Stories-GCSH in the News

Ryan ('96) and Katie Harnetiaux are leading the ownership group of three United Soccer League teams slated to begin play in Spokane in 2024. It's a chance for them to help the Inland Northwest embrace the sport's international spirit, lift opportunities for women athletes and reduce barriers to participating in elite-level athletics that existed when they were kids.

Two community groups continued their longstanding traditions of gathering to celebrate their high-school and college graduates, meeting at Gonzaga to recognize their students' accomplishments.

The Center for the Study of Hate bestowed this year's Eva Lassman Student Research Award on Erin Davis, a graduate student in the School of Leadership Studies.

From Ecuador, Acosta Loza graduates with a perfect GPA, the Global Scholar Award from the College of Arts and Sciences for academic success, and practical leadership experience after his year as Gonzaga Student Body Association president.

Tia Moua, a senior from Spokane, is one of three students statewide selected as recipients of the 2023 Governor's Civic Leadership Award for her service and social justice activities.

Crystal Tam leads the Underrepresented in Medicine (URiM) group at the University of Washington Spokane.

Zia will share stories from her lifetime of activism, sustaining social movements for the long term, and challenging the model-minority myth in a presentation titled "Building Stronger Communities Through Sustained Activism."

A conversation with Charlene Teters, keynote speaker at this year's International Conference on Hate Studies, on her years fighting racist imagery of Indigenous peoples in pop culture and media.

Gonzaga and the Community Colleges of Spokane are teaming to present the 7th International Conference on Hates Studies as scholars from around the globe gather in Spokane to address the "challenges of hate in the 21st century."

The 13th Annual Diversity Monologues hosted by Gonzaga's Unity Multicultural Education Center (UMEC) will feature 10 often-poignant stories delivered by Gonzaga students.

The Greater Gonzaga Guild welcomes Juandalynn Taylor, who will discuss "Mitigating Death: A Conversation About Death Penalty Case Work."

Explore events and resources to help you celebrate Women's History Month both on and off campus.

Gonzaga's Model UN, brought to the school via a former student and facilitated by Associate Dean Stacy Taninchev, challenges students to challenge their preconceived notions and be global citizens.

Philosophers Leland Harper and Jennifer Kling delivered the final "Leading Against Hate" speaker series presentation with a discussion of "The Language of American Racism." The duo explored several examples of racism and discussed the means to address them.

The freedoms that Americans enjoy and revere as definitive aspects of what makes this country great also act as barriers at times when trying to deal with bad actors. Thankfully, there are still plenty of ways to track and counteract violent extremists via organizations like the National Counterterrorism, Innovation, Technology, and Education Center.

Institutions of higher education are a popular target of hate groups because a quality education is a democratizing force, according to Kate Bitz, an expert on such groups who spoke at Gonzaga Feb. 2.