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Thinking outside the box lands GCU instructor inside a national fellowship

While working as a youth pastor for a small church in Chandler, Arizona, Vance Collins never imagined how his journey would lead him to shepherd […]

Alumni compel new Canyon Rising scholars to a good start

Photos by Ralph Freso / Slideshow Quyen Phan was part of the first small group of students to be granted a Students Inspiring Students Scholarship […]

GCU on a mission to produce global citizen leaders

Every mission trip provides a learning experience, even for leaders like Andrew Cuss who have been serving in foreign countries since their youth. Cuss, head […]

Students look up to a future with Fostering Futures Scholarship

Photos by Ralph Freso / Slideshow Ray Gilmore didn’t have it easy growing up in Tucson. He said his parents weren’t interested, and his grandmother, […]

GCU dance students arrive with movement and meaning

Photos by Ralph Freso In a matter of minutes, the dance studio on the first floor of Grand Canyon University's Saguaro Hall went from serene […]

Welcome Week by the numbers

Welcome Week 2025 attracted thousands of students and parents who arrived on the Grand Canyon University campus for move-in, orientation and a spectrum of events. […]

What do students like? Look at their clubs

Photos by Ralph Freso If you think young people just have their heads buried in their phones, you haven’t walked through the Club and Community […]

Parent Council: When you're at GCU, you're family

Photos by Ralph Freso Welcome Week is coming to a close, and it’s time for students to say goodbye to their families. Though this is […]

No mere pep squad, Havoc leaders want to bring the heat to Mountain West

Photos by Ralph Freso Evan McKee sounded like a coach. “We have a strong incoming class,” the senior said from behind the Havocs tent outside […]