Following is a glimpse of some of the many outstanding Gonzaga University students who will graduate during the University’s 119th commencement exercises this weekend (May 11-13). These seniors embody the best of Gonzaga’s ideals. For example, Julia Biemann (pictured above, left) worked on the magazine OneWorld that Most Rev. Desmond Tutu indicated inspired him to speak at Gonzaga’s senior commencement on Sunday, May 13 at the Spokane Arena.

Clothes, mini-fridges, TVs. College students rid themselves of an enormous amount of clutter each year. Gonzaga’s Housing and Residence Life continues its “Zagiving” program, allowing for donations to Spokane Community Warehouse, a project of Catholic Charities Spokane, managed by St. Margaret’s Shelter.

For the 10th consecutive year, Gonzaga University will graduate its largest class ever during its 119th commencement exercises May 11-13. Gonzaga officials expect to confer a total of 2,221 undergraduate, graduate and law degrees, a dozen more than its previous record-largest class of 2,209 graduates in 2011.

A team of five Gonzaga University engineering students captured a $90,000 grant in a national engineering competition in the nation’s capital this week for developing two methods to improve the health of Zambian women and children and a plan to distribute the devices in the African nation.