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Photos by Rick D’Elia GCU News Bureau A light rain couldn’t stop students from enjoying the Canyon Cool Down on Tuesday night. Maybe that made it even more fun.    

Photos by Ralph Freso and Rick D’Elia GCU News Bureau Students and their families had plenty of things to explore across the Grand Canyon University campus after they moved in Monday. They went to orientations, browsed pop-up tents and enjoyed “Cruella” at Night at the Movies, which stocked them with plenty of snacks.  

Photos by Ralph Freso GCU News Bureau The excitement of Welcome Week kicked off Monday with the beginning of Move-In across the Grand Canyon University campus. A record class of 9,000 incoming students will pump total campus enrollment to 23,500.  

GCU News Bureau Here are the artist renderings for what the Quad, the area in front of GCU Arena, will look like when work is completed in August. There will be artificial turf on the south three-quarters, and the northern end will be paved for multi-use and will have multiple tiers for catering, seating, fire pits and an area that can double as a stage. Also included is a photo by David Kadlubowski from the start of construction.  

Photos by Ralph Freso GCU News Bureau The final ceremony of Spring Commencement brought back to campus spring 2020 graduates whose ceremonies had to be canceled last year because of the pandemic. The student speaker was Samuel Yonan, the 2019-20 president of the Associated Students of Grand Canyon University.  

Photos by David Kadlubowski GCU News Bureau The Tuesday morning ceremony for Spring Commencement at Grand Canyon University featured graduates of the College of Nursing and Health Professions; College of Science, Engineering and Technology; and College of Theology. Elaina Marchegger of the College of Theology was the student speaker.    

Photos by Ralph Freso GCU News Bureau Graduates of the Colangelo College of Business and the College of Fine Arts and Production were honored Monday afternoon at GCU Arena during Spring Commencement. Kennedy Adams, who received her Bachelor of Arts in Advertising and Graphic Design, was the student speaker.  

Photos by David Kadlubowski and Mathew McGraw GCU News Bureau The first of four Spring Commencement sessions celebrated graduates of the College of Education and College of Humanities and Social Sciences on Monday morning. It included a diploma awarded posthumously to Bionca Sparrow, mother of GCU basketball player Oscar Frayer, who was killed in an auto accident last month. The student speaker was Kayla Peterson of the College of Education.    

Photos by Garrett Ohrenberg GCU News Bureau The final Chapel of the 2020-21 academic year featured music by the seniors on the Worship team and a brief talk by Dr. Tim Griffin, Vice President of Student Affairs, Dean of Students and University Pastor.  

Photos by Garrett Ohrenberg GCU News Bureau The “Beyond Limits” Spring Faculty Dance Concert will have performances at 7:30 p.m. Friday through Sunday, March 26-28, at the stage outside the Fine Arts Building. Friday night’s performance will be livestreamed and will begin at 7 p.m., in order to showcase five dance films. The livestream can be viewed on GCU’s YouTube channel.