Mike Kilen

Jan 22, 2025 | news.gcu.edu | Mike Kilen

Grand Canyon University is a three-peat national champion. The Lopes won the Spirit Programs Game Day Live title in their division for the third straight year at the UCA/UDA College Cheerleading and Dance National Championships last weekend in Orlando, Florida. Spirit Programs Senior Manager Jesi Weeks said the team was excited to win the title every year since the category was launched three years ago, and to get the second-highest score of any Game Day competitions in all categories.

Jan 21, 2025 | news.gcu.edu | Mike Kilen

Photos by Ralph FresoHe has performed all over the world with some of the finest conductors and played with the Detroit, Phoenix and Boston symphony orchestras. But on a recent game day on Grand Canyon University’s campus, he’s leading morning rehearsal with the Thundering Heard Pep Band. He calls for the band to read Green Day rock hit “Holiday.” The band is thrilled and plays with the energy you see at GCU sporting events. “At measure nine – horns, bones and baritone – don’t be afraid.

Jan 15, 2025 | news.gcu.edu | Mike Kilen

She was driving to her Grand Canyon University graduation in Phoenix, nervous about what was next in her future, when lunch with a friend in Flagstaff was interrupted by a phone call. “We just wanted to call and let you know you didn’t get the role you auditioned for.”“I was thinking like, ‘Cool, why are you calling me?'”“But they are offering you an alternative role.”“I was over the moon.

Jan 10, 2025 | news.gcu.edu | Mike Kilen

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was originally published in the November issue of GCU Magazine, available in the purple bins on campus or digitally. Photos by Ralph FresoBrett Bergstrom has two jobs. He gets up daily at 3:30 a.m. His time off consists of a Sunday afternoon ritual – eat a quesadilla, take a short nap. “I don’t need a day off,” said the senior pastor and university development manager at Grand Canyon University. “God provides everything I need. I wish I had been a pastor way earlier.

Jan 10, 2025 | news.gcu.edu | Mike Kilen

Photos by Ralph FresoThe spring semester started with the most student clubs ever on campus – 125. So a trip through Grand Canyon University’s Spring Community and Club Fair, held Wednesday at the Canyon Activity Center, is always enlightening on trends and interests among college students. Student clubs thrive because students who are looking for friends find a community in the regular gatherings, Student Engagement leaders say.