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Grand Canyon University

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Grand Canyon University (commonly referred to as GCU or Grand Canyon) is a for-profit, Christian university in Phoenix, Arizona. [1]

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Anthony Birchak

Anthony Birchak (born May 16, 1986) is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in the Featherweight division of Rizin.

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Arena

An arena, is a covered or not covered enclosed area, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events.

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Arizona

Arizona (Hoozdo Hahoodzo; Alĭ ṣonak) is a U.S. state in the southwestern region of the United States.

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Bachelor's degree

A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin baccalaureus) or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin baccalaureatus) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to seven years (depending on institution and academic discipline).

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Banner Health

Banner Health is a non-profit health system in the United States, based in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Bayard Forrest

Bayard Forrest (born July 8, 1954) is a retired American professional basketball player.

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Brian Mueller

Brian E. Mueller is an American academic and university administrator.

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Business

Business is the activity of making one's living or making money by producing or buying and selling products (goods and services).

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Campus police

Campus police or university police in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada are often sworn police officers employed by a college or university to protect the campus and surrounding areas and the people who live, work, and visit it.

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Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education

The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education is a framework for classifying colleges and universities in the United States.

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Chad Curtis

Chad David Curtis (born November 6, 1968) is an American former outfielder in Major League Baseball and a convicted sex offender.

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Christian college

A Christian college is an educational institution or part of an educational institute dedicated to the integration of Christian faith and learning in traditional academic fields.

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Christian theology

Christian theology is the theology of Christian belief and practice.

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Christianity Today

Christianity Today magazine is an evangelical Christian periodical that was founded in 1956 and is based in Carol Stream, Illinois.

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Cody Ransom

Bryan Cody Ransom (born February 17, 1976) is an American former professional baseball utility infielder.

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Dan Majerle

Daniel Lewis Majerle (born September 9, 1965), also known by the nickname "Thunder Dan", is an American retired professional basketball player and current coach of the Grand Canyon Antelopes.

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Dignity Health St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center

Dignity Health St.

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Doctorate

A doctorate (from Latin docere, "to teach") or doctor's degree (from Latin doctor, "teacher") or doctoral degree (from the ancient formalism licentia docendi) is an academic degree awarded by universities that is, in most countries, a research degree that qualifies the holder to teach at the university level in the degree's field, or to work in a specific profession.

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Doug Ducey

Douglas Anthony Ducey (born April 9, 1964) is an American businessman and politician who is the 23rd and current governor of Arizona.

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Education

Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits.

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Efrain Escudero

Efraín Escudero (born January 15, 1986) is a Mexican mixed martial artist.

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Engineering

Engineering is the creative application of science, mathematical methods, and empirical evidence to the innovation, design, construction, operation and maintenance of structures, machines, materials, devices, systems, processes, and organizations.

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ESPN.com

ESPN.com is the official website of ESPN.

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For-profit higher education in the United States

For-profit higher education in the United States (known as for-profit college or proprietary education in some instances) refers to higher education educational institutions operated by private, profit-seeking businesses.

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GCU Arena

The Grand Canyon University Arena is a 7,000-seat, 135,000-square-foot multi-purpose entertainment and athletics facility in Phoenix, Arizona that is owned and operated by Grand Canyon University.

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Grand Canyon Antelopes

The Grand Canyon Antelopes are the 21 athletic teams representing Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona, more commonly referred to as the Lopes.

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Grandy Glaze

Grandy Glaze (born March 4, 1992) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the St. John's Edge of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBLC).

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Health care

Health care or healthcare is the maintenance or improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in human beings.

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Henry Cejudo

Henry Carlos Cejudo (born February 9, 1987) is an American mixed martial artist and former freestyle wrestler.

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Higher Learning Commission

The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) is an organization tasked with the regional accreditation responsibilities for post-secondary education institutions in the central United States.

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Horacio Llamas

Horacio Llamas Grey (born July 17, 1973), known in non-Spanish-speaking countries as Horacio Llamas, is a Mexican former professional basketball player.

