News at Gonzaga

Gonzaga is celebrating the 51st Annual Earth Day on April 22 by launching the new Gonzaga Center for Climate, Society and the Environment and an event featuring some of the nation's top thought-leaders on climate change and solutions.

Gonzaga has created a new way for Zag Nation to come together to celebrate the Gonzaga men's team's Final Four appearance, and opportunity for a historic undefeated National Championship: the Zag Madness Virtual Pregame Experience.

U.S. News & World Report ranks Gonzaga University's Graduate Accounting as the 26th best in the nation.

Part-time MBA Program ranks 57th and MBA-AIE ranks 14th in the nation.

While Gonzaga University is well-known for its high-flying men's and women's basketball teams, less conspicuous is the elite academic performance of its student-athletes. A one-credit course for first-year student-athletes, in which former Zags like basketball star Nigel Williams-Goss have shared their wisdom, has been transformative.

Gonzaga senior Paige Bruland, who graduates in May with a major in human physiology and a minor in Spanish, has been passionately involved in the Gonzaga community as a cheerleader, blogger, and her specialty: social media.

Gonzaga welcomes eight new Act Six Scholars to the incoming class of 2025. The urban and community leaders from Spokane, and the Tacoma and Seattle, Washington, areas will receive full-tuition, full-need and four-year scholarships as members of the latest Act Six cohort.

Gonzaga announced today that it is planning to hold five outdoor commencement ceremonies May 8-9 at Mead School District's Union Stadium - a new, 4,500-seat football stadium.

Michelle "Missy" Paulin ('98) is delighted to be in Tokyo serving as a U.S. diplomat at the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer.

It's March and that means Madness as the Gonzaga men's and women's basketball teams compete in the NCAA Tournament, again, on Saturday and Monday, respectively, with the men earning the No. 1 overall seed for the first time in program history.

On March 23 and 24, State Attorney General Bob Ferguson and Gonzaga University School of Law will convene a symposium to discuss environmental justice issues around Washington and the work being done to address them.

On Tuesday, March 30, Gonzaga will launch a 24-hour FUNdraising drive with gift-matching and challenges - all to support Gonzaga students facing the particularly difficult challenges of the pandemic. Participate or learn more at gonzaga.edu/zgd.

Isabel Yasana Hawley, a member of the Klamath Tribes and a student in Gonzaga's MBA in American Indian Entrepreneurship program, is one of two recipients of the REDW Native American Scholarship in Accounting. REDW LLC is one of the Southwest's 10 largest public accounting and business advisory firms.

Gonzaga University is serving the Spokane community during the COVID-19 pandemic by accepting an invitation by CHAS Health to use the Martin Centre Fieldhouse to safely, effectively and efficiently distribute vaccine to its patients.

Gonzaga's theatre and dance department will present its production of Sophocles' classic tragedy "Antigone" livestreamed from the Magnuson Theatre on Friday and Saturday, March 26-27 followed by a matinee performance on Sunday, March 28.

Angela Bruns, Ph.D., assistant professor of sociology and criminology at Gonzaga, is the co-principal investigator of a $600,723 grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study how exposure to gun violence impacts the well-being of adolescents.