College of Humanities and Social Sciences

From foster care to GCU grad: Carter defied the odds

Jacqueline Carter was placed in foster care at age 17, one week before she was scheduled to start at GCU. But a Good Samaritan arranged […]

Students commemorate Constitution/Citizenship Day

Thursday's celebration of Constitution Day and Citizenship Day has special meaning for the GCU Civics Club, which will initiate projects in the coming weeks at local […]

Communications major gets project on the board

GCU junior Heather Davenport used to join her grandparents to volunteer for Meals on Wheels in Oregon and never forgot the senior citizens starving for […]

Social work educators master lessons in diversity

The Master of Social Work program launched in February, right before the pandemic went wild across the country and racial unrest followed. It was a […]

On-campus students will be well-grounded online

It took GCU's talented and dedicated staff and faculty one week to make the transition to an online platform when the pandemic struck last semester. […]

GCU task force made fall plan a care package

The plan for the fall semester was all set, but then the COVID-19 pandemic suddenly worsened in Arizona. Undaunted, the GCU task force that had […]

Advocacy and counseling go hand in hand

An advocate can be as simple as “not remaining silent when someone speaks negatively of other people,” said Ron Friesen, a GCU adjunct instructor who […]

Faculty are plugged in for online, blended learning

GCU ground faculty did it in a pinch, shifting gears last spring when classes moved to emergency remote learning mode because of the pandemic. But […]

Counselors face their own pandemic stress

The stresses are adding up. A pandemic, social unrest, working from home, loss of income and freedoms. Now think of the mental health professionals trying […]