WSC Campus News
2007 Archive


New Residence Halls dedicated at Warner Southern College
National Survey Shows Warner Southern College Students Highly Satisfied with Undergraduate Education Experience
Theatre Warner to present Flamingo Sunset
Warner Southern Students are Fanchon F. Funk Scholars
Pinwheels for Peace
Alumnus Art Clawson returns to WSC as Vice President for Advancement
New Academic Building Coming Fall 2008
WSC holds Academic Convocation on Thursday, August 30
Multicultural Education class Culture Research Display
Shelton Quarles & Ryan Nece Football Camp
New Warner Southern College Gazebo dedicated in ceremony on May 4, 2007
Rob Quam is newly elected chairman of Warner Southern College Board of Trustees
Warner Southern College graduates 150 in Spring Commencement
Warner Southern College Teacher Education Interns present Teaching Expo
Tim Craig is honored as Warner Southern’s 2007 Professor of the Year
Warner Southern Faculty and Students Inducted into Pi Gamma Mu
Warner Southern College Receives $10,000 Gift from Citizens Bank & Trust
Warner Southern’s Sigma Beta Delta Inducts New Members
Warner Southern welcomed Sankofa African-American Museum on Wheels to campus
Dr. Diane Dike, Speaker, Singer, Author, and Her Service Dog, Gracie, Presented at Chapel
Warner Southern Alumna Christine Schaub Makes Warner Southern Appearance
Warner Southern College President Greg Hall is honored on 15th anniversary of presidency
Warner Southern graduates 178 in Winter Commencement
Warner Southern Students are Fanchon F. Funk Scholars
Michael W. Crews Memorial Clock Tower dedicated

 

 

Warner Southern President, Dr. Greg Hall at the podium and seated behind him (l-r) student Rodney Dallas, Campus Pastor Dr. Mike Sanders, Doris Gukich, Assistant to the President for Campus Development and Rob Quam, Chair of Board of Trustees in front of Fulton Hall.

New Residence Halls dedicated at Warner Southern College increase capacity to house students on campus

Two new residence halls on the Warner Southern College campus were dedicated in a ceremony on Thursday, December 6. The Raines Hall for women and Leroy Fulton Hall for men will house 93 students and will be fully occupied by January when students return for the semester. With the two newly-constructed buildings along with current housing, Spencer Hall for men, and Clois Williams Hall for women, the college may house up to 265 students on campus.

Thursday’s program included a welcome by Doris Gukich, Assistant to the President for Campus Development; comments by Dr. Greg Hall, President and Rob Quam, Chairman of the Board of Trustees; a song by student Rodney Dallas; and closing prayer by Dr. Mike Sanders, Campus Pastor. A tour of Fulton Hall followed the dedication ceremony.

Dr. Leroy Fulton was the first president of Warner Southern College (1969-1990). Carl Raines was a member of the first Board of Trustees. Carl and Effie Raines were among the first major supporters of the college.

Chair of Board of Trustees, Rob Quam at the podium. Seated behind him are (l-r) Doris Gukich, Assistant to the President for Campus Development and Dr. Greg Hall, President of Warner Southern College. Raines Hall is visible in the background and part of Fulton Hall.

 

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National Survey Shows Warner Southern College Students Highly Satisfied with Undergraduate Education Experience
Results from the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE - pronounced “Nessie”) show Warner Southern College students are among the most satisfied as compared with students of peer institutions. For the last four years, Warner Southern College has participated in the NSSE survey, which collects information annually from first year and senior students about the nature and quality of their undergraduate experiences. Colleges and Universities use the information gathered in this survey to measure the extent to which students engage in effective educational practices that are linked to learning, personal development, satisfaction, as well as the likelihood for their persistence and graduation.

In 2007, more than 313,000 first-year and senior students from nearly 610 different four-year colleges and universities participated in the NSSE survey. While the average institutional response rate was 36%, Warner Southern College’s response rate was 44%, an early indicator of commitment and satisfaction. Survey responses for each participating institution are collected, analyzed, and compared with all other participating institutions as well as other peer groups. For Warner Southern College these peer groups are defined by the institution’s Carnegie Classification (Baccalaureate Colleges with Diverse Fields of Study) and membership in the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU).

