GCU News

Campus Recreation event shows Lopes play hard

By Mike Kilen GCU News Bureau Amanda Alfaro just touched down from the climbing wall at the Canyon Activity Center. “It tests muscles I don’t […]

GCU family embraces first-generation students

Bazwell Mwale arrived at GCU during Welcome Week as a southeast Africa native who didn't have college-educated parents to tell him how to navigate the […]

Project L: Welcome Week's love letter to diversity

Hundreds of students descended on the Grove lawn Wednesday night for Project L, the Diversity and Inclusion Department's Welcome Week icebreaker, which featured not only […]

Sophomores carry high hopes for an eventful year

You couldn't wipe the smiles off their faces. Sophomores who missed out on the full energy of GCU's campus because of pandemic restrictions last year […]

First Impressions: What new students were saying during Welcome Week

During Welcome Week, GCU will feature the journal-style thoughts of first-year students as they get to know the campus.

Experiencing the sights, sounds of Welcome Week

The GCU campus is full of sweet emotions during Welcome Week. Students take those last selfies with parents before they go. And then they dance […]

Slideshow: Monday activities

Photos by Ralph Freso and Rick D'Elia GCU News Bureau Students and their families had plenty of things to explore across the Grand Canyon University […]

Slideshow: Move-In

Photos by Ralph Freso GCU News Bureau The excitement of Welcome Week kicked off Monday with the beginning of Move-In across the Grand Canyon University […]

Initiative welcomes parents into the 'Lope familia'

When junior mechanical engineering major Daniela Chavira attended Welcome Week as a freshman, her parents, who don't speak English, didn't get the same experience she […]