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Seven inductees were honored Saturday in ceremonies at Ethington Theatre as part of the day’s homecoming festivities on campus. They also included two educators, a pastor, a nurse and a literary agent.

In a performance that lasted nearly two hours, the Canyon Singers, New Life Singers and Canyon Chorale presented songs by Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein, Rodgers and Hammerstein, and George and Ira Gershwin in a tour of the country’s musical heritage.

The student actors in Ethington Theatre’s “The Cherry Orchard” elegantly convey the dark, complex characters of the Chekhov classic play, marking perhaps the most important play GCU has staged in the past two years.

The Russian classic “The Cherry Orchard” highlights the type of complex, dramatic play that Grand Canyon University’s Ethington Theatre has been building toward for more than two years.

CONHCP students Aurel Dan and Claudia Dobos have been named student liaisons for the board of directors of Arizona Healthcare Executives.

will serve on the board in 2013, representing Arizona’s chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Nearly 1,000 educators from Arizona and California descended on GCU Arena for an opportunity to learn a little themselves from Dr. Heidi Hayes Jacobs’ seminar about integrating common core standards into their curriculum.

With a Feb. 1 deadline looming for the Canyon Challenge, representatives from Scottsdale-based Tallwave visited campus to share tips with those planning to enter the competition.

After eight years in the parking lot of Castles-n-Coasters amusement park in northwest Phoenix, the Canyon Music Festival comes to GCU January 19 and 20. The event includes hard-rockers like Thousand Foot Krutch and Flatfoot 56 for a fierce all-day Saturday lineup across several stages on campus. Other performers include Sunday headliner Jars of Clay and hip-hop artists like Andy Mineo and Propaganda

The Albuquerque nursing cohorts celebrated their “first-born” Monday night as seven students representing the school’s first graduating class received their pins during a ceremony.

The student troupe’s development under Susannah Keita was evident in “The Road Less Traveled,” which presented nine pieces that challenged an Ethington Theatre audience to go deep inside themselves.