Canyon Challenge to feature GCU, high school entrepreneurs
GCU News Bureau It’s a good thing that the Canyon Challenge is all about the improvisational skills of entrepreneurship. Grand Canyon University’s twice-a-year competition has had to improvise, too....
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Editor’s note: Reprinted from the November 2020 issue of GCU Magazine. To read the digital version, click here. By Lana Sweeten-Shults GCU Magazine The stars aligned for Edward Lon. The spring 2020...
View ArticlePre-med student has creative pandemic prescription
Orthopedic physician Dr. Randon Hall brought along a few case studies for his NERD Hours talk. By Lana Sweeten-Shults GCU News Bureau It’s 7 p.m. on a Thursday and instead of binging Netflix, a...
View ArticleParsons scholarship, like recipients, will have impact
The Students Inspiring Scholarship gave Luis Pena Espinoza (left) a new lease on life, and Flor Varelas Martinez is using it to work toward becoming a maxillofacial surgeon. (Photo by David...
View ArticleFaculty Focus: Dr. Samantha Russell
Dr. Samantha Russell Title: Assistant Professor and Electrical Engineering Program Lead Years at GCU: 8 Academic degrees: B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University M.S. in...
View ArticleStudents become the teachers on engineering panel
Christian Clifton (right) was a lab manager in the College of Science, Engineering and Technology before graduating in 2019 and landing a mechanical engineering job at Benchmark. He spoke about his job...
View ArticleGCU tech faculty log in to virtual cyber, Agile events
GCU News Bureau PetSmart’s Robert Wahl was one of the panelists at the virtual “Hacking a Cybersecurity Career Path” talk. Technology faculty in Grand Canyon University‘s College of Science,...
View ArticleEven online, ground students feel touch of class
Editor’s note: Reprinted from the November 2020 issue of GCU Magazine. To read the digital version, click here. By Ashlee Larrison GCU News Bureau Working from home is not always as easy as people...
View ArticleSlideshow: Winter Commencement, afternoon ceremony
Photos by Mathew McGraw GCU News Bureau Graduates of the Colangelo College of Business, College of Nursing and Health Care Professions, and College of Science, Engineering and Technology participated...
View ArticleGCU community was beacon of light in dark year
By Rick Vacek GCU News Bureau The story of 2020 starts and ends with one event, and anyone who has heard of COVID-19 knows what it is. But at Grand Canyon University, it wasn’t a lost year. Not at...
View ArticleHonors STEMists construct wheelchairs for clinic
Students from the Honors STEMists club built two wheelchairs for the Neighborhood Christian Clinic. By Ashlee Larrison GCU News Bureau Students in Grand Canyon University’s Honors STEMists club...
View ArticleFaculty Focus: Dr. John Wooll
Dr. John Wooll loves binge watching “Harry Potter” or “Lord of the Rings” with his son Bo (left). Title: Instructor, College of Science, Engineering and Technology Years at GCU: 10 Academic degrees:...
View ArticleCOVID-19 couldn’t stop GCU’s mission in community
GCU students helped load the more than 2,100 boxes of food handed out at two CityServe International events in December. (Photo by David Kadlubowski) Editor’s note: Reprinted from the February 2021...
View ArticleAwards reflect faculty’s fervor for students’ future
Eduardo Borquez of the Colangelo College of Business was one of 12 faculty members who earned awards for their devotion to helping students find jobs. By Rick Vacek GCU News Bureau Students have come...
View ArticleConference shows intersection of faith and science
By Lana Sweeten-Shults GCU News Bureau Where do science and faith intersect? For Sir Colin Humphreys, Professor of Materials Science at Queen Mary University in London, science and faith intersected...
View ArticleColloquium Zooms to large number of presenters
By Rick Vacek GCU News Bureau When he was conducting the research colloquium at Grand Canyon University, Dr. Kevin McClean often talked about how he wanted to see it grow. Dr. Kevin McClean His wish...
View ArticleStudents’ plant knowledge sprouts at colloquium
Samuel Blackledge (left) and Hanwen Hu present their research on bar coding desert plants. By Rick Vacek GCU News Bureau After listening to four Grand Canyon University students studying desert plants...
View ArticleColloquium proves educational for faculty, students
Dr. Paul Danuser of the College of Education begins his presentation Thursday. By Rick Vacek GCU News Bureau It was hard to tell who got more out of the fourth annual Kevin McClean Research Colloquium....
View ArticleFaculty Focus: Dr. Samridhi Shrestha
Dr. Samridhi Shrestha Title: Online Full-Time Faculty, College of Science, Engineering and Technology Years at GCU: 6 Academic degrees: Ph.D. in Biology, Arizona State University Master’s in...
View ArticleFaculty Focus: Dr. Sherlin Moses
Dr. Sherlin Moses Title: Associate Professor of Biology, College of Science, Engineering and Technology Years at GCU: 11 Academic degrees: B.S.: Zoology, Womens Christian College, University of...
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