Grad Programs Blog

SHRM (the Society for Human Resource Management) awarded a 2022-2023 Superior Merit Award designation to the Gonzaga University SHRM student chapter for providing superior growth and development opportunities to its student members.

Founded on the Jesuit cornerstone of a faith that does justice, Gonzaga seeks opportunities to care for the community and respond to its most pressing needs.

Gonzaga's GUSR program fosters friendships between students and adults with disabilities, promoting inclusion and understanding.

Opportunity Northeast's "Catalyst" program helps Northeast Spokane youth experience college life, fostering a vision of themselves as future students and boosting confidence.

Lynn Blumen, once a shy child, gained confidence through Gonzaga's Campus Kids, later flourishing in academics and becoming a successful research scientist.

Taylor Kratochvil adapted Gonzaga's community asset mapping approach to aid medical students in responding to the COVID pandemic.

The second cohort of the Spokane Neighborhood Leadership Academy (SNLA) wrapped up its six-session program with a cadre of grateful leaders ready to bring new energy and commitment to neighborhoods across the city.

Community engaged learning integrates meaningful community partnerships with instruction and critical reflection to enrich the student experience, teach civic and social responsibility, and strengthen communities.

The Gonzaga-in-Zambezi program emphasizes mutual accompaniment and learning while navigating cultural complexities and reflecting on the lasting impacts of colonization.

Being a member of law review is a sought-after role for law students around the country. Law review members typically come from the top 10% of students in their class, who are excited to engage in challenging and rigorous work. Their work covers current legal issues that students dissect, investigate, and explore to provide reliable scholarly works for the legal community. Since 1966, the Gonzaga University Law School has published the Gonzaga Law Review to provide a dependable research tool and foster innovative thought. The Gonzaga Law Review editorial board publishes three printed issues per academic year, including articles and essays written by professors, judges, practitioners, and now, Gonzaga Law students.

Gonzaga University actively partners with various entities to support Spokane through housing, climate research, health education, community development, and sustainable transportation.

Federal Reserve policymakers have targeted a "soft landing" for the U.S. economy since beginning their effort a year ago to tame runaway inflation by hiking interest rates.

AI is here. How can students and faculty make the best of it?

50 years after the Bunker Hill mine fire caused one of the largest lead-poisoning cases in US history. Assistant Professor of Nursing Martin Schiavenato wrote in "The Conversation" about how lead still contaminates the soil across Idaho's Silver Valley, and continues to wash down tributaries and into the Coeur d'Alene River and Lake Coeur d'Alene. Many people in this fast-growing region are unaware of the risks.

If the notion of creating a video game is daunting, it probably should be. Making a good game requires not only a great idea, but also a host of planning, graphic design, computer programming, sound engineering, and animation skills, not to mention a fundamental understanding of what makes for good, engaging game play. And no, AI can't do it all for you in 30 seconds or less...yet. Fortunately, as a 21st century educator and de facto instructional designer, you only need to master one of these areas to create effective instruction which incorporates some of the most powerful elements of game design - game mechanics.

Gonzaga President Thayne McCulloh joined Spokane Journal of Business Editor Linn Parish Aug. 31 for an hour-long discussion on "the enrollment challenge," delving into the challenges and opportunities for GU and its students in the dynamic higher education environment.