PART I: THE UNIVERSITY

from Wingate University Academic Catalog 2023-2024

A DD - ON L ICENSURE FOR S CHOOL A DMINISTRATION (K - 12)

The mission of Wingate University is to develop educated, ethical, and productive global citizens. Following its Judeo-Christian heritage, the University seeks to cultivate the following in its students: Knowledge, Faith, and Service.

G Oals

To promote knowledge, the University seeks to:

• Provide programs of undergraduate, graduate, and professional study

• Provide a faculty committed to teaching and learning

• Require an undergraduate core curriculum designed to develop: o aesthetic, cultural, and literary appreciation o analytical and problem-solving abilities o critical thinking o effective communication o integrated perspectives on civilization, the individual, and the social group o wellness

• Offer majors and programs of study appropriate for society and the University’s student population and resources that further develop students’ knowledge and skills in focused areas

• Create opportunities for international study and travel

• Provide opportunities to explore and develop academic, career, and personal goals

• Encourage participation in co-curricular and extra-curricular educational, cultural, and recreational opportunities

To nurture faith, the University seeks to:

• Sustain a community where the bases of faith are explored and where there is a search for truth and meaning

• Articulate the ideal of integrity in all relationships

• Encourage ethical application of knowledge informed by JudeoChristian principles

• Create and support opportunities for worship and faith development

• Attract scholars for whom Judeo-Christian values and practice are important aspects of living

To encourage service, the University seeks to:

• Emphasize the importance of service to God and humanity

• Facilitate opportunities to volunteer time, knowledge, and labor beyond the campus community

• Sponsor organizations that coordinate service opportunities and foster leadership and teamwork

H Istory

What is now Wingate University was established in 1896 by the Baptist associations of Union County in North Carolina and Chesterfield County in South Carolina. There were few public schools at that time in the rural areas of the Carolina Piedmont; therefore, in its earliest days, the Wingate School offered a complete literacy education from first grade through high school. The school was built on a 10-acre tract with oak trees and a spring for drinking water, located in what would later become the town of Wingate, North Carolina. The site was near Meadow Branch Church and the Seaboard Air Line Railway. The trustees named the new school for a president of Wake Forest University, Washington Manley Wingate, and chose Wake Forest graduate and Union County native Marcus B. Dry as its first principal. One hundred seventy-five students attended the first year. For 12 years Professor Dry directed the school and, with the assistance of Polly Crowder in music, taught most of the curriculum.

As the state of North Carolina expanded its public schools, the Wingate School became primarily a boarding school for students in their upper years of high school. The school purchased additional land, built teaching and boarding facilities, and established a sound academic reputation. A 1916 report by B.C. Ashcraft to the Baptist Association praised the Wingate faculty of seven college-trained men and women who knew that “when you start a young man or a young woman on the right road, when you set a light aglow in a young mind, when you touch in the right way a young life, [those] influences are not to be measured by years they are eternal.”

W Ingate J Unior C Ollege

The Wingate School expanded its educational vision in 1923 when it became Wingate Junior College, offering the first two years of baccalaureate education. The College was still working to establish its new identity and expand its role in education when the Great Depression began in 1929. The next decade at Wingate was marked by financial and enrollment challenges, including the loss of outside funding, students lacking money for tuition and the College frequently being unable to pay faculty salaries. Making the situation worse, the administration building burned to the ground in 1932.

President Coy Muckle and a few determined teachers kept the school open, holding classes at Wingate Baptist Church, formerly called Meadow Branch Church, next to campus. Four years later, a new administration building was constructed where the old one had previously stood. This building, named the Burris Building in the 1960s to memorialize C.C. Burris, who led the College from 1937 to 1953, faces the Academic Quadrangle and is one of the largest classroom buildings on the Wingate campus.

After World War II, a sequence of events bolstered Wingate Junior College. Returning veterans stabilized the enrollment, and in 1952 the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools granted membership and accreditation to Wingate. President Budd Smith arrived in 1953 and led the College for 21 years. He and his wife, Ethel, focused on increasing both enrollment and financial support. In the mid-1950s, Wingate Junior College had only four buildings. Smith encouraged textile magnate Charles A. Cannon of Kannapolis, North Carolina, to begin making financial contributions to the College. Cannon saw Wingate as a place where the children of textile workers and others in the middle class might go to college. Cannon’s financial contributions allowed the College to erect new buildings, renovate older structures and expand the curriculum. Also, in the 1950s, Dr. Smith, an avid botanist, personally directed the planting of flowers and trees that complemented the stately oaks on the central campus. Through the labor of the Smiths and the generosity of Cannon and others, the College was able to turn to the future with new confidence.

