Faculty Profile

GCU Wheelchair Team Set to Take Its Best Shot

Dr. James Beggs is looking for a few good roll players. The kind who can really wheel and deal. Ones who won’t just sit there […]

Pioneering Science Professor Returns to Visit Campus

A former professor who was ahead of his time with ideas on how to grow GCU’s enrollment visited campus Tuesday for the first time in […]

Alumnus Returns to Ethington Stage for Season Opener

Any actor can dream of Broadway. Mike Hegeman dreams of a small, 300-seat theatre in west Phoenix — more than 20 years after he performed […]

KBCOB Assistant Dean Bids Adieu to GCU

Olivier Bouclier, a gentleman in every respect, can recall an occasion when he might have given a different impression. Bouclier, a native Frenchman with an […]

Orientation Central: Kimberly LaPrade

Meet the dean of the College of Education, Dr. Kimberly LaPrade. Dr. LaPrade knows GCU like no one else, she attended here herself and takes […]

Orientation Central: Meet Kevin Thrasher

Everyone can use a little help from their friends sometimes. Consider Kevin Thrasher, the head of the Center for Learning Advancement, your friend. Kevin and […]

Orientation Central: Meet Kevin Barksdale

Are you in business? Meet your dean! Dr. Kevin Barksdale is a businessman Monday through Friday, but you can find him racing high speeds on […]

Online Student Blooms With Math Teacher’s Care

When a beautiful floral arrangement turned up on her desk last week, GCU math instructor Carolyn Wesley performed a simple calculation: Daughter plus Mother’s Day […]

Dion Benes: The Professor With a Cardboard Office

Grand Canyon University adjunct faculty member Dion Benes carries his office with him in a 2 x 2 cardboard Kinko’s Box. When he began teaching […]