News & Noteworthy
![Sammons to lead Wingate’s faith-based initiatives as school’s first chaplain]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1736537697/wingateedu/e7ab5xxnah2v2ig5x3z2/BenSammons1_crop.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1736537697/wingateedu/e7ab5xxnah2v2ig5x3z2/BenSammons1_crop.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1736537697/wingateedu/e7ab5xxnah2v2ig5x3z2/BenSammons1_crop.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1736537697/wingateedu/e7ab5xxnah2v2ig5x3z2/BenSammons1_crop.jpg","width":1200}])
English professor says that part of a university chaplain's job is to help students "live out their full humanity."
![Jimmy Carter stands at a lectern wearing a Wingate College letter jacket]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1736449571/wingateedu/nsenfifpanxbbeubyvhc/JimmyCarter_WCjacket_crop.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1736449571/wingateedu/nsenfifpanxbbeubyvhc/JimmyCarter_WCjacket_crop.jpg","width":472}])
Members of Wingate community share remembrances of the former president, who died Dec. 29.
![Dr. Laura Hunt headshot]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1722361215/wingateedu/yhd4eclvs44s2vvszkta/Laura_Hunt_provost.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1722361215/wingateedu/yhd4eclvs44s2vvszkta/Laura_Hunt_provost.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1722361215/wingateedu/yhd4eclvs44s2vvszkta/Laura_Hunt_provost.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1722361215/wingateedu/yhd4eclvs44s2vvszkta/Laura_Hunt_provost.jpg","width":908}])
Dr. Laura Hunt plans to focus on developing faculty members and preparing students for life after Wingate.
![Four photos from the past year, each in a quadrant]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1734709314/wingateedu/hi3iqx8uatnwy4wfffbu/Top_10_2024.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1734709314/wingateedu/hi3iqx8uatnwy4wfffbu/Top_10_2024.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1734709314/wingateedu/hi3iqx8uatnwy4wfffbu/Top_10_2024.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1734709314/wingateedu/hi3iqx8uatnwy4wfffbu/Top_10_2024.jpg","width":1200}])
Check out some of the top Bulldog stories of the past year. Happy New Year!
![Cameron Carter and Jordan Saunders headshots]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1734441246/wingateedu/mb6ryc05vhk713bafekm/Carter_Saunders.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1734441246/wingateedu/mb6ryc05vhk713bafekm/Carter_Saunders.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1734441246/wingateedu/mb6ryc05vhk713bafekm/Carter_Saunders.jpg","width":800}])
Showing off their knowledge and critical-thinking skills, Cameron Carter and Jordan Saunders outperformed teams from 131 other schools on their way to the University's best finish ever in the competition.
![Graduate in cap and gown holds diploma and honorary bowl]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1734202558/wingateedu/pzmznzfdzdmj9j4jqisl/WinterCommencement2024-35_crop.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1734202558/wingateedu/pzmznzfdzdmj9j4jqisl/WinterCommencement2024-35_crop.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1734202558/wingateedu/pzmznzfdzdmj9j4jqisl/WinterCommencement2024-35_crop.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1734202558/wingateedu/pzmznzfdzdmj9j4jqisl/WinterCommencement2024-35_crop.jpg","width":1200}])
Wingate handed out diplomas to 270 graduates on Saturday, including 103 health-science students.
![Denise Olivas Castillo standing in front of the Wellspring wearing a white medical coat]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1734039392/wingateedu/q1jq98geiolfzi1cbmae/DeniseOlivasCastillo-1_crop.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1734039392/wingateedu/q1jq98geiolfzi1cbmae/DeniseOlivasCastillo-1_crop.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1734039392/wingateedu/q1jq98geiolfzi1cbmae/DeniseOlivasCastillo-1_crop.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1734039392/wingateedu/q1jq98geiolfzi1cbmae/DeniseOlivasCastillo-1_crop.jpg","width":1200}])
After receiving her diploma this weekend, Denise Olivas Castillo plans to practice PT in Union County. She'll be one of a small percentage of Hispanic physical therapists in the country.
![Amber Collins, in cap and gown, poses with her young daughter]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1733761436/wingateedu/qtmxoyluj1pdmmltj35m/Amber_and_daughter_crop.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1733761436/wingateedu/qtmxoyluj1pdmmltj35m/Amber_and_daughter_crop.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1733761436/wingateedu/qtmxoyluj1pdmmltj35m/Amber_and_daughter_crop.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1733761436/wingateedu/qtmxoyluj1pdmmltj35m/Amber_and_daughter_crop.jpg","width":1200}])
Amber Collins will receive her diploma during Commencement on Saturday. A member of the Honors College, she will continue her Wingate education in the Master of Accounting program.
![Genesis Hepburn posing in the Writing Center]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1733754235/wingateedu/nsily31lluonvyczovly/GenesisHepburn-2_crop_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1733754235/wingateedu/nsily31lluonvyczovly/GenesisHepburn-2_crop_1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1733754235/wingateedu/nsily31lluonvyczovly/GenesisHepburn-2_crop_1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1733754235/wingateedu/nsily31lluonvyczovly/GenesisHepburn-2_crop_1.jpg","width":1200}])
Senior Genesis Hepburn found the one-on-one mentoring she craved at Wingate, and it led her to present her T.S. Eliot research at a conference in Italy this fall.
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