College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Don't think of him as blind – 'Big Dog' is a cowboy

Michael ‘‘Big Dog’’ Abell wasn’t always blind, but he started losing his sight at age 9 as the result of a firecracker accident. It took […]

Changing lives (including their own) at Dream Center

Summer vacation or not, GCU College of Humanities and Social Sciences counseling professors and students continue to bring group therapy sessions to sex-trade survivors sheltered […]

Speech and Debate has it together, with good reason

One of the most successful teams at GCU the last couple of years has been Speech and Debate, which has an interesting collection of personalities […]

Slideshow: Friday online commencement ceremonies

Photos by Slaven Gujic  GCU News Bureau Online students in the College of Doctoral Studies, College of Humanities and Social Sciences and College of Nursing […]

Kids play big role in online graduates' stories

Online students have many amazing stories of overcoming obstacles to earn their degrees. Some of them make you wonder how they ever did it — […]

Honors College completes first graduating class

Twenty-one students in the Honors College inaugural group, which began in 2013, were awarded their degrees Thursday. Breanna Naegeli, Honors College assistant dean, described the […]

A mom's walk, like Karli, leaves lasting memory

Cathy Hocking accepted a Bachelor of Arts in Communications degree Thursday at Grand Canyon University on behalf of her daughter, Karli Richardson, one of three […]

Graduate in English already has two published books

Among the College of Humanities and Social Sciences students who are graduating Thursday is Ashlienne Newsome, an English major who has penned and published two […]

Thousands set to gather for GCU commencement

More than 5,000 graduates and their 30,000 guests will be on the Grand Canyon University campus this week for spring commencement. There will be six […]