News at Gonzaga

More than 80 Gonzaga students along with staff and faculty advisers have embarked this week for eight sites nationwide to spend their spring break serving others.

Gonzaga freshman Michael Larson is a natural-born leader driven by his passion for people. He is inspired to pursue a singular but hardly simple goal: change the world.

The new scholars are urban and community leaders from Spokane, and the Tacoma-Seattle area who will receive full-tuition, full-need and four-year scholarships.

Professor Mark Anthony Neal will deliver the Powers Chair lecture in talk titled "Devil Wanna Put Me in a Bow Tie: Negotiating Black Masculinity in Contemporary America."

The Gonzaga University Visiting Writers Series continues Tuesday, March 6 with a reading by former New York State Poet Laureate Marie Howe.

Gonzaga's Presidential Speaker Series welcomes Tarana Burke, originator of the "Me Too" movement, and journalist Ronan Farrow, who helped break the story exposing accusations of assault and harassment by Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.

Brent E. Sasley, associate professor of political science at the University of Texas at Arlington, will discuss "Jewish, Israeli, or Middle Eastern? Dilemmas of Israeli Identity and Its Place in the Middle East" March 5 at Gonzaga.

Novelist and poet Kevin Powers, a veteran of the Iraq War and a National Book Award finalist, discusses "Writing War" at 7 p.m., Monday, Feb. 26.

On March 8, Gonzaga launches a 24-hour fundraising drive with unprecedented gift-matching and challenges.

Professional development for teachers, school psychologists, counselors, and early childhood providers April 4-6.

The chair of Barnard Construction Company Inc., will discuss "How to Build a Business."

Gonzaga alumna Melanie Palmer ('16), a data scientist for NBCUniversal Media in New York City, remains astounded at how her life has changed since leaving Gonzaga.

Khadijah White, assistant professor in the department of journalism and media studies at Rutgers University, will discuss, "Race, News and Right-Wing Populism: The Tea Party and the Media" Feb. 21.

Kristin E. Heyer, professor of theological ethics, will discuss "Cultivating Civic Kinship: A Christian Ethic of Immigration," at Gonzaga's Flannery Lecture -- free and open to all.

Wrane Soule, a Gonzaga psychology major, began studies at the University of Ghana this month thanks to the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship.

Gonzaga Professor Ann Ciasullo will discuss "Why Studying Popular Culture Matters" on Tuesday, Feb. 27.