Grand Canyon University

Alumni compel new Canyon Rising scholars to a good start

Photos by Ralph Freso / Slideshow Quyen Phan was part of the first small group of students to be granted a Students Inspiring Students Scholarship […]

GCU on a mission to produce global citizen leaders

Every mission trip provides a learning experience, even for leaders like Andrew Cuss who have been serving in foreign countries since their youth. Cuss, head […]

Students look up to a future with Fostering Futures Scholarship

Photos by Ralph Freso / Slideshow Ray Gilmore didn’t have it easy growing up in Tucson. He said his parents weren’t interested, and his grandmother, […]

Welcome Week by the numbers

Welcome Week 2025 attracted thousands of students and parents who arrived on the Grand Canyon University campus for move-in, orientation and a spectrum of events. […]

What do students like? Look at their clubs

Photos by Ralph Freso If you think young people just have their heads buried in their phones, you haven’t walked through the Club and Community […]

Parent Council: When you're at GCU, you're family

Photos by Ralph Freso Welcome Week is coming to a close, and it’s time for students to say goodbye to their families. Though this is […]

No mere pep squad, Havoc leaders want to bring the heat to Mountain West

Photos by Ralph Freso Evan McKee sounded like a coach. “We have a strong incoming class,” the senior said from behind the Havocs tent outside […]

Students' faith sparked at Ignite worship event

Photos by Ralph Freso / Slideshow Amid the high-energy of Grand Canyon University's Welcome Week festivities, Ignite gave students a chance to slow down, praise […]

49 questions with Welcome Programs

Welcome Week, the most anticipated, crazy-busy, event-packed week of the academic year, has finally hit the ground at Grand Canyon University. More than 100 events, […]