Gardner-Webb University Digital Commons @ Gardner-Webb University The eW b Magazine Gardner-Webb Publications 1991 The eW b Magazine 1991, Annual Report Robin Taylor Burton Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/the-web Recommended Citation Burton, Robin Taylor, "The eW b Magazine 1991, Annual Report" (1991). The Web Magazine. 7. https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/the-web/7 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Gardner-Webb Publications at Digital Commons @ Gardner-Webb University. It has been accepted for inclusion in The eW b Magazine by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Gardner-Webb University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. THE WEE 1991 Annual Report A publication of Gardner-Webb College Contents Summer in the web ...pages 1-2 World Trade Center Opens Door for Community Students in the web ...pages 3-5 Marty White to Serve Congressional Internship Staff IN THE WEB THE WEB ...pages 6-8 Volume 4. Number 1 Three Promoted to Role of Associate Vice September, 1991 President A publication of the Division of College Relations M. Christopher White, President Alumni in the web Ralph W. Dixon Jr., Vice President for College Relations ...pages 9-19 Robin Taylor Burton, Editor Homecoming ’91... Wilson Brooks, Art Director Tim Vaughan, Sports Editor IN the WEB Sports Pam Sharts, Photographer ...pages 20- 23 The Web is published for alumni, parents and friends of Inaugural Class Inducted Into Gardner-Webb College. It is published four times a year, Athletic Hall of Fame with issues in spring, summer, fall and winter. Please mail information and address changes to: Fall IN THE WEB The Web Post Office Box 976 ...page 24-26 Boiling Springs, North Carolina 28017 Events Make for Full Calendar Your comments are welcome. Annual Report Summer in the web World Trade Center Opens Door for Community The door to international trading has Centers, was introduced in 1985. It potential for doubling the participation now been opened to small businesses in operates in 127 cities and 45 countries, of small and medium businesses in Cleveland County and surrounding areas. offering World Trade Centers and their international trade and investment. members current trade leads, electronic On Wednesday, Oct. 2 Gardner-Webb Dollars for the project are directed mail and a database of company profiles. College will launch the World Trade from the Cleveland County Economic Center, an outreach program of the The Center is designed to provide Development Commission and Research Triangle World Trade Center. trade research information on trade Gardner-Webb College. Once the Center The Center, the second in North Carolina, opportunities, world markets, government is in operation, the Cleveland County will serve as an outlet for businesses regulations, tariffs and other business Economic Development Commission will interested in import and export trading. It topics. In addition, education services are continue to underwrite the Center’s has been described as a “one-stop offered through seminars, language annual membership fee. In addition, the shopping center” for businesses that want instruction and training programs on Center will recover service costs through to become involved in foreign trade. international business activities. moderate user fees. A non-profit organization, the World Other offerings of the Center include: The World Trade Center is a member Trade Center provides services and * Access to the WTC Network, an of the World Trade Center Association, a programs to develop the international international electronic buyer-seller non-profit, non-political organization opportunities of the region’s firms, as well bulletin board and communications system founded in 1968 to encourage the as the international awareness of policy expansion of world trade. makers, business and educational leaders * Advice of a staff of experts who and the general public. provide information and referrals on Business hours for the Center will be foreign businesses 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Center is a link with about 200 The schedule of user rates, which will be * Meeting sites, temporary office other trade centers worldwide and serves available at the College, will reflect cost space, translation services, temporary as a showcase for regional products. The recovery for the actual operation of the staff assistance from the U.S. Department aim is to make international business as Center. The service will provide area of Commerce and the State Department of feasible and profitable as local business, businesses, small and large, the Economic and Community Development, particularly for small or medium-sized opportunity to be on the cutting edge of international communications sites and businesses. access to trade with international protocol assistance for international Through the state-of-the-art partners. ■ visitors. International Resource Center, the need for easy, rapid access to international * A business and information will be met with an extensive economics library, multi-media (e.g. hard copy, including international computer-based, microform, video) publications and a wide resource base on international trade, array of international finance, economics and culture. computer information. At Gardner-Webb, Dr. Anthony * A planned World Negbenebor, assistant professor of Trade Center Club that economics in the Broyhill School of will allow members to Management, will serve as director of the entertain guests. Center and will provide assistance in its Former North operation. Carolina Governor Currently there are 217 World Trade James B. Hunt is the Centers in 207 cities and 67 countries. founding chairman of NETWORK, an on-line information the organization. The idea was spurred by system designed to improve trade and From left to right, Jerome Scott, Associate VP and Dean of relationships among World Trade studies that found the Student Affairs, his wife, Gaynell Scon (GOAL graduate) and his brother, Llrae Scott, graduate. Page 1, The Web Southern Bell Assists Program Jwr the Mind Gardner-Webb College’s Program The Miniature Electronic Visual Aid Annual College Fund, which provides for the Blind is the recipient of a $3000 (MEVA) provides a portable unrestricted operating funds, e contribution by Southern Bell. magnification system for visually impaired students who have some The contribution has made possible vision. the purchase of two new pieces of technology to assist visually impaired The hand-held camera transmits a students — a Braille ’n Speak and a magnified image to a four-inch flat Miniature Electronic Visual Aid. screen CRT monitor. The MEVA, with a price tag of about $2100, will allow The Braille ’n Speak is a portable students to read their own study talking computer operated by commands materials rather than relying on the entered in Braille on a seven-key Braille services of a personal reader. This gives keyboard. The device, which costs the students more independence. approximately $900, can be used as a talking computer terminal, a The MEVA also bridges the gap for Braille-to-print transcriber, a word students who can no longer rely upon processor or a talking calculator. enlarged print and cannot benefit from Braille. Blind students will carry the Braille ’n Speak to their classroom lectures and Gardner-Webb has been the then transcribe notes for future study. recipient of the generosity of Southern The device will eliminate the time Bell on a number of occasions. The Pictured, from left, are Sharon Jennings, director consuming process of audio recording company contributed to the construction of the Gardner-Webb College Program for the of lectures, making note-taking much of the Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center Deaf; Pam Massey, a representative for Southern Bell; and Dr. Chris White. easier for the students. in the 1980s and has made gifts to the Dr. Robbins Leads Staley Lecture Series Dr. Duffy Robbins, chairman of the and at several major Christian music Dr. Robbins came to Gardner-Webb Department of Youth Ministry at festivals. as a Staley Distinguished Christian Eastern College in St. Davids, Penn., Scholar with the support of the Thomas A graduate of the University of spoke to students and faculty as this F. Staley Foundation. North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a year’s Staley Distinguished Christian degree in psychology, Robbins Named for its founder, the Thomas Scholar. graduated magna cum laude with a F. Staley Foundation was formed in the The series, held earlier this month, Masters of Divinity from 1950s as a charitable organization. In dealt with the topic of heritage — a Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary the late 1960s the Staley Distinguished heritage of victory as depicted by Joshua in South Hamilton, Mass. Christian Scholar Lecture Program at Jerico; a heritage of commitment, became a permanent feature of the Ordained in the United Methodist illustrated by this country’s allegiance; foundation. Church, Robbins has written curriculum and the heritage of endurance — going and serves as consultant to the United Through the Staley Distinguished the distance. Methodist Publishing House on issues Christian Scholar Program small Dr. Robbins is an 18-year veteran of pertaining to youth and youth ministry. colleges throughout the country are youth ministry, having spoken across He also serves on the editorial advisory afforded an opportunity to hear the the country at youth retreats and board for Youth!. Christian