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Gardner-Webb University to Host Author and Philanthropist Paul Leonard
No full textGardner-Webb University’s Center for Christian Ethics and Social Responsibility, in conjunction with Fireside Books and Gifts of Shelby, N.C., will host author and philanthropist Paul Leonard for a special lecture and book signing on Nov. 20 at 6:30 p.m. The event will be held in Stewart Hall at the Tucker Student Center on the Gardner-Webb campus, and is free and open to the public. Leonard will discuss his spiritual journey and how it led to his work for Habitat for Humanity.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/2284/thumbnail.jp
Gardner-Webb English Department Hosts Program with Award-Winning Author
No full textAward-winning author Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle will be the guest speaker for the Darlene J. Gravett Visiting Writer Series on Oct. 2 at Gardner-Webb University. Hosted by the Department of English Language and Literature, Clapsaddle will spend time during the day sharing with creative writing and first-year composition students. The public is invited to hear Clapsaddle speak at 7 p.m. in Hamrick Hall’s Blanton Auditorium. She will discuss her debut novel, “Even As We Breathe.”https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/3703/thumbnail.jp
Gardner-Webb University to Host Author Wiley Cash on April 16
No full textThe Gardner-Webb University Department of English Language and Literature will present author Wiley Cash as part of its annual Visiting Writer Series on April 16 at 7 p.m. The event will be held in Ritch Banquet Hall, located inside Dover Campus Center and is open to the public. A native of Western North Carolina, Wiley Cash is the author of the New York Times bestseller, “A Land More Kind Than Home,” which was a featured book for Gardner-Webb English I, II and American Literature II classes this semester.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/2660/thumbnail.jp
New York Times Best-Selling Author Visits Gardner-Webb University on Feb. 18
No full textNew York Times best-selling author, Wiley Cash, will be at Gardner-Webb University on Feb. 18 as part of the Darlene J. Gravett Visiting Writer Series. A Gastonia native, Cash will offer a public reading and book signing at 7 p.m. in Stewart Hall, located inside the Tucker Student Center. The program is free and open to the public.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/1290/thumbnail.jp
Join Gardner-Webb Library for Virtual Community Read and Author Discussion
No full textGardner-Webb University Library is co-hosting a community read of “Big Fish” by Daniel Wallace for National Library Week 2020. The event is jointly sponsored by the Reference, Instruction & Outreach (RIO) section of the North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities (NCICU) Library Collaborative. The celebration includes a virtual book discussion and Q&A with the author on May 6 at 7 p.m.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/1064/thumbnail.jp
Gardner-Webb School of Divinity Hosts Award-Winning Author, Dr. Barbara Peacock
No full textAward-winning author, Dr. Barbara Peacock, will present “Soul Care in African American Practice” on April 11 at Gardner-Webb University. In her book by the same title, she examines the lives and soul care practices of 10 significant men and women―Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Darrell Griffin, Renita Weems, Harold Carter, Jessica Ingram, Coretta Scott King, James Washington, and Howard Thurman. The publication received the “Christianity Today” Award of Merit.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/3387/thumbnail.jp
Environmental Expert, Author to Speak at Gardner-Webb University on April 7
No full textAuthor and environmentalist Emma Sleeth Davis will visit Gardner-Webb on Tuesday, April 7 to share ideas for improving the physical and spiritual world in which the University community lives. She will be the featured speaker during GWU’s weekly Dimensions program at 9:25 a.m. in Stewart Hall of the Tucker Student Center. The event is free and open to the public.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/2188/thumbnail.jp
Gardner-Webb’s Namesake, Fay Webb Gardner, is the Subject of a New Biography
No full textA Gardner-Webb professor is conducting research for a new biography of Fay Lamar Webb Gardner, to whom Gardner-Webb University owes its name and its existence – and he wants the community’s help. The author, GWU communications professor Dr. Joseph Webb, is currently pouring through the extensive and previously unexamined collection of Webb Gardner’s papers in the Dover Memorial Library archives. “Fay lived to be 82, and she was a prolific writer and an extensive record keeper,” Webb said.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/2958/thumbnail.jp
Gardner-Webb Alum to Share His Story of Redemption
No full textMusician, author and 1987 alumnus Jimi Ray will visit Gardner-Webb on Tuesday, Feb. 24, to share his spiritual journey during the University’s Dimensions program. The event is free and open to the public. Ray formed a band, Age of Faith, after graduating from Gardner-Webb.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/2220/thumbnail.jp
Gardner-Webb University Alumnus Named Recipient of Prestigious Grant
No full textAn award-winning author with ties to Gardner-Webb University and Boiling Springs, N.C., is being honored for demonstrating exceptional creative ability in the arts. Poet, novelist, and Gardner-Webb University alumnus Ron Rash has been named a Guggenheim Fellow for 2017. Guggenheim Fellowships are grants awarded to selected individuals with the purpose of providing Fellows with blocks of time in which they can work with as much creative freedom as possible.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/1645/thumbnail.jp
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