Archive for August, 2012

Jen Tagler’s monthly financial support has helped with the girl’s education and her participation in community programs in Uganda. “It’s truly an investment in a child, a family and a community,” she says of her commitment over the past 10 years.

Photographer Darryl Webb saw last week’s Move-In as the perfect time to shoot students with the things they can’t do without while living on campus.

Women’s soccer is first out of the gate as GCU looks to defend its Learfield title, which had been won by Grand Valley State University (Mich.) the previous eight years. The other Antelope fall sports teams also open this weekend, with men’s soccer and women’s volleyball playing at home.

Students got to party on the Quad and learned something at the same time about the dangers of alcohol during Monday night’s annual Root Beer Kegger put on by Student Life.

With songs featuring fist-in-the-air choruses and hyperkinetic front man Trevor McNevan pumping up the crowd as the best showmen do, Thousand Foot Krutch is as good as it gets for college rock fans.

Purple wigs, hundreds of volunteers, and lots and lots of students. The excitement that is Move-In continued Friday as new students began moving into GCU’s newest residence halls — Sedona and Camelback. GCU Today was on the scene with a live blog that was updated throughout the day with stories, anecdotes, photos and introductions to some of our new students.

The excitement that is Move-In descended on campus Thursday as new students began moving into their residence halls. GCU Today is on the scene with a live blog that will be updated throughout the day with stories, anecdotes, photos and introductions to some of our new students.

GCU Today conducted Q&As with the RDs to get a sense of what motivates them to serve students, to learn what they do for fun, and to understand what makes GCU dorm life unique.

The Thunderground concept came from interest in developing a Christian-flavored nightclub that would generate buzz among students and with the music industry in Nashville, where GCU has developed relationships to bring major Christian acts to campus.

GCU has a brand-new dining experience awaiting students, faculty and staff in the renovated Student Union. It also has a new executive chef in Bob Spaziani, who got his degree in hotel-restaurant management from the University of New Haven (Conn.) and continued his education at the Culinary Institute of America, becoming an executive chef in 1995.