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WEB A publication of Gardner-Webb University Fall 1998 GardnerAXbbb UNIVERSITY "Characttsi? development is Ok® tjreatg 80 bq©0 Ok® sole, aim ©0 education.ro ® 'Shea i \ j •$ ; ♦ TTLaT 4 ♦ *■ «• *mm^k . Honor Roll Member Character-building Institutions 1997-1998 Memories of Africa The page 10 ONTENTS Vol. 9, No. 3 Fall 1998 A publication of the Office of University Relations OUR TOP STORY 4-7 PRESIDENT. These ladies direct many GWU programs... successfully M. Christopher White VICE PRESIDENT UNIV. RELATIONS. FACULTY & STAFF 8-11 Drew Van Horn A devastated Oregon town calls on professor/South Africa trip gives Lamb new insight/Prized new faculty come aboard EDITOR. Matt Webber STUDENTS 12-15 WRITER. PHOTOGRAPHER. Singing group gets used to comparisons to nationally known Noel T. Manning, II artists/Freshmen learn something extra over the summer CONTRIBUTING WRITER. Christin Stone ATHLETICS 16-17 SPORTS. Gardner-Webb wins gold in New York... sort of/What do Mark Wilson. Marc Rabb Chapel Hill and Gardner-Webb now have in common? DESIGN AND PRODUCTION. Office of University Puilications NEWSWORTHY 18-19 World-famous exhibit hits campus/Dover Library connects to COVER. countless resources/True campaign success GWU deans Darlene Gravett, Dee Hunt, Carolyn Jackson and Shirley Toney share a common bond |see cover story, ALUMNI LINKS 20-28 page 4). Travel the world with alum Clayton King/Reporter finds the positive storyline/A stellar career recognized Special thanks to McNsilly Photography and Shelby Printing Group. www. gardner-webb. edu PROFILES LEADING Ladies “We Are Deans Who Are Women, Not ‘Women Deans’” W hen the four women who are academic deans Hunt, winner of two of Gardner-Webb's teaching at Gardner-Webb were growing up, females awards, said teaching is her "most important were led to be mothers, secretaries, nurses or responsibility to this university. Our mission and teachers. But regardless of this nudge toward their purpose is to provide students quality education in a profession, each feels she would have found her way Christian environment." to teaching. Although none of the four - Hunt, Darlene "I'm not sure I didn't come out of the womb Gravett, Carolyn Jackson, and Shirley Toney - aspired wanting to be a teacher," said Dr. Dee Hunt, dean of to be deans, they feel comfortable in their leadership the School of Education. "Teaching is my love and my roles and strive to ensure excellent instruction at a passion. I am fortunate that through teaching, it has university they treasure. They tout Gardner-Webb's afforded me opportunities for leadership ... that is slogan, "People Who Care," and believe one reason how God has blessed me." university enrollment has increased 50 percent during the last five years is because the slogan is true. "I don't know a faculty member on campus who will not try to go the extra mile to help achieve students' goals," said Dr. Gravett, dean of the Graduate School of Education and Counseling, whose school offers seven graduate programs, some of them off campus. Every phone call from students is returned promptly - often Gravett is the one making the call. "We're small enough that students do not get lost," said Dr. Toney, dean of the School of Nursing. "We give them individual attention. You can call Dr. Hunt PR0FILES anyone across campus and ask a question." Dr. Gravett Students, they all agree, is what the University is all about. "It's the only reason we exist," Hunt said. "I pride myself in trying to meet the needs of students. They (the students) keep me young, happy." Hunt, who has been at Gardner-Webb for 20 years, has inside her daily planner a card from a student who wrote to her, "God intercedes with angels who treat you like a person with a heart, not a Social Security number. These angels aid in getting you where you want to go and show what you should look like when you get there." And hanging on a wall at her home, Hunt has a poem her elementary school teacher wrote for her after Hunt received her Ph.D. As she reflected on the admiration and affection shown for her in the poem, she said, "If my house burns, I will grab two to three things, and that's one of them." Hunt said that teacher showed her the most admirable of qualities: remembers fairness, respect, and genuine love of students. as early as second grade keeping tabs on what made an effective teacher. "When things would