Category Archives: Academics

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”

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”

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.”

By Savannah Phillips, Triangle Features Editor Cover Photo Taken by Anesu Simango Dr. Sergio Castello, Wingate University’s Dean of the Porter B. Byrum School of Business since 2020, came to the United States on a tennis scholarship at the age of 18 with $157, one suitcase, and two tennis rackets. A native of Barcelona, Spain,ContinueContinue reading “THE LIGHT BEHIND THEIR EYES: School of Business Dean Sergio Castello found a forever home in academia for himself—and his tennis racquet—at Wingate”

Staff Writer: Alexandria Sessions While students were gearing up and preparing for in-person classes, Dr. Ralph Frasca, Chair of the Communication and Arts department at Wingate University, was preparing for a new addition to the Communication Department staff. After two weeks of interviews and careful consideration from both the search committee and selected students. whileContinueContinue reading “Wingate’s School of Business Bridging Gap Between Health and Media”