News at Gonzaga

Vincent C. Alfonso, a professor and top administrator in the Graduate School of Education at Fordham University, has been named dean of GU's School of Education.

The new freshman class matches the strongest academic profile of any entering class in the University's 126-year history, ties for the largest class ever, and is the most racially diverse in history.

U.S. News & World Report rates GU 4th best regional university and 3rd best value

Elisabeth Mermann-Jozwiak, the Haas Professor of English and associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi since 2005, has been named dean of the Gonzaga University College of Arts and Sciences.

GU established the School of Nursing and Human Physiology as its first new school in nearly 40 years.

A wall-sized mosaic mural was been recovered and saved during the demolition of the COG, razed last month to make way for construction of GU's new University Center.

GU promoted Michelle Wheatley to director of University Ministry.

Joseph Kinsella was hired as an assistant academic vice president to direct the Center of Global Engagement.

For the first time, GU is featured among 336 U.S., Canadian and British colleges in the "Fiske Guide to Colleges."

A study-abroad program for GU graduate students helped bring two Belgian families to Cagli, Italy,

GU announced the transformational lead gift of $25 million from University Trustee John J. Hemmingson that is making the project possible.

An artist and educator who has lived in Idaho for the past 33 years, Allie Kurtz Vogt has been an art instructor at North Idaho College in Coeur d'Alene since 1980 and served as the Union Gallery Director at NIC from 1985-1996.

GU will break ground on its new three-story University Center during a ceremony at 6 p.m., Thursday, July 11.

The Center will be built on the site of the existing COG.

GU celebrated its 120th commencement exercises May 10-12. Following are briefs about the distinguished honorees, and some of the outstanding graduates