Faculty Focus: Lacey Cox
LACEY COX College of Humanities and Social Sciences Lacey Cox Title: Adjunct faculty Years at GCU: 8 Academic degrees: Master of Social Work, Arizona State University Bachelor of Social Work, Arizona...
View ArticleGCU club is more than future lawyers reading briefs
Kevin Walling encourages his pre-law students to prepare for the LSAT by reading novels and magazines, not legal briefs. By Mike Kilen GCU News Bureau It’s not what you expect to hear at the semester’s...
View ArticleFaculty Focus: Adora Villanueva
ADORA VILLANUEVA College of Humanities and Social Sciences Adora Villanueva Title: Adjunct Faculty, Sociology Years at GCU: 5 Academic degrees: Bachelor of Arts, Sociology: Comparative Studies &...
View ArticleBehavioral health conference to discuss teletherapy
The virtual conference will present information on the growing need for mental health care being met online. By Mike Kilen GCU News Bureau Clinicians have been using teletherapy for mental health care...
View ArticleEdgeston named director of counseling programs
Dr. Anna Edgeston was named Program Director of the counseling programs in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. By Mike Kilen GCU News Bureau Dr. Anna Edgeston hasn’t forgotten the...
View ArticleCanyon 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....
View ArticleSocial Work program lands accreditation candidacy
By Mike Kilen GCU News Bureau The Master of Social Work program at Grand Canyon University has reached a significant milestone: candidacy status from the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)....
View ArticleLecture reveals rising pandemic substance abuse
Mental health authorities are alarmed by the effects the pandemic is having on adults, including young people. By Mike Kilen GCU News Bureau The numbers were shocking, even to Denise Krupp. The Grand...
View ArticleResourceful students aid homeless at André House
GCU students (from left) Emma Czajkowski, Daylan Kiss and Chloe Ehrke created resource guides for the homeless population. By Mike Kilen GCU News Bureau André House needed help. The nonprofit agency...
View ArticleFood box distribution a bright light for GCU partners
GCU Community Relations Manager Debbie Accomazzo loads a box of food prepared by Shamrock Farms into a vehicle at Empower College Prep, one of several points of distribution for the USDA Farmers to...
View ArticleFaculty Focus: Vince Frazier
Vince Frazier Title: Assistant Professor of Mathematics College: Humanities and Social Sciences Years at GCU: 6 Academic degrees: Bachelor of Science degrees in Chemistry and Physics and M.S. degrees...
View ArticleStudent lives her own advice: Persistence pays
GCU senior Karla Islas has proved that persistence pays — it has kept alive her dream of going to law school and earned her an important fellowship. By Mike Kilen GCU News Bureau Karla Islas has...
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 ArticleStudents elated by in-person ceremony, job initiative
COVID-19 protocols were carefully followed at the ceremony, with students seated apart on the floor of GCU Arena and in the lower bowl. (Photo by Mathew McGraw) By Ashlee Larrison GCU News Bureau...
View ArticleSlideshow: Winter Commencement, morning ceremony
Photos by Elizabeth Tinajero GCU News Bureau Graduates of the Colleges of Education, Fine Arts and Production, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Theology were honored Saturday morning at GCU Arena....
View ArticleFaculty Focus: Dr. Julia Langdal-Sittu
Dr. Julia Langdal-Sittu Title: Instructor, College of Humanities and Social Sciences Years at GCU: 7 Academic degrees: B.A. Psychology, Northern Arizona University M.A. Psychology, M.A. Theology,...
View ArticleGCU to mentor students in public housing
GCU students will tutor underserved children as part of new partnership with the city of Phoenix. By Mike Kilen GCU News Bureau The Edison-Eastlake Community is the largest concentration of public...
View ArticleCounseling programs are in tech with your feelings
The new Counseling Community Connections will go a long way to link counseling programs at GCU. By Mike Kilen GCU News Bureau What initially seemed technologically dubious – counseling professors...
View ArticleMy LopeLife: Class of 2020 has powerful perspective
Editor’s note: Reprinted from the February 2021 issue of GCU Magazine. To read the digital version, click here. My LopeLife is a feature in which GCU students, staff and alumni share enlightening...
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...
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