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Eight Gardner-Webb Students Receive Grants for Focused Research
Get PDFEight new scholars received grants from the Summer Undergraduate Research Scholars Program (https://gardner-webb.edu/academics/enrichment-programs/summer-research-scholars/), one of Gardner-Webb University’s academic enrichment opportunities. Every year, the initiative allows a student to spend 40 hours a week working on a project for five weeks with the assistance of a Gardner-Webb professor. The students learn more in their fields and help advance the field itself. They also tap into the professors’ knowledge and experience on how to conduct and complete a scholarly project.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/3776/thumbnail.jp
Gardner-Webb Students Examine Reptiles and Amphibians on Campus and at Broad River
Get PDFGardner-Webb University students in the animal physiology class with Assistant Professor of Biology Jay Zimmer recently conducted two outdoor labs to collect and record data about local reptiles and amphibians. For their survey, they explored the creek behind the Gardner-Webb football practice field as well as the Broad River Greenway the following week.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/3773/thumbnail.jp
Gardner-Webb’s Annual Festival of Lights Begins Celebration of Christmas Season
Get PDFGardner-Webb’s annual program to welcome the Christmas season— Festival of Lights—will be celebrated on Nov. 30, which coincides with the University’s celebration of Founder\u27s Day (https://gardner-webb.edu/news/founders-day-pays-tribute-to-dedicated-leaders/(https://gardner-webb.edu/news/founders-day-pays-tribute-to-dedicated-leaders/). A beloved campus and community Christmas tradition since 1984, Festival of Lights will be held at 7 p.m. in Dover Theatre. Featuring performances by GWU music groups, the program includes the reading of the Christmas story and carol singing.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/3789/thumbnail.jp
Gardner-Webb Football Looks to Defend its Big South Conference Title
Get PDFComing o! an impressive seven-win season, Gardner-Webb football is eager to defend its 2022 Big South Conference title. The team opens its 2023 season on Saturday, Sept. 2, at Appalachian State in Boone. Their first home game is during Family Weekend on Saturday, Sept. 9, when the Runnin’ Bulldogs take on Elon at 6 p.m. in Spangler Stadium.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/3794/thumbnail.jp
Session IIIA: Religious Studies Presentation 4 - Reading Rahab through the Lens of Colonization
Get PDFIn the biblical narrative of Rahab, Rahab is colonized by the existing imperial powers, the patriarchal values of Israel, and the army of Joshua. In this assessment colonization is evaluated on four criteria: the control the colonizer exerts over material, cultural, symbolic, and religious resources of the colonized. Under these qualification, Rahab is a victim of colonization, and therefore, the decisions made by Rahab in the narrative may be read as acts of self-preservation
Session IIID: Literature Presentation 1 - Public Libraries as Rural Infrastructure
Get PDFMy presentation will include the reading of a research paper discussing the infrastructural impacts of public libraries on rural communities, accompanied by a slideshow visual aid
Changing teacher perceptions and actions through Trauma-Responsive Professional Development
Get PDFMost teachers are not trained on how to support students who struggle with trauma. Childhood trauma not only impacts a teacher’s ability to teach, but also threatens their students’ futures. The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate teachers’ perceptions and actions when they participated in trauma professional development. Interviews were conducted with 5 teachers and 10 students in a Midwestern urban intermediate/middle school. By the end of the study, teachers stated that they had begun responding to disruptions in more child-centered approaches, and students noticed that their teachers began treating all students more equitably in trauma-informed manners. The implications from this study are that educating teachers on the impact of childhood trauma can change the way that teachers perceive and react to dysregulated students. Another implication is that changing teachers’ beliefs, perceptions, and attitudes can be difficult if teachers retain a deficit-thinking focus
Porifera: Biology and Medicinal Properties
Get PDFThe focus of this thesis is the possibility of oceanic medicine through understanding the general biology of poriferans, their symbionts, medicinal properties, and how we could harvest sponges conservatively. It was necessary to understand the basic biology of poriferans regarding their structures, differences in their classes, and how they obtain nutrition, develop, and reproduce. The ecology of the poriferans was also researched including their larval and sessile stages and how their environment determines where they settle. Additionally, ecology was examined including how poriferans interact with symbionts and other organisms. This then was utilized to seek whether poriferans had useful medical properties for human diseases. These medicinal properties included antibacterial, anticancer, antiviral, antifungal, antimalarial, and anthelminthic properties and more. Lastly, current medicines already on the market with sponge-based chemical compound analogs were researched. Next, sustainability in using poriferan for medicinal aspects was investigated. This included ways by which poriferan could be harvested most efficiently including which environments they thrived in for the best cultivation of larvae
Gardner-Webb College of Health Sciences Partners with Remote Area Medical to Serve Community
Get PDFOver 300 volunteers responded to the call from Gardner-Webb University’s College of Health Sciences to partner with Remote Area Medical on Sept. 23-24 to provide free medical and dental care to over 50 people. Seven patients, who had eyeglass prescriptions less than a year old, also received free glasses.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/3734/thumbnail.jp
Dr. Yvonne Smith Honored with Gardner-Webb’s Top Faculty Award
Get PDFAt the recent Fall Faculty Assembly, Gardner-Webb University administrators honored faculty members with various awards. Gardner-Webb President Dr. William M. Downs presented the 2022-2023 Excellence in Teaching award to Associate Professor of Nursing Dr. Yvonne Smith, who serves as coordinator of the Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing Practitioner Program.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/3756/thumbnail.jp