Overall, looking at five specific indicators or benchmarks, of effective educational practice, Warner Southern College significantly outperformed peer groups in each of the following categories:

Warner Southern continually looks to improving the student experience. Participating in NSSE is one of the ways to measure the effectiveness of various on-going initiatives at the college. Students have responded well to College Experience classes for new students and Warner Experience classes for new transfer students, the opening of two new residence halls, a low faculty to student classroom ratio, as well as opportunities to be involved with meaningful service work.

These survey results confirm the strength of the programs at Warner Southern College. They also serve as a catalyst for improvement activities to document student learning and satisfaction with the institution. As Warner Southern College enters its 40th year as a 4-year, post-secondary institution located in South Lake Wales, the institution enjoys record enrollment and a student body that is engaged and thriving.

For more information or questions, please contact Lisa Barranco Murphy, M.B.A. Director of Institutional Research, Planning & Effectiveness at Warner Southern College at 863.638.7690 or e-mail at murphylb@warner.edu.

 

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Theatre Warner to present Flamingo Sunset
Warner Southern’s Theatre Warner will present Flamingo Sunset, a comedy set in 1920’s Miami. The plot revolves around a rare pink diamond and its millionaire owner, gangsters, a police detective and various other characters. Performances are scheduled for Thursday, Friday and Saturday, November 8, 9, and 10 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, November 11, at 2 p.m. The play will be held in The Furnace, the student social hall on east campus, located behind the Fulton Fine Arts Building. Admission is free.

Watch a rehearsal video preview . . .

The cast includes Tyler Moan as Alfonzo Baskino; Josh Shutts as Antonio Baskino; Dannielle Devine and Valerie Roberts as the two Robins; Stephanie Foor as Lark Landers Fowler; Ona Wilcox as Delilah Darlen; Austin Nugent as Dexter Carlyle; Shawn Miller as Hunter Fowler; Kyle Yates as Scoop Trooper; Erika Larson as Petunia Carter; Danielle Stuart as Ruby Silver; Charlie Jackson as Officer Brantford Toms; and Jaman Underwood as Inspector Mikhail Jacqueson. The play was written and directed by Linda Posada.

Warner Southern College students, faculty and staff have come together to stage this theatrical performance. Last year Theatre Warner presented two plays, a light-hearted version of Shakespeare’s comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Luke, an allegorical fantasy.

For more information about the play, call the Student Life Office at (863) 638-7246.

 

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Photo l-r: Dr. Terry Fasel, Professor of Education at Warner Southern College; Emily Proctor, WSC Student; Dr. Fanchon F. Funk of Florida State University; Natalia DuBois, WSC Student; Dr. Karol Yeatts, Associate Professor of Education at Warner Southern attended the Florida Association of Teacher Educators (FATE) Annual Conference in Orlando.

Warner Southern Students are Fanchon F. Funk Scholars
Warner Southern students Emily Proctor and Natalia DuBois received the Fanchon F. Funk Scholars Award at the 2007 Annual Conference of the Florida Association of Teacher Educators (FATE) held September 28 & 29 in Orlando. They were recognized for their potential as outstanding future educators. Each student received a one-year membership in FATE, complimentary conference registration and a financial award of $150. The scholarship awards are named in honor of Dr. Fanchon F. Funk, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies and Associate Director of the Center for Performance Technology at Florida State University. Dr. Funk had made a lifetime commitment to improving education.
Emily and Natalia, both education majors, attended the FATE Conference with Dr. Terry Fasel and Dr. Karol Yeatts. Both Fasel and Yeatts were presenters at the conference. To be eligible for the scholarship award, students must be currently enrolled in a teacher education program at an accredited institution of higher education in the state of Florida. An overall grade point average of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale is required.

 

 

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Pinwheels for Peace
Warner Southern student, Veronica Resendiz, places her Pinwheel for Peace along the walkway to the Michael Crews Memorial Clock Tower on Friday, September 21. The Pinwheels for Peace activity was sponsored by the Student Peace Initiative on campus in recognition of the International Day of Peace. Faculty sponsors include Dr. James Christoph, Dr. Linda Fasel, Dr. James Holton and Sara Fasel Kane.

 

 

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Alumnus Art Clawson returns to WSC as Vice President for Advancement
Art Clawson is back at Warner Southern College after 22 years! He is serving as the new Vice President for Advancement replacing Doris B. Gukich who is now Assistant to the President. “I am thrilled that God has opened the door for me to return to my alma mater. The Christian education that I received here has been the foundation upon which all of my life experiences have been built. It is an honor for me to have this opportunity to raise money for the college that has invested so much in me and thousands of others now serving around the world,” Art said.

