Father and son trade in on a new life with GCU workforce programs

Photos by Ralph Freso / Slideshow Joshua Hogans was there to watch his son, Jeremiah, walk across the same stage he did eight months before, […]

Published December 10, 2025

'I built that': Workforce center honorees eye future as electricians and technicians

Photos by Ralph Freso / Slideshow Riley Shoemaker, wearing dress pants and donning long curly hair, heartily spoke Thursday night in Sunset Auditorium with an […]

Published August 15, 2025

More motivation, more money excite workforce center's new crop of awardees

Photos by Ralph Freso / Slideshow At age 24, Maxwell Yockus wasn’t motivated. He worked as a safety assistant at a school, but there was […]

Published April 21, 2025

Seitz set on attracting women to GCU's trades pathways

Photos by Ralph Freso At the end of each semester, Shelly Seitz welcomes working men and women who ditch the hardhats to dress up for […]

Published August 5, 2024

Two sister pairs charge into electrician field at GCU

Only 2 percent of electricians in the U.S. are female. But GCU’s fall cohort of Pre-Apprenticeship for Electricians is 10% women, a percentage that has […]

Published December 12, 2023

GCU sends electricians charging into the field

For Cheryl Harvey, it was a dream that her late brother would be proud she made real. The inaugural class of 39 in GCU's Pre-Apprenticeship […]

Published December 20, 2022