Wingate Football Wins Fifth Straight at L-R, Plays for Division Title Saturday at Home Against Newberry

Cover Photo: Wingate defensive tackle Justin Rhodes stands over Lenoir-Rhyne quarterback Sean White after a sack in last Saturday’s 24-21 win over the Bears Staff Writers: Samuel Rodriguez and RJ Rennie The Wingate football team, winners of five consecutive games and sixstraight on the road, takes on Newberry at Irwin Belk Stadium Nov. 5 inContinueContinue reading “Wingate Football Wins Fifth Straight at L-R, Plays for Division Title Saturday at Home Against Newberry”

Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift Review: The Best Out of The Big Three Fast and Furious Films

Guest Writer and Wayfind Scholar: Cristopher Puente The Fast and Furious franchise is one of the biggest franchises in the world, grossing over six billion dollars at the worldwide box office. What started out as common street-racing films have evolved to include heists, spies, emphasis on family, and expensive cars.  When even looking into theContinueContinue reading “Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift Review: The Best Out of The Big Three Fast and Furious Films”

Looking For Some Really Good Ideas? Try These—Starting With a Wingate Parking Garage

Staff Writer: Emily Werner We all think of ideas that we find to be absolutely genius. Half the time,they’re things that come to us in the middle of the night and are nolonger great ideas when we wake up the next morning. But my ideas? Itruly believe they are life-altering and would tremendously benefitsociety ifContinueContinue reading “Looking For Some Really Good Ideas? Try These—Starting With a Wingate Parking Garage”

Wingate Volleyball Climbing National Rankings Thanks to Recent Winning Streak

Staff Writers: Caroline Backus and Cody Kelley The No. 20-ranked Wingate volleyball team continued its near-perfect2022 season by overpowering three opponents over the last two weeks.Wingate played two home matches and one road match, beating Carson-Newman and Lincoln Memorial two weeks ago at Cuddy Arena. TheBulldogs also dominated Lenoir-Rhyne on the road last Saturday, givingthemContinueContinue reading “Wingate Volleyball Climbing National Rankings Thanks to Recent Winning Streak”

New Business Professor Turner-Henderson Offers Unique Digital Marketing Course

Features Editor: Savannah Phillips At the start of the current fall semester, Wingate University welcomed anew assistant professor, Dr. Tiffanie Turner-Henderson, to the marketingdepartment located in the Porter B. Byrum School of Business. Shebrought with her a special topics course offering, Marketing 411: DigitalMarketing, that was not previously available on campus. Prior to her currentContinueContinue reading “New Business Professor Turner-Henderson Offers Unique Digital Marketing Course”

Mendoza Aiming to Contribute to Bulldog XC Program

Sports Writer: Michael O’Neill Wingate freshman cross-country runner Isaac Mendoza is a bright young man from El Paso, Texas, who developed a curiosity for nature and his surroundings. He also has a competitive passion to give everything he has on the pathway and in the classroom. Growing up in his hometown, Mendoza enjoyed going onContinueContinue reading “Mendoza Aiming to Contribute to Bulldog XC Program”

No. 4 Wingate Takes First-Place in the 49-Team UAH Invitational

Staff Writers: Bode Arigbon and Michael O’Neill The fourth-ranked Wingate men’s cross country team won the Universityof Alabama at Huntsville Invitational Oct. 22 at the John Hunt Park XCcourse. The Bulldogs placed five runners among the top 18 finishers inthe 8K event to post 53 points. Sixth-ranked Lee (Tenn.) University wassecond with 87 points. Wingate graduateContinueContinue reading “No. 4 Wingate Takes First-Place in the 49-Team UAH Invitational”

Tireless Arts Advocate Pann Assumes Leadership of Department of Communication

Features Writer: Savannah Phillips In 1988, Barbara Pann, a young, energetic professor at Georgetown(Ky.) College, boarded a flight from Louisville to Charlotte for a jobinterview at what was then Wingate College. The dean at Georgetownhad offered up her name when Wingate came calling aboutrecommendations for an opening it had for a full-time professor to teachpublicContinueContinue reading “Tireless Arts Advocate Pann Assumes Leadership of Department of Communication”

Highly Ranked Wingate Cross Country Teams Receive In-Season Surprise Invitation to Host November’s NCAA Southeast Regional

Staff Writers: Bode Arignon and Michael O’Neill The Wingate cross-country program received a big in-season boostrecently when the NCAA announced that it is moving this year’s Division 2Southeast Regional set for Nov. 19 from McAlpine Creek Park in Charlotteto the Bulldogs’ cross country facility surrounding the campus lake. The opportunity came about as a resultContinueContinue reading “Highly Ranked Wingate Cross Country Teams Receive In-Season Surprise Invitation to Host November’s NCAA Southeast Regional”

Walking in Their Shoes: Wingate Business Students Playing Big Role in Nonprofit’s Mission to Put Feet in New Shoes Around the World.

Features Editor: Savannah Phillips One of the top-rated nonprofits in the country, Soles4Souls, has had afaithful volunteer in Wingate University since 2017. Implemented oncampus as a service-learning project, students who are enrolled in the“Business 105: Business, Society and Sustainability” course are requiredto collect 50 pairs of shoes each semester. Founded and based in Nashville, Tenn.,ContinueContinue reading “Walking in Their Shoes: Wingate Business Students Playing Big Role in Nonprofit’s Mission to Put Feet in New Shoes Around the World.”