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Gonzaga University has enjoyed a regular presence in Princeton Review Best Colleges rankings for years, and the new Best Colleges 2024 edition once again lands GU among the 389 schools included - roughly 15 percent of all four-year colleges in America.

Support for Gonzaga students means innovators like Mateo Valdez ('24) can shine in their academic and entrepreneurial endeavors. Read about his recent win at the Avista Entrepreneurship Competition and how he's helping students across the country take the next step toward their careers.

The global finance leader welcomes several GU students to a lunch chat as his barnstorming tour across the U.S. stopped in Spokane.

Communities In Schools was recognized for its significant contribution to the community.

Gonzaga hosted the Inland Northwest Community Engagement Institute conference.

As medicinal and recreational cannabis continues to expand across Washington and around the country, GU's Center for Lifelong Learning is preparing to launch two certificates geared toward providing vital health care and compliance training.

Gonzaga welcomed visitors Tuesday for the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Spokane City Line, a new zero-emissions rapid-transit bus route stretching from Browne's Addition to Spokane Community College, with a stop at GU.

Rather than a single monumental event that hosts more than 2,000 new students and families in the four days prior to the first day of class, this year's midsummer orientation is divided into a series of five smaller sessions, beginning this week, that provide a more personal and connected atmosphere.

In the coming year, Gonzaga will offer three new master's programs - the Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA), Online Master of Business Administration and Master of Education in Educational Leadership with Principal Certification - that will give students new tools to succeed in the future, while remaining rooted in the Jesuit values shared across all programs at GU.

With 95% of recent graduates (class of 2022) employed, attending graduate school, or volunteering, Gonzaga's proven student outcomes demonstrate strong alignment with Cristo Rey Network's mission to prepare students for meaningful careers post-college graduation.

Rising senior Sophie O'Shei is working on a project this summer to document some of the smallest inhabitants of the Gonzaga community, the bees and other pollinators who make themselves at home from roughly April through early September.

A message on the significance of the Juneteenth holiday on Monday, June 19.

While most of the cheering for Gonzaga student-athletes happens at games, meets and matches, the classroom is another place worthy of giving the Zags a roar.

Gonzaga University is proud to support its LGBTQ+ community, striving to be a safe and welcoming environment for all sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions by engaging in education, advocacy, outreach and programming.

Pending approval by the Board of Trustees, the School of Nursing and Human Physiology will soon shift to being called the School of Health Sciences, and Julie Wolter will be named as its new dean.