Mike Kilen

Welcome Week features a fast and furiously fun schedule

Photos by Ralph Freso Welcome Week at Grand Canyon University has evolved into a mix of fluid efficiency and fun events. This year’s Aug. 26-31 […]

Seitz set on attracting women to GCU's trades pathways

Photos by Ralph Freso At the end of each semester, Shelly Seitz welcomes working men and women who ditch the hardhats to dress up for […]

A real dean's list: 3 degrees, 3 babies, 10 years

Milan (Johnson) Blackwell graduated from high school at age 16, earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Grand Canyon University in six years, and on Feb. […]

The hopeful life of a Dreamer awakens at GCU

Her mom always reminds her that they are living their dreams now. Twenty years ago, Danna Hernandez Cardenas came to the U.S. as an infant […]

Summit builds good character in schools to combat a divisive culture

Photos by Ralph Freso As a summit of hopeful educators convened Friday at Grand Canyon University, they had no idea what the weekend’s national news […]

Student Affairs employees have their own Olympics, and it's an underdog story

It isn’t the Paris Olympics but close. Student Affairs Summer Olympics hurled toward a hot stretch run of the 12-week games with Wednesday’s dodgeball contest. […]

Teacher survives stroke and coma to hold her GCU diploma

It took a lot for Shawna Fry, a mother of two, to return to college, and after four years she was within a couple weeks […]

Student carries the lessons of war deployments to online study

Justin Walsh was twice deployed to Afghanistan with the U.S. Army. When he got back to the U.S., he wanted to help people like the […]

Trades pathway alum tells women: When it's broke, you can fix it

Solei Donahue grew up on an Arizona reservation with a single mom who taught her how to fix toilets and change car tires. But it […]