
Christian Clifton (right) was a lab manager in the College of Science, Engineering and Technology before graduating in 2019 and landing a mechanical engineering job at Benchmark. He spoke about his job recently as part of a Benchmark panel.
By Lana Sweeten-Shults
GCU News Bureau
Christian Clifton popped into this job and that, as a firearms instructor, a high school math teacher and as a political campaign worker, all the while tinkering with engineering and tech projects in his spare time.

Clifton advised students to get as much hands-on experience as they can, especially in CSET’s lab spaces.
That’s when his wife stepped in and told him: “Hey, you should just get paid to do all this stuff instead of just spending all our money on projects,” Clifton said with a laugh as he spoke to Grand Canyon University students recently as part of a virtual panel of engineers from…