Campus Life

The Arena was packed for the historic announcement that GCU has been invited to join the Western Athletic Conference for 2013-14.

The upcoming spring semester will mark the second installment of a Chapel speaker series focused on the theme, with a number of new speakers coming to campus.

Thunderground has emerged as a premier Christian music venue, with GCU planning to expand shows to reach more students by the spring. The final performance of the fall semester is scheduled for Dec. 3.

The challenge included 12 teams of students: two from the University of Advancing Technology in Tempe; one from Arizona State University; a hybrid team from Glendale Community College, Scottsdale Community College and GCU; and eight teams from GCU.

We began Wednesday morning with Iron Man, a werewolf and a few other costumed characters at the Center for Learning and Advancement, the tutoring lab in the Williams Building.

Last Friday night’s annual Canyon Cares Fall Festival brought a crowd of 8,000 from GCU’s surrounding community to campus for fun and games.

GCU Student Worker of the Month Elizabeth Bradley helped the campus operations office deal with a massive overhaul to GCU’s parking situation.

Picking up trash on campus in 100-degree heat may not sound appealing to many people. But for a four-person litter clean-up crew from the Arizona Foundation for the Handicapped, every day is a good day at GCU.

About two-thirds of the 15-act field proved capable of placing in the top three at “Neon Phenomenon,” which drew an enthusiastic crowd of about 3,000 students for two hours’ worth of music, laughs and fun.

GCU commuter students have bonded through a commuter lounge in the heart of campus. There are nearly 3,300 students who commute to campus, ranging from teens to adults with families.