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Gonzaga to Break Ground July 11 on New $60 Million University Center
Gonzaga University will break ground on its new 167,726-square-foot, three-story University Center during a ceremony at 6 p.m., Thursday, July 11; reception begins at 5:15 p.m. Gonzaga President Thayne McCulloh, Spokane Mayor David Condon, business and community leaders, and Gonzaga staff faculty and students will mark the historic moment.
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Gonzaga Law School Diversity Outreach Efforts Earn National Recognition
SPOKANE, Wash. — Gonzaga University School of Law is one of 10 law schools nationwide to receive a Diversity Matters Award from the Law School Admission Council for its diversity outreach efforts. The awards recognize 10 schools each year for “commitment to reaching out to ethnically and racially diverse populations.”
On 40th Anniversary of Watergate Hearings, Gonzaga Offers Researchers a Collection of News Clippings
Gonzaga University has made available to researchers J. Paul Blake’s extensive collection of news clippings relating to the Watergate scandal and President Richard Nixon in the Foley Library’s Special Collections department, on the library’s third floor. The 84-volume collection includes much coverage by The New York Times and The Washington Post, as well as articles in newspapers across the United States.
Two Gonzaga School of Law Students to Provide Tax Law Help in Alaska June 3-7
SPOKANE, Wash. – Gonzaga University School of Law students Matthew Graham and Andrew Thomas, who are also simultaneously pursuing Master of Accountancy degrees at Gonzaga, will spend part of their summer in Alaska helping low-income taxpayers in disputes with the Internal Revenue Service.
Seminarian Justin Leedy Earns Gonzaga Music Degree, Wins Gold at Musicfest Northwest
SPOKANE, Wash. – Seminarian Justin Leedy earned a bachelor’s degree in music from Gonzaga University on Sunday, May 12, and the next day, May 13, captured first place in the Young Artist Division for Guitar at Musicfest Northwest. A few days later, on May 15, the native of Kodiak Island, Alaska was among six finalists chosen to perform in Musicfest’s Young Artist Concert with the Spokane Symphony at the Bing Crosby Theater.
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Construction Begins on $6 Million Indoor Tennis & Golf Center
SPOKANE, Wash. – Gonzaga University has begun construction of a $6 million indoor tennis and golf center on a vacant 3-acre parcel at 1220 N. Superior St., a few blocks east of campus, south of Mission Park, and near the Spokane River. The 72,000-square-foot (approximate) facility will offer six regulation tennis courts and a golf practice area.
Farewell To Father Hightower, S.J., Who Exemplifies Jesuit Identity
SPOKANE, Wash. – Father C. Hightower, S.J., whom many students and alumni identify with most regarding Gonzaga University’s Jesuit character, will leave his post as director of University Ministry after being assigned as superior of the Jesuit Community in Sacramento, Calif. A goodbye party was held for him May 8 at the Crosby Student Center.
Trustees Approve $60 Million University Center
SPOKANE, Wash. – Gonzaga University, concluding its 125th anniversary celebration, has formally approved plans to build a new University Center. Construction on the 167,726-square-foot, three-story facility is scheduled to begin this July.
Zag Grads Represent Wide Array of Gifts, Ideals
SPOKANE, Wash. — Gonzaga University celebrated its 120th commencement exercises May 10-12. Following are briefs about the distinguished honorees, and some of the University’s outstanding graduates.
Gonzaga’s Ortiz Named to Bishops’ National Review Board; GU Co-Sponsors ‘Critical Conversations’ Training
SPOKANE, Wash. – Fernando Ortiz, Ph.D., director of the Counseling Center at Gonzaga University, has been appointed to the National Review Board by Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The Board was established by the “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People” to collaborate with bishops to prevent sexual abuse of U.S. minors by persons in service of the Church.
Avista Corp. Establishes Paul A. Redmond Endowed Engineering Scholarship at Gonzaga
SPOKANE, Wash. – Avista Corp. has established the Paul A. Redmond Endowed Engineering Scholarship at Gonzaga University School of Engineering and Applied Science in honor of the leadership of former Washington Water Power/Avista Corp. Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Paul A. Redmond, a 1959 Gonzaga alumnus.
Pope Francis Selects Gonzaga Alumnus Jesuit Rev. Michael Barber as Fifth Bishop of Oakland
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis announced the selection of Gonzaga University alumnus Rev. Michael Barber, S.J. to become the fifth Bishop of Oakland, Calif. Bishop-elect Barber will be ordained to the episcopate and installed as bishop on May 25 at 11 a.m. in the Cathedral of Christ the Light, Oakland. Apostolic Administrator Archbishop Alex J. Brunett will continue to lead the diocese until that date.
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1912 Silver Jubilee Anniversary Marked Gonzaga’s Transformation from a College to a University
As Gonzaga marks its 125th Anniversary with special events through May 2013, the University’s tradition of celebrating its founding every 25 years continues unabated. Gonzaga’s Silver Jubilee, a three-day fete in 1912, launched this unbroken string of celebrations, and marked Gonzaga’s transformation from a college to a university.
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A Fond Adieu to the COG, which has Served Generations of Zags Well
SPOKANE, Wash. – “Meet me at the COG after class” was the opening sentence for The Gonzaga Bulletin’s story Oct. 15, 1954 about the newly named student union building. While students called the building the “COG,” the structure was formally referred to as the “Student Union Building.” The moniker “COG” is an acronym for the phrase “Circulus Omnium Gonzagaorum,” which is fake Latin for “circle of company of all Gonzagans.”
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Global Scholar in Residence and Tibetan Monk Geshe Phelgye to Gift Gonzaga a Peace Pole
Venerable Geshe Thupten Phelgye (pronounced Geh-shay Toop-ten Pel-gay), Gonzaga University’s Global Scholar in Residence, will gift a Peace Pole to Gonzaga in a special installation and blessing ceremony that begins at 3 p.m., Monday, May 6 on the lawn behind College Hall.
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Final Tally: Gonzaga Accounting Students Help Low-Income Residents Get $918,532 in Refunds
It’s tax-filing season and more than 60 Gonzaga University accounting students are working as certified volunteer tax preparers for the Internal Revenue Service’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program at the United Way site (920 N. Washington St., Suite 100). As of March 14, the site has filed 462 returns generating more than $769,206 in refunds for low-income taxpayers.
