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Campus jobs are working to help students kick off their careers

Photos by Ralph Freso EDITOR'S NOTE: This story originally appeared in the April issue of GCU Magazine. Brooke Swanson recalled traveling from Fargo, North Dakota, […]

New GCU student's story of freedom she once couldn't write

With her 5-year-old son at her side, Cuban defector Eyleen Ochoa left Ecuador 14 years ago and travelled by foot, horse, bus and small plane […]

Guitarist tuned up for doctoral degree at GCU

Bruce McKenzie took a curious route to GCU's College of Doctoral Studies department. McKenzie was part of a gospel quartet and later opened for comedian/impersonator […]

For pastor, future nurse, it's all about caring

Greg Oppennuizen started taking college courses again in 2019, hoping to fulfill his church’s goals of its pastoral team becoming bivocational. Having two job meant […]

New Cheer coach brings personal style and toughness to lauded team

Kori Boe, the new GCU Cheer coach, brings a gymnast mentality to the highly touted team, preaching mental toughness and close bonding to a team […]

GCU's entrepreneurship chair spreads wealth of knowledge in Colombia

A visit to an entrepreneur training conference at the University of Notre Dame four years turned out to be a great opportunity for Tim Kelley. […]

Nurse who made the move to the U.S. finds passion in teaching

Jan Kear, who's from Manchester, England, was working as a nurse when her husband, a factory-trained Rolls-Royce technician, told her, "We're moving to America!" after […]

COE alums add to long list of educator awards

When Cody (Wyoming) High School Principal Nathan Tedjeske recently won a prestigious national educator award, he joined a ever-growing list of GCU alumni honorees that […]

GCU faculty a 'catalyzing force' at HLC conference

When Higher Learning Commission Annual Conference first-timer Rick Holbeck stepped into the room where he was invited to present a talk, he was floored at […]