College of Doctoral Studies

Colorado couple achieve principal goal of earning doctorates

Jon and Marcia Hoerl, school principals in Colorado and parents of four children, will graduate with doctoral degrees in October from GCU.

Doctoral College takes virtual learning to a new level

The College of Doctoral Studies is introducing the metaverse, an immersive virtual world, as a conferencing workspace for its students. The metaverse mimics GCU colleges […]

Four married couples take on GCU’s doctoral residency

Four married couples participated in GCU's doctoral residency this month, completing their degrees side by side.

'Warrior musician' hits first notes at GCU

Before Michael Maschmeier became a doctoral student at GCU, he was both a musician and combat soldier with the U.S. Marines. His war experience informed […]

Three GCU degrees are researcher's therapy and hope for others after tragedy

Her husband had a horrible accident 13 years ago, and he requires 24-7 care. How did Patricia Kay Reyna respond? She got three degrees from […]

All the technology buzzwords? They’re here

One team is creating a facial recognition model they’ll place on a robot so it can follow you around. Another is devising a machine learning […]

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 […]

Grad finished dissertation amid Afghan bombings

Stephen Lagerberg would be on Zoom one night as he pushed ahead to finish his dissertation and the next night might include a bombing at […]

Doctoral graduate self-publishes leadership book

After Dr. Ray Phillips completed his dissertation and earned his doctoral degree from GCU, his chair recommended that he keep writing. It was the push […]