WSC Campus News
Updated 05-08-08

Warner Southern College graduates 208 in Spring Commencement
Warner Southern College Teacher Education Interns present Teaching Expo
Warner Southern offers Free Financial Aid Workshop to prepare for college on Thursday, April 24 from 6 – 8 p.m.
Warner Southern celebrates Ground breaking for new 49,000 square foot Academic Building
Ground breaking ceremony for new Academic Building set for Tuesday, March 18 at 9:30 a.m.
Warner Southern College offers Information Meetings on Adult Degree Completion Programs
Warner Southern Wins School Spirit Challenge
Warner Southern College graduates 203 in Winter 2008 Commencement Ceremony

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Warner Southern College graduates 208 in Spring Commencement

Dr. Leroy M. Fulton and Dr. Gregory V. Hall, the two presidents who have led Warner Southern since it was founded in 1968. Dr. Fulton was the first president. Dr. Hall has led the college since 1991. Dr. Fulton gave the commencement address in honor of the 40th anniversary.

Two hundred and eight students, cheered on by friends and family members, celebrated their graduation from Warner Southern College on Saturday, May 3. Ten graduates represented the very first graduating class of the Master of Science in Management program. Fifteen graduated in the Master of Arts in Education program and seven received a Master of Business Administration degree. One hundred fifty five received a Bachelor of Arts degree and 21 earned an Associate of Arts degree. Forty-six students graduated with academic honors. The ceremony took place in the west campus courtyard between the Pontious Learning Resource Center and the Rigel Student Center. The processional took place through the Michael W. Crews Memorial Clock Tower.

Dr. Leroy M. Fulton, past president of Warner Southern College (1969-1991) presented the commencement address in honor of the college’s 40th anniversary. Dr. Gregory Hall, Warner Southern’s President, and Dr. William Rigel, Executive Vice President, presented the candidates for graduation and conferred the degrees.

Master of Business Administration Faculty and Graduates: (front row l-r) Erin Morton and Yolanda Gilberry; (back row l-r) Faculty Member Dr. Christopher Zapalski; Dean of the School of Business Dr. Cynthia Robinson; Kenneth Ebanyat, Jeffrey Spencer, Faculty Members Dr. John D. Theodore and Dr. Cathy Lewis-Brim. Not available for photo: Latrela Gilberry, Gerald Secory and Samuel Updike, Jr.

Master of Science Management program graduated the first class at spring commencement: (front row l-r) Dr. Ed Jump, Program Coordinator, Micki Gessner, Vicki Gavaghan, Mary Beth Scaia, Christy Harriger-Brown, and Faculty Member Dr. Evelyn Delaney; (middle row l-r) Faculty Member Dr. Cathy Lewis-Brim, Paul Arkin, Jack Jarrell, Sharon Carey, and Faculty Member Dr. Chris Zapalski; (top row l-r) Nikki Sauerbrey and Donald Wood. Not available for photo: Becky Aguilar

Master of Arts Education Faculty and Graduates: (front row l-r) Dr. Don Royal, Research Advisor; Heidi Grogg, Lori Hutto, Elva Mattox, Barbara Harlan, Taasha Mathewson, and Dr. Terry Fasel, Director of Teacher Education & Coordinator for the MA Ed Program; (middle row l-r) Leslie Deese, Mark Kemler, Colleen Rigel, Tina Mathewson, and Mary Ivey; (top row l-r) Donald Dwayne Buchanan, Shelly Wilson, Kelly Stentz, Stephen Kane, and Laura Dickey.

Warner Southern College, a Christian liberal arts college founded in 1968, is located five miles south of Lake Wales at 13895 Highway 27. The Bachelor of Arts degree includes over 25 liberal arts and professional majors. Master of Arts Education, Master of Business Administration and Master of Science Management are designed for working professionals. There are 5,567 alumni worldwide.

Warner Southern College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate, bachelor, and masters degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Warner Southern College.

 

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Jenifer Lassiter, a major in Elementary Education Grades K-6 , taught “The Elements of Rhythm” to 1st and 2nd graders at Brigham Academy for her internship.

Warner Southern College Teacher Education Interns present Teaching Expo

Warner Southern’s Teacher Education Interns presented the Spring Teaching Expo on Tuesday, April 22, in the Rigel Student Center. The expo event is an opportunity for these future teachers to share with other students, faculty, staff and visitors the major unit they were responsible for creating, writing and teaching during the ten weeks they taught in area schools. Each intern set up a display and was available to answer questions from visitors to the Expo.

