GCU Magazine

April 2024

A heart to serve

When the community looks for a partner to help serve vulnerable populations, GCU has stepped up. The University has wrapped its arms around such groups as youth in foster care, children with autism and adults with neurodiversities. If there's anything that defines a Christian university, it should be serving those most in need, said GCU President Brian Mueller.

Cutting edge

Students aren't just watching lectures and taking notes at GCU. They're also delving into intriguing research, from investigating how artificial intelligence might be used to help in the mental health field, to looking at the health benefits of desert plants.

On the job

Student worker jobs aren't just jobs. They're a way to get valuable experience. Brooke Swanson found herself at a New York pop-up after landing a job with an apparel company, and Riley Getty and Connor St. Louis got hired full time at startup Branch49 after working there as students.

Ace pitcher

Daniel Avitia, whose family lives in nearby Maryvale, often sat with his dad in the stands at GCU Ballpark eating sunflower seeds and watching his brother, David, then a catcher for the baseball team. Now the Lopes' starting pitcher is a star in his own right.

Star siblings

It didn't matter that the first time the home-schooled Varkey brothers stepped into a traditional classroom as students was their first day at GCU. They excelled in every way, with one brother, Thomas, now a medical doctor, and John and Philip, electrical engineering grads, pursuing their doctorates.