In his new position, Art will be responsible for developing and implementing a strategy for fund raising designed to address Warner Southern’s growth and expansion. He is looking forward to meeting old friends and making new ones for the college.

Art graduated from Warner Southern in 1978 with a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in Pastoral Ministries with a minor in Psychology. He was on the staff at Warner Southern from 1979-1985 and coached wrestling at Lake Wales High School in 1983. The next four years took Art and his wife, Suetta, also a Warner Southern graduate, to the country of Haiti as missionaries when Art was Community Development Director for the Missionary Board of the Church of God, Anderson, Indiana.

In 1991, Art and Suetta settled in Tallahassee where Art served as the Executive Director for Big Bend Area Health Education Center, the Director of the Division of Emergency Medical Services and Community Health Resources for the Florida Department of Health and, finally, to his immediate past position, Assistant Professor of the Department of Family Medicine and Rural Health in the College of Medicine at Florida State University and as the Director of the Center for Rural Health Research and Policy, the Area Health Education Center Program and the Rural Medical Education Program.

Art holds a Master of Science degree in International/Intercultural Development Education (1992) and a Master of Science in Higher Education (1980), both from Florida State University.

Art is the author of 18 publications relating to public and rural health, and he is also associated with the National Rural Health Association, American Public Health Association, Florida AHEC Network, Florida Rural Health Association, and others.

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New Academic Building Coming Fall 2008
This new two-story 35,000 square foot Academic Building is another step toward the long-range goal of Warner Southern College to move all facilities to the west campus. This building is of paramount importance to provide added space and technological capabilities to support innovative programs. The building has abundant classrooms, lecture halls, computer and science laboratories, and faculty will have offices and space to conduct projects and activities. Areas are designated for academic departments to be located in cohesive units. As of July 2007, 41 donors have already contributed about $450,000 toward the $6 million Academic Building. Many naming opportunities will be available. Please call the Advancement Office at 800-949-7248 for more information.

View architectural movie and slide presentation

 

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Dr. Jay Barber, President of Warner Pacific College, presented an inspiring message to an audience of more than 500 at Warner Southern’s Academic Convocation on Thursday, August 30.

Warner Southern College holds Academic Convocation on Thursday, August 30
Warner Southern College held Academic Convocation on Thursday, August 30. Dr. Greg Hall, Warner Southern’s President, welcomed incoming freshmen, returning students, faculty and staff. The ceremony signaled the start of the new school year.
Dr. Jay Barber, president of Warner Pacific College, gave an inspiring message to an audience of more than 500 students, faculty, staff and friends of the college. Warner Pacific, located in Portland, Oregon, is a sister school to Warner Southern.

A special “Robing of Freshmen” ceremony took place to acknowledge the joining of the freshmen students, the class of 2011, to the academic community and to the start of their undergraduate experience. Mrs. Dawn Meadows, Instructor of Christian Education, and Mr. Bryan Johnson, Assistant Professor of Music, placed robes on freshmen students Chelsie Hedrick and Christopher Smith.
Other faculty and administration taking part in the convocation program included Dr. Steven Darr, Professor of Music; Dr. James Holton, Assistant Professor of History; Dr. Tom Walton, Professor of Psychology; Dr. Michael Sanders, Campus Pastor; Mrs. Sherill Harriger, Director of the Pontious Learning Resource Center; Dr. Cynthia Robinson, Dean of the School of Business; and Dr. Collet Varner, Professor of Church Ministry.

Dr. Tom Walton, Professor of Psychology, leads worship during Academic Convocation at Warner Southern College on Thursday, August 30. Faculty members are on the platform.	“Robing of Freshmen” Ceremony at Warner Southern’s Opening Convocation on August 30. The ceremony acknowledges the joining of the freshmen class to the academic community. L – R Mrs. Dawn Meadows, Instructor of Christian Education, Freshman Chelsie Hedrick, Freshman Christopher Smith, Mr. Bryan Johnson, Assistant Professor of Music.

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Multicultural Education Class
Culture Research Display
Laura Dickey, who teaches at Alta Vista Elementary School in Haines City, presented an exhibit featuring the results of research she did on Jewish culture and history during Warner Southern's Multicultural Education class Culture Research Display held on campus on Saturday, June 23. Laura is in the Master of Arts Education program at Warner Southern College. Class members exhibit their research for peer evaluation.

