College of Education

RISE 360 Scholarship a lesson in giving back

To put more teachers in the classroom, here’s an idea: Identify K-12 students as early as junior high age who might want to become teachers, […]

$10.7M Kern Family Foundation grant to cultivate Christian character campuswide

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following story was originally published in the latest issue of GCU Magazine, available in the purple bins across campus or digitally. View […]

State board: COE is 'ahead of the curve'

Sean Ross said that “if you heal a kid, you heal a school. If you heal a school, you heal a community.” To do all […]

GCU students embed in neighboring school in new educator program

Photos by Ralph Freso Three college students are perched on little chairs in front of the kindergarten class, squirming but sitting crisscross applesauce on their […]

COE alumnae shine: 1 week, 3 statewide educator awards

In less than a week, three significant statewide educator awards in the Southwest U.S. went to Grand Canyon University College of Education alumni. All were […]

A prayer, a coffee, a laptop and Dawn Seekings' answer was on the screen

A 1774 William Cooper poem that goes, “God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform,” has been paraphrased over time to "The Lord […]

COE selected to new state educator apprenticeship program

Grand Canyon University was selected to a pilot program for apprenticeships to try to reduce Arizona’s teacher shortage, the Arizona Department of Education announced earlier […]

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 […]