Charles Wagner went from being a little-used backup infielder hitting .067 to Most Valuable Player of the West Regional. As Coach Andy Stankiewicz says, “It doesn’t get any better than that.”
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Charles Wagner went from being a little-used backup infielder hitting .067 to Most Valuable Player of the West Regional. As Coach Andy Stankiewicz says, “It doesn’t get any better than that.”
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Story by Cooper Nelson
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Tim Kane gifts a single 82nd Airborne Division challenge coin to a veteran each time he visits the Arizona State Veteran Home.
On Tuesday, he received more in conversation than he gave away in coins.
Kane, a Grand Canyon University military enrollment counselor and Army airborne veteran, joined nearly 40 military counselors from GCU’s Tempe and Peoria campuses who visited with retired veterans living under assisted care at the Arizona State Veteran Home in central Phoenix. GCU staffers visited the home as part of an annual Memorial Day event to thank veterans for their service.
Even Captain America turned out for Tuesday's visit by GCU's Military Division to the Arizona State Veteran Home.
Kane served in the 82nd Airborne 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment out of Fort Bragg, N.C. He was shocked Tuesday to meet Veteran Home resident Daniel Boone, a World War II veteran who served in the 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment Combat Team — a branch of the Fort Bragg 82nd Airborne Division that was disbanded in 1949.
Kane and Boone, separated by more than 50 years of Army service time, spent the majority of the morning sharing combat tales and reminiscing.
“I’m a veteran and got the opportunity to talk to a guy that served in World War II and tie it all into the historical aspect of the military,” said Kane, a former history teacher who serves GCU’s military veteran students from the University’s Peoria office.
After war stories had ended, Kane gave the vet the challenge coin — something he said is considered meaningful by retired veterans.
Tuesday marked the fourth Memorial Day event organized by GCU community relations staffers Jose Moreno and Sussely Morales. The annual event is a way for the University to help brighten veterans’ days, since many rarely interact with anyone outside of the facility located on the Veterans Affairs Hospital campus near Indian School Road and Third Street.
The team of military counselors spent the morning trading stories and getting to know veterans over coffee and doughnuts before breaking into small groups to play wheelchair bowling and poker. Others created patriotic flag stands and sang classic military songs. Residents left the event with smiles, in addition to GCU T-shirts, caps, and dog tags that read “Hero” and “We Salute You.”
“A lot of the time, the veterans just want someone to talk to and share their story with,” Morales said. “So any time they are able to talk and interact with people like today, it’s a good day.”
Contact Cooper Nelson at 639.7511 or cooper.nelson@gcu.edu.
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Campus photographer Darryl Webb had the busiest camera in Phoenix (again) on Friday, and here are some of his best shots from commencement ceremonies at the Arena.
Some of the best of what campus photographer Darryl Webb saw on the first day of GCU’s commencement.
Campus photographer Darryl Webb had the busiest shutter in Phoenix on Thursday, and here are some of his best shots.
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Nearly 30 young actors from around the Valley, including a pair of Grand Canyon University theatre students, auditioned for the Broadway musical “Newsies” at GCU on Monday as part of a nationwide casting call.
Ethington Theatre’s “Twinge” spring dance concert concluded this weekend with shows Friday and Saturday at Ethington Theatre. Campus photographer Darryl Webb captured the elegant display that demonstrated how we respond kinesthetically to emotion.
Patricia Greenough, 23, overcame personal learning disabilities to graduate with a master’s in special education from Grand Canyon University.
Under the direction of Paul Koch, the University’s program in instrumental music is taking off, and Wednesday night’s concert — the Music Department’s final performance of 2012-13 — left the audience at First Southern Baptist Church wanting to hear more.
Jesi Smith’s relentlessly positive attitude and work ethic set the tone for Grand Canyon University’s cheer team for four years, and her coach says she will be missed.
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