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Heidi Grogg teaches at Polk Life & Learning	Tina Mathewson is a teacher at Bartow Academy
Kelly Stentz teaches at Hillcrest Elementary School	Fred Powell is a new teacher at Frostproof High School
Danielle Arnold teaches at Alturas Elementary School

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Shelton Quarles & Ryan Nece Football Camp
The Shelton Quarles & Ryan Nece Football Camp started Wednesday at Warner Southern. Quarles and Nece, Linebackers for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, greeted camp participants Wednesday afternoon. Practice began in the evening and will continue in morning and afternoon sessions through the weekend. More than 150 boys, ages 7 - 18, from Florida and other states are enrolled in the camp, which is managed by Sports International.

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New Warner Southern College Gazebo dedicated in ceremony on May 4, 2007
The Board of Trustees and over 100 visitors attended the dedication of Warner Southern’s newly constructed Gazebo on Friday, May 4. The stately 30 foot high Warner Southern College Gazebo with dome roof was donated by Cleo and Thelma Carlile, in memory of their fathers, Reverend Clifford Cleo Carlile and Elmer W. Yerden. Mr. Carlile is immediate past Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Warner Southern College. A tribute to Elmer William Yerden and Clifford Cleo Carlile can be found in a plaque on the floor of the Gazebo. Located on the college’s west campus against a backdrop of sweetbay magnolias and wild grapevines, the Gazebo has already become a popular spot for outdoor classes, quiet reflection and fishing in the adjacent pond.

President Greg Hall said, “For me, this dome has important spiritual meaning. Many of the great cathedrals of the world use a dome as a symbol of God’s great creation. A dome or canopy is a symbol of the heavens. It is our covering, our protection. The scripture says he made His canopy – space. A dome like this has the very shape of the earth and this canopy or dome will always serve as a reminder that God our creator is covering us and protecting us.”

Ed Locke, president of Semco Construction and contractor for the Gazebo, presented a framed picture of the archway leading to the Gazebo to Mr. and Mrs. Carlile in appreciation of their generosity. Members of the Carlile and Yerden family presented special music and spoke to the audience about their fathers and grandfathers who made a lasting and positive difference in their lives and in other’s lives.

Warner Southern College Gazebo Donors Cleo and Thelma Carlile
Thelma and Cleo Carlile donated the Gazebo to the college. Here the Carliles display a framed picture of the archway leading to the Gazebo presented to them by Ed Locke, President of Semco Construction and contractor for the Gazebo. Mr. Carlile is immediate past Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Warner Southern College.

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Warner Southern College Gazebo Dedication held on Friday, May 4
This stately 30 foot high Gazebo with dome roof was dedicated on May 4 in memory of Clifford Cleo Carlile and Elmer W. Yerden. Located on Warner Southern’s west campus, the Gazebo has already become a popular spot for outdoor classes, quiet reflection and fishing in the adjacent pond.

Gazebo Memorial Plaque
Plaque in memory of Elmer Yerden and Clifford Cleo Carlile found on the marble floor of the Gazebo.

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Rob Quam is newly elected chairman of Warner Southern College Board of Trustees
Rob Quam, Warner Southern College alumnus and member of the Board of Trustees since 1995, is the newly elected Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Rob was unanimously elected at the May 4 meeting. “I am humbled and honored to serve my alma mater. I feel strongly about the mission of Warner Southern College and I am pleased to serve,” Rob said.

Rob Quam, who was the Lake Wales Citizen of the Year for 2004, is well known locally for making a positive difference in the community. Rob is the Executive Director of the Lake Wales Care Center, a community based Christian social service agency. He has been with the Care Center since its inception in 1985, serving as Executive Director since 1987. Rob earned a Bachelors degree in Church Ministries from Warner Southern College in 1985 and a Master’s Degree in Social Work from Florida State University in 1995. Rob has been married to high school sweetheart, Gail, for 22 years. They have two children, Kirby and Amanda. Rob serves on several service related boards in Lake Wales and around Polk County. He is an adjunct professor of Social Work at Warner Southern College.