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Inside Higher Ed

Inside Higher Ed is a media company and online publication that provides news, opinion, resources, events and jobs focused on college and university topics.

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Internal Revenue Service

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the revenue service of the United States federal government.

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Jerry Colangelo

Jerry Colangelo (born November 20, 1939) is an American businessman and sports executive who currently serves as a special adviser to the Philadelphia 76ers.

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Kevin Warren

Kevin Fulbright Warren (born November 17, 1963) is an attorney and professional sports executive.

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Killian Larson

Killian Larson (born February 21, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for Saint-Chamond of the LNB Pro B. He competed at the collegiate level with the Grand Canyon Antelopes men's basketball team and finished his senior season averaging the most rebounds per game in all of NCAA Division I and was tied for third nationally with 21 double-doubles.

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Liberal arts education

Liberal arts education (from Latin "free" and "art or principled practice") can claim to be the oldest programme of higher education in Western history.

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Master's degree

A master's degree (from Latin magister) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

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Mathematics

Mathematics (from Greek μάθημα máthēma, "knowledge, study, learning") is the study of such topics as quantity, structure, space, and change.

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Mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact combat sport that allows striking and grappling, both standing and on the ground, using techniques from other combat sports and martial arts.

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Moriah Peters

Moriah Castillo Peters (born October 2, 1992) is an American contemporary Christian singer and songwriter born in Pomona, California and raised in Chino, California and Ontario, California.

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Mountain Pacific Sports Federation

The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) is a college athletic conference whose member teams are located in the western United States.

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National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a non-profit organization which regulates athletes of 1,281 institutions and conferences.

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NCAA Division I

NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States.

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Nonprofit organization

A non-profit organization (NPO), also known as a non-business entity or non-profit institution, is dedicated to furthering a particular social cause or advocating for a shared point of view.

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Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona.

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Prescott, Arizona

Prescott (ʼWi:kwatha Ksikʼita) is a city in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States.

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Randy McCament

Larry Randall McCament (born July 29, 1962) is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher.

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Randy Soderman

Randy Soderman is a retired American soccer defender who spent most of his professional career with indoor teams.

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Research university

A research university is a university that expects all its tenured and tenure-track faculty to continuously engage in research, as opposed to merely requiring it as a condition of an initial appointment or tenure.

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Science

R. P. Feynman, The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol.1, Chaps.1,2,&3.

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Seminary

Seminary, school of theology, theological seminary, Early-Morning Seminary, and divinity school are educational institutions for educating students (sometimes called seminarians) in scripture, theology, generally to prepare them for ordination as clergy, academia, or ministry.

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Southern Baptist Convention

The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is a Christian denomination based in the United States.

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Tempe, Arizona

Tempe (Oidbaḍ in Pima), also known as Hayden's Ferry during the territorial times of Arizona, is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, with the Census Bureau reporting a 2017 population of 185,038.

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The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs.

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Tim Salmon

Timothy James Salmon (born August 24, 1968), nicknamed King Fish, is a retired Major League Baseball outfielder and designated hitter who played his entire career with the team known, at various points during his tenure, as the California Angels, Anaheim Angels and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

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Town & Country (magazine)

Town & Country, formerly the Home Journal and The National Press, is a monthly American lifestyle magazine.

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U.S. News & World Report

U.S. News & World Report is an American media company that publishes news, opinion, consumer advice, rankings, and analysis.

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University

A university (universitas, "a whole") is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in various academic disciplines.

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Urban area

An urban area is a human settlement with high population density and infrastructure of built environment.

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Video game

A video game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device such as a TV screen or computer monitor.

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Western Athletic Conference

The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) is an American collegiate athletic conference formed on July 27, 1962 and affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. The WAC covers a broad expanse of the western United States, with member institutions located in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Utah, and Washington, along with the "non-western" states of Missouri and Illinois (traditionally associated with the Midwest), as well as Texas (traditionally associated with the Southwest).

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Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Wrestling competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, were held at the China Agricultural University Gymnasium from August 12–21, 2008.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Canyon_University

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