W Ingate C Olleg E

Although Wingate Junior College was recognized as an outstanding private two-year institution, the education market in North Carolina was changing substantially by the 1970s. Employers increasingly expected workers to have a baccalaureate degree. In 1977, under the leadership of Thomas E. Corts, Wingate became a four-year institution. The name was changed to Wingate College, and in 1979, the school granted its first baccalaureate degrees. In 1978, the College launched W’International, a program of international study and travel for sophomores. Additional majors were added in the 1980s, along with master’s degree programs in education and in business.

W Ingate U Niversity

In 1993, Wingate College expanded its reach by opening the School of Graduate and Continuing Education in Matthews, North Carolina. During its centennial in 1995, the Board of Trustees voted to change the institution’s name to Wingate University.

In 2003, under the direction of the trustees and President Jerry E. McGee, Wingate University began its first doctoral-level program with the School of Pharmacy. This was a catalyst for the University to offer degree programs in additional health science fields. The Master of Physician Assistant Studies program began in 2008 and achieved full enrollment in its first year. Also in 2008, Wingate added its second doctoral program: the Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership.

In 2009, the School of Pharmacy and Department of PA studies were brought under the newly established Levine College of Health Sciences. The Levine College of Health Sciences building on the main campus, opened in 2011, was the second LEED-certified (Leader in Energy and Environmental Design) building in Union County. Also in 2011, Wingate University opened a campus in Hendersonville, North Carolina, where it offers programs in pharmacy and physician assistant studies.

Because of the need for additional classroom space, the University moved its Matthews-campus programs to the Ballantyne Corporate Park in south Charlotte in 2013

In 2014, Wingate University began a Doctor of Physical Therapy program on the main campus.

Dr. T. Rhett Brown, a Wingate alumnus with 27 years of experience as a Wingate University administrator, was named the University’s 10th president in 2015. Brown replaced Dr. Jerry McGee, who retired after 23 years as Wingate’s president. At the time of his retirement, McGee was the longest-serving college president in North Carolina.

Since 2013, Wingate has experienced a 23-percent increase in overall student population, making it the fastest-growing private university in North Carolina. In 2019 the University added the Doctor of Occupational Therapy program, and in 2021, bachelor’s and master’s programs in public health were added. To expand its offerings in the behavioral health arena, the University is exploring the possibility of adding masters programs in social work and clinical mental health counseling.

Wingate is home to the Cannon College of Arts and Sciences, the Levine College of Health Sciences, the Byrum School of Business, the Thayer School of Education, and the School of Sport Sciences.

Sources: Hubert I. Hester, The Wingate College Story, 1972; Carolyn C. Gaddy, Saturday Before the Second Sabith: The History of Meadow Branch-Wingate Baptist Church, 1810-1984.

L EADERS OF W INGATE U NIVERSITY

Principals Presidents

M.B. Dry 1896-1908

B.Y. Tyner 1908-1911

J. Grover Carroll 1911-1918

Patty J. Marks

1918-1919

Charles M. Beach 1919-1923

Charles M. Beach

1923-1924

Joseph B. Huff 1924-1930

Coy Muckle 1930-1936

J.B. Little

Craven C. Burris

Budd E. Smith

A Ccreditation

1936-1937

1937-1953

1953-1974

Thomas E. Corts 1974-1983

Paul R. Corts 1983-1991

Jerry E. McGee 1992-2015

T. Rhett Brown 2015-present

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) is the body for the accreditation of degree-granting higher education institutions in the Southern states. It serves as the common denominator of shared values and practices primarily among the diverse institutions in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia for those institutions of higher education that award associate, baccalaureate, master’s or doctoral degrees (see www.sacscoc.org). Questions about the status of the University’s accreditation may be obtained from the Commission on Colleges by calling 404-679-4500 or by writing to the SACSCOC home office, 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 30033. Wingate University is accredited by SACSCOC to award the bachelor’s, master’s, and professional degrees.