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Warner Southern Graduates Processional takes place through the
Michael W. Crews Memorial Clock Tower

Warner Southern College graduates 150 in Spring Commencement
One hundred and fifty students, cheered on by friends and family members, celebrated their graduation from Warner Southern College on Saturday, May 5. Six graduates represented the very first graduating class of the Master of Arts in Education program, which began in 2005. Thirteen graduates received a Master of Business Administration degree. One hundred fourteen received a Bachelor of Arts degree and 14 earned an Associate of Arts degree. Thirty-seven 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. Gregory Hall, Warner Southern’s President, and Dr. William Rigel, Executive Vice President, presented the candidates for graduation and conferred the degrees. Ken Bish, Class of 1985, inducted the graduates into the Alumni Association. Bethany Underwood and Mirka Caban presented the Response of the Graduates. The Collegiate Chorale provided special music.

First graduating class of Warner Southern’s Master of Arts in Education program 1st row l-r: Dr. Don Royal, Professor of Education with graduates Joanna Zammito and Mirka Caban 2nd row l-r: graduates Jennifer Elrod and Dawn Dilts 3rd row l-r: g raduate Alicia Walton with Dr. Terry Fasel, Professor of Education and chair of the Teacher Education Department Not pictured is MAEd graduate Sharon Long.

Master of Business Administration graduating class 1st row l-r: Dr. Jerry Shmidt, Associate Professor of Business, graduate Chad B. Williams, Dr. John D. Theodore, Adjunct Professor of Business, Dr. Cynthia Robinson, Dean, School of Business and Professor of Business. 2nd row: Graduates John A. Schwarze, Wayne Koltz, Katrina Childress, Sunnia Sealey 3rd row: Graduates Dennis Childress, Thomas Mathews, Carlos Pierre, Dwain Awai, and Daniel Riquelme Not pictured are MBA graduates Evelyn Alvarado, Marguerite Edwards and Kathy Getman.

 

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Warner Southern College Teacher Education Interns present Teaching Expo
Warner Southern’s Teacher Education Interns presented the Spring Teaching Expo on Thursday, April 26, 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 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.

Student Interns included Elya Mills who taught an English class at Winter Haven High School, Erin Bish who taught a kindergarten science class at Alturas Elementary School; Jonathan Carter who taught a 6th grade class in piano at Frostproof Middle/Senior High School; Chris Lavely who taught a 3rd grade class at Cracker Trail Elementary in Sebring; Jancie Tucker who taught 3rd grade social studies at Brigham Academy in Winter Haven; and Ashley Wilbanks who taught 1st grade science at Berkley Charter Elementary School in Auburndale.

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

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.

Photos (l to r): Ashley Wilbanks, Chris Lavely, Erin Bish, Jonathan Carter and Jancie Tucker.

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Tim Craig is honored as Warner Southern’s 2007 Professor of the Year
Tim Craig, Assistant Professor of Communication, is Warner Southern’s Professor of the Year for 2007. Dr. Bill Rigel, Executive Vice President, made the presentation during Awards Chapel on April 17. Professor Craig was selected for this honor by his colleagues, students and the administration of the college. “I am humbled and honored to receive this award from my peers, the students and the administration. God has been so graceful to me by allowing me to be in a work situation where I am valued, directed and helped along by professionals who demonstrate their care for students and this school every day. I love what I do and I hope it shows,” Professor Craig said.

Tim Craig teaches in the Communication Arts Department. He joined the faculty at Warner Southern College in 1998. He holds a B.A. from Warner Southern and a M.A. from the University of South Florida. He is currently undergoing doctoral studies with Regent University.

Tim and wife, Christine and son, Thomas, live in Lakeland.

Professors of the Year qualify for national honors through the U. S. Professors of the Year Program sponsored by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.

Photo (l – r) Tim Craig receives the 2007 Professor of the Year Award from Dr. Bill Rigel, Executive Vice President and Academic Dean, Warner Southern College.

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Warner Southern College Receives $10,000 Gift from Citizens Bank & Trust
Warner Southern President Greg Hall accepted a $10,000 check from Citizens Bank & Trust Executive Vice President Dan McCullough and Senior Vice President, Jackie Whitby during a luncheon at the college on March 27. The check is an annual gift toward a $100,000 pledge to support academic and athletic programs at the college. President Hall said, “We greatly appreciate the support. Citizens Bank is helping Warner Southern reach its goal of providing a quality education for our students.”

