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Gardner-\\febb (Mcgc
September 15, 1989 No. 2
BOILING SPRINGS, NORTH CAROLINA
(L to R) Noriaki Okajima, Dr. Frank Bonner,
Chancellor Jun Sakurai, Dr. Chris White, and
Dr. Tsuneo Sato.
also offered at Hawaii Pacific
College, which was chosen first
because of its geographical
location. Popularity of the
program grew and shortly was
expanded to the main land. The
other institutions in the pro
gram are University of LaVerne
in LaVerne, California, Baker
University in Baldwin, Kansas,
and Franklin University in
Columbus, Ohio. The Japanese
designed the program to enhance
their students education and
extend possibilities to their
exceptional students.
In choosing an American
institution, Dotoh sought out
small residential colleges with
caring rural environment, a
place where parents would feel
their children safe. Most
importantly, though, Dotoh
looked at the relationship
between faculty and students at
each institution.
The Dotoh University agree
ment, along with the addition
of the professional-quality
television studio, has pushed
Gardner-Webb into the forefront
of southern academia. And the
future only holds bigger and
brighter things for the Webb.
ABOUT DOTOH UNIVERSITY
Dotoh University, in
Momebetsu, Japan, is a system
of higher learning facilities
that includes Dotoh
International College, Dotoh
College, as well as the
University itself. Together,
the three have a combined
enrollment of 2500. Tuition is
$10,000 per year and room and
board is $10,000 per year.
Gardner-Webb
Gets USA
Transfer Program
By Christy McHan
Recently, Gardner-Webb
College reached an agreement
with Dotoh University in
Mombetsu, Japan to begin a USA
Transfer Program. In doing so,
Gardner-Webb became one of only
five colleges and universities
in the United States to have
such an honor, and the only
southern institution in the
program.
In two years, a maximum of
2 0 students will enter GWC as
juniors. Students will study a
curriculum parallel to American
curriculum while at Dotoh.
The USA Transfer Program is
Sakurai and White
Record
Enrollment
By Ernest Brown
"One of our main goals on
the campus of Gardner-Webb is
for every student to be im
portant. Everything that we do
on campus is important. Every
person is important," said Dr.
M. Christopher White, president
of the college, concerning the
record enrollment of Gardner-
Webb .
This has been the fourth
straight year that Gardner-Webb
has broken the enrollment re
cords. This class consisting of
a little over 500 new students.
There were 1400 applications
this year, with 1130 being
accepted. Thirty more students
were rejected than last year.
These last figures stem from the
administration being more selec
tive of students entering
Gardner-Webb.
In years to come, Gardner-
Webb will tend to look more
closely at the students coming
in. "We want to find students
who will enjoy Gardner-Webb
enough to stay for four years,
and be graduates of Gardner-
Webb," said Randy Kilby, Direc
tor of Admissions. "There will
also be more competition for
high school students because,
within the next few years, an
estimated 1.5 million students
will not graduate high school
in the United States," added
Kilby.
The admissions office will
be working in a different way
in the coming year because of
these trends. The office will
be going into new markets,
working more through the
churches, and more out-of-state
recruiting.
"The size of our school makes
it possible to have a one-on-
one basis relationship, not so
in bigger colleges and univer
sities," said Dr. White. Con
cerning the record enrollment,
Dr. White said, "This has been
my number one objective, to be
full on campus. We have improved
financial responsibilities."
The beneficial thing that
has come out of this is improve
ment around campus, including:
Lutz-Yelton and Mauney being air
conditioned, a significant
amount of money for the
Communications department, new
furniture for Royster, and an
observatory. Also, a renovation
of the Dover Campus Center,
hopefully to be completed by the
end of the year.
New resident halls will not
be built because of the exces
sive costs. There are two rea
sons for this. First, projec
tions overall for students
entering college in the next
few years are not good. Sec
ond, there will be a more
liberal policy for upper
classmen to stay off campus.
"The staff of admissions
counselors has done an excel
lent job. They sell the col
lege in an effective and
responsible way to students
coming in to Gardner-Webb," said
Dr. White.
"The admissions staff has
had increased support of the
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