Student Leadership

 

 

Gardner-Webb University is a student-centered campus with students continually making changes and improving everyday life. Getting involved helps broaden your learning experience. Campus involvement gives you a unique opportunity outside the classroom to create a stimulating atmosphere to compliment your academics. Involvement also gives you the chance to meet new people, while learning about the diversity of others, which is an important part of the university experience. Being involved as well as taking a leadership role within an organization helps you to develop skills and qualities to move your forward in life. Club and organization experiences also help to build a well-balanced college career and connect out-of-class experiences with academic and career goals. 

 

Clubs and Organizations

ACADEMIC

 
Athletic Training Student Club
President: Hannah Davis
Email: adavis7@gardner-webb.edu
Advisor: Heather Hartsell
Phone: (704) 406-3810
Description: This is a club devoted to students who are majoring in Athletic Training. Athletic Training is service oriented.

Health and Wellness Majors Club
President: Kris Roundtree
Email: kroundtre@gardner-webb.edu
Advisor: Jeff Hartman
Phone: (704) 406-3202
Description: The purpose of the Health and Wellness Majors Club is to provide opportunities for Health and Wellness majors to gain experience and to strive to build a health conscious community that reaches beyond the Gardner-Webb campus.

Institute of Management Accountants 
President: Kathryn Hall
Email: khall4@gardner-webb.edu
Advisor: Ghasson Dib
Phone: (704) 406-3911
Description: IMA Student Club is an accounting club in the Godbold School of Business.

Mosaic
President: Molly Wilson
Email: mwilson7@gardner-webb.edu
Advisor: Tamara Cox
Phone: (704) 406-4499
Description: Mosaic is designed to promote the study of the French language and Francophone cultures. We also promote volunteerism and service learning in the Francophone world.

Philosophy Reading Group
President: Matthew Lineberger
Email: mlineberg@gardner-webb.edu
Advisor: T. Perry Hildreth
Phone: (704) 406-4112
Description: The Philosophy Reading Group reads primary textual sources in the field of philosophy and theology and meets weekly to discuss them.

Math Club Sigma
President: Daniel Kernicky
Email: dkernick@gardner-webb.edu
Advisor: Olga Poliakova
Phone: (704) 406-4430
Description: Math Club Sigma provides opportunities for intellectual stimulation in the mathematics field, service opportunities, and the social setting among all mathematics students. Membership is open to all majors.

Physical Health Education Majors Association
Advisor: Sara McNeely, Shonna Snyder, Ken Baker.
Phone: (704) 406-4423, (704) 406-2142.
Description: The role of PHEMA is to introduce students to professional organizations and get them involved with professional conferences, journals, workshops, etc. PHEMA also promotes professionalism in the fields of Health and Physical Education.

Religious Studies Association
President: Matthew Kiggen
Email: mkiggen@gardner-webb.edu
Advisors: Paula Qualls & Joe Collins
Phone: (704) 406-4462 & (704) 406-4459
Description: RSA is established to form community for Religious Studies students.

Sport Management
President: Bre Davenport
Email: bdavenpo@gardner-webb.edu
Advisor: Debbi Ware
Phone: (704) 406-4637
Description: This club is required for Sport Management Majors/Minors and optional for any student who is interested. It’s function is to build camaraderie, provide opportunities for leadership, community service, social development, spiritual growth, and to support GWU sports programs.

Student North Carolina Association of Educators
Presidents: Amber Travis, Olivia Teague, Olivia Huffman.
Emails: atravis@gardner-webb.edu, oteague@gardner-webb.edu, ohuffman@gardner-webb.edu
Advisor: Danielle Robertson
Phone: (704) 406-4407
Description: SNCAE is a pre-professional organization for undergraduate and graduate students interested in a career in education. This is a division of the larger North Carolina Association of Educators, the leading professional organization for educators in NC, representing over 65,000 members of the National Education Association, the largest education association in the US.

Student Nurses Association
President: Carole Reed
Email: creed@gardner-webb.edu
Advisors: Mary Hodge & Vickie Walker
Phone: (704) 406-3886 & (704) 406-4384
Description: This organization is a student analog to the American Nurses Association, the professional organization for registered nurses. The purposes of the organization are to provide professionally-related programs to the student members, to aid in the professional development of students, and to encourage students to join then ANA upon graduation.

