About GCU DESIGN

CAM Design Program

Grand Canyon Design Department, a place where we learn how to learn. A place where we learn how to work. Design is a craft that can be learned and refined through time spent in developing your visual literacy. Seeking to understand by developing your eye for the art and craft of communication continues throughout your career. What makes a designer is not only their craft, but the purposeful application of critical thinking.

University Mission

GCU is a missional, Christ-centered university with an innovative and adaptive spirit that addresses the world’s deep needs by cultivating compassionate Christian community, empowering free and virtuous action and serving others in ways that promote human flourishing.

Through academic excellence, the university equips students with knowledge of the Christian worldview, instilling in them a sense of purpose and vocational calling that enables them to be innovative thinkers, effective communicators, global contributors and transformative leaders who change their communities by placing the interests of others before their own.

University Vision

The College of Arts and Media promotes flourishing through creative technique, authentic storytelling, and a missional spirit.

College Mission

The College of Arts and Media promotes flourishing through creative technique, authentic storytelling, and a missional spirit.

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Canyon Creative

Canyon Creative is a student-led, faculty-mentored design agency that helps various clients, such as businesses, local NFPs, and campus academic departments, by helping meet their creative needs.

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GCU's College of Arts and Media, Building 35

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Office Hours

Monday – Friday from 8 AM – 5 PM

Department Chair

Sheila Schumacher
sheila.schumacher@gcu.edu

College Coordinator

Candace Stewart
candace.stewart@gcu.edu

The College of Arts and Media promotes flourishing through creative collaboration, authentic storytelling, and a missional spirit.