Gardner-Webb University Digital Commons @ Gardner-Webb University The eW b Magazine Gardner-Webb Publications Fall 1996 The eW b Magazine 1996, Fall Matt eW bber Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/the-web Recommended Citation Webber, Matt, "The eW b Magazine 1996, Fall" (1996). The Web Magazine. 39. https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/the-web/39 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]. and Annual Report 1996, Vol. 7, No. 3 r 9 +S4* r w m Ui l] m? • IS ; 5j| feSr |SS| sS \ jM [111\ , p| p| •• { President Chris White looks forward to another decade of growth at GWU. See inside, p.7 A publication of Gardner-Webb University Volume 7, Number 3 Fall, 1996 PROFILE ... pages 2-3 Dr. Bob Shackleford Brings Life Experience to New Job CAMPAIGN UPDATE A publication of the Division of ... pages 4-5 University Relations Hollifield Bell Tower Project Under Construction M. Christopher White, President Governor Joins University in Honoring Washburns Ralph W. Dixon Jr., Vice President for University Relations THE SPIRIT OF THE DECADE Matt Webber, Editor ... pages P-7 Shannon Kennedy, Writer/Photographer A Look Inside Gardner-Webb’s Last 10 Years Mark Wilson, Sports Editor THREE-MONTH SUMMARY Wilson Brooks, Art Director ... pages 8-11 Amy Camper, Graphic Artist Since We Last Met Riviere Printing Co., Printer SPORTS The Web is published for alumni, ... page 12-15 parents and friends of Gardner-Webb Football, Soccer Teams Look for Successful Seasons University. It is published four times a year, with issues in spring, summer, fall ALUMNI, STAFF & STUDENTS and winter, ,,, pages 16-21 Please mail information and address Individual* Receive Host of Awards changes to'. Hummmlng Information The Web Class Notes Post Office Box 997 Boiling Springs, North Carolina 28017 The Web is now available, upon request, on audio cassette (704) 434-4637 tape. To obtain a copy please contact the Office ot Public Relations at (704) 4*4-46*7. Your comments are welcome. Fall 1996 • 1 ■ New Dean Brings Life Experience Teacher, pastor, full-time father, Master of Divinity. For the next 14 years, While he was teaching, Shackleford has chaplain, and dean. These are just a few of Shackleford served as pastor for a number been quoted as saying “I know of no one the words to describe Dr. Bob Shackleford. of churches in West Virginia, North else who wakes up in the morning and At present, he serves all of these positions, Carolina and South Carolina. He says he looks forward to getting up and going to plus a few more. enjoyed his time serving as a full-time work more than I do.” That’s why Vice President and Dean of pastor but always knew he wanted to He says that on the first day of class, he Academic Affairs Gil Blackburn says the teach. often looks at the students and thinks, old adage, “Need something done? Ask the From 1984 to 1989, Shackleford worked “They have so many preconceived ideas busiest person you know” fits Shackleford. on his Master of Science in Child and notions and so many wounds from the And it is probably one of the reasons that Development and Family Relations at the past. I have 45 hours to help challenge in May of this year Shackleford was named University of North Carolina at them to understand about the family.” dean of the college of extended Greensboro. He then took a year off and He adds, “I want students to make better professional studies at Gardner-Webb, with contemplated his next move. In%1990, he decisions about their lives because of the primary responsibility for the school’s things talked about in my class.” GOAL Program. This came just three Meanwhile, as if his days at GWU aren’t years after he began teaching at GWU, totally consumed, Shackleford fills his time and only three years after receiving his with several other duties. He has spent doctorate. more than a year serving as the interim His education began back in 1969 when pastor at First Baptist Church in Henrietta, he attended Bluefield College in Virginia NC. He has also been raising two on a basketball scholarship. It was children, Kristi, 19, and Kori, 17. basketball that led him to the College of And, throughout most of his adult life, the Ozarks in Point Lookout, Missouri. He he has been serving as a chaplain, first in majored in physical education with plans the Army Reserves and then in the Air of becoming a basketball coach - National Guard. This is a serious something countless numbers of future commitment that often finds him GWU sociology students are glad never performing funerals for military leaders, occurred. speaking to groups (including a recent