Founded in 1920 and under the same family management, Citizens Bank & Trust is the oldest bank in Polk County and consistently ranks as one of Florida’s safest five-star institutions. The bank has assets of $300 million and has eight locations in Lake Wales, Winter Haven, Auburndale, Dundee, Frostproof, Haines City and Indian Lake Estates. A ninth office will be opening in the Spring of 2007 in the Winterset area in the High Point Office Centre on Cypress Gardens Boulevard.

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Warner Southern Faculty and Students Inducted into Pi Gamma Mu
Warner Southern College’s Florida Kappa Chapter of Pi Gamma Mu held an induction ceremony conducted by Dr. Tom Walton on Tuesday, April 3. Two faculty members and six students were inducted into Pi Gamma Mu, which is the international honor society for the Social Sciences. Its purpose is to encourage and nurture an interdisciplinary approach to the analysis and resolution of the issues and problems facing humankind.

Dr. Tom Walton, Professor of Psychology and Faculty Advisor, said, “At Warner Southern we have long prided ourselves on the quality of education provided to the students. Through Pi Gamma Mu we have a way to honor the quality students in our Social Science majors.”

Faculty and students inducted into the society were: Virginia Schnarre, Reference and Distance Librarian and Instructor; Dr. J. Norman White, General Counsel and Professor of Business Law; Shannon Wright, Bethany Underwood, Stacey Parker, Tabitha Knauer, Marla Kahlis, Cheryl Ann Benton.

Pi Gamma Mu was founded in 1924 by the deans of the College of William and Mary in Virginia and of Southwestern College in Kansas. It is the oldest, largest and most significant of the honor societies broadly concerned with the social sciences. It now has more than 170 chapters and 185,000 members. Warner Southern’s Florida Kappa Chapter was founded in November 2003.

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Warner Southern’s Sigma Beta Delta Inducts New Members
The Warner Southern College School of Business Honor Society, Sigma Beta Delta, inducted 25 new members into the society on Tuesday, March 13. Dr. Chris Zapalski, Assistant Professor of Business and president of the college chapter, led the ceremony. Honor Society members heard a presentation by Ronald R. Borges, Business Consultant and Labor Relations specialist. Honor Society scholarships were awarded to Natania Patterson and Benjamin Shockey.

This is the third year that Warner Southern College has inducted members into the prestigious Sigma Beta Delta International Honor Society for Business, Management and Administration.

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Justine Thompson, Carlos Pierre, Joseph Eloisin, Daniel Riquelme, Kristina Martin, Krystal Wood, Benjamin C. Shockey, Laurie Stewart-Batchelor, Brian Jones, Natania Patterson, Brenda Byrd, Jenna Taylor, Azalia Zamora, Cynthia Bond, Danuta Trip, Dr. Chris Zapalski.

Others inductees not present for the ceremony included Mauricia Gonzales, Rachel Nawrocki, Laura Wilder, Jodi Frisby, April Beach, Dennis Childress, Julio Madrigal, Cynthia Hambridge, Cassie Farmer and Cynthia Hurston.

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Warner Southern Welcomed Sankofa African-American Museum on Wheels to Campus
Warner Southern welcomed Angela Jennings, Curator, and the Sankofa African-American Culture Exhibit to campus on Thursday, February 15. Ms. Jennings is an Exhibitor of African-American History and Cultural Ambassador of Goodwill, from Denmark, South Carolina. The Sankofa exhibit is considered to be one of the foremost collections of African American history readily available to all audiences.

The Sankofa exhibit spans the period of 1860 to the present and takes the audience on a journey through slavery, the era of King Cotton, emancipation, African American inventions, Dr. Martin Luther King and the civil rights movement. The exhibit is a testament to the contributions that African Americans have made to this country and to the world.

Warner Southern students and faculty members toured and studied the exhibit throughout the day and listened to the riveting story Ms. Jennings told about an experience of her ancestor who was a slave. The dramatizations of certain periods and historical figures allow those in the audience to “experience” both the pain and pride of the history portrayed.

The term, Sankofa, means to “use the wisdom of the past to build the future.”