GOVERNMENT/POLITICAL

Amnesty International
President: Melissa Murphy
Email: mmurphy1@gardner-webb.edu
Advisor: Kent Blevins
Phone: (704) 406-4458
Description: This is a worldwide, voluntary movement of people who campaign for human rights. Our vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international standards. The mission is to undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscious and expression and freedom from discrimination, within the context of our work to promote all human rights.

College Democrats
Advisor: Don Olive
Phone: (704) 406-3804
Description: The GWU College Democrats are a club of interested students and faculty that come together to discuss important political and social issues. We also promote political activism and support civic mindedness among the student body.

HONORARY

Alpha Chi
President: James Withrow
Email: jwithrow@gardner-webb.edu
Advisor: June Hobbs
Phone: (704) 406-4412
Description: Membership in Alpha Chi is the highest academic honor a student at Gardner-Webb can earn. Membership is by invitation only and is limited to juniors and seniors in all disciplines who have good character and whose grade point averages are in the top 10% of their classes. Alpha Chi activities promote academic excellence and exemplary character.

Alpha Psi Omega
President: Ruthie Moore
Email: rmoore1@gardner-webb.edu
Advisor: Chris Keene
Phone: (704) 406-8795
Description: APO is a theater honor society established to encourage excellence in academics and to foster integrity in both theatrical and non-theatrical areas of life.

Delta Mu Delta (Kappa Chi)
President: Michael Forsyth
Email: mforsyth@gardner-webb.edu
Advisor: Sandra Mankins
Phone: (704) 406-2215
Description: This is an international honor society in business for both graduate and undergraduate students.

Kappa Delta Pi
President: Megan Johnson
Email: mjohns10@gardner-webb.edu
Advisor: Sheila Ingle
Phone: (704) 406-3037
Description: This is an international honor society in Education. The society was established to foster excellence in education and promote fellowship among those dedicated to teaching. It is an organization that is for all education majors.

National Residence Hall Honorary
Advisor: Kristi Burch
Phone: (704) 406-3535
Description: NRHH strives to provide recognition for individuals who have contributed to the advancement of college and university housing.

Psi Chi
President: Tara Workman 
Email: tworkman@gardner-webb.edu
Advisors: James Morgan & Iva Naydenova
Phone: (704) 406-4439
Description: Psi Chi is the psychology honor society. To join, you need at least 9 hours of psychology courses, at least a 3.0 GPA overall and at least a 3.0 GPA in psychology. As a member, you are provided with the opportunity to become involved in leadership activities, present posters/papers at professional meetings, and participate in service activities.

Sigma Delta Pi
President: Tori Welch & Bailey Jennings
Email: twelch@gardner-webb.edu & bjennings@gardner-webb.edu
Advisor: Charles Moore
Phone: (704) 406-4416
Description: This organization is for majors who have demonstrated a love of the Spanish language and excellent academic performance.

Sigma Zeta
Advisor: Teralea Moore & Don Olive
Phone: (704) 406-4477 & (704) 406-3804
Description: This is a national undergraduate honor society to encourage and foster the attainment of knowledge in the natural and computer sciences and mathematics and to recognize the attainment of high scholarship among society members.

Theta Alpha Kappa
President: Matthew Kiggen
Email: mkiggen@gardner-webb.edu
Advisor: Scott Shauf
Phone: (704) 406-2140
Description: TAK was developed to honor Religious Studies majors with at least a 3.5 GPA in Religion courses and has had 3 semesters.

Tri Beta (Beta Beta Beta)
President: Tavenner Black
Email: tblack1@gardner-webb.edu
Advisor: Cathleen Ciesielski
Phone: (704) 406-2141
Description: This is the National Biological Honor Society dedicated to improving the understanding and appreciation of biological study.

MEDIA

Art Club
President: Jack Zimmerman
Email: jzimmer2@gardner-webb.edu
Advisor: Paula Casper
Phone: (704) 406-4392
Description: The Art Club benefits the community through service projects, art sales, and art education.

