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Photos by Mathew McGraw and Elizabeth Tinajero GCU News Bureau The Friday evening ceremony of Winter Commencement at Grand Canyon University featured graduates of the Colangelo College of Business, College of Fine Arts and Production and College of Nursing and Health Care Professions.    

Photos by Ralph Freso and Elizabeth Tinajero GCU News Bureau The 2 p.m. ceremony Friday in Winter Commencement at Grand Canyon University featured graduates of the College of Education, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, College of Science, Engineering and Technology and the College of Theology.  

Photos by David Kadlubowski GCU News Bureau The Winter Dance Concert is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at Ethington Theatre. “ReInvent” will celebrate the Dance Department’s 10 years.    

Photos by Gillian Rea GCU News Bureau Families and friends of Grand Canyon University and Grand Canyon Education employees were treated to Canyon 49 Grill’s first Christmas tree lighting ceremony Wednesday night.   

Photos by David Kadlubowski GCU News Bureau The Worship Arts programs’ Songwriters Showcase convened again Monday night on the Canyon 49 Grill patio. Students performed the songs they hope will make the Canyon Worship album.      

Photos by Gillian Rea GCU News Bureau The final Chapel of each semester at Grand Canyon University traditionally centers on music, and on Monday morning it centered on Christmas. Students sang Christmas carols and heard an inspirational Christmas message from Dr. Tim Griffin, Pastor and Dean of Students. The service was led by a combined group of the all-student Worship teams, who perform at Chapel every week. Students had just returned from fall break, which Griffin considers a time to reflect on what has happened during the semester, and next week will head off to winter break and Christmas celebrations. “I hope you’ll go into the new year with a fresh outlook but Jesus still will be number one in your life,” he said. Griffin read the account of Jesus’ birth in the second chapter of Luke, and the Worship teams then closed with “Joy to the World.”  

Photos by Elizabeth Tinajero GCU News Bureau GCU students got in the Christmas spirit Wednesday night at “Hanging of the Greens” in GCU Arena. The annual formal dance was called “Fa La Land” this year and featured plenty of food, music and, of course, dancing.  

GCU News Bureau About 300 Grand Canyon University students — along with GCU President Brian Mueller and Dr. Tim Griffin, Pastor and Dean of Students — painted and landscaped at 12 Canyon Corridor locations on Oct. 26 for the twice-a-year Serve the City. Students volunteer at multiple Habitat for Humanity projects for Serve the City. This was the 10th Serve the City in which GCU and Habitat teamed up, and both parties are thankful for a partnership that has facilitated 606 renovations on 263 homes before Oct. 26.

GCU News Bureau Photos by David Kadlubowski Grand Canyon University broke out the buckets of sudsy soap and the water hoses to help CBS 5 Chief Meteorologist Paul Horton on Thursday night at the annual Paul’s Car Wash. The weeklong event features Horton and a few of his friends, including at GCU, washing hundreds of cars in support of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arizona. The GCU men’s and women’s basketball teams, coaches and staffers made their annual service trip to volunteer at the event, held at Desert Ridge Marketplace in north Phoenix. And Cheer and the Thundering Heard Pep Band were there, too.

GCU News Bureau GCU instructor and clarinetist Tim Haas joined viola player Dr. Mary Harrah and pianist Sherry Lenich for a recital Wednesday night in the GCU Recording Studio. The trio performed the “Chamber Music Masterworks” concert that featured “Eight Pieces for Clarinet, Viola and Piano” by Max Bruch and “Kegelstatt” by Mozart.