O Ther A Ccrediting A Gencies

Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing

Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs

Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education

Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education

Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician

Assistant

Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education

National Association of Schools of Music

North Carolina Department of Public Instruction

A Ssociation S

American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education

American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy

American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers

American Association of University Women

American College Personnel Association

American College Testing Program

American Council on Education

Association for Institutional Research

Association of College and University Housing Officers International

Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges

Association of International Educators

Carolinas Association of College Registrars and Admissions Officers

College Board

College Sports Information Directors of America

Council for Advancement and Support of Education

Council of Independent Colleges

Council on International Educational Exchange

Forum on Education Abroad

Greater Charlotte Consortium

National Association of College Admission Counselors

National Association of Colleges and Employers

National Association of College and University Business Officers

NAFSA: Association for International Education

National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities

National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators

National Association of Student Affairs Professionals in Higher Education

National Career Development Association

National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II

National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements

National Collegiate Honors Council

North Carolina Association of Colleges for Teacher Education

North Carolina Association of Independent Colleges and Universities

North Carolina Career Consortium of Metrolina Colleges

North Carolina Career Development Association

North Carolina College Personnel Association

North Carolina Counseling Association

North Carolina Housing Officers

North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities

Society of Human Resource Management

South Atlantic Conference

Southern Association of College Admission Counselors

Southern Association of College and University Business Officers

Southern Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers

State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement North Carolina

The World Affairs Council of Charlotte

Union County Human Resources Association

The 520 - acre Wingate campus is located on the southeastern edge of the metropolitan Charlotte area in North Carolina. The University also offers some programs of study in the Ballantyne area of south Charlotte and in Hendersonville, North Carolina.

Wingate University Ballantyne is housed in the Gibson Building at 11430 North Community House Road, near the Johnston Road/Highway 521 interchange on I - 485. Free parking is available for students. Ballantyne Corporate Park has 300 companies with more than 14,000 employees. Convenient amenities for professional students are close by, including restaurants, retail shops, a Y Fitness Center, golf course, and land scaped walking trails.

Wingate University Hendersonville offers graduate students in Pharmacy and Physician Assistant Studies the opportunity to hone their skills in a $32 million state- of - the - art Health Sciences Center. This building, a partnership betwee n Henderson County, Pard ee UNC Health Care, Blue Ridge Community College, the city of Hendersonville and Wingate University, contains smart classrooms, well - equipped laboratories, and welcoming spaces for study.

Benton S. Bragg

Charlotte, NC

Maria E. Lander .................................................................... Monroe, NC T ERMS E XPIRING IN 202 6

Amos Beason

George Morrison Creech

Charlotte, NC

C. Angelia Duncan............................................................... Charlotte, NC

Ronald G. Hinson Monroe, NC

Carolyn D. Matthews (’69)

Winston-Salem, NC

M. Lynn Moss......................................................................... Raleigh, NC

Carl M. Tucker, III

Pageland, SC

Douglas E. Turner, Jr (’94). ...................................................... Dunn, NC

Edward L. West

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Russell W. Booker (‘91)

Charlotte, NC

Spartanburg, SC

Paula D. Borden (’98) ...........................................................

G. Frank Cagle (‘71)

Cecil Thomas Dixon

Kimberly S. Eagle (’93) ........................................................

D. Craig Horn

Durham, NC

Lexington, SC

Cary, NC

Gastonia, NC

Weddington, NC

Charles A. Howard II (’69) .................................................

Fonda G. Salgueiro

Andrew Thomas Smart (’01)

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Charlotte, NC

Savannah, GA

Greenville, SC

Patrick C. Brown (’95)..............................................................

Rebecca B. Bullard (’81)

Wayne P. Cooper

William T. Crowder, Jr (’68)...............................................

John N. Hendley

James W. Mason III (’75)

Luther T. Moore

Maria T. Mortis (’07)

Austin, TX

Charlotte, NC

Monroe, NC

Laurinburg, NC

Charlotte, NC

Charlotte, SC

Johnny L. Tillett (’84).. ...........................................................

