Mike Kilen

EPIC research doesn't take a summer break

One student researcher’s summer job is at In-and-Out Burger. She got home late at night, and by 8 a.m. was inputting research data. “I just […]

The story behind a donation to GCU that is more than its parts

It doesn’t look like much, a big engine sitting just outside Nathan Cooper’s office in Building 66 on Grand Canyon University’s 27th Avenue campus. But […]

Faculty friends lead fast-growing group on how to spread friendliness

Perhaps it’s no surprise that the co-hosts of an online character workshop have become best friends – they talk about ways to be nice, after […]

Summer projects big and small to improve GCU's campus

Photos by Ralph Freso Numerous projects are underway this summer on the continually expanding 300-acre Grand Canyon University campus. Leading the list are two big […]

They didn't have a home to call their own, now they have one 365 days a year

Photos by Ralph Freso Jason Lewis moved 28 times. He was hauled to many states by heroin-addicted parents, then “bounced around to foster homes, shelters, […]

From high school graduation to making the world's computer chips

Photos by Ralph Freso On Monday, Chris Perez became the first high school graduate in his family but warned his excited parents, eager to celebrate, […]

GCU graduate social work student helps change state and federal laws

Katherine McClanahan looked at the phone images and saw the familiar curve of her own bed post. It instantly crushed her. She had been secretly […]

A grief observed in student's book on death of wife, daughters

In the seventh November after his wife and two daughters died in a wildfire, Michael Reed thought he was having a heart attack. “Every November […]

New GCU lab series touts humanity in online intelligence

Among Grand Canyon University faculty who teach online, cultivating social presence in the classroom is not new terminology – in fact, the university hangs its […]