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GCU faculty switches gears to help Team USA BMX athletes

Most days you’ll find Michael McKenney, Marc Eilers and Dr. Brandon Warner at GCU's athletic training program’s facility in Chaparral Hall teaching the next generation […]

GCU gets a kick out of summer camps

Some 12,000 have already signed up for summer sports camps at GCU. This week was the first big start to many that will follow, including […]

Five questions with Trish Shipley: ROTC coordinator

Photo by Ralph Freso EDITOR'S NOTE: This story originally appeared in the April issue of GCU Magazine. Trish Shipley supervises the Grand Canyon University Reserve […]

Fifteen students add creative spark to Canyon Worship 2025

When students return in the fall, so will Canyon Worship 2025, the ninth album by the Center for Worship Arts. The first single is scheduled […]

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 […]