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Hogan Business Plan Competition Names Winners
Gonzaga University's Hogan Entrepreneurial Leadership Program announces the winners of the seventh annual Business Plan Competition, held for the third year in collaboration with Eastern Washington University's Center for Entrepreneurial Activities and ...
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Biology Professor Swanson Receives $148,000 Grant
Gonzaga University biology Assistant Professor Brook Swanson recently received a $148,000 equipment grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research to aid his research regarding high performance materials and biomaterials. Swansons research ...
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'Fires of Hate' Exhibit Ends May 5 at Foley Center
Times running out to see the exhibition "Fighting the Fires of Hate: America and the Nazi Book Burnings at the Gonzaga University Foley Center library. The traveling exhibition, created by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, runs through May 5 at ...
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Gonzaga Students Elect New Leaders for 2007-08
(SPOKANE, Wash.) The 2007 Gonzaga Student Body Association Spring Elections ended with strong core support for next years executive branch. The newly elected officers for the 2007-2008 school year are as follows:
 
Gonzaga String Chamber Orchestra to Perform May 2
The Gonzaga String Chamber Orchestra will perform its fall concert on Wednesday, May 2 at 7:30 p.m., in Room 101 of the Gonzaga University Administration Building. Conducted by Kevin Hekmatpanah, the program will include the music of Mozart, ...
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Vice President Freedman Bound for Fordham
Gonzaga Academic Vice President Stephen Freedman will be leaving the university on July 31 to become senior vice president and chief academic officer at Fordham University in New York City, Gonzaga President Rev. Robert J. Spitzer, S.J., announced ...
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'Abduction Myths & Ancient Greek Wedding' April 27
Madeleine Goh, assistant professor of classical studies at the University of Indiana, Bloomington, will discuss Abduction Myths and the Ancient Greek Wedding at 4:30 p.m., Friday, April 27, at the Jundt Art Center Auditorium. Abduction of Helen by ...
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GU to Offer MBA in Healthcare Management
The Gonzaga University Graduate School of Business Administration will launch a new MBA program with a specialized curriculum in health care. Gonzagas new MBA in Healthcare Management, a 33-credit part-time program, will begin in fall 2007. Bud ...
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Barats, Bereta to Speak to CLP Students Friday
Gonzaga University Comprehensive Leadership Programs Leadership Over Lunch speaker series welcomes GU alumni funny men Luke Barats and Joe Bereta from noon-1 p.m., Friday, April 27 in the COG Washington-California Room on campus.
 
Groundbreaking April 26 for New PACCAR Center
Gonzaga University will formally break ground on its new PACCAR Center for Applied Science at 11 a.m., Thursday, April 26, at the site of the 25,000-square-foot high-tech building, immediately south of the Herak Center for Engineering. Gonzaga ...
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Sixth Annual Dance Concert April 26-28 at GU
Gonzaga Universitys sixth Annual Dance Concert will grace the Russell Theatre stage April 26 at 7 p.m., April 27 at 6 p.m., and April 28 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $5 per performance and are available through the Russell Theatre Box Office at (509) 323-6553.
 
'Faith, Freedom and Society' Lecture April 26
Gonzaga University will host a discussion by GU alumnus Rev. Michael Schultheis, S.J., entitled Faith, Freedom and Society: Globalization and its Challenge to Higher Education in Africa at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, April 26, in the Barbieri Moot Court Room of ...
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Wallis to Speak April 30 on Creating Common Ground
Best-selling author Jim Wallis will speak to Gonzaga University students, faculty and staff on Fundamental Differences, Common Concerns at 7:30 p.m., Monday, April 30, in the Cataldo Hall Globe Room. The event is free and open to the ...
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Students Collaborate for 'Aladdin' April 22-23
Thirty Gonzaga University students and 25 Spokane-area people with developmental disabilities will perform their own version of Aladdin at 5 p.m., Sunday April 22, and again at 8 p.m., Monday, April 23 in Gonzagas Cataldo Hall Globe Room. Tickets, ...
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Candlelight Vigil Tonight for Virginia Tech
Gonzaga University will host a candlelight vigil at 9:15 p.m. tonight (Wednesday, April 18) on the front steps of the Crosby Student Center to express solidarity with the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University community in the wake of ...
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Patterson Baseball Complex Dedication on Friday
Gonzaga University will formally dedicate its new Patterson Baseball Complex and Washington Trust Field on Friday, April 20 with dedication ceremonies scheduled to begin at 5:45 p.m. and the first pitch scheduled for 6 p.m. ...
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GU Symphony to Perform in Spring Concert April 30
The Gonzaga University Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Kevin Hekmatpanah, will perform its spring concert at 7:30 p.m., Monday, April 30 at the Bing Crosby Theatre, formerly the Met Performing Arts Center, downtown Spokane. The concert is open to the ...
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Acclaimed Poet Alberto Rios to Speak April 19
Nationally acclaimed poet Alberto Rios will speak in the Foley Teleconference Center at 10 a.m., Thursday, April 19. The event is free and open to the public. Ros nine collections of poetry include "The Smallest Muscle in the Human Body," which was a ...
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GU Graduate Business Students Give Back April 21
SPOKANE, Wash. Gonzaga University MBA and master of accountancy students, alumni and faculty will participate in the first National Jesuit MBA Community Service Day, from 8:30 a.m. noon, Saturday, April 21. It is expected to be annual service day. ...
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Unity House Marks 10 Years; Open House April 20
Gonzaga Universitys Unity House Multicultural Education Center, at E. 709 DeSmet Ave., marks its 10-year anniversary and a decade of service to the GU and Spokane communities Friday, April 20 with an open house from noon-5 p.m. Unity House was ...
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Spring Adopt-a-Block Open to Entire GU Community
Spring Adopt-a-Block, sponsored by the Gonzaga Student Body Association (GSBA), will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sunday, April 29. The event allows everyone in the Gonzaga community to spend a day cleaning up the Logan neighborhood. Anyone can ...
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Corporate Social Responsibility Lecture April 20
Magne Supphellen, professor of Marketing at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Bergen, Norway will be doing a presentation in the Wolff Auditorium, Jepson Center (Room 114), on Friday April 20 at 11 a.m. The topic of the ...
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Lecture April 16 on Ancient Greek, Roman Theatre
Thomas G. Hines, associate professor of theatre at Whitman College, will discuss A Photographic Survey of the Ancient Theatres of Greece and Rome at noon, Monday, April 16 in the Foley Center Teleconference Room at Gonzaga University. The lecture, ...
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Regional Beta Alpha Psi Conference April 13-14
Gonzaga University and its chapter of Beta Alpha Psi (BAP), the Iota Delta Chapter, are sponsoring the annual BAP Northwest Regional Conference, Bridge to Professionalism, at the Jepson Center on campus Friday and Saturday, April 13-14.
 
