GCU News

Welcome Week by the numbers

Welcome Week 2025 attracted thousands of students and parents who arrived on the Grand Canyon University campus for move-in, orientation and a spectrum of events. […]

What do students like? Look at their clubs

Photos by Ralph Freso If you think young people just have their heads buried in their phones, you haven’t walked through the Club and Community […]

Lope-A-Palooza 2025

Students kicked off the year with Lope-A-Palooza on Friday in Global Credit Union Arena, following the volleyball home opener in which the Lopes swept Long […]

Lope Family Sendoff

GCU Welcome Week move-in is all done, so it was time for parents to head back home but not before wrapping up the week at […]

Canyon Cool Down

Students slid, they shot water out of water guns, they cooled down with some Eegee's shaved ice, and they had a lot of fun at […]

Parent Council: When you're at GCU, you're family

Photos by Ralph Freso Welcome Week is coming to a close, and it’s time for students to say goodbye to their families. Though this is […]

No mere pep squad, Havoc leaders want to bring the heat to Mountain West

Photos by Ralph Freso Evan McKee sounded like a coach. “We have a strong incoming class,” the senior said from behind the Havocs tent outside […]

GCU Dining hours, Sept. 1-7

Students' faith sparked at Ignite worship event

Photos by Ralph Freso / Slideshow Amid the high-energy of Grand Canyon University's Welcome Week festivities, Ignite gave students a chance to slow down, praise […]