Archive for May, 2012

Tuesday’s event marked the third year that GCU’s Military Division led a Memorial Day event to give back to veterans. The veterans home near Indian School Road and Third Street was an ideal place for GCU staff to have time to visit and interact with veterans through crafts, video games, walks in the park and other activities.

Employees from GCU’s Military Division paid a visit Tuesday morning to the Arizona State Veteran Home, serving the residents coffee and doughnuts and engaging them in games and crafts.

On Friday, military enrollment staff at GCU’s Peoria Avenue office host members of Luke Air Force Base Honor Guard for a flag ceremony to commemorate the holiday. And on Tuesday, the day after Memorial Day, GCU staff head to Arizona State Veteran Home in Phoenix to pay tribute to veterans.

The weeklong camp in June, overseen by Geordie Hackett, GCU’s head athletic trainer, will focus largely on assessing functional movement and lower extremity anatomy.

33rd Avenue will be closed through July 16 to construct a new guard booth, a wider turnaround area, wider sidewalks and improved lighting.

Graduates of GCU have been making a name for themselves across the country, and here are a half-dozen of them who received recognition recently.

The building is being transformed into a more up-to-date food service area with new features, better traffic flow and about 300 additional seats to accommodate the influx of 1,700 more students expected in the fall.

Laura Maurer began teaching as a GCU clinical adjunct instructor two years ago and is nearly done with her master’s degree in nursing education. She says she enjoys helping students build confidence in how they approach patients.

Anthony Perez, who received his master’s degree in education from GCU in 2011, is finishing up his first year as a second-grade English Language Development (ELD) teacher.

Seven from GCU competed at the recent International Career Development Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. The annual conference is sponsored by DECA, an organization whose mission is to prepare students for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management.