Events

Make plans to renew old friendships and retell fond memories at a GWU Alumni Day to be held on September 18, 2010, which will highlight the classes of 1990-2010. Join the Bulldog family for many fun events including Hamrick Gate Ribbon Cutting at 12:45 p.m., John Henry Moss Baseball Stadium Dedication at 1:00 p.m. followed by an alumni versus student baseball game at 1:30p.m. A ribbon cutting for new dorm will take place at 2:00 p.m. and alumni social and meeting for all alumni will occur at 3:00 p.m. at University Commons Clubhouse. Enjoy a Pre-Game street Fatz Logoparty at 4:00p.m. before the kick-off against Western Carolina begins at 6:00 p.m. Sponsored by Fatz Café, the Street Party meal can be purchased for $10 prior to September 10 and $12 day of event and will include baby back ribs, grilled chicken breast, baked beans, slaw, dinner rolls, banana pudding, and sweet tea. Register today!

The Gardner-Webb University Alumni Association and the Office of Alumni Relations invite you and a guest to the GWU Alumni Chapter Kick-off Event for the Atlanta region on Thursday, August 19, 2010 from 6:00p.m. to 8:00p.m. This event, sponsored by George and Mary Gilliam, Class of 1976, Tom and Glenda Bell, Class of 1971, Maurice York, Class of 1996 and James "Jim" Chappell, Jr., Class of 1988, will begin with a complimentary dinner and conclude with a brief program and chapter organization meeting. Register online or call 706.406.ALUM (2856) by Friday, August 6, 2010.

The Gardner-Webb University Runnin’ Bulldogs Softball Camp will be held July 26-29. Campers must be between the ages of eight and fourteen in order to participate. The Runnin’ Bulldogs Softball Camp will be held from 9:00a.m.to 12:00p.m.at the Gardner-Webb University Softball Field. GWU coaches and college softball players will provide skill instruction in hitting, fielding, throwing, bunting, baserunning, pitching, and catching. The Runnin’ Bulldogs Softball Camp costs $150.00 to participate. A Camp T-shirt will be provided to each player. The 2010 Registration Form may be completed and returned by mail or brought to the field for registration, which will begin at 8:30a.m. on July 26. For additional information about softball camps, please contact Assistant Coach, Stacie Reichert, by e-mail at sreichert@gardner-webb.edu or by phone at 704.406.3252.

The Godbold School of Business and Center For Ethics and Entrepreneurship at Gardner-Webb University invite area high school students to attend its fifth annual Bringing Executives and Students Together (B.E.S.T.) Program. The event is scheduled August 10-12, 8:30 a.m to 2:00 p.m., in the Ritch Banquet Hall, located in the Dover Campus Center. The B.E.S.T. Program is designed to bring together business owners, company executives, and community leaders in Cleveland County with local high school students during this educational event. This year’s program will have special emphasis placed on encouraging, empowering, and energizing students interested in business. Students will have the opportunity to hear real life stories from entrepreneurs and learn business techniques in finance, budgeting, marketing, management, leadership, and production. Representatives were on hand in 2009 from such business fields as banking, county government, hospitals, newspaper, and restaurants. This is a free event but pre-registration is required and the deadline is July 16. For more information contact Natetsa Lawrence at 704-406-2260 or tlawrence@gardner-webb.edu.

Gardner-Webb University is proud to host Crossroads Worldwide’s annual series of four week-long sessions of summer camps to take place June 28-July 2, July 5-July 9, July 12-July 16, and July 18-July 22. Crossroads Summer Camp is no stranger to Gardner-Webb; campers have utilized campus resident halls and cafeteria for housing and dining needs for a decade. In fact, Crossroads, which celebrates 15 years of ministry this summer, is a family event: Clayton King, founder of Crossroads Worldwide and Carl Cartee, Praise and Worship Leader and popular Christian recording artist are both 1995 alumni of Gardner-Webb University.

Gardner-Webb University recently completed its 3rd Annual Pastors’ School with a theme that has been a part of everyone’s life at one time or another – forgiveness. Forgiveness, God’s and Ours: A Biblical and Theological Perspective featured Dr. Fisher Humphreys and Dr. Paula Qualls as the primary speakers to some 60 pastors and guests from the Carolinas, Mississippi, and Virginia. During one of several sessions held over a three-day period, Qualls, Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at Gardner-Webb, discussed the story of Jacob and Esau from the book of Genesis. Jacob and Esau is the story of twin brothers who were in a bitter rivalry for their father Isaac’s inheritance. The brothers were estranged for years after Esau threatened to kill Jacob. Qualls explained how the brothers reunited and how hatred was replaced with forgiveness. “They saw each other in the distance and then ran to one another and embraced in a hug. If that’s not a picture of forgiveness, I don’t know what is,” said Qualls.

Gardner-Webb University’s Center for Innovative Leadership Development is pleased to present an inaugural yearly educational conference. In an effort to serve the needs of public schools in North and South Carolina, the Center will offer three days of events targeting three areas: interactive curriculum in the classroom, the role of the assistant principal in building school culture, and sustaining initiatives in organizations. Presentations will begin at 9:00a.m.and end at 5:00p.m.on July 21 and 4:00p.m.on July 22 and July 23. Teachers, building administrators, system-wide administrators, Principals, Superintendents, and other Central Office staff will be able to develop action plans based on the material presented and earn 30 contact hours equivalent to 3 CEU’s in this three-day event.

Gardner-Webb University’s Center for Continuing Professional Education is pleased to offer a full slate of online certificates and courses most of which are offered four times a year. Participate in the course anytime day or evening, from any computer. For course schedules, descriptions, fees, and registration information, please click here. Otherwise, please contact Elizabeth Pack, Director of Continuing Professional Education, by e-mail at epack@gardner-webb.edu, or by phone at 704.406.-2173 for additional information and questions.

Undergraduate Admissions at Gardner-Webb is pleased to present a new program called “Jump Start” to be held on Friday, May 28, 2010 from 10:30a.m through 4:00p.m.for students who plan to enter the University this fall. During the event, an academic advisor as well as a member from the billing and financial planning offices will meet with each student. These University representatives will be available to provide services to incoming freshman to help make their transition into college a little easier.