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More than 16,000 graduates poised to become tomorrow's business and community leaders PHOENIX, May 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Grand Canyon University kicked off commencement season with the largest graduating class in its 64-year history. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130507/LA08672) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121127/AQ19393LOGO) In all, GCU conferred 16,113 degrees to graduates in its College of Business, Arts and Sciences, Education, Theology,...
Children's Cancer Network, Phoenix Children's Hospital beneficiaries of third annual race PHOENIX, April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Grand Canyon University's third annual Run to Fight Children's Cancer raised $104,000, bringing the total proceeds from the past three races to nearly $200,000 to help local families grappling with cancer. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130418/LA97355) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121127/AQ19393LOGO) The funds were awarded to the...
PHOENIX, March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Grand Canyon University announced today that Dan Majerle has been named the school's 13th men's basketball coach. Members of the coaching staff will be named at a later date. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121127/AQ19393LOGO) Majerle, 47, spent the last five years as an assistant coach with the NBA's Phoenix Suns. He is one of the most popular figures in Suns history, having also played eight seasons with the team from 1988-95 and...
New GCU Men's Basketball Coach Will Be Announced Monday, March 18 PHOENIX, March 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Grand Canyon University announced today that its men's head basketball coach, Russ Pennell, has resigned. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121127/AQ19393LOGO) "I am proud of the way that Coach Pennell has represented Grand Canyon University," said Brian Mueller, the University's president. "In light of our upcoming move to NCAA Division I status, we have come to a...
Will assist University's transition to NCAA Division I Athletics PHOENIX, March 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Arizona sports icon Jerry Colangelo has been retained by Grand Canyon University as a special assistant to the president, effective immediately, as the institution begins the transition to NCAA Division I athletics. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121127/AQ19393LOGO) Colangelo is the current chairman of USA Basketball and the architect of gold-medal men's basketball...
Expanded location features home healthcare simulation lab to prepare a new breed of nurses ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Based on a growing demand for highly trained nurses, Grand Canyon University has expanded its nursing program with additional classrooms and hands-on teaching tools. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121127/AQ19393LOGO) Modeled after the university's campus in Phoenix, Ariz., the renovated 16,249-square-foot location at Conejos Office...
PHOENIX, Dec. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Grand Canyon University delivered a Request for Proposal (RFP) to Mesa, Tempe, Gilbert, Chandler and Queen Creek today as a first step toward building a second campus that eventually will serve as many as 6,000 traditional students and 1,500 adult students. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121127/AQ19393LOGO) The satellite campus will cater to commuter students, featuring a student union, food service, a recreation center, a...
PHOENIX, Nov. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Grand Canyon University announced today it has accepted an invitation to join the Western Athletic Conference and will begin the process of reclassification from NCAA Division II to NCAA Division I status in athletics during the 2013-14 academic year. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121127/AQ19393LOGO) View the announcement live at 12:00 p.m. at www.GCULopes.com. "This is an historic day in the life of Grand Canyon University,"...
PHOENIX, Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The explosive growth of social media, widespread use of tablets and smartphones, and increasing need for video of every nature are fueling workplace demand for digital film experts. In response, Grand Canyon University's College of Fine Arts and Production has expanded its Bachelor of Arts in Digital Film degree program online with an emphasis in either production or screenwriting. Classes will begin in January 2013 as part of a...
DALLAS, Nov. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- LoudCloud Systems, provider of LoudCloud Learning Ecosystems, Learning Management Systems (LMS) for Higher Education and K12, is pleased to announce it has completed the transition of more than 44,000 online students at Grand Canyon University to the LoudCloud Learning Ecosystem. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121107/CG08213) LoudCloud Systems worked closely with Grand Canyon University to map and configure a next generation...
