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Lerner and Rowe backpack distribution finds home on GCU campus

Story by Eric Jay Toll With the 2025-26 school year fast approaching, Grand Canyon University is partnering with Lerner and Rowe Gives Back, the nonprofit […]

5 questions with Aaron Koehne, Local Outreach manager

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published as the "5-on-5" feature in the April 2025 issue of GCU Magazine, available in the purple bins on […]

Real-time police center leverages technology to enhance campus safety

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was published originally in the April issue of GCU Magazine, available in the purple bins around campus or digitally. Photos by Ralph Freso […]

GCU, community coalition working to make neighborhood safer for students

The next evolution of the university's safety initiative ramped up this year with the formation of the GCU-led 27Collab, a coalition of 80 nonprofit groups, […]

LOPES Academy moms share how GCU changed their sons' – and families' – lives

Editor’s note: My LopeLife is a feature in which GCU community members share their stories, like Serena Lowery and Mary Jane Mooney (below), mothers of […]

$1.5 million pledged to Five-Point Plan at 75th anniversary Amethyst Gala

Photos by Ralph Freso / Slideshow Supporters at Grand Canyon University’s Amethyst Gala on Friday pledged approximately $1.5 million to benefit the university’s ambitious Five-Point […]

Neighborhood alliance, bolstered by GCU, unveils safety initiatives along 27th Ave.

The 27th Avenue corridor once infested by prostitution and crime has been gradually transformed into an area of hope and prosperity. GCU President Brian Mueller […]

Alumni-owned small businesses bring treats to the GCU neighborhood

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story originally appeared in the November issue of GCU Magazine Photos by Ralph Freso Hunter Breshears rolls baseball-sized dough on any given […]

Goodwill coats the community at Lopes Go Local

Nearly 200 students volunteer for Habitat for Humanity event Photos by Ralph Freso / Slideshow Sydney Philo knows it’s easy to lose yourself among the […]