College of Humanities and Social Sciences

She wanted to flip houses, but a D.C. trip flipped the script for public policy major

Grand Canyon University student Riley Swedberg wanted to flip houses, but then a trip to Washington, D.C., changed what she wanted to do with her […]

Graduate takes unexpected path to 'be that person' who helps refugees

Photos by Ralph Freso / Slideshow / Livestream Her mom said it best while watching Dylan Vanderleest merge into graduates lining up for fall commencement […]

Graduate finds a fascinating life 'outside my own head' after traumatic brain injury

Photos by Ralph Freso Rafael Guerrero’s mom says her son always carries a little notepad in his back pocket. He’s afraid he will lose his […]

A class that communicates in the 'real world'

When semester-ending project presentations roll out in early December at Grand Canyon University, it’s not all bloviating on theory. Communications instructor Reka Vicsacsan’s Communications Campaigns […]

Hundreds of GCU social work students offer a helping hand across U.S.

It started with an idea last year that spread across the country to hundreds of Grand Canyon University online social work students. They went into […]

LOPES Academy participant is more than mainstream, he's a standout Havoc

Last year, Evan McKee was helping lead the student section at a basketball game, similar to his role as Havocs president at Midnight Madness earlier […]

Day on writing shows value of words ... in so many words

Photos by Ralph Freso / Slideshow “One time in another universe …” Thus began the progressive collaboration, where one writer’s sentence built off the last […]

A family triple play: dad to mom to daughter in commencement call

Photos by Ralph Freso / Wednesday morning slideshow / Livestream During a Sunday family Zoom session, Bern and Margo Roberts of Mesa, Arizona, asked daughter […]

Graduate's path to commencement stage is rocky, lifeless, humorous

Photos by Ralph Freso / Slideshow / Livestream The path some travel to an online degree later in life is rarely boring, but Garrison Bailey’s […]