Kern grant launches Character Education center

The Kern Family Foundation has awarded a $2.27 million grant to Grand Canyon University to launch the Canyon Center for Character Education. The three-year grant […]

Published June 7, 2022

GCU-Empower union has students coming, going

GCU has been sending some of its top College of Education students and graduates to work at nearby Empower College Prep, and now the K-12 […]

Published June 6, 2022

Grad finished dissertation amid Afghan bombings

Stephen Lagerberg would be on Zoom one night as he pushed ahead to finish his dissertation and the next night might include a bombing at […]

Published June 2, 2022

Alumna's South Africa ministry has traveled well

Iris Cato-Smith views vacations as a chance to serve, not relax. The 2014 GCU graduate with a degree in Christian studies turned a trip to […]

Published June 2, 2022

GCU videos show how to help students with disabilities

GCU News Bureau Julie Blair, Assistant Director of Academic Programs for the College of Education, knew where to go for subjects of her videos. She […]

Published May 24, 2022

Foster care experts put their heads, hearts together

A diverse group of child welfare professionals from across Arizona tackled goals to improve foster care in Arizona on Thursday at the Foster Care Summit […]

Published May 20, 2022

How a scholarship offer in 3rd grade changed lives

She was in third grade, and all her immigrant parents wanted for her someday was a job out of the heat. But after Erika Delgado […]

Published May 19, 2022

Alumna wins prestigious national educator award

Melissa Martin went to school in Chinle, Arizona, in the Navajo Nation, then taught and coached there. But when she led the Chinle Junior High […]

Published May 17, 2022

Coma to Commencement: Grad's miraculous journey

Stefany Caicedo was in a coma for 49 days after a car accident in 2012. She had to learn everything again, from talking to walking. […]

Published April 28, 2022