Campus Life

The building is being transformed into a more up-to-date food service area with new features, better traffic flow and about 300 additional seats to accommodate the influx of 1,700 more students expected in the fall.

Last Friday afternoon’s graduation ceremonies at GCU Arena included the Colleges of Education and Doctoral Studies.

Performance artist Erik Wahl entertained and inspired commencement audiences last week at GCU Arena with his unique works of portraiture, which included history makers Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs, Bono, John Lennon and Marilyn Monroe.

Friday’s graduation ceremonies at GCU Arena included the Colleges of Nursing, Education and Doctoral Studies.

Doug Carroll, Michael Ferraresi and Bob Romantic of the GCU News Bureau are blogging from commencement on campus. Here are some of their stories and observations from Friday’s ceremonies for the Colleges of Nursing, Education and Doctoral Studies.

Thursday’s graduation ceremonies at GCU Arena included the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Christian Studies, Fine Arts and Production, and Business.

The Music Department’s annual awards concert presented three of GCU’s choirs plus five soloists and was followed by a raucous set of improvisational comedy at Ethington Theatre.

Read about the Class of 2012 and commencement ceremonies Thursday from GCU Arena in our blog, compiled by Doug Carroll, Michael Ferraresi and Bob Romantic of the GCU News Bureau.

The GCU campus is expected to hold nearly 7,000 students by next school year, meaning that parking violations will be strictly enforced beginning in August as traffic volumes peak.

After a 37-year teaching career, including the last 11 at GCU, Beggs is retiring at the end of the school year. As part of the farewell, several GCU employees paid tribute to him in the same way that he did for so many others – with a rap video. Beggs also has done his own video about his retirement.