Archive for October, 2013

Dr. Nabeel Qureshi, a former Muslim, converted to Christianity eight years ago and now represents Ravi Zacharias International Ministries.

The event at NTC Park at Liberty Station drew runners, walkers, stroller riders and volunteers — many with personal stories to tell.

Students and fans will get a taste of the “Fading West” film and album at GCU Arena on Sunday night during an intimate evening with Switchfoot.

Photo highlights from the first San Diego running of the GCU Run to Fight Children’s Cancer.

By Janie Magruder GCU News Bureau Photos by Paul F. Gero SAN DIEGO — Maya Thompson was dealt an unexpected and very much unwanted hand in 2010, when doctors found two cancerous tumors in her young son Ronan. Despite surgery and aggressive chemotherapy treatments of his Stage 4 neuroblastoma, the Phoenix  boy died on May 9, 2011, just three days shy of his fourth birthday.  His devastated mother’s mission is this: to ensure that the gold ribbon — the symbol for childhood cancer, which kills more children in the United States than any other disease — is as well-known in the world as is its pink counterpart, for breast cancer.  “The gold ribbon represents our kids, our families,” Thompson said. “I don’t understand why athletes don’t wear gold ribbons.”  Gold ribbons were omnipresent — threaded through tennis shoes, tying back ponytails and doubling as bracelets — on Saturday morning during Grand Canyon University’s inaugural San Diego edition of the Run to Fight Children’s Cancer. The energy-charged 5K event, followed by a spirited one-mile family run and an emotional survivors’ walk, in which gold capes draped the shoulders of people of all ages who have beaten cancer, drew nearly 800 participants […]

GCU Arena was packed for the first-ever fall ceremony for nontraditional students, many of whom came for the weekend from great distances to celebrate their accomplishment.

The performance, which included the Canyon Chorale, the Canyon Singers and the New Life Singers, kicked off a busy stretch for the Music Department as the holiday season approaches.

Accounting major, a junior with a 4.0 GPA, has demonstrated a short learning curve in only four months as a data support assistant.

A selection of photographs from the annual pre-Halloween event, hosted by GCU in the center of campus.

Dr. Harry Wong, considered the “guru of getting new teachers off on the right foot,” is a sought-after speaker and the author of the book “The First Days of School.”