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By MATTHEW GALLO Triangle contributing writer Wingate University’s healthcare programs are becoming increasingly designed to address imbalances in healthcare education across local communities through a hands-on philosophy that translates classroom knowledge into real-world impact. Through various data sources, the university identifies localized healthcare needs to inform program design. “Before we develop any programs, we doContinueContinue reading “Wingate’s fast-growing College of Health Sciences making impact here and abroad”

By MAXWELL GENWRIGHT Triangle contributing writer Wingate students feel uneasy about the Asian Beetle invasion. Scores of Asian beetles were discovered piling up in stairwells and common areas of many buildings at Wingate University in November, leaving many students feeling uncomfortable about their living space. Clusters of these small insects were first spotted in TuckerContinueContinue reading “November dorm invasion by Asian beetles quashed by Campus Services”

By Savannah Phillips Features Editor Crumpton’s time volunteering at the Red Cross was instrumental in helping inspire her book. A business owner and board-certified health coach, Rosanny Crumpton, who graduated from Wingate in 2005, kept a private journal ever since she could remember and throughout adolescence and early adulthood she wrote and compiled her poetryContinueContinue reading “Wingate alumna recounts stories from Hurricane Katrina in upcoming book”

By Savannah Phillips Features Editor On Sept. 13, for the third year in a row, Wingate’s health science programs and other departments teamed up with Monroe community partners to help make Union County healthier. By all accounts, the Community Health and Wellness Fair, held at the Monroe Science Center, was a big success. Of theContinueContinue reading “Students get hands-on experience while helping community at health fair”

By Savannah Phillips Features Editor Some chapel related events will be held in the Ethel K. Smith Library. When assistant professor and University Chaplain Dr. Ben Sammons presided over his first chapel service at Wingate University on Wednesday, it was the culmination of a bold move he made five years ago. Sammons resigned from teachingContinueContinue reading “Dr. Ben Sammons brings chapel back to Wingate”

By Avery Hill and Emarie Tucker Editors As the fall semester approaches, Wingate University faces new challenges: for the first time in over 70 years, its town will not have an organized police force. On July 15, Wingate town officials voted to enter a contract with the Union County Sheriff’s Department providing four full-time officersContinueContinue reading “Wingate University reacts to town’s decision to disband police force”