College of Education

To GCU alumnus, national award is from putting kids first

Luke Kanine is the kind of small-town educator who not only teaches middle school P.E. and Spanish but serves as the behavior interventionist. He also […]

Character center summit to feature seven speakers

Dr. Lance Forman, associate professor and director of the Educational Leadership Program at Lipscomb University, will join Dr. Kara Chism of Samford University as keynote […]

Virtues can deflect stress of divided times, guest speaker preaches

There's no definitive list of virtues. But there are plenty that serve as positive character traits, according to Dr. Michael Hahn, assistant dean of the […]

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. […]