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Gonzaga University's planned construction of the transformative University Center, scheduled to open in 2015, translates into some significant changes for students this fall.

GU established the School of Nursing and Human Physiology as its first new school in nearly 40 years.

Vincent Van Gogh said the greatest work of art is to love someone. When I think about love I think about growing up in Montana - land of 100 mountain ranges.

Five years ago, Josh Neblett was a senior business major at Gonzaga. His girlfriend, Sarah Wollnick, was in her final GU undergrad year. Chance put them in touch with Tom Simpson, an adjunct professor who taught a class on creating new ventures, and who fosters entrepreneurial ambitions outside the classroom through his Northwest Venture Associates.

Drawn to the Wall V," an invitational exhibition featuring the drawing installations of five well-known Northwest artists on 8-by-11 ½-foot movable walls, will be on display in the Jundt Galleries at Gonzaga University's Jundt Art Museum from Sept. 6 to Oct. 9.

A wall-sized mosaic mural was been recovered and saved during the demolition of the COG, razed last month to make way for construction of GU's new University Center.

GU promoted Michelle Wheatley to director of University Ministry.

Joseph Kinsella was hired as an assistant academic vice president to direct the Center of Global Engagement.

For the first time, GU is featured among 336 U.S., Canadian and British colleges in the "Fiske Guide to Colleges."

A study-abroad program for GU graduate students helped bring two Belgian families to Cagli, Italy,

The Jundt Art Museum's collection boasts a rich array of American artists' prints, including 19th century works by Winslow Homer and James Abbot McNeill Whistler.

GU announced the transformational lead gift of $25 million from University Trustee John J. Hemmingson that is making the project possible.

An artist and educator who has lived in Idaho for the past 33 years, Allie Kurtz Vogt has been an art instructor at North Idaho College in Coeur d'Alene since 1980 and served as the Union Gallery Director at NIC from 1985-1996.

GU will break ground on its new three-story University Center during a ceremony at 6 p.m., Thursday, July 11.

Gonzaga University has begun construction of a $6 million indoor tennis and golf center. The facility is being built on a vacant 3-acre parcel at 1220 N. Superior St., a few blocks east of campus, south of Mission Park, and near the Spokane River.