Fifteen students exhibited at the WSC Expo. Each taught all class subjects at the school where they interned: Jenna Barnard at Chain of Lakes Elementary; Jacob Boone at Haines City High School; Kristen Clark at Scott Lake Elementary; Nick Cowles at Dundee Ridge Middle School; Gina Gallo at Spook Hill Elementary; Melissa Glover at Chain of Lakes Elementary; Mike Gorton at Dundee Ridge Middle School; Jenifer Lassiter at Brigham Academy; Shelley Manning at Hillcrest Elementary; Justin Martin at Sebring Middle School; Ron Matheny at Winter Haven High School; Emily Proctor at Dundee Elementary; Meagan Smith at Hillcrest Elementary; Robert Walwrath at Hillcrest Elementary; and Jennifer Wright at Hillcrest Elementary.

The internship is the capstone experience for all Teacher Education majors and is performed during the final semester of the senior year.

Nick Cowles, majoring in Secondary Education: Social Sciences 6-12, taught a history unit titled, “The United States Civil War” to eighth graders at Dundee Ridge Middle School where he interned for ten weeks.

The Warner Southern College Teacher Education Department has received a 100% pass rate for majors taking their certification exams for the state. This is also known as the Title II Institutional Pass Rate that is shared by the state to the federal government.

Administrators of the Florida Teacher Preparation Programs ranked first-year teachers from Warner Southern at the highest level in teaching effectiveness.

 

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Warner Southern offers Free Financial Aid Workshop to prepare for college on Thursday, April 24 from 6 – 8 p.m.

Do you want to know more about financial assistance available to attend college? Would you like help filling out a FAFSA form, which is a “Free Application for Federal Student Aid”? The Warner Southern College Financial Aid Office will offer a free workshop open to students, parents and others who are interested on Thursday, April 24 from 6 – 8 p.m. in the Rigel Student Center. Persons attending the workshop will hear a presentation on financial aid and staff members will be available to answer questions and assist students and parents in filling out a FAFSA form. Those interested in applying for FAFSA must bring their 2007 income tax information with them to the workshop. Campus tours will also be offered for anyone who wishes one.

 

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(l-r): Mark Thomas, Director of IT; Student Danielle Stuart, Ed Lunz, Architect; Student Merissa Knauer, Rob Quam, Chair of Board of Trustees; Student Lauren Pulido, Dr. Greg Hall, President; Student Naty DuBois, Dr. William Rigel, Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer; Student Katie Hall, Greg Rodden, Vice President Business and Finance; Doris Gukich, Assistant to the President for Campus Development; and Ed Locke, President of Semco Construction, Inc . In the background (l-r) are Professor Nathaniel Coady, Dr. Tom Walton, Dr. Jim Moyer, Dr. Terry Fasel, Dr. Jim Christoph

 

Warner Southern celebrates Ground breaking for new 49,000 square foot Academic Building

Warner Southern College students, faculty, administration and special guests celebrated ground breaking for the new, two-story 49,000-square-foot Academic Building on Tuesday, March 18. This facility will house Bible and Church Ministry, Communication Arts, Physical Sciences and Mathematics, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Teacher Education, Institutional Technology Services and the Office of the Executive Vice President. The building will have classrooms, computer laboratories, science laboratories, faculty offices and common areas. Two lecture halls and seminar classrooms will be connected by a covered arcade and accessible from either level. Architects are Lunz, Prebor, Fowler of Lakeland and construction by Semco, Inc. of Bartow. Building will start in June.

President Greg Hall led the program and was joined by Dr. William Rigel, Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer. The Warner Southern College Hand Bell Choir and Warner Praise Band provided music. Students representing all of the academic departments participated in the ground breaking along with the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Rob Quam; Assistant to the President for Campus Development Doris Gukich, Vice President for Business and Finance Greg Rodden, Director of Institutional Technology Mark Thomas, Architect Ed Lunz, and Semco Construction president, Ed Locke.

Student participants were Katie Hall, Bible and Church Ministry; Lauren Pulido, Communication Arts; Danielle Stuart, Physical Sciences and Mathematics; Merissa Knauer, Social and Behavioral Sciences; and Naty DuBois, Teacher Education.

(l-r): Ed Lunz, Architect; Student Merissa Knauer; Rob Quam, Chair of Board of Trustees; Student Lauren Pulido; Dr. Greg Hall, President; Student Naty DuBois. In the background (l-r) are Dr. Jim Moyer, Chair of the Communication Arts Department and Dr. Terry Fasel, Chair of Teacher Education.

