By Jimmy Magahern | Phoenix Magazine
Having tripled its campus footprint and grown twentyfold, Grand Canyon University sets its sights on respect from the higher-education community.
Having tripled its campus footprint and grown its student body twentyfold, Grand Canyon University is now setting its sights on another goal: respect from the higher education community – along with a giant tax break.
On February 15, 2017, at a major media gathering celebrating the grand opening of Grand Canyon University’s latest expansion at 27th Avenue and Camelback Road near Phoenix’s Maryvale neighborhood, university president Brian Mueller stood proudly in front of the new four-story office building – the centerpiece of a 37-acre commercial hub that also includes a renovated hotel and a restaurant – as local dignitaries sang the school’s praises.
