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operations for Lifespan, a Santa
Cruz, Calif., home-care agency.
Min previously was director of
provider relations for Radiology
Medical Group in Santa Cruz.
Kristen Cumoletti,
M.S. in Nursing
with an Emphasis
in Leadership
in Health Care
Systems, ’14,
was appointed
director of critical care and
telemetry services at St.
Joseph’s Hospital Health Center
in Syracuse, N.Y. Cumoletti has
14 years of senior-level clinical
experience and most recently
was with SUNY Research
Foundation.
Zoe Rain, B.S. in
Nursing (RN to
BSN), ’14,
plans to
make her third trip
to Haiti this summer.
Rain partners with churches
in Haiti to teach various skills
and has helped more than 150
patients there needing treatment
or medication.
Terry Young,
M.S. in Addiction
Counseling, ’14,
is a chemical-
dependency counselor at
Christian Farms-Treehouse
in Temple, Texas. Young also
is a member of the American
Counseling Association.
Brooke Ferguson,
B.S. in Business,
’15,
has worked for
the Old Spaghetti
Factory in Chandler,
Ariz., since 2013. She has been
a prep cook, team leader and
kitchen supervisor and was
promoted to kitchen manager
after graduating from GCU.
Jerome Garrison,
B.S. in Secondary
Education with
an Emphasis in
Physical Education, ’15,
recently
signed to play for a basketball
team in Spain, Basket Globalcaja
Quintanar. Garrison was a guard
on the GCUmen’s team in 2014-15.
Valerie Jensen,
B.S. in Nursing, ’15,
visited southern
India with 20 other
volunteers fromMy Little Patient
and Global First Responder to
provide medical, community and
humanitarian care to people in
need. Jensen worked at various
medical camps and helped build
desks, tables and shelves for a
school. She is a registered nurse
at CHI Health Mercy Council
Bluffs in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Randy Johnson,
B.S. in Health
Science in
Professional
Development, ’15,
has been
named director of respiratory
advanced wound care,
respiratory care services and
the sleep disorders center at
Mohawk Valley Health System in
New Hartford, N.Y.
Ernest Patterson, B.S. in
AppliedManagement, ’15,
was
named the Texas Association of
Addiction Professionals State
Counselor of the Year. Patterson,
an adolescent programmanager
at Memorial Hermann Prevention
and Recovery Center in Houston,
is working on an M.S. in Addiction
Counseling at GCU.
Erin Stipp, B.A. in
Communications,
’15,
is an email
marketing
associate at Financial Engines, an
independent investment adviser
company in Phoenix.
AustinWalker,
B.S. in Sports
Management, ’15,
was hired as a ticket
sales administrator
for the Arizona Diamondbacks
after interning for the club.
Walker was president of the GCU
Sports Business Club.
Dr. Doula
Zaharopoulos, DBA
with an Emphasis
inManagement,
’15,
is a tenured
business professor at Maricopa
Community Colleges in Phoenix.
She plans to consult for small
business owners and continue
her research on social media and
law firms.
Lopes links in the limelight
for homecoming
Turns out purple looks really goodwithgreen.
You’ll see plenty of bothat the lush, newGrandCanyonUniversityGolf
Course, a focal point for activities duringHomecoming2016, Friday and
Saturday, Feb. 19-20.
Anine-hole shotgun start is scheduled for Saturdaymorningat the
course, about threemileswest of campus on the former site of the city of
Phoenix’sMaryvaleGolf Course. The grounds recentlywere renovated
andnoware operatedby theUniversity.
(Readmore about its amenities on
Pages 6-11.)
Brunchwill follow in the snazzy newclubhouse.
If golf andbruncharen’t your thing, there still will be plenty of fun things
todowith your former classmates, includinganewevent on Friday for
alumni who’ve graduatedwithin the past five years. Alumni of ASGCU, the
University’s student government, will have the opportunity to reunite, too.
Other scheduledevents:
•
“AllMy Sons,” aplay by theCollege of FineArts andProduction in
EthingtonTheatre. Alumnimay request up to four complimentary
tickets to the Friday eveningperformance, first come, first served.
•
Alumni Hall of Fame InductionCeremony onSaturday
afternoon, when the accomplishments of ourmost
distinguishedgraduateswill be celebrated.
•
Alumni basketball tailgatewith free barbecue followedby the
last regular-seasonhomemen’s basketball game vs. Chicago
State, GCUArena. Complimentary tickets are available.
Formore details onHomecoming2016,
visi
