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Alumni compel new Canyon Rising scholars to a good start

Photos by Ralph Freso / Slideshow Quyen Phan was part of the first small group of students to be granted a Students Inspiring Students Scholarship […]

Students look up to a future with Fostering Futures Scholarship

Photos by Ralph Freso / Slideshow Ray Gilmore didn’t have it easy growing up in Tucson. He said his parents weren’t interested, and his grandmother, […]

What do students like? Look at their clubs

Photos by Ralph Freso If you think young people just have their heads buried in their phones, you haven’t walked through the Club and Community […]

No mere pep squad, Havoc leaders want to bring the heat to Mountain West

Photos by Ralph Freso Evan McKee sounded like a coach. “We have a strong incoming class,” the senior said from behind the Havocs tent outside […]

Student body leaders hit the ground running

Photos by Ralph Freso Student government leadership is not for the bashful, judging from day one with students on campus this academic year. By dawn […]

Kindness of unsung hero Woody Mason celebrated with award

Photos by Ralph Freso Woody Mason used to give his students a five-minute “dance break” from the rigors of study. He used to send emails […]

The unexpected stories from two students’ summer mission trip

The doctor said the fast-growing cancerous tumor in her chest is why she had trouble breathing. Lexi Svoboda had just started to get involved at […]

Two graduate counseling programs earn prized accreditation

Two graduate counseling programs at Grand Canyon University recently were granted accreditation from the Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs. The […]

'I built that': Workforce center honorees eye future as electricians and technicians

Photos by Ralph Freso / Slideshow Riley Shoemaker, wearing dress pants and donning long curly hair, heartily spoke Thursday night in Sunset Auditorium with an […]