Raleigh, SC

L Ifetime H Onorary T Rustees

Arnold A. Culbreth, Jr. .................................................... Greensboro, NC

Danny K. Davis (’73) High Point, NC

Elona L. Edwards............................................................... Marshville, NC

James C. Furman Boone, NC

Meredith O. Galvin (’62) Davidson, NC

William F. Harris ................................................................. Charlotte, NC

Joseph C. Hunter Concord, NC

Thomas Koontz (’60) ................................................. Winston-Salem, NC

Jack C. Lail ..................................................................... New London, NC

Paul B. Little, MD Wadesboro, NC

Duran G. McDonald (’61) .......................................... Winston Salem, NC

Joseph H. Patterson Charlotte, NC

Claudia S. Robinet Marston, NC

Jimmy K. Stegall .................................................................... Monroe, NC

Donald C. Taft Matthews, NC

Deidre S. Vick ....................................................................... Houston, TX

Thomas E. Williams (’61) Monroe, NC

Dennis E. Yates (’71) Charlotte, NC

O FFICERS OF THE U NIVERSITY

T. Rhett Brown (1996) President

B.A., Wingate College; M.B.A., Wingate University; Ed.D., University of Alabama

James P. R. Ambrose (2022) Vice President of Student Services

B.S., Wingate University; M.Ed., Capella University

Eva M. Baucom (2014) Vice President for Enrollment Management

B.A., M.Ed., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ed.S., Ed.D., Wingate University

D. Patrick Biggerstaff (2000) Vice President of Campus Life and Operations

B.S., M.B.A., Wingate University; Ed.D., Gardner-Webb University

James R. Bullock (2021) Senior Vice President for University

Advancement

B.A., Wake Forest University; M.B.A., Wake Forest University

Jeff J. Frederick (2020) Provost

B.S.B.A., University of Central Florida; M.A., University of Central Florida; Ph.D., Auburn University

Heather C. Miller (2011) Senior Vice President, Chief of Staff

B.A., Wingate University; M.A., Appalachian State University; Ed.D., North Carolina State University

Melissa Perdue (2021) Chief Financial Officer

B.S., Appalachian State University

Joe Reich (2001) Interim Director of Athletics and Head Football Coach

B.A., Gettysburg College

Eric F. Schneider (2015) Professor of Pharmacy and Vice Provost of Institutional Effectiveness, SACSCOC Liaison

B.S., St. Louis College of Pharmacy; Pharm.D., Medical University of South Carolina

Natalie A. Scott (2023) Vice President of Human Resources

B.A., John Jay College of Criminal Justice; M.A., Brooklyn College

Steve E. Shank (2017) Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer

B.A., North Carolina State University

Benjamin F. Sidbury (2020) General Counsel and Senior Vice President

B.A., Wingate University; J.D., Syracuse University

S ENIOR M ANAGEMENT T EAM

Officers of the University

Glenda H. Bebber (1998) Associate Vice President of Campus Operations

B.S., Lees-McRae College; M.A., Appalachian State University

Corey Bramlett (2022) Budget and Forecast Manager

B.S. Georgia Institute of Technology ; M.B.A., Georgia State University; M.A.C., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Tryg Brody (2022) Associate Vice President of Advancement

B.A., Wake Forest University; M.S.A, Ohio University

Susan Bruce (2020) Dean of the School of Pharmacy and Professor of Pharmacy

B.S., Pharm.D., Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Sergio A. Castello (2016) Dean of the Porter B. Byrum School of Business and Professor of Financial Economics

B.B.A., Freed-Hardeman University; M.B.A., University of Memphis; Ph.D., Colorado State University

Brandy P. Clemmer (2012) Dean of the School of Sport Sciences and Associate Professor of Sport Sciences

B.S., M.A., Ed.D., Gardner-Webb University

Matthew E. Davis (2016) Faculty Senate Vice Chair and Associate Professor of Psychology

B.A., University of North Carolina at Asheville; M.S., University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Ph.D., Auburn University

Kristi Furr (2022) Controller

B.S. Wingate University; M.H.A., Pfeiffer University

Charlesa Hann (2015) Interim Dean of the Thayer School of Education, Assistant Professor and Director of the Adult Bachelor’s Degree Program

B.A., University of Akron; M.S.S.A., Case Western Reserve University; Ph.D., University of Akron

Caroline M. Hoefferle (2001) Dean of the Cannon College of Arts and Sciences and Professor of History

B.S., M.A., Central Michigan University; Postgraduate Diploma in Historical Studies, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland; Ph.D., Central Michigan University/University of Strathclyde Joint Program

Amy Jackson (2016) Assistant Vice President of Foundation Relations and Development

