Campus[edit]

Gonzaga's campus owns 105 buildings on 152 acres.[11] The university is

home to two large libraries. Foley Center Library is Gonzaga's main graduate
and undergraduate library, opened in 1992.[12] Chastek Law Library
primarily serves the Gonzaga University School of Law, erected in 2000. The
Rosauer School of Education building was completed in 1994.[12]

Gonzaga hosts many unique pieces of artwork, largely devoted to historical

religious figures and prominent Catholics. Among the most notable are statues
of St. Ignatius, St. Joseph, St. Aloysius, and alumnus Bing Crosby by Deborah
Copenhaver Fellows. The Jundt Art Center and Museum established in 1995
also features a variety of artwork from differing periods.[12] The spires of St.
Aloysius Church are a landmark of the Spokane area.[12]

Due to an expanding student body, Gonzaga completed construction of a $60

million building that serves as the new Circulus Omnium Gonzagaorum (COG)
"center of campus", the John J. Hemmingson Center which replaced the
former COG that students used for over 60 years. The three-story building
with almost 4 acres (1.6 ha; 167,000 sq ft) of floor space features an all-glass
exterior. It was completed for the Fall 2015 semester.[13]

The university is also building the Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center,
including a 750-seat theater.[14]

In addition to the campus in Spokane, Gonzaga's virtual campus offers a wide

range of degree programs.[15]

In 2018 it was revealed that the Cardinal Bea House on Gonzaga’s campus
(although the building is owned by the Jesuit order) had been used for decades
as a retirement home for priests with histories of sexual predation and abuse
from across the pacific northwest and Alaska. The building served as a
retirement home where predatory priests could be quietly kept from contact
with vulnerable populations while at the same time protecting the priests from
any liability for the abuses they had committed.[16] The last abusive priest
moved out of the Cardinal Bea House in 2016.[17]
360° panorama on the campus of Gonzaga University

Organization and administration[edit]

College Hall

The 2014–15 operating budget was $246.7 million, with an annual payroll of
$75 million.

College/School Founded

College of Arts and Sciences 1912

School of Business Administration 1921

 School of Education 1928

School of Engineering & Applied

1934
Science

School of Law 1912

School of Nursing and Human

2013
Physiology

School of Leadership Studies 2018

Academics[edit]
Gonzaga's liberal arts tradition lies in its core curriculum, which integrates
philosophy, religious studies, mathematics, literature, natural and social
sciences, and extensive writing in each major discipline. Gonzaga offers studies
in 92 fields and 26 graduate programs. In addition, the university offers
programs in preparation for professional schools in business, education,
engineering, dentistry, divinity/theology, law, medicine, nursing, and
veterinary medicine; it also sponsors an Army ROTC program which prepares
students to become commissioned officers upon graduation. Additionally,
Gonzaga partners with Bishop White Seminary, located next to the campus, to
prepare Catholic seminarians for the priesthood.[18] Students may study
abroad at Gonzaga's campus in Florence, Italy, or at other programs
in Australia, Benin, British West Indies, China, Costa Rica, England, France,
Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Spain, and Zambia.[19]

The average class size is 23 students, and there are 427 employed faculty; the
student/faculty ratio is 11.5:1.[11]

Admissions[edit]
Gonzaga's admission standards are considered "more selective" by U.S. News &
World Report.[20]

For the Class of 2021 (enrolling fall 2017), Gonzaga received 7,162
applications, accepted 4,835 (67.5%), and enrolled 1,048.[21] The freshman
enrolled for 2017 had an average GPA of 3.76, an average ACT of 27, an
average SAT Critical Reading score of 597, an average Math score of 607, and
an average composite score of 1204.[2]

Rankings[edit]

University rankings

National

Forbes[22] 154

Regional

U.S. News & World Report[23] 4

Master's University class

Washington Monthly[24] 17

Gonzaga is ranked 4th in the U.S. News & World Report 2019 rankings of
Regional Universities in the West.[25] The School of Engineering and Applied
Science is ranked 18th (tie) best undergraduate engineering program
nationwide at schools where doctorate is not offered.[25] Other U.S.
News rankings include 1st place ranking for undergraduate teaching school in
the West, 3rd best college for veterans, 6th best value school, and 7th (tie) for
most innovative schools.[26] Forbes ranks Gonzaga the 154th best school in the
country, 110th in private colleges, and 31st overall in the
West.[27] Additionally, Gonzaga is listed among The Princeton Review's
rankings of the best 382 colleges and in the Fiske Guide to Colleges, which
ranks 321 colleges in the United States, Canada, and England.[28]

Gonzaga's graduate accounting program ranks 18th in the U.S. News & World
Report 2020 national rankings (ahead of all other Washington-based schools
and notable schools including Harvard University).

Athletics[edit]
Main article: Gonzaga Bulldogs

Gonzaga University, whose official mascot is the Bulldog and whose players are
nicknamed the Zags, is part of the NCAA Division I West Coast Conference.
Gonzaga University offers 16 men and women varsity sports, including
baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, rowing(‡), soccer, tennis, volleyball,
and track & field (indoor & outdoor).

Gonzaga became a household name with their "Cinderella" run in the NCAA
tournament in 1999, which saw Gonzaga make it to the "Elite Eight."
Gonzaga built on that success, and currently enjoys a reputation as one of the
country's premiere college basketball programs. Since that historic run,
Gonzaga has experienced notable success in the West Coast Conference as well
as in the NCAA tournament, in which they have played in 19 consecutive
years.

