Excellence in Teaching Programs

Joe Johnston, assistant professor of sociology and criminology, recently published a research study about a program in multiple Spokane elementary schools, in which college students volunteer to walk children from their homes to school.

Facing the escalating crisis of the coronavirus pandemic, Gonzaga President Thayne McCulloh, D-Phil., says the University has been guided by its Catholic and Jesuit mission to focus first and foremost on care for the individual and concern for each person's health and safety.

U.S. News & World Report ranks Gonzaga's Graduate Accounting program the 25th best (tie) in the nation and GU's Part-Time MBA program No. 55 (tie) in nation.

Mikel Brogan, a 2016 graduate of Gonzaga's Master of Education in Leadership and Administration program, is making a difference as a public school principal in British Columbia, Canada, using mosaic art to honor First Nations bands and weave a culture of belonging that celebrates inclusion.

Gonzaga ranked 7th best in the nation among large programs for its first-time pass rate on the 2018 Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination.

Yolanda Gallardo, Ph.D., believes the School of Education plays a central role in Gonzaga's mission to educate people for "lives of leadership and service for the common good."

Students and other community members will take part in an all-day marathon reading of the oldest of the Greek epics, Homer's "Iliad." That's 15,693 lines of poetry read aloud from 9 a.m. until an expected finish near midnight.

First-Year Seminars provide freshmen and transfer students a unique look at academics at Gonzaga, studying unusual topics in a fresh format.

A new joint program between academic professors and CPD helps support students in the career-search process.

Every passion starts somewhere-and Gonzaga's Science in Action! program seeks to inspire Spokane youth to fall in love with science and critical thinking.

Through English as a Second Language courses, master's students and Spokane immigrants and refugees learn together.

GU student-athletes are graduating at a rate of 99 percent, tied for the second highest percentage in the nation.

The International Network for Hate Studies cites the Gonzaga Institute for Hate Studies' impact on the field, and others attribute the vision and momentum for hate studies as growing out of efforts initiated by GU. Twenty years after a humble beginning stemming from hate mail received by black law students at Gonzaga, the Institute for Hate Studies is still evolving.

The program will be able to help more youth overcome learning and communications difficulties

UWSOM-GU Regional Health Partnership Creating a Pipeline to Rural Healthcare, as 25 students are serving Eastern Washington as part of the Rural Underserved Opportunities Program (RUOP).

An academic paper presented by Gonzaga faculty Katey Roden and Pavel Shlossberg was selected as one of six finalists for the prestigious Paul Fortier Prize.