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24 • GCU MAGAZ I NE Any new ways for students to know what’s happening on campus? GCUEngage, the newapp fromStudent Engagement, has logins for students, staff and parents and is loaded with information. Its slogan: Keeping Lopes in the Loop. The map provides navigation around campus and the calendar lists Associated Students of Grand Canyon University and Canyon Activities Board activities and events managed by clubs and organizations. Along with personalizing the app to receive alerts from favorite clubs, Bible study groups and intramural teams, students can track their volunteer hours. The app creates a co-curricular transcript, enabling students to show potential employers a record of their community service and leadership experiences. INsider tip: “Students can create their own set of programming. They can customize their college experience, highlighting the things theywant to do, not sorting through 583 events and activities.” — Jeremy Mack, Director of Student Engagement When’s the first play of the Ethington Theatre season? Aweek earlier than past years. Students arrived on campus inmid- July to start putting together “Ring Round theMoon,” which opens Aug. 24 – the Friday of Welcome Week. The rest of this year’s lineup is “Macbeth” inOctober, “Peter and the Starcatcher” inNovember/ December, “WhoWill Carry the Word?” in February and “Godspell” inMarch. INsider tip: “In addition to our regular Ethington schedule, we have a new theatre group. It’s a Christian theatre group that (GCU acting instructor/director) Michael Kary is going to head up for us. They will be performing at schools and churches around the Valley.” —Claude Pensis, Dean, College of Fine Arts and Production What’s the most unusual new club? TheMedieval Combat Club enables students to participate in “larping” (Live Action Role Play). There are 126 clubs on campus, and theway this one began is typical – a group of like-minded students started getting together on a regular basis and decided to apply for club status, whichwas granted in 2017. INsider tip: “I love that club, in particular, because it provides an area of community for students who might not have found it in any other club.” — Pablo Ciscomani, Clubs and Organizations Coordinator What can we look forward to at Chapel this fall? Themost notable of the six first- time speakers is Joni Eareckson Tada, who has been a quadriplegic since shewas injured in a diving accident at age 17. She haswritten more than 50 books on disability outreach, the goodness of God and the problemof suffering and will be here Sept. 17. Chapel is at 11:15 a.m. Mondays in GCUArena, and students also can attend The Gathering at 8 p.m. Tuesdays in Antelope Gym. INsider tip: “There are lots of amazing events that happen on campus, but Chapel is a consistent once-a-week experience and in a unique way represents the core of what GCU is about.” — Danielle Rinnier, Director of Spiritual Life Who are the newcomers to watch on the men’s basketball team? The Lopes have six newscholarship players, two of whomwill not play in games until 2019-20 because they are undergraduate transfers (Isiah Brown fromNorthwestern and Carlos Johnson fromWashington). Freshman TimFinke, themost touted signing, is joined by his brotherMichael, an eligible transfer who graduated from Illinoiswith one year of eligibility remaining. Trey Drechsel is also an eligible senior transfer fromWestern Washington. J.J. Rhymes, a Phoenix native, might have the largest immediate impact. The Rhymes family is renowned in Phoenix- area high school basketball, and this Rhymeswas a junior college All-American at Hutchinson (Kan.) Community College last season. He could start on thewing opposite Oscar Frayer. INsider tip: “J.J. is ultra- competitive and extremely tough. He can really get to the basket and score. He’s a bull down there. As far as getting to the basket and those type of things, I think he’s going to be very successful in the way that I will use him in mismatches, a lot like I used Josh (Braun) in the post.” — Dan Majerle, men’s basketball coach These handy tidbits have many applications – including one that’s an app GCU RINGROUNDTHEMOON ByJeanAnouilh | AdaptedbyChristopherFry AUG.24-26&AUG.31-SEPT.2 7:30pmFridays&Saturdays | 2pmSundays WANTASEAT? TICKETS: gcu.edu/RingRound | 602-639-8880 GCU,while reserving its lawful rights in lightof itsChristianmission, iscommitted tomaintaininganacademicenvironment that is free fromunlawful discrimination.FurtherdetailonGCU’sNon-Discriminationpoliciescanbe foundatgcu.edu/titleIX ©2018GrandCanyonUniversity18COF0054