreaking for Student Center
by Jordan Love GWU-today staff writer Years of praying, months of fundraising, weeks of planning and hours of excitement boiled down to this one moment: the ground breaking ceremony for the Tucker Student Center. Today at 3 p.m., history was made behind the LYCC. Multiple speakers gave short speeches about their contribution and readiness for [...]
GWU Student, Lawndale Native Mentors Youth
by Marcus McCoy GWU-today staff writer Keron Phelps; a man that stands 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighs approximately 215 pounds. Phelps is not only a big man by stature, but also a big man of accomplishments. “What we put into our youth, is what we will get out of them,” Phelps said. [...]
Stephanie Gibbs named Homecoming Queen
by Lindsea Hutchinson GWU-today staff writer Even through a disappointing loss Sunday afternoon for GWU’s Football squad against Presbyterian College, the halftime show held the attention of the crowd. Walking out on the field at halftime were the nominated queens, freshman Victoria Hunter, sophomore Samantha Redmond, junior Whitney Stroup, and seniors Kristin Champion, Christa Edwards, [...]
