Student Develops Special Topics Course, Teaches Local Elementary Students Theatre

Sophomore Sarah Moxley, along with the help of Dr. Jim Thomas and fellow Gardner-Webb student Madison Wait, created, planned and implemented her own Special Topics course in theatre, in the spring semester of 2015.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gwu-today/1273/thumbnail.jp

Gardner-Webb University Theatre Announces Open Auditions for “Sylvia”

The Gardner-Webb University School of Performing and Visual Arts invites faculty, staff, students and members of the community to audition for the comedy “Sylvia.” Auditions will be held Tuesday, Oct. 9 at 7:30 p.m. in the Millennium Theatre, located in the Communication Studies Hall. Directed by Dr. Jim Thomas, dean for the School of Performing Arts, “Sylvia” is a play that tells the unique story of a dog named Sylvia and her owners, a middle-aged couple struggling to keep their marriage on track.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/2765/thumbnail.jp

Gardner-Webb Associate Provost Returns to the Stage for Powerful Performance

When the Gardner-Webb School of Performing and Visual Arts Theatre Department opens its fall season with “Tuesdays with Morrie,” it will bring back an actor, Dr. Earl Leininger, and director, Jim Thomas, who have worked on this production together in the past. Performances take place in the Millennium Theatre, located in the Communications Studies Hall, Sept. 14-15 at 7:30 p.m. and Sept. 16 during a 2:30 p.m. matinee. “Tuesdays with Morrie” is written by Jeffrey Hatcher and Mitch Albom and was based on the bestselling autobiography by Albom.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/2788/thumbnail.jp

Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre Presents Play by GWU Associate Provost

A comedy written by Dr. Doug Bryan, associate provost for Student Success at Gardner-Webb University, will be presented in August by the Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre (SART). Directed by Jim Thomas, SART founder and former dean of the GWU School of Performing and Visual Arts, performances are in Owen Theatre on the campus of Mars Hill University, 44 College St., Mars Hill, N.C. The play, titled “I-YA-I-YA-O,” is based on Bryan’s experiences living and teaching in such places as Nigeria, Hong Kong, Lithuania, Romania and India.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/1372/thumbnail.jp

Gardner-Webb Faculty Member Awarded North Carolina’s Highest Civil Distinction

Dr. Jim Thomas of Gardner-Webb University recently received the North Carolina Long Leaf Pine Award, which is among the most prestigious awards presented by the Governor and is considered one of the highest honors for a civilian in the state. Thomas serves as dean of the School of Performing and Visual Arts and received the award from Gov. Pat McCrory during a recent event at Mars Hill University (N.C.). The Order of the Long Leaf Pine, created in 1965, is an honor that is granted in the state of North Carolina.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/2556/thumbnail.jp

The Arts are Alive and Well at Gardner-Webb University

A new fall semester at Gardner-Webb University brings with it new faculty, facility upgrades, and continued expansion for a brighter artistic tomorrow for the School of Performing and Visual Arts. “We want potential students who want to make a career in the arts to be able to visit our campus and feel motivated by the people they meet and the things they see in their decision process to attend the school,” said GWU School of Performing and Visual Arts Dean and Dept. Chair, Jim Thomas. Thomas hopes a big part of that in the future will be a new fine arts building that is currently in the planning process.https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/gardner-webb-newscenter-archive/2783/thumbnail.jp

Arts for All Higher Education Think Tank

As we enter the 21st century -- the global information age -- we must ensure our students are equipped to thrive in an environment that will require them to be able to shift their thinking and remain open to learning throughout their lives. Flexibility, innovation, improvisation and the ability to communicate across diverse cultures are skills crucial to future success. The arts are the most efficient way to teach those skills. By working to include and sustain the arts as part of a comprehensive K-12 curriculum, we allow students to cultivate the crucial skills they will need to function in a 21st century world.Arts for All is a dynamic, county-wide collaboration working to create vibrant classrooms, schools, communities and economies through the restoration of all arts disciplines into the core curriculum for each of our 1.7 million public K-12 students. One of the key strategies to ensure high quality arts education is to improve the quality of teaching and learning. We believe that when we help build the skills, knowledge, and confidence of the people who provide arts instruction to students, they are able to translate district policies and plans into high quality student learning. Practical tools and partnership opportunities promote the collective responsibility of classroom teachers, arts teachers, and artists to deliver high quality arts education. The on-going development of teachers and artists increases their ability to raise the quality of arts education.On Friday, May 7, 2010, Arts for All in partnership with California State University at Northridge, hosted the Arts for All Higher Education Think Tank. This event brought together decision makers throughout the education community to begin to discuss how to strategically address quality arts education in teacher preparation programs in order to impact teacher practice and student learning. Over 60 people attended representing 13 institutions of higher education, 3 foundations, 6 school districts and partners from the Los Angeles County Office of Education, Orange County Office of Education and the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. This report is a transcript of those proceedings

Discussing the possibility of observation of parity violation in heavy ion collisions

It was recently argued that in heavy ion collision the parity could be broken. This Note addresses the question of possibility of the experimental detection of the effect. We discuss how parity violating effects would modify the final particle distributions and how one could construct variables sensitive to the effect, and which measurement would be the (most) conclusive. Discussing different observables we also discuss the question if the ``signals'' can be faked by ``conventional'' effects (such as anisotropic flow, etc.) and make estimates of the signals.Comment: LaTeX, 5 pages; some corrections in chapter III; main results are unchange

2005 Oregon Harvest Report

This harvest report for the Oregon wine industry from 2005 discusses how the cooler temperatures and lower alcohol levels affected the vintages. The harvests were later and difficulties arose with autumn rains, but excellent wines were still made