Military and Veteran Stories

Several Gonzaga departments offer space to members of the campus community to connect and dialogue on inauguration day.

Here are activities and reflections for the Gonzaga community

Gonzaga's office of Diversity, Inclusion, Community, & Equity (DICE) has some exciting events on the calendar for Spring 2021!

Gonzaga University's Center for Global Engagement (CGE) strives to provide an environment where students worldwide can become globally connected within the Zag community. To continue to offer an environment that welcomes intercultural exchanges, the CGE pushed for the implementation of Terra Dotta.

From COVID-19 decisions to national rankings, plus Zags finding Zags, here are the top 20 story pages viewed on gonzaga.edu over the course of 2020

As a division, Student Affairs is committed to fostering an environment for our Gonzaga University students to learn and develop into their best selves. We believe this is achieved by committing to a focus on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion,. We embrace this commitment for both our students and our staff within the division. Learn about some of the ways we are acting out our commitment.

The Gonzaga University Institute for Hate Studies is seeking submissions for Volume 17 of its Journal of Hate Studies, which will feature a forum on "Pandemania."

Over the past five years, staff have worked tirelessly to offer sustained social justice and identity-focused conversations. The hope with all of our dialogue programs is that students and facilitators will learn the skills of dialoguing across difference and build stronger understandings of identity. As a result of participation in Intergroup and Sustained Dialogue programs, students are better able to remain engaged in challenging issues and conversations as well as feel equipped with the skills to act in moments of injustice.

To support BSU and other students impacted by hate, there are many things we can do.

Gonzaga University School of Law welcomed 152 members to its class of 2023 onto campus this fall, making it the school's largest class since 2011 and the most diverse class in the school's history, with 27 percent of the class self-identifying as members of historically underrepresented racial/ethnic groups.

A white Gonzaga professor helped inspire Stefan Bradley ('96) toward a career in academia and, eventually, to a focus on the Black experience in Ivy League schools.

Tommy Lloyd's list of recruiting success includes the likes of Gonzaga greats Ronny Turiaf, Kelly Olynyk, Domantas Sabonis and Rui Hachimura

Author Christine Hassing used inspiration found in a student project to author the stories of 22 military veterans who have found hope in coping with PTSD thanks to their service dogs. Her book, "Hope with a Cold Nose," was to release on Veterans Day 2020.

The Gonzaga University Institute for Hate Studies has awarded its 2020 Eva Lassman Take Action Against Hate Awards to Leslie McAuley and the Spokane County Human Rights Task Force.

This summer, students in Gonzaga University's School of Leadership Studies shared their diverse perspectives and collective commitment to social justice in a remote immersion course titled "Leadership Strategies to Counter Hate." Designed for students in the Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership program, the course also featured students in the Doctoral Program in Leadership studies as co-instructors alongside Dr. Hoover, representing the inaugural offerings of the School of Leadership Studies Teaching Award and providing a rich, unique learning experience for all.