By Hanna Dixon GCU’s film festival launches talent Grand Canyon University’s Ethington Theater lobby overflows with activity all the way down the theater steps into the fresh, autumn night air. Students dressed in everything from red-carpet-ready fashion to what they wore to class that day—backpack and all—chatter about film equipment, production schedules, and script ideas….Continue Reading From GCU to Sundance
By Dylan Vander Leest GCU Global Outreach fosters healing through ministry The dusty, breaking-down Glendale apartment complex holds refugee families from Central Africa and Afghanistan who do not get along. Their kids get into fights, their teens are forbidden from dating each other, and the adults glare at each other from their porches. Broken glass…Continue Reading Grace and Reconciliation
By Sarah Lewis GCU student changes lives by preparing pups for service Slobbery kisses, smacking tails, fluffy fur and flapping ears — no one can deny the delight a puppy brings to life. But imagine giving that up every time the puppy turns a year-and-a-half. That thought seems unbearable. But for Grand Canyon University junior…Continue Reading One Pup at a Time
By Lauren Bender GCU students tend to their gardens and minds. Jeremiah 29:5 says, “Build us houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens and eat the fruit of them.” Grand Canyon University Gardening Club President Jeremy Fuentes follows this commandment as he wheels his wagon up to the campus garden where students sit in…Continue Reading Growing With Community
By Danielle Lund Making College Dreams Reality for Phoenix Students At first glance, the Grand Canyon University Learning Lounge looks like any other afterschool center. Tutors, called Leads, sit at round tables in plastic, purple rolling chairs, waiting for students to arrive. The hum of the air conditioning fills the large space as kids slowly…Continue Reading Beyond the Classroom
By JD Martin Recording Club mystery series uses one of entertainment’s earliest forms. A hush falls over the students of Grand Canyon University’s Recording Club. Inside the campus recording studio, the club members are wrapping up an episode of their original mystery radio play,“Crimson Ink”. The club’s voice actors lean into their microphones, waiting for…Continue Reading Theater of the Imagination