Bishop named Dean of Dover Library

Gardner-Webb University Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Karen Aubrey has announced the promotion of Dr. Natalie Edwards Bishop to dean of Dover Library. Bishop currently serves as associate dean and University archivist.

“Dr. Bishop brings a determination to increase usage of the library, build partnerships, and make sure our library is seen as a vital heart of the campus,” Aubrey affirmed. “She has a willingness to take a fresh look at Dover and move us to the next level.”

Bishop follows a practical approach to library administration and leadership. Her focus will be on delivering high-impact services to the Gardner-Webb community that align with the academic curriculum and University Strategic Plan.

“The role of libraries in higher education has shifted over the course of my career,” Bishop noted. “Libraries should no longer be dark and dusty repositories of things—rather, modern libraries should be an active hub of student learning and community engagement. I am excited to take on this new oppor-

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SWEET POTATO

CASSEROLE

Hazel Crouch

4 cups cooked sweet potatoes

1 cup sugar

4 eggs

¾ cup milk

1 T. vanilla

¾ melted butter

Mash the potatoes until creamy. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix. Sprinkle topping over potatoes. Bake uncovered at 350 for 30 minutes. Will serve 10 to 12 people generously.

TOPPING

1 ½ cups brown sugar

½ cup flour

¾ stick margarine

1 cup chopped pecans tunity to lead and explore how the Dover Library may serve as a modern community of learning and engagement for Gardner-Webb.”

Combine all ingredients for topping and place on top of sweet potato casserole.

Gardner-Webb President Dr. William Downs praised Bishop’s appointment, noting “She has the capacity to revive Dover Library and to make it a focal point for individual and collaborative scholarship. I am especially eager to see the extent to which she makes innovation the signature characteristic of our facility and our collections. We should become an exemplar, a case study in how university libraries can meet the evolving needs of students, faculty, and community. I’m confident that is within Dr. Bishop’s reach.”

Bishop came to Gardner-Webb in 2007 as instruction librarian and began serving as University archivist in 2010. In this position, she has helped leverage the archive collection for teaching, scholarship, and fundraising. A key focus of her preservation strategy is digitization projects, such as the Fay Webb Gardner Collection and Kings Mountain Baptist Association Collection, which allow the library to expose historic collections to a broader audience.

Through partnerships and collaborative exhibits with local museums, Dover Library is utilizing its collections for education and outreach in an innovative way.

Bishop earned a Doctor of Education in curriculum and instruction from GWU, a Master of Library and Information Science from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and a Bachelor of Arts in history from Wingate (N.C.) University.

She grew up in Marshville, N.C., but has deep roots in Cleveland County, N.C., through her mother’s family. Bishop and her husband, Stephen, and their son, Thomas, live in Patterson Springs, N.C., in the house built by her great-great-grandparents. The Bishops also operate the White House Honeybee Farm, a tradition that also goes back to her great-grandfather. Her grandparents are their nextdoor neighbors.

ED. NOTE: The recipes in today’s Cooking Corner are from Cooking for A Cure” by Resurrection Lutheran Church for benefit of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.)

PEGGY’S FORGOTTEN CHICKEN

Peggy Miller

1 cup uncooked rice

1 can cream of celery soup

1 can cream of chicken soup

1 ½ cups water

Chicken pieces to serve

6 people

Salt and pepper to taste

½ pkg. dry onion soup mix

Grease 9x13 baking dish and place rice in the bottom. Combine cream soups and water. Pour half of the soup mixture over rice and let stand a few minutes. Place chicken over rice. Add salt and pepper and remaining sop mixture. Top with dry onion soup. Cover with foil and bake at 350 for 1 ½ - two hours. Serves 6.

CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE

Marsha Brown

2 sticks butter

½ tsp. baking powder

½ cup shortening

¼ tsp. salt

3 cups sugar

½ cup cocoa

5 eggs

1 ½ cups milk

3 cups flour

1 tsp. vanilla

Cream butter, shortening and sugar until light. Add eggs one at a time. Blend dry ingredients and add alternately. Blend dry ingredients and add alternately with milk and vanilla. Pour batter into greased and floured tube pan. Bake 325 for 1 ¾ to 2 hours.