Online Life

Grand Canyon University gave a rousing sendoff Friday afternoon to the Class of 2011 and to Chase Field in downtown Phoenix, in the final Commencement to be held at the home of the Arizona Diamondbacks. With the opening of the 5,000-seat Arena in September, Commencement will be on campus next spring. An estimated 2,200 degree candidates participated Friday in the ceremony at the baseball stadium, which hosted GCU for the third consecutive year. The University conferred more than 8,000 degrees, and those included the first members of its College of Doctoral Studies.

The February 2011 issue of FYP is now available on campus and online. Get your copy at locations around Grand Canyon University.

Cardio. Cardio. Cardio. I cannot emphasize it enough. Doing a 100 crunches a day may seem like a great path towards a flat stomach (or a six-pack) but did you know that cardio is actually a much more successful route to burning belly fat?

Grand Canyon University offers several success booster courses that are free and self-paced so that you can review the foundations of writing, math, or technology. Below is a summary of each. These success boosters can be found within the ‘Classroom’ tab in your ANGEL course.

The Grand Canyon University Library has some incredible new content for every academic subject, including 30 new databases covering expanded full text content for the Fine Arts, Education, Nursing, Health Sciences, Business, Social Sciences, Computing and more!

Online and campus students never have to miss GCU’s Chapel Series. The Office of Spiritual Life posts Monday’s Chapel session on its web site at Spiritual Life’s Chapel Services Home. Catch up on the last few weeks of Chapel sessions including talks from Campus Pastor Tim Griffin. Come back to the site every week for the newest presentation. Never miss a week of Chapel. Chapel is every Monday at 10:45 a.m. in North Gym. Upcoming speakers include GCU CEO Brian Mueller and Jeff Durbin of Calvary Treatment Centers. For more information on GCU’s Spiritual Life events and services, visit the Spiritual Life web site, email ministry@gcu.edu or stop into the Office of Spiritual Life in the Student Union.

You Asked, We Delivered! In response to student requests, Tech Support has expanded their Student Success Webinar series to include late night webinars! The following webinars will be offered this month from 8 to 9 p.m. MST.

The November 2010 issue of FYP is now available on campus and online. Check it out now, featuring KBCOB Dean Dr. Kevin Barksdale, freshman award-winning songwriter Casey Lee Smith, remarkable International online student Louise Tamutebi and more.

Grand Canyon University’s Technical Support department is providing students more resources, tools and support than ever. Many of the resources are available on the department’s new Facebook page, with the goal to making the resources as accessible as possible.

To help you learn how to navigate MyGCU, the Student Portal, the ANGEL classroom, and other resources, Grand Canyon University is hosting a series of webinars for new students. The webinars walk you through the features of MyGCU and the Student Portal, using the ANGEL classroom, and resources like eBooks and the library. Introduction to MyGCU and the Student Portal: Mon, Sep 13, 2010 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PDT Mon, Sep 13, 2010 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PDT Mon, Sep 20, 2010 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PDT Mon, Sep 20, 2010 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PDT Mon, Sep 27, 2010 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PDT Mon, Sep 27, 2010 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PDT Introduction to your ANGEL Classroom: Tue, Sep 14, 2010 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PDT Tue, Sep 14, 2010 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PDT Tue, Sep 21, 2010 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PDT Tue, Sep 21, 2010 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PDT Tue, Sep 28, 2010 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PDT Tue, Sep 28, 2010 11:00 PM – 12:00 PM PDT Introduction to GCU Library: Wed, Sep 15, 2010 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM PDT Wed, […]