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Her story of resilience through 9/11, COVID

Elizabeth Gerena, a child of Puerto Rican immigrants who grew up in public housing in New York, could have had a bleak future if not […]

First gen teacher hopes to make a difference

Laura Carranza never thought college was a possibility. But the daughter of immigrant parents just earned her second degree, a master’s in educational leadership, and […]

Speaker's talk of faith and humility adds up

Dr. Michael Kaiser caught the interest of his Friday morning audience at Fall Commencement when he said mathematics was one of the reasons for his […]

Faculty member's true grit overcomes grief

Unexpected life events and tribulations were not enough to stop these GCU faculty from completing their doctoral journey. Walking across the commencement stage made it […]

Speaker's shocking story has surprise ending

The details of Ather Dawood's story about a friend were shocking enough. But the student speaker at Thursday morning's Fall Commencement ceremony stunned the audience […]

Emotional speaker shares life transformation

Christine Skowronek, the student speaker for the Thursday afternoon Commencement ceremony, told a gripping tale of how she recovered after nearly dying while giving birth.

Grad earns degree with laptop in one arm, chemo IV in other

Ismael Murillo was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer in 2019. He was in a medically induced coma for 14 days in 2020. And yet he […]

Grad balances military training, GCU studies

Micah Slifer just joined the military when he started his academic journey to receiving his master’s degree in leadership. That meant balancing his military trainings […]

Hawaiian Air internship took wing for grad

As an intern at Hawaiian Airlines’ new information technology center in Tempe, Austin Driver expected to spend his summer at a computer. But the recent […]