Colangelo College of Business

GCU News Bureau They are the stories that make you feel good about humanity. They are stories of faith, courage and incredible determination, and they all have a connection to Grand Canyon University. Here, then, are GCU Today’s 10 most touching stories of 2017. But be forewarned: You might need some Kleenex – like maybe a whole box: “His cancer fight showed the superhero in all of us” (Jan. 19): No parents should have to go through what the Hyduchaks endured after learning that their 5-year-old son, Jace, had cancer. But they got through it, and Jace was the race starter for the 2017 Run to Fight Children’s Cancer. “First responders receive a heartfelt thank you” (April 20): Perry Harris picked the perfect place to have a heart attack – in the middle of a large crowd of people at Run to Fight Children’s Cancer. Among that crowd were a doctor and a certified athletic trainer as well as the station for the GCU Sports Medicine Club, and they all teamed up to save his life. Harris got to thank them in a special event on campus a month later. “A mom’s walk, like Karli, leaves lasting memory” (April 28): Less […]

The College of Doctoral Studies achieved a milestone by approving the school’s 500th dissertation, and as it turns out, it’s by one of GCU’s own. After some investigating, we found out the author of that dissertation is faculty member Melissa Beddow, who wrote about “The Portrayal of DNA Testing in the Forensics Crime Show ‘Bones.'”

Lift up the eggnog. It was a blizzard of holiday cheer these past few weeks as employees turned up their Christmas decorating acumen to unprecedented, spirited levels with Christmas decorating and ugly sweater contests. Story.

The commencement speaker Friday, Dr. Rick Rigsby, spoke about his third-grade dropout father and the impact his simple — but profound — words of wisdom have made on his life. Typical of what Rigsby passed on to his audience: “Look at me, graduates. Don’t ever show up on time. That’s mediocre. That’s basic minimum required. Show up early.”

The growth of GCU’s chapter of Delta Mu Delta, the business honor society, was stunning: It inducted twice as many students Wednesday afternoon (60) as it did just eight months earlier even though the requirements were more stringent. The group’s leaders had promised to spread the word about the value of Delta Mu Delta, and they delivered.

Teens with ideas for bullwhip, custom shoes and comic book businesses wrapped up their seven-week training with GCU’s New Business Development Center.

The goal of the Colangelo College of Business is to make sure its graduates are learning the way the world is working today — and will be working well beyond tomorrow. That’s why cohort students are being taught the importance of Blockchain.

Grand Canyon University’s hospitality program has scored a lot of victories since its advent in August 2015, and it got another “W” on Thursday when one of its star students, Sarah Mondragon, was part of a panel that won a fun competition at the November luncheon of the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International’s Arizona chapter.

The Colangelo College of Business is on a winning streak in the Stock Market Challenge. For the second consecutive year, a team of CCOB students won the University division of the event, and another CCOB team took third.

There was another great turnout of students Saturday for Serve the City — 220 of them went out into the neighborhood to paint, landscape and do cleanup. They worked on 10 more houses, bringing the total to 131 and bringing smiles to the faces of more homeowners.