Welcome Week: Monday slideshow

By Ralph Freso

Welcome Week is here, and Monday was a busy one. It featured everything from move-in, to the Sports and Entertainment Business Club Tailgate, to the First Monday student market. Story

  • Welcome Crew sophomore Lindsay Logan directs vehicles at the check-in station near the Grove during Welcome Week Monday move-in.
  • Parents help students move their belonging at the Grove during Welcome Week Monday move-in.
  • GCU cheerleaders perform and welcome students and parents at the Grove during Welcome Week Monday move-in.
  • Thunder offers directions to a student during Welcome Week Monday move-in.
  • Freshman Lauren Sutton and her mother Sharon Sutton were the first to check-in at Acacia Hall during Welcome Week Monday move-in.
  • Students move in their belongings at Acacia Hall during Welcome Week Monday move-in.
  • Sophomore Shelby McCormick and the Thundering Heard Pep Band perform at the Grove during Welcome Week Monday move-in.
  • Students greet parents as they assist moving their children into Juniper Hall during Welcome Week Monday move-in.
  • Parents and family help move their child into the Grove during Welcome Week Monday move-in.
  • GCU President Brian Mueller was on hand to greet parents, students and talk with media during Welcome Week Monday move-in.
  • Senior Charles Bosman greets students and parents at a check-in point at the Grove during Welcome Week Monday move-in.
  • A parent flashes Lopes Up as his family passes through a check-in point at the Grove during Welcome Week Monday move-in.
  • Students greet parents and fellow students as they are directed to check-in during Welcome Week Monday move-in.
  • Welcome Crew volunteers help check-in vehicles during Welcome Week Monday move-in.
  • Senior Gabrielle Foxworthy helps get vehicles checked-in during Welcome Week Monday move-in.
  • Family members help a student off-load a U-haul trailer during Welcome Week Monday move-in.
  • Parents help their child move in to Acacia Hall during Welcome Week on Monday.
  • Parents assist their daughter as she off-loads her belongings from a pickup truck at the Grove during Welcome Week Monday move-in.
  • Welcome Program Operations Manager Alden Sia directs traffic to a check-in location off 29th Avenue during Welcome Week move-in.
  • A student and her parents flash a Lopes Up as they drive onto campus during Welcome Week Monday move-in.
  • A Welcome Crew volunteer directs traffic during Welcome Week Monday move-in.
  • Parents and family members help their student get moved in during Welcome Week on Monday.
  • Students wheel their belongings to their room during Welcome Week Monday move-in.
  • A student’s pet dog isn’t sure what to make of Thunder during Welcome Week Monday move-in..
  • A student’s pet dog meets Thunder during Welcome Week Monday move-in.
  • A student and her parents check in at Cactus Apartments during Welcome Week Monday move-in.
  • Freshman Olivia James and her father, Brad James, of Indiana get checked in at Ironwood Hall during Welcome Week Monday move-in.
  • Freshman Hailey-Cate Bull is given a gift bag and balloons by Cactus Apartment Residence Life staff members in celebration of being the 75th student to check in at Cactus during Welcome Week Monday move-in.
  • Junior Ethan Young (center) is surrounded by Residence Life staff members for Diamondback Apartments after being presented with a gift bag in celebration of Ethan being the 75th student to check in at Diamondback during Welcome Week Monday move-in.
  • A young family member cools down in front of a large mister fan during Welcome Week on Monday.
  • Sophomore Morgan Brennan (left) and junior Arujun Uma Shankar play a game of corn hole during GCU’s Sports and Entertainment Business Club’s Welcome Week Tailgate at the Rivers on Monday.
  • Shelby Link, president of GCU’s Sports and Entertainment Business Club plays a game of spikeball during the group’s Welcome Week SEBC Tailgate at the Rivers on Monday.
  • Students browse over a variety of items on Monday during the Canyon Activities Board-sponsored First Monday Student Market on Prescott Field.
  • Students on Monday ride the Ballistic amusement ride during the CAB-sponsored First Monday Student Market on Prescott Field.
  • A student leaps over an obstacle on the Toxic Meltdown inflatable during the CAB-sponsored First Monday Student Market event on Prescott Field.
  • Students look over a rack of shirts during the CAB-sponsored First Monday Student Market event on Prescott Field.

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GCU Magazine

August 2026

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