PERFORMANCE

Concert Choir
President: Mary Catherine Gensler
Email: mgensler@gardner-webb.edu
Advisor: Paul Etter
Phone: (704) 406-3992
Description: Concert Choir is a mixed, auditioned touring choir open to all students that sing regularly scheduled concerts as well as events on and off campus.

E. Jerome Scott Gospel Choir
President: Chadrick Roseboro
Email: crosebor@gardner-webb.edu
Advisor: Cindy McKinney
Phone: (704) 406-4405
Description: The Gospel Choir works to spread the gospel through song and praise.

Joyful Hands
President: Rebecca Priest
Email: rpriest@gardner-webb.edu
Advisor: Rachel Buck
Phone: (704) 406-4272
Description: Joyful Hands ministry team performs contemporary songs in sign language to audiences on Gardner-Webb’s campus, as well as local churches and for community events.

Webb Spinners
President: Kenzie Conner
Email: econner1@gardner-webb.edu
Advisor: Chris Keene
Phone: (704) 406-8795
Description: This club is designed to involve majors and non-majors in theater productions and activities.

PROGRAMMING

International Students Club
President: Oscar Barzuna
Email: obarzuna@gardner-webb.edu
Advisor: Titilola Adewale
Phone: (704) 406-3046
Description: ISC is an organization for foreign and American students. Its mission is to raise awareness of the diversity of cultures present in the GWU community.

Student Entertainment Association
Advisor: Karissa Weir
Phone: (704) 406-4732
Description: SEA plans and programs events and activities on campus for students.

RELIGIOUS

Fellowship of Christian Athletes
President: Matt Anderson
Email: manderson@gardner-webb.edu
Advisor: Jim Corn
Phone: (704) 406-4288

Campus Ministries United
President: Courtney Finocchiaro
Email: cfinocc@gardner-webb.edu
Advisor: Neal Payne
Phone: (704) 406-4278
Description: CMU provides students with opportunities for worship, discipleship, fellowship, and missions/service projects.

SERVICE

Deaf Club
President: Jack Grant
Email: jgrant@gardner-webb.edu
Advisor: Lauren Isom
Phone: (704) 406-2274
Description: The GWU Deaf Club promotes deaf awareness by assisting the deaf community as well as the general population in their pursuit of educational and social opportunities.

Do Something Club
President: Brittany Mote
Email: bmote@gardner-webb.edu
Advisor: Stephanie Richey
Phone: (704) 406-2135
Description: This club gives students opportunities to participate in and plan service projects on and off campus.

Student Alumni Association
President: Whitney Stroup
Email: wstroup@gardner-webb.edu
Advisor: Brad Vaughn
Phone: (704) 406-3862
Description: SAA helps enhance the GWU student experience as well as development of partnerships with the GWU Alumni Association through its many educational, entertainment, and community service activities.

Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
President: Colin Ashley
Email: cashley@gardner-webb.edu
Advisor: Mary Beth Hamrick
Phone: (704) 406-3329
Description: The SAAC promotes student-athlete welfare, leadership, and volunteerism within the body of student-athletes at Gardner-Webb University.

Students in Free Enterprise
President: Corey Divine
Email: cdivine@gardner-webb.edu
Advisor: Donald Caudill & Oscar Zamora
Phone: (704) 406-2105 & (704) 406-3015
Description: SIFE is an organization of student leaders from all disciplines who apply business concepts to make a difference in their communities, and develop their own skills to become socially responsible business leaders.

SPORTS

Dawg Pound
President: Elliott Farrell
Email: efarrell@gardner-webb.edu
Advisor: Brian Arnold
Phone: (704) 406-3552
Description: The Dawg Pound is a student group who cheers at athletic events and generally encourages school spirit among the student body.

Fishing Club
President: Caleb Williams
Email: fishingclub@gardner-webb.edu
Website: www.gardner-webb.edu/fishingclub
Advisor: Jeremy Fern
Phone: (704) 406-3988
Description: The GWU Fishing Club exists to foster camaraderie, sportsmanship, integrity, conservation, and development of the skills and knowledge needed to be successful anglers, including adherence to the academic standards of excellence set forth by Gardner-Webb University.