GCU topples ASU, UC Berkeley in speech and debate tournament
By Laurie Merrill GCU News Bureau GCU’s speech and debate team beat top competitors from Arizona State University and the University of California, Berkeley, as it notched its first overall tournament...
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Chapel guilt tip: It’s a shame to let shame win
By Rick Vacek GCU News Bureau Ryan Nunez’s Chapel talk Monday morning at Grand Canyon University can be summed up in six words: Guilt is a many splintered thing. It splinters people. It splinters our...
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Comic operetta, ‘Die Fledermaus,’ opens in Ethington
Photos by Darryl Webb GCU News Bureau Ethington Theatre opens the French comic operetta, “Die Fledermaus,” Friday. Brimming with lavish costumes, sets, hilarity and a sumptuous romantic score by...
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Lopes Justice Society-Law Enforcement Club triumph in competition
Lopes Justice Society-Law Enforcement Club tournament participants are (from left) student Bridgette Smith, assistant professor Cornel Stemley, and students Sarah Rapp, Blake McCormick, Arturo...
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Business students show their competitive spunk
By Rick Vacek GCU News Bureau Students in the Colangelo College of Business at Grand Canyon University took care of business in recent off-campus competitions. Dr. Ernie Scarbrough (third from right)...
View ArticleGrand Canyon University statement on same-sex marriage employee benefits
As part of its annual review process of HR policies, Grand Canyon University has made changes to the benefits offered to partners of lawfully married same-sex couples. The University issued the...
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Antelope Intros: Brittany Domine and Keith Hickox
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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GCU graphic designer’s work lauded in The New York Times
By Janie Magruder GCU News Bureau Jessica Foncannon’s portfolio, already bold and beautiful from five years of creating marketing materials for Grand Canyon University, has a new impressive entry. The...
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‘Conscious Capitalism’ leader shows students a new way to do business
By Rick Vacek GCU News Bureau Grand Canyon University is doing more than teach Colangelo College of Business students to find their purpose. It’s looking to have the same effect on the business world...
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Shrader to Chapel: God’s love is free and clear
By Rick Vacek GCU News Bureau It’s safe to say that no previous Chapel talk at Grand Canyon University has contained any of these statements: “I made a list of what I love: pizza, movies, music, Iowa...
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Veterans recount 13 hours of terror during Benghazi attacks
Story by Janie Magruder Photos by Emily Saunders GCU News Bureau The sound and fury of war — ear-deafening explosions, smoke that clouds the vision and burns the eyes, spraying shrapnel that stings the...
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Students learn how to be a sports marketing superhero
By Rick Vacek GCU News Bureau Grand Canyon University students saw the sports marketing future Tuesday afternoon, and it is AJ Maestas. It is a future that is predictable only in its unpredictability,...
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GCU employees asked to Donate to Elevate
By Laurie Merrill GCU News Bureau As it kicks off its fourth year, Grand Canyon University’s Donate to Elevate campaign is seeking the largest contributions yet — $1.5 million — and the highest...
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Donate to Elevate gives teen a new fork in the road
Story by Laurie Merrill Photos by Darryl Webb GCU News Bureau By the time he was 12, Donovan Welbaum was well on his way to becoming a dope-dealing, skinhead dropout. At age 13, he was shoplifting,...
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Antelope Intros: Charles Wallin and Tevin Eddy
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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COE graduates dominate Arizona top-teacher contest
Story by Janie Magruder Photos by Darryl Webb GCU News Bureau Christine Marsh’s 22-year-old son, Porter, had a prescient moment several months ago after his mother was nominated for the 2016 Arizona...
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Turkey trophy under lock and key
GCU Public Safety officers Danny Ryan (left) and Enrique Pallares aren’t about to let anyone abscond with the Golden Turkey Trophy the Peoria office proudly displays in its lobby. Peoria has raised the...
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Faith in the microbiology classroom is a natural fit
By Laurie Merrill GCU News Bureau Separating faith from work is no easier than separating gender or ethnicity from work, Dr. Daisy Savarirajan told about 75 Grand Canyon University faculty during a...
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Smile! COE Educators Rising club builds a Habit for Humanity house
GCU’s College of Education Educators Rising club helped create a new Habitat for Humanity home earlier this month. Using hammers, nails and saws, COE students cultivated teamwork while erecting a home....
View ArticleGCU assisting displaced Serrano Village families, trying to acquire property
Grand Canyon University is in the process of acquiring a nearby apartment complex that had fallen into disrepair and is helping the residents find alternative housing in the neighborhood. After...
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