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Scholar, Activist McClaren to Speak Here March 8
Washington State University Spokane and Gonzaga University will co-host a lecture by internationally renowned education scholar and social activist Peter McClaren in the Barbieri Courtroom at Gonzaga University’s School of Law from 7-9 p.m., Wednesday, ...
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GU to Host Student Philosophy Conference March 4
Whitworth College philosophy Professor Forrest Baird will be the keynote speaker for the second annual Gonzaga University Student Philosophy Conference, which will be held Saturday, March 4 from 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m., in the Jundt Auditorium, located in the ...
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GU Forum March 2 Keys on Skating Championships
Toby Steward and Barb Beddor will share how they secured the 2007 State Farm U.S. Figure Skating Championships for Spokane at Gonzaga University School of Business Administration Dean’s Business Forum on Thursday, March 2 in Room 017 of the Jepson ...
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Ancient History Lectures Continue Feb. 28
 
Gonzaga Symphony to Perform March 6 at The Met
The Gonzaga Symphony Orchestra will perform its first spring concert on Monday, March 6 at 7:30 p.m., at The Met, located at 901 W. Sprague Ave. Conducted by Kevin Hekmatpanah, the orchestra will perform Ernest Bloch’s “Schelomo” for cello and orchestra ...
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Author, Alumnus Aguon to Speak Here Feb. 23
The Gonzaga University Diversity Office will host a presentation by Julian Aguon, a 23-year-old GU alumnus and recent international author of “Just Left of the Setting Sun” in the Barbieri Courtroom at the Gonzaga University School of Law at 7 p.m., ...
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GU., Partners to Host Diversity Breakfast March 2
Gonzaga University, the Spokane Regional Chamber of Commerce, AHANA Business & Professional Association, and Whitworth College will host the seventh annual Business Diversity Leadership Breakfast 7:30-10 a.m, Thursday, March 2 in the Cataldo Hall Globe ...
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GU Marks National Engineers Week
The Gonzaga University chapter of Tau Beta Pi, the national Engineering Honor Society, is coordinating a host of activities for National Engineers Week scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 21 through Saturday, Feb. 25, with the help of six campus engineering ...
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GU Wind Ensemble, Chamber Concert March 9
The Gonzaga University Wind Ensemble and Chamber Winds, directed by GU music Associate Professor Robert Spittal, will present a concert featuring classic and contemporary works for chamber and symphonic wind band at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 9 at The ...
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University's Mock Trial Teams Bloom in Rose City
Gonzaga University Mock Trial Team 614 finished with a 5-3 record at the regional tournament held Feb. 9-12 at the University of Portland, and advances with a Silver bid to the national tournament to be held March 9-13 at St. Petersburg, Fla.
 
KAGU FM to Air Metropolitan's 'Aida' Feb. 18
Giuseppe Verdis Aida, with James Conlon conducting a cast that includes Andrea Gruber, Olga Borodina, and Johan Botha, will be broadcast live from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House on Saturday, Feb. 18, at 10:30 a.m. (Pacific Time) over the Toll ...
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Mischief, Mayhem Begins at Rusell Theatre March 31
Gonzaga University Theatre Arts Program presents Shakespeares 'Comedy of Errors' Gonzaga University Theatre Arts will continue its 2005-06 season with Comedy of Errors, a play by William Shakespeare. Possibly Shakespeares earliest play, it follows the ...
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Changes for Tonight's 'God of Abraham VI' Series
PLEASE NOTE: The schedule for tonight’s lecture has been changed due a death in the family of Rev. Robert J. Spitzer. As a result, Rev. Spitzer will be unable to deliver his planned lecture tonight. Instead of Fr. Spitzer’s lecture, Gonzaga philosophy ...
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Gonzaga Responds to Student Chant
Gonzaga University President Rev. Robert J. Spitzer, S.J., has asked Student Life Vice President Sue Weitz to engage a task force to investigate campus climate in the aftermath of a Feb. 6 incident involving a student chant at a men’s basketball game.
 
Students Get Fair-Trade Coffee into Student Center
Fair-trade coffee is now sold in Gonzaga University’s Crosby Student Center – a move that exemplifies students’ interest in social justice. Crosby Café has switched to fair-trade certified Craven’s Roasters coffee. The change came as the result of a ...
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Campus Kitchen to Offer Heart-Healthy Valentines
The Campus Kitchen at Gonzaga University will celebrate Valentine’s Day and heart health with its Heart and Soul 2006 event. The student-supported volunteer service will provide its Spokane clients with a heart-healthy meal and a Valentine to mark the ...
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GU Expands Nursing Programs to Meet Shortage
Gonzaga University, well known for championship basketball and excellent academics, has expanded its longstanding family of nursing programs to include a new bachelors degree program in efforts to meet a nursing shortage nationwide that is projected to ...
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KAGU to Air Met's 'La Traviata' Feb. 11
Angela Gheorghiu will be heard as Violetta and Jonas Kaufmann will make his Met broadcast debut as Alfredo in the Feb. 11 broadcast of Verdi’s “La Traviata” over the Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network. This live broadcast from ...
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Gonzaga's Warren Lands $24,000 Grant from WTC
Gonzaga University chemistry Assistant Professor Stephen Warren has received a $24,000 grant from the Washington Technology Center, for contributing to development of a new generation of chronic wound dressings, through collaboration with the Spokane ...
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GU Socratic Club Features Catherine Tkacz Feb. 10
GU Socratic Club to Feature Scholar Catherine Tkacz Feb. 10 Scholar Catherine Tkacz will discuss “Typology and Realism: Moses, Jesus and Reality” at the next meeting of the Gonzaga University Socratic Club from 4-5:30, Friday, Feb. 10 in Room 101 of the ...
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Francovich to Talk 'Organizational Trust' Feb. 16
Chris Francovich, Ph.D., an adjunct professor in Gonzaga University’s School of Professional Studies, will discuss “Organizational Trust” from 7-8:45 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 16 at the Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute. The cost is $25 for breakfast and the ...
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Interplayers Contributes to Maxey Scholarship Fund
Spokane Interplayers Theatre has donated $1,300 to the Carl R. Maxey Scholarship Fund at the Gonzaga University School of Law, the alma mater of the late Spokane attorney and nationally prominent human rights advocate.
 
Prolific Professor Pickering to Return March 20
Ken Pickering, a professor of arts education at the Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education in London and chief examiner for drama and speech at Trinity College, London, has been chosen as a Visiting Scholar-In-Residence in Gonzaga University’s ...
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Human Rights Film Series Continues Feb. 21 at GU
Two Gonzaga University organizations, the Gonzaga Institute for Action Against Hate and the Gonzaga Center for Law and Justice, will continue the War, Reconciliation, and Human Rights Film Series at the GU School of Law Barbieri Courtroom this month.
 
GU Rises 9 Spots to No. 4 on Peace Corps' Top 25
Gonzaga University has moved up nine spots to No. 4 on the Peace Corps’ list of the top 25 small schools with the most volunteers. In 2005, a total of 26 Gonzaga alumni served the Peace Corps. Since its inception in 1961, 223 GU alumni have served in the ...
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GU Honors Faculty for Civic Engagement
Gonzaga University Academic Vice President Stephen Freedman has announced the recipients of the university’s 2005-2006 faculty Civic Engagement Grants. Each of the following Gonzaga faculty will receive a $700 grant for their community-based projects.
 
'Strategic Planning in Uncertain Times' Feb. 16
Gonzaga University Continuing Education will offer a workshop from 1-5 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 16 that provides a practical approach to strategic planning that factors future trends, uncertainties and their implications on an organization’s long-term ...
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