Grand Canyon University

A graduate's walk from dirt floors to dreams

Shanique Edwards Ruffin had never walked a stage to graduation before Friday. Her story of nearly 20 years of perseverance from a dirt-floor home in […]

Students launch their interest in STEM at state MESA competition

Middle and high school students launched bean bags from their cornhole catapults. They dropped paper helicopters from the second floor of the Technology Building. They […]

Former NFL player, now GCU grad, fielding career in life coaching

Lorenzo Alexander spent 15 years playing professional football for such teams as the Arizona Cardinals, Washington Redskins and Buffalo Bills. Now he’s helping players transition […]

Grad takes classroom lessons from GCU to Tanzania

David Hoskinson watched a teacher in Tanzania use a learning strategy he had just learned in his graduate education program at GCU. “Everything I was […]

Spring Commencement 2023, Thursday morning (May 4)

Photos by Rick D'Elia Online students from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and those from the College of Nursing and Health Care Professions […]

Spring Commencement 2023, Thursday afternoon (May 4)

GCU's College of Nursing and Health Care Profession conferred degrees on its bachelor's degree graduates Thursday afternoon, May 4, at GCU Arena. Replay

Spring Commencement 2023, Wednesday morning (May 3)

Photos by Rick D'Elia GCU conferred degrees on nontraditional students from the Colangelo College of Business Wednesday morning at GCU Arena. Replay

Emotional encounter with military veteran leads to GCU degree

A memory of his childhood went with Karthik Anandan to the Commencement stage at GCU Arena on Wednesday afternoon. He was standing before a veteran […]

Spring Commencement 2023, Wednesday afternoon (May 3)

Nontraditional students from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences were conferred their degrees Wednesday afternoon at GCU Arena. Story of a CHSS graduate Replay