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Gardrzer-Wehh Uniuersity Friday, August 19,2005 www.gwupllot.com Volume 9 No, 1 G W U Profes sor Barry H a m - bright re leased his fifth book, a history of GWU, in July. The book features 100 years of photos. Serving students at Gardner-Webb University for more than 6o years. Professor captures 100 years of university history Amanda Wood Editor-in-chief Gardner-Webb University Profes- I sor Barry Hambright and co-author U.L. j “Rusty” Patterson recently completed a I pictorial history of the school. The 128- jpage book documents Gardner-Webb’s j history from its beginnings as a board- I ing high school in the foothills of North I Carolina to its celebration of 100 years I as a leader in Christian higher education. “I enjoyed it because I’ve been here 137 years,” said Barry Hambright, pro photo by Kaylin Bowers fessor of history and political science at Gardner-Webb University. “Plus I was a student here. I know these peo ple. I’m at home with these things.” “Gardner-Webb University” show cases photographs from throughout the university’s 100-year history, includ ing pictures of North Carolina Governor O. Max Gardner, Gardner-Webb presi dents, professors, staff members, students and campus life. “We tried to feature people,” Hambright said. “We tried to pick the people who were memorable.” “Gardner-Webb University” marks Hambright’s fifth book with Arcadia Publishing. According to Hambright, the book at about Gardner-Webb was the easiest to finish because the photographs were readily available in the university’s archives. “I think finding great old pic tures was the most fun part,” Hambright said. “There were a lot more that we might have liked to use if we had had them.” Hambright earned his associate’s degree from Gardner-Webb when the school was still a junior college, and he holds a doctorate degree from the Uni versity of South Carolina. His interests are American government. Southern politics, the judiciary, Major League Baseball and trips to New York City. Scholarship honors lead ers from uni versity’s past Amanda Wood Editor-in-chief ■% A new scholarship was estab lished over the summer in honor of two historical figures from Gardner-Webb’s past, J. D. Hug gins and O. P. Hamrick. As his first official act in office, Gard ner-Webb University President A. Frank Bonner presided over the offieial establishment of the Hug- gins-Hamrick Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund on July 1. The scholarship was created by Boil ing Springs residents James R. “Sonny” Huggins and his wife, Teresa Hamrick Huggins, in honor of their grandparents. “1 think the historical connec tion is significant here,” said Da vid Boan, assistant vice president for development at Gardner-Webb University. “It plays on the con cept of firsts.” Sonny Huggins said Gardner- Webb’s centennial anniversary in spired him and his wife to honor his grandfather with a memorial scholarship fund. “Since our fami lies are tied together it’s just some thing that we’ve always wanted to do,” he said. “Since my grandfa ther gave his life to the college.” “The Hamricks and the Hug gins and Gardner-Webb are just so intertwined,” Boan said. “They’re history. From our inception till today we have had a continual re lationship with the Huggins and Hamrick families. So I think it’s appropriate that they should be the first among many scholarships to be signed under Dr. Bonner’s leadership as president.” J. D. Huggins served as the first principal of Boiling Springs High School, and Hamrick was See SCHOLARSHIP page 2 Photo by Chris Breedlove GWU President Frank Bonner signed the Huggins-Hamrick Scholarship as his first officiai presidential act on July 1. WELCOME BACK 2005 CAN COLLEGE REALLY BE HERE? photo by Kaylin Bowers Sophomore Sara Burroughs watches junior Dru Holdren as they demonstrate one of the games Big Brothers and Sisters can play with their groups during Orientation. The Big Brothers and Sisters train for two days before Freshmen arrive. Students arrive today; Classes begin Aug. 24 Anya Huneycutt will welcome stu dents to GWU. Students will also meet with Bonner and his family later that night in Bost Gym. “Bulldog Madness,” when new students compete for Bull dog Madness Awards, takes place Aug. 21 at 6:30 p.m. on the ath letic fields near the Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center. Elections for first-year SGA offices take place at 9:30 a.m. in Dover Theatre Aug. 23. “Try not to be overwhelmed at the beginning, which is diffi cult,” Weir said. Take time to get involved in at least one extracur ricular activity.” Other upcoming events for new and returning students in clude “The Longest Yard” on the quad Aug. 26, the' Encore Dance Showcase in Blanton Auditorium at 7 p.m. Aug. 27, and a Lip Sync, event in Dover Theatre at 7 p.m. Aug. 28. Fall convocation, the official opening of the academic year, takes place Aug. 30 during Di mensions. Amanda Wood Editor-in-chief Gardner-Webb University welcomed more than 500 new stu dents to campus Aug. 19. But according to Karissa Weir, director of student activities and leadership development at GWU, preparations for the weekend’s orientation events have been un derway since the spring. “Spring is when we start flesh ing things out,” Weir said. “It’s fun to see the different groups graduate and move on. So we get to see them from beginning to end as they develop as a student and mature.” This year’s orientation theme, “under construction,” centers around that development, accord ing to Weir. “New students will be coming here to gain the tools they need to build on their foundation,” she said. During the first day of orienta tion on Aug. 19, GWU President Frank Bonner and Student Gov ernment Association President Gardner-Webb names new associate provost Amanda Wood Editor-in-chief “I think he’ll be a really great fit in the university community,” said Dr. Darlene Graved, Gard ner-Webb’s associate provost for schools. “I think he brings the kind of personal and professional qualities that we need.” Gravett’s comments refer to the new associate provost for arts and sciences, James R. Dire. Direj former chair of the phys ics department at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, comes to Gard ner-Webb with 20 years experience in higher education. Dire earned his doctorate from The Johns Hop kins University and has served as a military officer for more than 23 years, first in the Navy and then in the Coast Guard. “We’re just looking forward to having him on board,” said Gra- vett, who chaired the search com mittee that chose Dire. She said the search committee was impressed with Dire’s credentials, experi ence and personal characteristics. “He seems to have a strong abil ity to work with people,” Gravett said. While at the Coast Guard Academy, Dire served as direc tor of the astronomical observa tory. He spearheaded the hiring of women and minority faculty members, making the physics de partment the most diverse faculty at the Coast Guard Academy. Dire also served as assistant dean of academics at the Academy before being named chair of the physics department. He was also a NASA Summer Faculty Fellow in 2003 and is a life member of the American Geophysical Union. Dire served with the Naval Acad emy faculty in Annapolis prior to transferring to the Coast Guard in 1991. As associate provost for arts and sciences at Gardner-Webb, Dire’s duties will include super vising chairs of departments and directors of academic support programs, overseeing teaching schedules, faculty loads, release time, and other related academic matters, and hiring faculty mem bers based on recommendations from the search committee and approval from the Provost. “I’m honored to get the job,” Dire said. “I’m very much looking forward to starting.” Dire said he is excited about the change of pace from military to civilian life. “I’m looking for ward to getting to decide what to wear to work everyday instead of a uniform,” Dire said. Dire decided to work at Gard ner-Webb because of the univer sity’s size, location and purpose. “The thing that appeals to me about Gardner-Webb is its mission to educate young men and women in a Christian setting,” Dire said. “To me I think it’s interesting how God opens certain doors and only certain doors, and that’s how you know that it truly is a calling. Special to the Pilot On the Inside Former divinity school dean finds success at re-discovering an old dream...page 2 GWU opens a new School of Psychology and Coun seling...page 2 A student challenges her- The Gridiron Bulldogs News ....page 2 self to eat healthy in the look for a good season caf...page 3 with fewer injuries...page 4 Opinions.. ....page 3 Sports .... page 4
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