Stories

Gonzaga welcomes 58 new professors, with knowledge in an array of disciplines.

The Office of Undergraduate Admission explains our "test-optional" policy for first-year students applying to Gonzaga University.

How one alumnus built relationships and learned new perspectives while studying abroad in Brussels, Belgium.

Spirit rose out of Charette, a campuswide conversation former Father President Robert Spitzer, S.J., directed to derive solutions to common problems. One of those problems identified by faculty and staff was lack of communications between units on campus. A look back on how Spirit has raised morale and informed employees over the past 25 years.

The new Unity Scholars program invites lower-income Washington state students committed to social justice, cultural awareness and leadership to apply for membership in a four-year cohort supported by an array of campus offices, and paid for through scholarships and grants that cover the cost of all tuition, fees, housing and meal plan charges for four years.

Although Stephen Cummins is new to Gonzaga and Spokane, it's not his first time here. The Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center director grew up in Lubbock, Texas, but his grandparents and uncles farmed in Craigmont, Idaho. When he was 10 and on a summer visit to see family, grandma and grandpa took him, his sister and his mom to Expo '74. It was the beginning of shaping his interest in arts and entertainment.

This year, Melody Alsaker, Alphonse A. & Geraldine F. Arnold Distinguished Professor and associate professor of mathematics at Gonzaga, has been places that would stir awe in her younger self. From organizing a conference session on her research specialty in Tokyo to deeper collaborations between colleagues in Helsinki, Alsaker has set the standard for global scholarship in her field.

October 11 marks the debut of the Gonzaga Lavender Alumni and Friends Community, connecting LGBTQ+ alumni and students through educational, social and professional development, and philanthropic programming.

When the artificial intelligence platform ChatGPT broke the internet, Chase Bollig was among the many who were excited and nervous for what it meant for the future. But Bollig, who had been brainstorming an AI writing course took ChatGPT's release as an opportunity to bring his idea of making AI work for writers to life.

Gonzaga Admission Counselor, Levi-Garcia Morales, shares the Office of Admission's favorite traditions at GU.

The Spokane Journal of Business featured senior entrepreneurship and finance student Jack Githens and his company Table Topperz in a recent article.

Every year, juniors and seniors at Gonzaga in the top 15% of their class receive an email inviting them to apply for membership in Alpha Sigma Nu (ASN), the Jesuit Honors Society, where intellectual pursuits are always on the agenda.

On Sept. 27, 2023, seven Republican candidates looking to become the leading challenger to the absent GOP front-runner Donald Trump debated. Listening in for The Conversation were economists Ryan Herzog of Gonzaga University and University of Tennessee's Celeste K. Carruthers. Here are their main takeaways from the debate.

Mary Jeannot has always taught that any language, and communicating with speakers of other languages, is more than just the spoken or written word. It involves getting to know people.

Robert K. Greenleaf coined the term servant-leadership in his seminal 1970 essay, "The Servant as Leader."