Leadership Students Serve Others on Spring Break
By Katie Herzog While many students are rehashing spring break stories spent skiing, basking in the sun, or eating Moms home cooking, 10 Gonzaga University Comprehensive Leadership (CLP) students reminisce about the week in which they served children ...
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Senior Thesis Art Exhibit Opens April 19
The Senior Thesis Art Exhibition, which showcases the work of Gonzaga Universitys graduating art majors, will open with a free, public reception to preview the students work from 7-9 p.m., Thursday, April 19 in the Jundt Art Museum. The exhibition will ...
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"Women of Juarez" Exhibit Visits Gonzaga Campus
Gonzaga University will host the Amnesty International exhibit The Women of Juarez: A Photo Exhibit from April 23-27. The location is TBA, and the exhibit is free and open to the public. More than 400 women have been abducted and violently murdered ...
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Ignatian Leaders Scholarships Awarded
(SPOKANE, Wash.) The following 20 high school seniors have been named recipients of the prestigious Ignatian Leaders Scholarship at Gonzaga University for the 2007-2008 academic year, should they choose to attend Gonzaga. The scholarship, which was ...
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Jeannot to Talk Non-Proliferation Treaty April 9
Tom Jeannot, professor of philosophy at Gonzaga University, will discuss The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty: Its Honorable Past and Precarious Future at the next meeting of the United Nations Association, Spokane Chapter, at 7 p.m., Monday, April 9 at ...
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'Surviving and Thriving' Conference April 18
The Northwest Alliance for Responsible Media & the Womens Leadership Conference of the Inland Northwest will sponsor the conference Surviving and Thriving with keynote speaker Jean Kilbourne, Ph.D., from 7:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 18.
 
Leadership Connection on Collaboration April 17
Leadership Connection presents Competition to Collaboration, with guest speakers Tom Fritz from Inland Northwest Health Services and Heidi Stanley from Sterling Savings Bank from 7-8:45 a.m., Tuesday, April 17 at CenterStage Theatre (1017 W. 1st Ave.). ...
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GU Chorale, Schaefer to Perfom Haydn April 12
The Gonzaga University Chorale, conducted by Edward Schaefer, will present Franz Joseph Haydns Theresienmesse at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, April 12, in Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral. The concert is free and open to the public, but a free-willing offering will ...
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Margaret Wheatley to Offer Workshops April 11-12
Internationally renowned author, speaker and leadership development expert Margaret Wheatley will offer three events in Spokane April 12-13 through a partnership between Gonzaga University and The Berkana Institute. Wheatley will be the featured ...
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Cahill to Talk Temples, Sardis and Turkey April 11
University of Wisconsin-Madison art history Professor Nicholas Cahill will discuss archaeological fieldwork he has done at Sardis in Turkey in a lecture entitled Imperial Temples and the Roman Imperial Cult at Sardis at 1 p.m., Wednesday, April 11, in ...
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'Physics & God of Abraham' April 16-18
Believers in the God of Abraham the theistic creator-God of the Jewish, Christian and Islamic traditions face the challenge of integrating their faith with a scientific understanding of the universe. Each year Gonzaga University and Whitworth College ...
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Dolson's Crosby Record Collection On Sale at eBay
Longtime Philadelphia sportswriter and columnist Frank Dolson died last year and his large collection of Bing Crosby phonograph records is currently for sale on eBay by a proprietor. The proprietor is donating all proceeds from this records sale to ...
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