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Clothing drive at GCU opens doors to foster children
A girl who is in the foster care system picks out hair accessories Wednesday at the Back-to-School Clothing Drive’s New Clothes, New Beginnings event. Story and photos by Ryan Kryska GCU News Bureau As...
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Their expertise reaches students where they live
From left, Resident Directors Rachel Patton, Katie Ellis and D.J. Heyward plan ahead. Story and photos by Theresa Smith GCU News Bureau Some students like to sleep with a light on or prefer falling...
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GCU hoops champion readies children for school
Ray Arvizu, who played on GCU’s national championship basketball team in 1978, presents a new bike to Tiana Garcia on Saturday during the Ninos Seguros Back to School & Safety Fair. Story by Ryan...
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Antelope Intros: Cierra Burnett and Ryan Bredow
Antelope Intros is a recurring GCU Today feature that introduces some of our new employees to the people around them in a way that is fun and informative. Employees are eligible to be featured in the...
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Code.org links computer science teachers to success
About 90 Arizona educators learned how to integrate computer science curriculum in their classrooms at recent Code.org teacher development workshops on the Grand Canyon University campus. By Lana...
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Nursing learner nominated for research award
Jean Cheek By Ryan Kryska GCU News Bureau A Grand Canyon University online learner has been nominated by the hospital she works at for a Magnet Excellence in Clinical Research award. Jean Cheek is a...
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Dr. Deb’s Mental Health Vitamin: ‘What love ain’t’
Dr. Deb Wade Dr. Deb Wade GCU Vice President, Counseling and Psychological Services Driving down the road and mindlessly listening to the radio a few days ago, I heard a line in a song that caught my...
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Fitness Facts: Controlling your cholesterol
Connie Colbert By Connie Colbert Director, Canyon Health and Wellness Clinic If you have high cholesterol, you are at risk for heart disease. The effects of high cholesterol tend to develop over the...
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Three community leaders join GCU Board of Trustees
New board members (from left) Marion Kelly, Peggy Chase and Dr. Lupita Ley Hightower. (Aug. 1, 2018) – Grand Canyon University has added three esteemed community leaders to its Board of Trustees as...
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‘Moon,’‘Starcatcher’… theatre season heaven-sent
College of Fine Arts and Production Dean Claude Pensis is preparing for a departmental move to the old Colangelo College of Business Building and rolling out the theatre department’s 2018-19 season,...
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Theology Thursday: The Body of Christ exists at GCU
Pastor Jim Miller “But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for...
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Fall Chapel schedule features 6 first-time speakers
The music of the Worship Team begins Chapel at 11:15 a.m. Mondays. By Rick Vacek GCU News Bureau As the Grand Canyon University campus population keeps growing, so does attendance at Chapel. That’s...
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Big for a Day bowling bash
GCU News Bureau Thanks to a community partnership with GCE’s Strategic Educational Alliances division, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona recently had an opportunity to host its annual Big For...
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Students will profit from GCU’s nonprofit transition
Nate Carpenter (left), the 2017-18 Associated Students of GCU president, and his successor, Noah Wolfe, both talk passionately about what they and other students have experienced at the University....
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Dr. Deb’s Mental Health Vitamin: Avoiding extremes
Dr. Deb Wade Dr. Deb Wade GCU Vice President, Counseling and Psychological Services It seems to me that we are living in a world of extremes. Nothing new with that concept, but when you look beyond the...
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Fitness Facts: Oral health
Connie Colbert By Connie Colbert Director, Canyon Health and Wellness Clinic Did you know that brushing and flossing every day can help prevent disease in the rest of your body? Improving your oral...
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GCU INsider: Handy tidbits with many applications
Editor’s note: This story is reprinted from pages 24-25 in the August issue of GCU Magazine. To read the digital version of the magazine, click here. GCU Magazine Any new ways for students to know...
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GCU, Habitat for Humanity project nears 200th home
The first Habitat for Humanity volunteer opportunity of the school year will be Sept. 21. By Ryan Kryska GCU News Bureau Grand Canyon University‘s Canyon Corridor partnership with Habitat for Humanity...
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Why diversity matters (and is organic) at GCU
Editor’s note: This story is reprinted from pages 14-19 in the August issue of GCU Magazine. To read the digital version of the magazine, click here. Story by Rick Vacek Photos by David Kadlubowski...
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Theology Thursday: Rejoice in suffering?
Corporate Chaplain Jim Miller “Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does...
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