Campus Life

Grand Canyon University expects to host a record number of freshmen during Move-In events Thursday and Friday. Nearly 8,500 students are expected on the Phoenix ground campus this fall.

With one fitness center oriented toward employees at the 27th Avenue Office Center and another designed for students in the new Chaparral Hall, the University now has three facilities available for exercise buffs.

Roosevelt Point, a new apartment complex near downtown Phoenix, will be home to about 80 GCU students this fall.

The eight-story complex at Roosevelt and Third streets, less than 10 miles from campus, completed construction in July. GCU students of junior and senior standing are eligible to live at the complex.

The zombie pop-culture phenomenon has risen from the dead in recent years with the popularity of films, books, video games and TV shows featuring undead or apocalyptic themes. The GCU camp attracted nearly 70 middle school and high school students.

As the University grows, so does summer school, and this year’s enrollment increased 67 percent over the summer of 2012. Financial incentives for taking summer classes are significant.

Brian McGuire is cycling from California to Georgia in the Pacific Atlantic Cycling Tour Elite Transcontinental, an event that will challenge him and other cyclists to pedal across the country in 17 days.

Highlights from Saturday’s final day of commencement at GCU involving online students in the colleges of Education, Doctoral Studies, and Nursing and Health Care Professions.

The Communications team at GCU has been blogging from commencement ceremonies at the Arena, with stories and photos of the Class of 2013. This is their final installment.

Campus photographer Darryl Webb had the busiest camera in Phoenix (again) on Friday, and here are some of his best shots from commencement ceremonies at the Arena.