Beloved assistant dean of technology remembered
Assistant Dean of Technology Jevon Jackson (left) helped students sharpen their software engineering, artificial intelligence and other technology skills. Jevon Jackson was not averse to hurling out a...
View ArticleNew academic programs span interests, from pets to planets
Associate adjunct professor Dr. Peter Pingerelli talks to students during the first meeting of a Space Foundations course. (Photo by Ralph Freso) Grand Canyon University leaders have listened to...
View ArticleKEEN Engineering Unleashed Fellow a force in teaching
Emmy Tomforde, who teaches thermodynamics, statics and more in the College of Engineering and Technology, is Grand Canyon University's second KEEN Engineering Unleashed Fellow. Emmy Tomforde is GCU's...
View ArticleGCU sophomores take center stage at first Girls in Cyber event
Grand Canyon University sophomore Allie Urbaszewski helps students from Sonoran Trails Middle School use a Caesar cipher wheel for encrypting data during the GCU co-hosted Girls in Cyber event at the...
View ArticleJewish professor at Christian university embraces kindness of community at GCU
Computer science associate professor Dr. Isac Artzi holds a copy of “A Pledge for Humanity," written by his wife's grandfather, as he reflected on the war in his homeland and the camaraderie he has...
View ArticleNational conference's GenCyber Day makes the circuit at GCU
Sheridan Sells (center) of Chinle High School in the Navajo Nation explores GCU's Esports Arena on Friday during GenCyber Day. The event was a precursor to the NICE K12 Conference, a national...
View ArticleFly under the radar? Not for GCU's new engineering, technology dean
Paul Lambertson brings his experience from the Air Force, Air Force Academy and Boeing Co. into his new role as Grand Canyon University's College of Engineering and Technology dean. (Photo by Ralph...
View ArticleInternational student graduate finds home at GCU
GCU cybersecurity major Tijana Zlaticanin, who has worked as a model in various countries, traveled from her home country of Montenegro to pursue her education at GCU. Photos by Ralph Freso /...
View ArticleTechnology clicks for neurodivergent grad
Recent Grand Canyon University graduate Samantha Vousden's neurodiversity means she relates to people differently. But it also helped her click with her major, applied technology. (Photo by Ralph...
View ArticleVirtual reality gym, pirate ship projects a treasure
Associate Dean of Technology Dr. Pam Rowland tries out the virtual reality "Static Snow" program of students Micheal Callahan (left) and Trevor Pope. They created the project in Dr. Isac Artzi's...
View ArticleGCU student balances life in classroom, emergency room
Not many students jump into working as an emergency room technician while still in college because of the time commitment. But junior Hans Broman, who's working on his biology/pre-physician assistant...
View ArticleStudents chip away at job possibilities on Semiconductor Day
Tokyo Electron Limited engineer William Haffelder (left) talks with senior Michael Silerio on Thursday during Semiconductor Day at the Engineering Building courtyard. Photos by Ralph Freso Here’s the...
View ArticleGCU, MESA have designs on helping K12 students engineer STEM careers
Vista del Sur eighth grader Joaquin Miller (center) watches as his team's microrobot zips along a path in the Onsite Coding Challenge at Saturday's MESA Regional Design Day on the GCU campus. “Whoo!...
View ArticleStudents geared for STEM at Christian schools competition
Junior high school students Miles Pierce, Isaac Ruddell and Jarren Ojanen of Flagstaff Christian School (from left) welcome their robot to the finish line at Saturday's International Christian STEM...
View ArticleCollege's split is scientific proof of University's STEM focus
College of Engineering and Technology Dean Paul Lambertson (left) and College of Natural Sciences Dean Dr. Mark Wooden say the split of the College of Science, Engineering and Technology means more...
View ArticleCanyon Undergraduate Research Conference was poster perfect
Students at more than 75 stations present their research posters during the Canyon Undergraduate Research Conference Monday in Antelope Gymnasium. Photos by Ralph Freso Logan Morris was going through...
View ArticleStudents use AR, VR to plug in to helping those with neurodiversities
Junior Jinny Nguyen dives into the Lopes Mart Simulator during the College of Engineering and Technology’s Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality Showcase on Tuesday at the Cyber Center of Excellence....
View ArticleGCU students' research highlighted at microbiology society meeting
GCU students presented their research recently at the Arizona and Southern Nevada Branch of the American Society for Microbiology meeting in Las Vegas. Students were accompanied by professor Dr....
View ArticleEngineering, technology capstones geared for innovation
Zach Geyer (right) explains his team's automated device assembly machine to Dean Paul Lambertson and Associate Dean Dr. Pam Rowland (second and third from right) at the College of Engineering and...
View ArticleWhere the wild horses hang out – and other natural sciences projects
Elisabeth Bruce explains her team’s project analyzing sites where wild horses might congregate, part of the College of Natural Sciences' Biological and Environmental Sciences Capstone Showcase on...
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