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Celebrate Gardner-Webb’s Big South Women’s Basketball Championship with Top-Ranked Apparel
Get PDFGardner-Webb University students, alumni and friends have an opportunity to own a part of history that celebrates the Runnin’ Bulldogs Big South Conference regular season championship for women’s basketball. For a limited time, this top-ranked championship apparel is available online at the official GW Big South Women’s Basketball Championship pop-up store. Only open through March 1, 2023, the store offers T-shirts, hoodies, workout merchandise and more.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/3609/thumbnail.jp
GWU School of Nursing Partners with CaroMont Health to Help Students Finish Education
Get PDFA partnership between CaroMont Health and Gardner-Webb University’s Hunt School of Nursing addresses the nursing shortage while helping students complete requirements for licensure. Through this initiative, CaroMont Health offers senior nursing students $7,500 in tuition assistance and the opportunity to complete their required practicum hours at the hospital. In return, the students agree to work as an RN for CaroMont Health for two years after graduation. This semester, eight GWU students are receiving assistance.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/3612/thumbnail.jp
Gardner-Webb Women Headed to the Big Dance
Get PDFThe Gardner-Webb women’s basketball team will play at No. 2 seed Utah on Friday, March 17, in the first round of the NCAA Division I Basketball Championships.
The Runnin’ Bulldogs (29-4) are the No. 15 seed in the region and will take on the Utes (25-4) from the PAC-12 Conference. It will be the two schools’ first meeting.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/3621/thumbnail.jp
Scholarships Helped First-Generation Student Earn Degree at Gardner-Webb Ready for Dental School
Get PDFBeing the first in his family to graduate from college, Ulises Martinez, of Hendersonville, N.C., represents more than six decades of hard work and hope. His grandfather came to America from Mexico in the 1960s in search of seasonal work to support his family. Then, his father and uncle arrived in the 1980s with a dream to establish a permanent home in the United States that eventually became a reality.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/3622/thumbnail.jp
Women’s History Month Honors Mentors and History-Makers
Get PDFThe celebration of Women’s History Month is not only a time to reflect on famous women of the past, but also provides an opportunity to honor those who quietly make a difference in their own communities. One of Gardner-Webb University’s history-makers was Fredia Lawrence-King, a trailblazer in women’s sports. While reflecting on her accomplishments, Fredia said the two women who impacted her life with their integrity, character and Christian beliefs are Lola Lawrence and Karen Smith.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/3631/thumbnail.jp
Gardner-Webb Offers On-Campus Undergraduate Courses for Summer 2023
Get PDFGardner-Webb University is offering both traditional and online courses for the 2023 Summer Terms. By coming to the Boiling Springs campus or to GWU’s Charlotte Center for either one or two of the terms, students can make progress toward their degrees while learning from professors in smaller classroom settings.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/3638/thumbnail.jp
Gardner-Webb Bulldog Club Continues to Break Records
Get PDFGardner-Webb University is home to a campus of champions. Fresh off Big South Championships in Women’s Basketball and Football, a Southern Conference individual title in Wrestling, and a Men’s Tennis Big South regular season conference title, GWU is announcing another major step forward: the Gardner-Webb Bulldog Club has now grown to its largest membership total in 31 years.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/3646/thumbnail.jp
New York Times Ranks Gardner-Webb No. 7 in North Carolina for Economic Mobility
Get PDFA new interactive college ranking tool designed by the editors of The New York Times ranks Gardner-Webb University No. 7 for economic mobility among private colleges and universities in North Carolina and No. 12 when adding public institutions to the combined study. Making the rankings were 16 private and 10 public schools in North Carolina.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/3662/thumbnail.jp
Bob Shepherd Remembered for his Pastoral Ministry and Service to Gardner-Webb and School of Divinity
Get PDFBob D. Shepherd, a pastor and former vice president for development at Gardner-Webb University, passed away on April 30. Shepherd, 93, touched and enriched countless lives through his work in ministry for over 60 years. He also served two terms on the GWU Board of Trustees, 2011-2014 and 2016-2018, and was recognized as a trustee emeritus in 2020.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/3668/thumbnail.jp
Distinctiveness in Hospital Safety and Security
Get PDFThe purpose of this research was to understand leadership and how these ideas feed into a professional dynamic of employee behavior, organizational leadership, motivation, and workplace culture, and how there is a real human interest as employees excel, grow, mature, and become better individuals.
Participants in this study were employees of a regional health organization and employed with the job title of public safety officer, public safety supervisor, or public safety administrator. This research used a mixed methodology approach in an explanatory design. A survey was completed followed by one on one interviews.
Conducting research into the safety and security group at a private hospital yielded valuable data that identified: some best practices around employee satisfaction and employee retention; which ultimately improved patient care and guided organizational policy and strategy.
Overall, the findings of these research questions provided insight that significantly improved both the working conditions for hospital staff and the care provided to patients. By improving the quality of care, enhancing employee satisfaction and productivity the institution\u27s overall reputation was bolstered throughout the communities served