B.M.E, Wingate University

Allison R. Kellar (2012) Associate Professor of English and Dean of the Honors College

B.A.J., University of Georgia; M.A., Clemson University; Ph.D., University of Georgia

Jessie Wright Martin (2007) Faculty Senate Chair, Professor of Voice, Artist-in-Residence, and Chair of Music

B.M., Florida State University; M.M., D.M.A., Louisiana State University

Brooke M. Mitchell (2002) Professor of English, Vice Provost of Academic Success and Initiatives and Dean of General Education and the First-Year Experience

A.A., Young Harris College; B.A., University of Georgia; M.A., Ph.D., University of South Carolina

Dana Patterson (2022) Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer

B.A., Berea College, M.A., Eastern Kentucky University; Ph.D., Washington State University

J. Samuel Petoskey (2006) Vice President for Business Intelligence

B.S., M.B.A., Wingate University

Nancy H. Randall (1979) Vice President for Institutional Integrity and Harry and Frances Cannon Professor of Sociology and Human Services

B.A., University of North Carolina at Asheville; M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

Michael P. Reynolds (2008) Assistant Vice President of Campus

Life

B.A., Kenyon College; M.Ed., Kent State University, Ed.D., GardnerWebb University

Maria Thomas Taylor (2010) Assistant Vice President for Institutional Research and Registrar

B.A., University of Rochester; M.B.A., Tennessee State University

Travis L. Teague (2012) Vice Provost of Academic Affairs and Professor of Sport Sciences

B.A., M.A.T., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; D.A., Middle Tennessee State University

Luanne Williams (2014) Director of Marketing

B.S., Wingate University

Kristen Johnson Yost (2013) Communications Specialist, University Spokesperson

B.A., Elon University

Jessie Wright Martin (2007) Faculty Senate Chair, Professor of Voice, Artist-in-Residence, and Chair of Music

B.M., Florida State University; M.M., D.M.A., Louisiana State University

Matthew E. Davis (2016) Faculty Senate Vice Chair and Associate Professor of Psychology

B.A., University of North Carolina at Asheville; M.S., University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Ph.D., Auburn University

David T. Mitchell (2017) Faculty Senate Parliamentarian and Assistant Professor of History and Political Science

B.S., Samford University; Ph.D., Auburn University

Heather V. Clontz (2006) Professor of Chemistry and Chair of Chemistry and Physics

B.S., Mercer University; Ph.D., University of South Carolina

Katlin Cundiff (2022) Assistant Professor of Management

B.B.A., M.S., Estonian Business School; Ph.D., University of Jyvaskyla

Wesley R. Haltom (2011) Associate Professor of Pharmacy and Director of the Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience Program

Pharm.D. Wingate University

Chelsea Kaufman (2018) Assistant Professor of Political Science

B.A., Clarion University of Pennsylvania; M.A., Ph.D., Purdue University

Candace Lapan (2018) Assistant Professor of Psychology

B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Melinda J. Lein (2009) Associate Professor of Music

B.S., B.M., M.M., University of Missouri-Columbia; M.M., D.M.A., University of Missouri-Kansas City

Brett W. MacLennan (2017) Associate Professor of Physical Therapy

B.S., Framingham State University; M.S., Boston University; D.P.T., Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions

Sandra R. Mills (2003) Assistant Professor of Mathematics

B.A., Winthrop University; M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ph.D., Ohio University

Traci J. Napolitano (2002) Associate Professor of Sport Sciences and Chair of Exercise Science

B.S., Slippery Rock University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Florida

Michele A. Pfaff (2014) Associate Professor of Nursing and Simulation Laboratory Director

B.S.N., Duquesne University; M.S.N., University of North Carolina at Charlotte; D.N.P., Gardner-Webb University

Susan M. Smith (2015) Associate Professor of Pharmacy

B.S., Ohio Northern University; Pharm.D., Medical University of South Carolina

Darrel W. Staat (2015) Associate Professor of Education and Coordinator, Higher Education Executive Leadership Program

B.A., Hope College; M.A., Western Michigan University' D.A., University of Michigan

William J. Steffen (2018) Assistant Professor of Sport Sciences

B.S., The University at Albany (NY); M.Ed., Furman University; Ed.D., The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Kristin F. Stowe (2003) Professor of Economics

B.A., Guilford College; M.A., Ph.D., Clemson University

A Cademic L Eadership