Gonzaga's basketball feats include 16 WCC regular titles, 6 "Sweet 16's,"

produced 15 All Americans, a national CBS-Chevrolet Player of the Year and
USBWA Oscar Robertson Trophy in Adam Morrison, and 5 NBA first round
picks as of 2012.[29] Additionally, in 2013, Canadian center Kelly Olynyk, a
national Player of the Year finalist, was selected as a first team All American.
In the 2012-13 season, Gonzaga was ranked No. 1 by the AP for the first
time in school history. Its highest ranking before reaching the pinnacle of
college hoops came in 2004, when the Bulldogs were ranked No. 2. Gonzaga
advanced to the Elite 8 of the 2015 NCAA tournament, losing to eventual
national champion and #1 ranked Duke.

The Bulldogs advanced to their first Final Four and a place in the final
championship game in the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball
Tournament, losing to North Carolina 65-71.

Basketball games are held in the McCarthey Athletic Center. The

university's men's basketball team, which did not make its first appearance in
the NCAA tournament until 1995(more than a decade after NBA Hall of
Fame player and Gonzaga alum John Stockton graduated), made the regional
finals of the NCAA tournament (the "Elite Eight") in 1999, re-appearing in
the tournament every year since (As of 2018). The women's basketball team
made it to the "Sweet Sixteen" in 2010.[30]

Three of Gonzaga's most recent notable athletes are basketball players –

former center Ronny Turiaf; Robert Sacre 2012 NBA Draft (selected by the
Los Angeles Lakers third overall 2006 NBA Draft pick), and Red Star
Belgrade Adam Morrison (who was selected by the Charlotte Bobcats).
Also, Courtney Vandersloot – 2011 winner of the Nancy Lieberman Award as
the leading Division I women's point guard and women's Frances Pomeroy
Naismith Award as the top Division I player no taller than 5'8" (1.73 m) –
was selected third overall by the Chicago Sky in the 2011 WNBA Draft.
Men's head coach Mark Few was the West Coast Conference coach of the year
from 2001 to 2006, and again in 2008. Former women's head coach Kelly
Graves, a six-time WCC coach of the year, led the Zags to seven consecutive
WCC regular-season titles and four WCC tournament titles. The 2010–11
women's team, a No. 11 seed in that year's NCAA Tournament, became the
lowest seed ever to advance to a regional final in the history of the women's
tournament.

Like many colleges, Gonzaga put its football program on hiatus during World
War II; the announcement was made in April 1942.[31][32] After the war the
administration decided not to resume it; the program had been in financial
difficulty prior to the war.[33][34][35] Gonzaga football produced two Pro
Football Hall of Famers: Tony Canadeo (1941) of the Green Bay Packers,
and Ray Flaherty (1926), head coach of the Washington Redskins. In addition,
Flaherty recruited former Bulldog football stars Ed Justice, George
"Automatic" Karamatic, and Max Krause to play in the Redskin backfield.

Intramural and club sports[edit]

Gonzaga University offers a multitude of intramural and club sports for each
season, open to all students, and over 72% of the student population
participates at various levels from competitive to recreational. In the fall
Gonzaga offers soccer, flag football, volleyball, dodgeball, 3-on-3
basketball, badminton, and various tournaments. In the
winter soccer, ultimate frisbee, volleyball, pickleball, bench press competition,
and handball tournaments are offered. During the spring softball, triathlon,
and home run derbies are offered.[36][37]

Gonzaga also has an Army ROTC Ranger Challenge team, which has won 15
championships in the last 16 years. It has repeated as winner of the Douglas
MacArthur Award, given annually to the best Army ROTC program in the
Western United States.[38][39]

Student life[edit]
Gonzaga Student Body Association is in charge of the clubs and activities on
campus.[40] Elections for its offices (e.g., President, Vice President, Senator)
take place annually during the spring.[41][42]

The university requires all freshman- and sophomore-year students to reside

on campus.

More than 20 faiths are represented on campus.[11]

Student publications[edit]
The Gonzaga Bulletin is the official, weekly student newspaper of Gonzaga
University. The newspaper is staffed largely by students of the journalism and
broadcasting department of the university's communication arts department;
it is managed by a faculty adviser and an advisory board, which reports to the
university president. During the 1990s, the paper was recognized for its
independence and excellence by the Society of Professional Journalists,
winning Best Paper in the Inland Northwest Award twice. The Gonzaga
Bulletin is produced on the 4th floor of Gonzaga's College Hall and printed
off-site in Spokane.

Spires is Gonzaga's official yearbook. It details the academic year through

pictures and articles, and is distributed at the beginning of each year free to all
students. To ensure being included in the yearbook, students have their
pictures taken during opening weekend or Fall Family weekend.[43]

Gonzaga Law Review is the School of Law's flagstaff legal publication (founded
in 1966). It publishes three issues annually.[44]

Gonzaga Journal of International Law is the School of Law's second legal

journal (founded in 1997) and is published entirely online allowing for a
variety of publishing dates.[45]

Alumni[edit]
Mailln article: List of Gonzaga University alumni

See also: List of Gonzaga University School of Law alumni

The alumni of Gonzaga University include former Speaker of the United States
House of Representatives Tom Foley, former Governor of the State of
Washington Christine Gregoire, Academy Award-winning singer and
actor Bing Crosby, NBA Hall of Fame basketball player John Stockton, and
world-class mountain climber Jim Wickwire as well as scholars, athletes,
business people, and prominent members of the legal community. In
2014, Amy Doneen, DNP became the first graduate of Gonzaga's doctorate in
nursing program. [46]

See also[edit]

 Gonzaga Preparatory School

 Fr. Robert Spitzer

References[edit]

1. ^ As of June 30, 2016. "U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Y