Shackleford remembers one instance military commencement service), and when the basketball team was returning spending time away from home. One of home from an away game. Heading into a GREATER OPPORTUNITIES his most unforgettable experiences as snow storm, the driver refused to stop. FOR ADULT LEARNERS chaplain for the Air National Guard was Panic among team members set in when working in Charlotte after the crash of the vehicle, traveling at 60 miles per hour, flight 1016 in July 1994- All military reached an icy bridge with an 18-wheeler resigned as pastor of the First Baptist personnel working at the crash site were heading in their direction. Shackleford Church in Bluefield, West Virginia, and required by the commander to talk with confesses to being the team’s most religious pursued his Ph.D. in Human Development Shackleford before they could leave the member. In fact, he was serving as the and Family Relations. site. He says the scene was traumatic and youth minister at First Baptist Church in The next three years Shackleford was a worse than anything the group had ever Branson at the time. When they hit the full-time student, taught courses at UNC- seen. It took him months to get over the bridge, Shackleford recalls, the men began Greensboro and also taught classes for the shock as well. yelling, “Pray, Shackleford, pray!” evening program at High Point University. All of Shackleford’s duties have a Maybe it was that experience or his After graduation in 1993, he was hired as a common factor - they are challenging. work with the youth that changed full-time instructor at Gardner-Webb. And, the love of the challenge was the Shackleford’s direction, hut after receiving Here, he has taught a variety of classes deciding factor when Shackleford was his bachelor of science, he entered the including Marriage and Family, Sociology approached by the GWU administration Southeastern Baptist Theological of Religion and Social Problems. about taking over the position of dean of Seminary. In 1976, he graduated with a the college of extended professional 2 • The Web to Position studies. He now manages the operations of This fall, Shackleford the GOAL (Greater Opportunities for will continue to serve as Adult Learners) program at 14 sites across dean, teacher, pastor, the state. chaplain and his most Shackleford has always been interested fulfilling job, father. Each in adult education, having taught the semester he will teach one evening program at High Point and has class. He’ll serve First taught two GOAL courses each semester Baptist in Henrietta until since he has been with Gardner-Webb. He a permanent replacement says proudly he has already taught at 10 of is found and he’ll the 14 sites. continue to work with the Shackleford, a member of the Bluefield Air National Guard one A College Sports Hall of Fame, is an weekend a month and two imposing figure at 6’6”. But those who weeks a year. He also says work closely with him are already adjusting he’ll continue to raise two to the change. Martha Owens, a former teenage children and do GOAL business advisor, feels Shackleford everything in his power to make brings outstanding ideas to the program the GOAL program at Gardner- and has the perfect combination of Webb University succeed. qualities to be an effective leader. “His Need something done? Shackleford’s military background makes him very your man. efficient and allows for a firm management style while his pastoral background gives him a keen and compassionate view of the needs of human beings,” she says. “Everyone can tell that this is the beginning of something special.” Changes are already occurring in the program. An orientation program, similar V// to what undergraduates on the Boiling Springs campus experience, has been implemented in the 14 locations. In the future, Shackleford says he wants the program to improve academically and involve the graduates of the GOAL program on a greater level. Shackleford also feels that other courses of study in conjunction with '.rur'i ri those already being offered could survive at several GOAL sites. He says they hope to “find the needs and meet them.” He wants to do this through some innovative techniques, saying, “We need to utilize technology to enhance education without losing the human touch.” i ill h>% • 5 Breaking New Ground Update Lake Hollifield Bell Tower Project Underway Two GWU projects that are receiving immediate attention have been made A July 30th groundbreaking ceremony on the newest building on campus that is home possible by separate gifts from First Gaston the GWU campus for the new Lake to the School of Divinity.