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Fellowship recipient seeks to lead path from GCU to Indiana

Jan 16, 2025 | news.gcu.edu | Mark Gonzales

The Indiana-based Orr Fellowship program selected 74 college seniors that included 17 from Purdue University, 16 from Indiana and six apiece from Taylor University and Wabash College. And one from Grand Canyon University. Brecken Gutwein plans to recruit more Lopes to apply to the two-year, early career development program that connects qualified graduates with future-focused businesses in Indianapolis and Evansville.
Follow Jesus' route, Pastor Griffin stresses at Monday Chapel

Jan 14, 2025 | news.gcu.edu | Mark Gonzales

Photos by Ralph Freso / Slideshow Dr. Tim Griffin, Grand Canyon University pastor, continued the emphasis on the Sermon on the Mount at Monday Chapel, saying that sometimes as a Christian, you have to go against the grain of society to get where a child of God should get. “Sometimes getting what you’d really like to have in life goes a different route than you sometimes think,” Griffin told the audience at Global Credit Union Arena.
Superior skills gained at GCU aid mayor

Jan 13, 2025 | news.gcu.edu | Mark Gonzales

Attending Grand Canyon University as an online student and working mother of two children taught Mila Besich how to efficiently manage her hectic schedule. It also helped her communicate more effectively, which serves her well as mayor of Superior, Arizona, a town of about 2,400 residents 70 miles east of GCU, and as executive director of the Copper Corridor Economic Development Coalition.
Collisions can lead to camaraderie, President Mueller preaches at Chapel

Jan 7, 2025 | news.gcu.edu | Mark Gonzales

Watch the Chapel livestreamFrom football to governments, collisions are inevitable, Grand Canyon University Brian Mueller said Monday during the first Chapel of the 2025 spring semester at Global Credit Union Arena. Even the Nativity scene with baby Jesus depicts how a peaceful scene barely masks the hostility that ensued. “God created the world so we could all get along and we could have a perfect relationship with Him and others,” Mueller said. “Then there was the fall.
Engagement act highlights Songwriters Showcase

Dec 10, 2024 | news.gcu.edu | Mark Gonzales

Photos by Ralph Freso SlideshowThe chill that hovered over Grand Canyon University's Quad Monday night could not ice the harmonic mood set by Hayden Conway and Kate McIntyre. Any nerves stemming from their first time as Songwriters Showcase performance were not visible. That’s because Conway successfully proposed to McIntyre on Sunday. “I would say I wasn’t nervous when he asked me, but I will say he asking me helped my nerves immensely (for Monday’s performance),” McIntyre said.
Krohn Kreamer mixes right ingredients for Canyon Challenge top prize

Dec 9, 2024 | news.gcu.edu | Mark Gonzales

Photos by Rick D'EliaThe ingredients blended perfectly for Dillan Krohn, just like his Krohn Kreamer product that he pitched Friday night at the Canyon Challenge at Grand Canyon University’s Sunset Auditorium. In the eyes of three judges, Krohn pitched a profitable product that would solve flavor and health concerns for coffee consumers. That pitch was good enough for Krohn to win the $2,500 first-place prize over four competitors who pitched products worthy of top prize consideration.
Christian business leaders lend advice at T.W. Lewis Speaker Series

Dec 3, 2024 | news.gcu.edu | Mark Gonzales

Photos by Ralph FresoBefore John Moore built a large faith-based financial service company, he recalled a telephone call in which he was unsuccessful in communicating with an employee at a since-defunct stock brokerage company. After expressing his frustrations, Moore said he slammed down the telephone and walked off. Unbeknownst to Moore, a female worker witnessed his diatribe and replied, “Is that the Christian way to handle it?”A stunned Moore immediately prayed and asked for forgiveness.
Here's the pitch: Canyon Challenge candidates need convincing speeches

Nov 26, 2024 | news.gcu.edu | Mark Gonzales

Photos by Ralph Freso / SlideshowChase Hanson’s slideshow matched his presentation, and the accident on the left side of his polo shirt perfectly illustrated the problem his proposed product promises to solve. But there was one problem. Hanson spoke too hurriedly at times, a flaw pointed out by an IDEA Club official at his first pitch event.
CCOB displays a decade's worth of a force for good

Nov 25, 2024 | news.gcu.edu | Mark Gonzales

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published in the November issue of GCU Magazine. Photos by Ralph FresoJerry Colangelo arrived in Phoenix in 1968 with his wife and three children and $200. It was a humble beginning for the Illinois native, who would ascend to become Arizona’s top sports executive over the next four decades, serving as head of USA Basketball and owner of the Arizona Diamondbacks, Phoenix Suns and other professional sports franchises.
Jewelry entrepreneur has heart of gold for trafficking victims

Nov 21, 2024 | news.gcu.edu | Mark Gonzales

Photos by Ralph FresoBethany Zenil enrolled at Grand Canyon University as a pre-med student with dreams of operating a medical skin spa. But she also has found a passion for selling jewelry and has connected with her entrepreneurial side. Her business success has heightened her desire to help those victimized by sex trafficking, particularly in her hometown of Kansas City, Missouri.