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Allocate funds by April 15 for tax credit
Emily Belt (right) has participated in Allocate to Elevate for years. Now her daughter, Elisabeth, will benefit from the program when she starts her first semester this fall at Xavier College...
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GCU to distribute entire amount of CARES Act funds directly to students
(April 9, 2020) – Grand Canyon University announced today that the entire $22.3 million it is receiving from the federal government as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (or...
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GCU contributing to coronavirus relief efforts
GCU Hotel has been opened to first responders fighting the pandemic. (April 10, 2020) – Grand Canyon University is contributing to coronavirus relief efforts in its community in a multitude of ways....
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Electrical engineering tech students still wired in
GCU senior Electrical Engineering Technology student Eden Jane Rasay pries out an LCD screen from a broken Xplorer GLX graphing logger. She and her classmates in EET 340 did some troubleshooting...
View ArticleFitness Facts: Tips for working from home
By Cyndi Braun Family Nurse Practitioner, Canyon Health and Wellness Clinic While working from home might sound nice, it can pose a lot of challenges if you are not accustomed to it. When your work...
View ArticleWhy movement breaks matter
By Kayla Hartson Student Fitness Program Coordinator According to the World Health Organization, physical inactivity is one of the leading risk factors for death worldwide. The U.S. Department of...
View Article#Askingforafriend: Understanding and dealing with grief
By Caitlin Cox GCU Office of Student Care #Askingforafriend If you are anything like me, you might feel at a loss of words to describe the time our world is currently going through. I have noticed...
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Online faculty to students: Trust in Romans 12:12
A group of GCU Online Full Time Faculty members coordinated this message to students: This is an extraordinary time in world history, and we can rest assured that God is working all things in and...
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Students virtually surprised by GCU scholarship
Leslie Magallanes (right) and her mother, Mireya, react after being told she had earned a Students Inspiring Students scholarship. By Mike Kilen GCU News Bureau The college dreams of 34 local high...
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Families get to watch innovative Honors banquet
Camden Marasco was one of the emcees for the event. By Ashlee Larrison GCU News Bureau Breanna Naegeli and her Honors College staff got even more creative when the COVID-19 pandemic forced the...
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How students, faculty are steering online learning
By Mike Kilen GCU News Bureau Kimbel Westerson was starting her technical writing class via Zoom a couple weeks ago when a student jumped on board, right on schedule. Westerson, an instructor in Grand...
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Hall of Fame was teachable moment for Killingsworth
Editor’s note: This story is reprinted from the April issue of GCU Magazine. To read the digital version of the magazine, click here. By Ashlee Larrison GCU Magazine Theresa Killingsworth sat in the...
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Music Department finds right online note for recitals
Mark Fearey (left) has utilized the GCU Recording Studio to record audio of his students’ recitals with the help of Manager Eric Johnson (right). By Ashlee Larrison GCU News Bureau To Grand Canyon...
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GCU offers remote telehealth clinic visits
By Mike Kilen GCU News Bureau The COVID-19 crisis has revealed remote methods of service in many areas — and one of the most important right now is in health care. The Canyon Health and Wellness Clinic...
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GCU faces up to challenges to make masks, shields
Story by Rick Vacek Photos by David Kadlubowski GCU News Bureau Canyon Promotions makes all sorts of promotional products, especially T-shirts. Lots and lots of T-shirts, mainly for Grand Canyon...
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Virtual career fairs come in handy for students
This is what a chat session with an employer looks like. By Rick Vacek GCU News Bureau Meeting in person is always better for job interviews, of course. Employer and potential employee get to shake...
View Article#Askingforafriend: Relationships under quarantine
By Tanner Enderle GCU Office of Student Care #Askingforafriend The definition of “cabin fever” is “irritability, listlessness and similar symptoms resulting from long confinement or isolation indoors.”...
View ArticleFitness Facts: How to quell anxiety
By Lyndee Johnson Family Nurse Practitioner, Canyon Health and Wellness Clinic Anxiety is a common complaint we see in the clinic. Usually it’s related to academics, family dynamics or the stress of...
View ArticleWhy stretching should be part of fitness routine
By Kayla Hartson Student Fitness Program Coordinator Everyone knows the important role exercise has on human health, but how many people know the importance of stretching? Research shows that...
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No hospital? No problem: Nursing students go virtual
Level 4 nursing student Joshua Darden (left), who wants to be an emergency room nurse after graduating from GCU this week, couldn’t complete his clinicals in person because of COVID-19...
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