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*Don Berry, Associate Professor of Missions and World Religion, presented his paper "American Religion and Ethics: Paradigm Shifts in Values" during the 2008 Entrepreneurship Symposium that was held on November 20 for the Godbold School of Business. *David Parker, Associate Professor of English, presented a paper at the South Atlantic Modern Language Association convention in Louisville, Kentucky. "Balliol College Manuscript 354 as an Cultural Nexus" examined a sixteenth-century manuscript as an intersection of print, manuscript, and oral cultures. *E. Denise Smith, Assistant Professor of Healthcare Management, Business and Accounting courses in the Godbold School of Business, is now DR. E. DENISE SMITH, after successfully defending her dissertation on "The Value of A Bachelor's Degree in Healthcare Management to Healthcare Practitioners" on Friday, November 14 at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. *Dr. Jim Lawrence, Professor - Communication Studies, recently completed a three-day Apple sponsored training course in the nonlinear editing software program Final Cut Pro 6 and went on to pass the Apple Final Cut Pro 6 Level 1 Certification Exam at the CSB School of Broadcasting in Charlotte. He will now be listed on the Apple Website as one of a relative handful of people in North Carolina who are so certified. Jim said, "This was a personal sense of accomplishment in passing it (the test)". In Other News on Lawrence - he recently published a paper titled "Jefferson Died For Our Sins: Countering the Myth of the "Christian Nation" by Re-Affirming Thomas Jefferson's Views on the Separation of Church and State" in the forum on Public Policy, a journal of the Oxford Round Table. Dr. Lawrence's paper was published by the "Forum on Public Policy." The Table of Contents is available online at http://forumonpublicpolicy.com/vol4no1/Vol4no1churchandstatetoc.pdf. To access the full text of this article, this edition of the journal can be ordered from the Forum on Public Policy at https://secure.oldhamcounty.com/forumonpublicpolicy/forms.htm. The Forum on Public Policy is an online and hard copy, peer-reviewed, academic journal of the Oxford Round Table, Ltd., a not-for-profit educational organization chartered in England and Wales. The papers published in the forum must, in the judgment of peers, make a significant contribution to a field of knowledge relating to a pertinent aspect of public policy and academic enquiry. *Dr. Mary High and Lynn Dey, Sign Language, presented a paper at the Conference of Interpreter Trainers in Puerto Rico back in October. *Dr. Shirley Toney, Dean Emerita and Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, is continuing to be engaged in consultation with schools of nursing in two states regarding curriculum, program, and accreditation activities. On September 24, she attended the meeting of the Foundation for Nursing Excellence, Transition to Practice, meeting in Cary, N.C., where she is on the Advisory Committee. The Committee is researching current practices relating to preceptorships for newly licensed nurses, the information used for making recommendations regarding preceptorships. *Charles B. Moore, Spanish, served his first year of a three-year term on the Executive Committees for the Colonial and 19th Century Spanish American sessions at the annual meeting of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA), November 9-11 in Louisville, KY. On the Colonial panel, he also presented his latest research on "Margen y canon: las cronicas de Hernando de Soto." For the convention, Moore also organized and chaired a special session for one of SAMLA's allied organization, the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. *Congratulations to... Krystal Reeves-Evans, Assistant Women's Basketball Coach, gave birth to a baby girl. Braylee Evans weighed 7lbs. 15oz. and was 19 1/2 inches long. Braylee is the new proud granddaughter of Women's Basketball coach Rick Reeves. Katrina Padgett of Dining Services announces the birth of a grandson. Christopher Aden Bridges was born on December 8. He weighed 9lb. 2oz. and was 20" long. And to Dr. Frank Campbell Who Was Named Danville, VA. Citizen of the Year Jay Hayes told me that Kiwanis was starting a new tradition of having a guest speaker give the introductory prayer and asked me to lead it, Campbell said. I know now that I can't trust my friends, as they will hide things from you.
Amongst the Roanoke, VA. natives many accomplishments are a doctorate in theology form Southeastern Theological Seminary, his tenure as president of Averett University, trustee to Wake Forest University and president of Gardner-Webb University (2003-06). Presently, Campbell serves as chairman of the board of directors for Danville Regional Medical Center. He said his proudest accomplishments are his two children, four grandchildren and 51-year marriage to wife, Janet. I feel honored to have been recognized by such a giving group, Campbell said. These are my peers. I am very blessed and thankful.
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December 31 - GWU Men's Basketball vs. Anderson College, Paul Porter Arena, LYCC, January 1 - GWU Women's Basketball vs. Montreat, Paul Porter Arena, LYCC, 7:00 p.m. January 3 - GWU Men's Basketball vs. Virginia Military Institute, Paul Porter Arena, LYCC, 7:00 p.m. January 7 - GWU Men's Basketball vs. UNC-Asheville, Paul Porter Arena, LYCC, 7:00 p.m. January 8 - Visual Arts Division Opens Art Exhibit by Jesse English (Kinetic Art) at Communications Studies Building. January 17 - GWU Theater presents 24 HOURS, the spring installment at 7:30 p.m. in the Millennium Playhouse. January 17 - GWU Women's Basketball vs. Charleston Southern, Paul Porter Arena, LYCC, 5:00 p.m. January 17 - GWU Men's Basketball vs. Coastal Carolina, Paul Porter Arena, LYCC, January 22 - Visual Arts Division holds Reception and Meet and Greet for Jesse English at Communications Studies Building from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Refreshments will be provided. All students and faculty are invited to attend. January 24 - GWU Women's Basketball vs. Winthrop, Paul Porter Arena, LYCC, 3:00 p.m. January 26 - GWU Women's Basketball vs. Presbyterian, Paul Porter Arena, LYCC, January 31 - GWU Men's Basketball vs. Radford, Paul Porter Arena, LYCC, 7:00 p.m. Coming in 2009 - Month by month schedules for Dimensions &
FACULTY & STAFF SPOTLIGHT
You might remember that national figure Thomas Lynch (essayist, poet, and funeral director) visited the GWU campus during an event that was presented by The Center for Continuing Professional Education back in October. Lynch was a part of discussions that dealt with death, grief, and life issues. Lynch has received critical acclaim and awards for his books and is regularly featured in the New York Times, The Boston Globe and even The Times of London, England. It just so happens that an experience during his (Lynch) visit to our area led Lynch to include our own June Hobbs and a local cemetery in his New York Times article from November 1st. His story included the following... "I find this astonishing," says Professor Hobbs. "This county had more casualties during the Civil War than any other." Perhaps Professor Hobbs is right. The dead have something to teach us still. A visit to your local cemetery is a course of humanity. There are inklings to answers among the stones." To read the entire article go to THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WHO PROVIDED INFORMATION FOR THIS EDITION OF WEBB WORDS!
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Tina Earls is the new Administrative Assistant for the School of Education. Tina has been employed with Cleveland County Schools for the past 10 years. She is married to Shane and has two boys, Luke 15 and Brett 10. Tina is active in Camps Creek Baptist Church and in her spare time, she is a senior consultant with Mary Kay Cosmetics. Tina shares that she was born in what is now Royster Hall here on the GWU campus. She remembers as a child, coming to see Dr. Gene Washburn, her family doctor, in what is currently the Human Resources office. GARDNER-WEBB IS |
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