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Dr. Diane Dike, Speaker, Singer, Author, and Her Service Dog, Gracie, Presented at Chapel on Thursday, February 15
Diane, a WSC alumna, earned a BA in Physical Education, Recreation and Health at Warner Southern in 1988. She later went on to earn a Masters Eq. in Behavior Disorders and a Ph.D. in Human Services. She started her own ministry, “Dr. D. Ministries” in Florida where she ministered to prisoners, the elderly, and to students. She has volunteered and spoken for Habitat for Humanity, churches, conferences, and traveled with some of the biggest names in Christianity as a massage therapist and prayer warrior. Diane and her husband, Paul E. Dike, live in Vail Valley, Colorado

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Warner Southern Alumna Christine Schaub Makes Warner Southern Appearance
Christine is the author of Finding Anna and The Longing Season. Her stories tell of the origins of great hymns. Finding Anna chronicles the tragic life of H. G. Spafford and his family, which inspired the hymn “It Is Well With My Soul.” The Longing Season explores the two-year odyssey of John Newton and his iconic hymn “Amazing Grace.” Christine began telling these stories in 1994 as one-person dramas, written for her church. She became widely known through International Church of God Conferences, the Gaithers’ Praise Gathering conferences, Taylor University, and Anderson University. A publisher asked her to broaden the stories into novel form. The Music of the Heart series was born.

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Warner Southern College President Greg Hall is honored on 15th anniversary of presidency
Dr. Greg Hall was recognized for 15 years of outstanding leadership as president of Warner Southern College during a campus Chapel service on Tuesday, January 30. President Hall took office on December 1, 1991. Since that time there has been significant growth in enrollment, academic programs and services and campus development. President Hall was lauded by students, faculty and staff for his leadership style and accomplishments for the college. Joining him at the ceremony were his wife, Patt Hall, a teacher at Babson Park Elementary School, son, Trevor and daughter, Courtney.

(pictured l-r; Courtney Hall, Trevor Hall, Patt Hall, Dr. Greg Hall)

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Warner Southern graduates 178 in Winter Commencement
One hundred and seventy-eight students celebrated their graduation from Warner Southern College on Saturday, January 13, 2007. The graduation ceremony took place in the west campus courtyard.

One hundred and sixty four students received a Bachelor of Arts degree and ten earned an Associate of Arts degree. Four were awarded a Master of Business Administration degree. Thirty three graduated with academic honors.

Dr. Mike Sanders, Associate Professor of Christian Education and Warner Southern's Professor of the Year for 2006, gave the Commencement Address. Dr. Gregory Hall, President, and Dr. William Rigel, Executive Vice President, presented the candidates for graduation and conferred the degrees. Alan Nitchman inducted the graduates into the Alumni Association and Katie Putnam gave the Response of the Graduates. Members of the Collegiate Chorale provided special music.

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Warner Southern Students are Fanchon F. Funk Scholars
Warner Southern students (l – r), Angela Reynolds and Heather Simmons have been awarded the 2006 Fanchon F. Funk Scholars Award. They were selected as outstanding future educators by FATE, Florida Association of Teacher Educators on September 29, 2006. The awardees received complimentary conference registration, a one-year membership in FATE, and a financial award of $150. These awards are named in honor of Dr. Fanchon Funk who has a lifetime commitment to improving education.

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Michael W. Crews Memorial Clock Tower dedicated at Warner Southern College
More than 100 people attended the dedication service for the Michael W.Crews Memorial Clock Tower at Warner Southern College on Sunday afternoon, October 29. Designed by Scott Crews, the clock tower and carillon were given to Warner Southern by Jayne Crews Linton, a formermember of the board of trustees, and the Crews family as a memorial to and enduring legacy of husband and father, Michael W. Crews. Mike Crews died in 1991.

Neal Myers of Peterson and Myers, P.A., spoke about his long-time friendship and professional association with Mike and of his valuable contributions to the community. Also speaking were Warner Southern College president, Dr. Greg Hall, Cleo Carlile, Chairman of the Board, Doris Gukich, Assistant to the President for Donor Relations and Gabriel Statom, Director of the Lake Wales Chorale. Mike Crews started the Lake Wales Chorale.

Members of the Lake Wales Chorale sang selections from Anton Bruckner’s Locus Iste. The van Bergen carillon played for the very first time at the end of the dedication program, ringing out All Glory, Laud and Honor.

The beautiful, 30-foot-high Michael W. Crews Memorial Clock Tower graces the center of the courtyard on Warner Southern’s west campus. Constructed of steel overlaid with brick, the tower features bronze plaques on each side inscribed with words from Ecclesiastes 3:1-9…To everything there is a season. The van Bergen carillon plays music on the hour and fountains, benches and plantings surround the tower. The tower design features a blend of contemporary and traditional elements.

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