happen in Splitting Time my classroom, Fd say I'm going to remember to do that when I'm a teacher or not to do that." It can be a difficult transition from administrator Jackson has been at Gardner-Webb for one year to teacher for these deans who each teach at least one and has previously taught in public and private class a semester. "It's difficult to separate. Difficult to schools and colleges, and served in numerous go from the headaches, problems, challenges of administrative capacities from working in central administration to the energetic and creative offices of secondary schools to the N.C. Department atmosphere in the classroom," said Gravett, who of Public Instruction. Moving from teacher to came to Gardner-Webb in 1989 and in 1991 became administrator came naturally. “As a teacher, I wanted 66 to share information. If I heard something Teaching is my love and my passion. good for the kids, I wanted everyone to have that opportunity." I AM FORTUNATE THAT THROUGH TEACHING, IT Dr. Toney also feels that strong HAS AFFORDED ME OPPORTUNITIES FOR administration can lead to great teaching. "I'm a facilitator. I bring about conditions so 33 LEADERSHIP. others can do their best. I miss patient care, but through my work, I do hope to improve the institution's first female dean. "But it keeps me in patient care." tune with what the university is all about." She said she wants to make sure that "we take students and A Spirit of Commitment prepare them well." Dr. Jackson, dean of the College of Extended Toney, who is an accreditation site inspector for Professional Studies (The GOAL Program), the National League for Nursing, came to www.gardner-webb.edu Fall ^ PROFILES Dr. Toney administrators and teachers truly play in education. She tells them, "We're not here to train you, we're here to educate you. You train a dog, you educate people.” "Of all the students who graduated, if I helped one learn to give good patient care, look at all the people they are taking care of through their career," Toney said. She makes sure to say that she’s proud of the registered nurses and what they represent. "They are out in the world advertising for Gardner-Webb." Jackson feels the same about her students. The GOAL (Greater Opportunities for Adult Learners) worked with thousands of nursing students, who program has 16 North Carolina sites at which people received either a bachelor's or associate's degree. She can obtain a bachelor's degree. The program, in its is hoping a proposal for a master's degree will be 21st year, accounts for more than a third of Gardner- approved. Webb's enrollment. "Adult students can walk out of Her struggle and persistence in obtaining a here as outstanding alums,” she said. doctorate and putting the finishing touches on her The students, Jackson added, are thrilled to career can be an inspiration to any student. receive a quality education without having to leave After obtaining her bachelor's degree in nursing in their homes. The program strives to reproduce at 1961, she set out to meet the rest of her goal - these sites what is happening on the Gardner-Webb mission work. She entered Southwestern Baptist campus in terms of academic excellence and open Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, but soon communication so they feel a part of the campus, decided missions was not her calling. Jackson said. Everything came together, though, when she Having the Gardner-Webb faculty teach at these realized that teaching at a Christian university had sites is vital, she explained. "Students are appreciative filled the final part of her dream. "When I was up for of that." tenure I remember thinking that what I've really “In this program, the students do not have to stop done and am doing is missions." their lives and go back to school. They’re so grateful." Toney started work in 1982 on her Ph.D. in Jackson remembers fondly one GOAL graduate nursing at The University of Texas and committed, who left her this voice mail message: "'Thank you for with her family's and Gardner-Webb's help, to spend three summers and one full year in Austin. But because she endured unexpected delays - going through a local accreditation, her husband and parents suffering illnesses, and the shock of the critical injury of one of her sons - completion stretched to 1989. "I don't do anything simple," she said with a laugh. And Toney makes sure students know the role Dr. Jackson 5 The Web