Military and Veteran Stories

SPOKANE, Wash. - Brian Higginson, associate professor of human physiology at Gonzaga University, is conducting research to help save the lives of American military troops and law enforcement personnel.

Cory Notestine, a counselor at Alamosa High School in Alamosa, Colorado, and a 2008 graduate of Gonzaga University's Master of Arts in School Counseling Program, was honored by First Lady Michelle Obama at a White House ceremony Jan. 30 for being named the 2015 national School Counselor of the Year.

National Geographic Traveler magazine recognizes Spokane as one of "The Final 4: Our Picks for Slam-Dunk College Towns" thanks to the Gonzaga University Bulldogs - men's and women's basketball teams.

Sponsored by the Gonzaga Alumni Mentoring Program (GAMP), the Treks are designed to help students advance their careers and network with alumni in key metropolitan areas for help in job-placement.

The Jundt Art Museum at Gonzaga University will open the new year with the exhibition titled "Ric Gendron: Rattlebone," featuring paintings from the artist's 30-year career, as well as historic and contemporary cultural objects from the artist's family.

Students Study Success with Gonzaga Alumni at Nike

Exploring the meanings of global engagement in Zambia

It was the '70s, and a young alumna thought she was giving a single year to international public health. Turns out, she miscalculated.

Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine ranks GU the No. 18 Best College Value among private universities in the West/Southwest for 2015 and No. 36 Best College Value nationwide.

GU earned three awards for civic engagement and community service.

Mallene Herzog found herself floundering as a young mother with four children under the age of 5.

Sometimes a new environment is the linchpin to change. At least Ryan Oelrich ('04) thinks so.

Celeste Shaw built Chaps, the Latah Creek cafe and bakery that draws stand-in-line crowds every weekend.

Two years after moving into his South Hill home, Spokane City Council President Ben Stuckart ('01, M.O.L. '06) didn't know his neighbors. Why? Because he didn't walk.

Jim Sheehan ('73 J.D.) runs an incubator for community building in the appropriately named Community Building at 35 W. Main St., Spokane.