Campus Life

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 […]

Diehard Lopes fans are cool with braving the heat for Camp Elliott

Students endure the heat during Camp Elliot.

'I'll call you when I want to feel close to home'

They stood in family huddles, arms draped around one another, in an inaugural rite of passage called Lope Family Sendoff that gave parents prayers and […]

Message to students at emotional commissioning: 'You are not alone'

Photos by Ralph Freso / Slideshow Dads: Rumor is, they can be the stoic kind. Tough to crack. Brick walls. But not today. Today, Travis […]

Campus celebrates 75 years with surprise at move-in

It’s a Welcome Week of connection. It’s why student clubs are heavily featured this week, including four events and the big Club and Community Fair […]

Welcome to the club, all 110 of them

It’s a Welcome Week of connection. It’s why student clubs are heavily featured this week, including four events and the big Club and Community Fair […]

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. […]

Campus facilities fine-tuned this summer

The summer of 2024 is one of fine-tuning GCU’s bustling campus, said James Kossler, vice president of Facilities Planning and Operations. While excited construction is […]

GCU gets a kick out of summer camps

Some 12,000 have already signed up for summer sports camps at GCU. This week was the first big start to many that will follow, including […]