 

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Ground breaking ceremony for new Academic Building set for Tuesday, March 18 at 9:30 a.m.

Please join the Warner Southern College board of trustee members, administration, faculty, students and staff for a ceremony celebrating ground breaking for the construction of the new 45,000 square foot academic building. The event, which will take place on Tuesday, March 18, will start at 9:30 a.m. at the South Lake Wales Church of God on President’s Drive. Following a short program, attendees will process to the construction site. This new facility is of paramount importance to provide added space and technology. The two-story building will have classrooms, lecture halls, computer and science laboratories and faculty offices. Architects are Lunz, Prebor, Fowler. Construction company is SEMCO.

 

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Warner Southern College offers Information Meetings on Adult Degree Completion Programs

Warner Southern College’s School of Professional Studies is offering a series of meetings open to the public to provide information about adult accelerated degree completion programs in Organizational Management and Educational Studies. The meetings will be held on the Lake Wales campus and at the Lakeland and Orlando Learning Centers in February and March.

February Meetings

Tuesday, February 26 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Orlando Learning Center
6250 Hazeltine National Drive.

Wednesday, February 27 from 6 to 8 p.m. on the Lake Wales campus
13895 Highway 27. Take President’s Drive to the Rigel Student Center Room 120.

Thursday, February 28 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Lakeland Learning Center
5015 South Florida Avenue in the Colonial Bank Building Suite 210.

March Meetings

The information meetings will be offered again at the same locations and time.
March 25 at the Lake Wales campus
March 26 at the Orlando Learning Center
March 28 at the Lakeland Learning Center

For more information, call the School of Professional Studies at 863-638-7117.

 

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Warner Southern Wins School Spirit Challenge

In January, Webber International University challenged Warner Southern College to a school spirit competition. The competition was simple – which school could make the longest spirit chain. The unveiling of the spirit chain would be revealed at the Warner Southern College women’s basketball game.

Spirit Links were purchased across each campus over a two week period. Warner Southern sold yellow links and Webber International sold green links. Students were able to write messages on their links to personalize them.

The links were assembled into a chain and each school’s chain was measured before the start of the basketball game. For the second year in a row Warner Southern won the spirit chain challenge and, more importantly, bragging rights, too!

The money from the challenge will be used for improvements to the Student Union Building. These improvements will be based on marketing and promotional advertising strategies developed by students in Professor Melodi Guilbault’s classes. Organizers of the spirit challenge were Warner Southern’s Professor Guilbault and Webber International University’s Dr. Kelly Wolfe.

By Katie Ingley, P.R. Intern

 

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Warner Southern College graduates 203 in Winter 2008 Commencement Ceremony

Two hundred and three Warner Southern College graduates were cheered on by family and friends on Saturday, January 12 in a commencement ceremony held in the campus courtyard. Twelve graduates received a Master of Business Administration degree, three received a Master of Arts in Education degree. One hundred sixty-two received a Bachelor of Arts degree and 26 earned an Associate of Arts degree. Forty two students graduated with academic honors.

Dr. Greg Hall, Warner Southern’s president, and Dr. William Rigel, executive vice president, presented the candidates for graduation and conferred the degrees. Tim Craig, Assistant Professor of Communication and Professor of the Year for 2007, presented the commencement address. Art Clawson, Class of 1978, inducted the graduates into the Alumni Association. Kenneth Scott and Michael Lee presented the Response of the Graduates. The Collegiate Chorale provided special music.

Master of Arts Education graduates: Bottom row (L-R) Michelle F. Casper and Maribel A. Ortega – Top row (L-R) Dr. Terry Fasel, Professor of Education, Michael Edward Lee, Dr. Don Royal, Professor of Education.

Master of Business Administration graduating class: Pictured are – First row (L-R) Mauricia Juanita Gonzales, Paige Suzanne Waters, Dr. Cynthia Robinson, Dean of the School of Business, Dr. John Theodore, Visiting Professor of Business, Lakita Nichole Stevens – Back row (L-R) Julio Urbano Madrigal, Elvin “Joel” Paredes, Keva Suzanne Harris, Regina L. Moran, Margaret “Peg” Brenner, Lisa Marie Cobb, and Luis Roberta Costa. Graduate not pictured: Stephanie Diaz

Founded in 1968 and now celebrating its 40th anniversary, Warner Southern College is a Christian liberal arts located at Lake Wales, Florida. The Bachelor of Arts degree includes over 25 liberal arts and professional majors. Master of Arts Education, Master of Business Administration and Master of Science Management are designed for working professionals. There are 4,000 alumni worldwide.

 

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