College of Education

Character center to lead 2nd summit for educators

The second of the four-weekend Fostering Thriving Schools and Students Summit Series will be held Friday and Saturday in Building 71 of Grand Canyon University’s […]

GCU College of Education adjuncts 'on fire' for new academic year

For the first time, the College of Education kicked off the academic year with a faculty conference for adjunct faculty members, and they were enthused […]

Prevailing to teach: 'I am a strong woman'

Elizabeth Kuehne was born deaf. But after encouragement from her late adoptive mother and from a GCU university counselor, this summer she began work online […]

A paraprofessional finds understanding among differences

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second of three stories on paraprofessional students. Click here for the first in the series. Lyretha Abu-Shanab never gave it a […]

The world was not handed to them, but at GCU they raised a hand to teach

They often didn't have it easy in life, yet classroom paraprofessionals help the most vulnerable of K12 students. And GCU is helping those paraprofessionals, including […]

A real dean's list: 3 degrees, 3 babies, 10 years

Milan (Johnson) Blackwell graduated from high school at age 16, earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Grand Canyon University in six years, and on Feb. […]

Summit builds good character in schools to combat a divisive culture

Photos by Ralph Freso As a summit of hopeful educators convened Friday at Grand Canyon University, they had no idea what the weekend’s national news […]

Teacher survives stroke and coma to hold her GCU diploma

It took a lot for Shawna Fry, a mother of two, to return to college, and after four years she was within a couple weeks […]

New GCU student's story of freedom she once couldn't write

With her 5-year-old son at her side, Cuban defector Eyleen Ochoa left Ecuador 14 years ago and travelled by foot, horse, bus and small plane […]