President Thayne McCulloh, D.Phil., signed the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment in September, renewing and expanding Gonzaga’s longstanding commitment to environmental sustainability. In recent years, the Jesuits and other church leaders have recognized environmental sustainability as a moral imperative. The Climate Commitment was designed to encourage sustainability across all facets of society by [...]

GAMP’s Gramp Helps New Generation. Jim Day (’65) may have graduated from Gonzaga with a degree in accounting, but don’t label him as the proverbial bean counter. Day has spent the better part of his professional life giving back to Gonzaga and hundreds of alumni by spearheading the Gonzaga Alumni Mentor Program – also known [...]

The installation of Bishop Blase Cupich as Spokane’s sixth bishop filled McCarthey Athletic Center with joyful celebration on Sept. 3. Cupich now shepherds the 90,000 Catholics who comprise the 80 parishes of the Diocese of Spokane. He comes to Spokane from the Diocese of Rapid City, S.D., where he was bishop. Cupich expressed warm appreciation [...]

Autistic youth learn skating – and much more – through special needs hockey, a GU student service project. A husky yeenager slowly swings his hockey stick, his motions tentative. But the puck goes right where he wants. “Score!” cries out goalie Colin McQuilkin, a Gonzaga junior and mentor in this unusual program. Gonzaga’s Special Needs [...]

This fall, Ron Large was named associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. By Ron Large, Professor of Religious Studies Last fall, I had the privilege of teaching in Dublin on a Fulbright Scholar Award. The Irish School of Ecumenics was my host institution; I taught in the International Peace Studies Program. The [...]

It all began with $5….and a wide streak of resourcefulness Gonzaga gave Ray Allen a great life; and he keeps giving back. Ray Allen (’50) began contributing to Gonzaga in 1956. Elvis Presley debuted on the Ed Sullivan Show that year and the most recent war was Korea, not Vietnam. Allen gave the University $5 [...]

Matthew Grover, a junior math major, was nervous when he began speaking. This was understandable, as he was the first student at the podium. But his tale of working with creative elementary students who kept adding ever-more powerful elements to the game of rock-paper-scissors (Stick. Tornado. Earthquake. God. God’s mom!) held the audience rapt during [...]

These outstanding alumni, photographed with President Thayne McCulloh, third from left, were honored at the annual October D.A.M.A. dinner. Greg Hubert (’73) came to Gonzaga after growing up near Tillamook along the Oregon Coast. “I was accepted immediately,” Greg said. “Faculty I remember include Father Tony Lehmann and the two greatest accounting teachers ever, Bill Loeffler [...]