Gonzaga University In Collaboration with Community for Nearly 125 Years
From beginning collaboration key
Gonzaga University President Dr. Thayne McCulloh
Spokane Community Members: For nearly as long as both have existed, the stories of Spokane and Gonzaga have been intertwined and connected. In 1881, Father Joseph Cataldo, S.J. purchased the land upon which Gonzaga College would eventually be built; together with Spokane architects and builders, foundations of granite became a thriving community of Jesuit priests, teachers and students. Generations of civic leaders, educators, business owners, engineers, scientists, attorneys and community members have been granted degrees by Gonzaga; the people of Spokane have been some of Gonzaga’s greatest and long-standing supporters. During the seventeen years since my wife, Julie, and I began working here, much about both Gonzaga and Spokane has changed. The University has doubled from virtually every perspective: enrollment, facilities, staff and faculty. Spokane has grown in positive and
significant ways as well. Given the significant change and expansion Gonzaga has experienced during the past eight years, this booklet highlights some of the important ways we see Gonzaga impacting and collaborating with, and within, our local community. In recent years, Gonzaga has begun talking more publicly and intentionally about its essential mission. Rooted in a centuries-old Jesuit educational tradition, we seek to prepare generations of faith-filled and ethical leaders whose actions reflect a commitment to service, justice, and promotion of the common good. Our commitment begins right here, in the local community of which we have always been a part. We look forward to creating the next 125 years—together.
Thayne M. McCulloh, Ph.D. President
The Zag spirit reflects Spokane’s great community spirit
Highlights
Educationally: Spokane is home to more than 7,800 alumni
Socially: The community benefits from 100,000-plus hours of volunteer services by GU students annually, a $2.4 million value according to Independent Sector
Culturally: Gonzaga’s Jesuit heritage places a priority on arts, cultural activities and cultural diversity Economically: Gonzaga is Spokane’s fifth largest non governmental employer With capital projects: More than $200 million has flowed into the community over the past decade as Gonzaga expanded its campus facilities
Patients at area hospitals and care centers receive nursing care by GU students and faculty at a rate of 2,000 hours per week.
In the University District: Gonzaga has plans to expand facilities by more than $100 million over the next five years Through athletics: Spokane has become the nationally recognized home of the Zags
Jesuit education at Gonzaga forms men and women for others. We call this the Zag Spirit. It couldn’t happen without Spokane.
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Father George Morris, S.J., celebrates Ash Wednesday Mass. Gonzaga University fosters a vibrant faith life on its campus.
educational Impact
Gonzaga provides educated leaders who care about and work to improve their community
2009 freshman class included 19.7 percent students of ethnic minority; additionally, the University has traditionally enrolled 200 international students, helping to diversify this community
New programs uniquely suited to our region’s needs include a health care M.B.A., the Hogan Entrepreneurial Leadership Program and an American Indian Studies concentration
More than 200 educators in Spokane Public Schools earned their advanced degrees at Gonzaga 100 engineering majors each year design projects for Spokane businesses and agencies. Another 75 engineering students serve in local internships
1,973 Gonzaga students earned degrees in 2009.
Gonzaga-educated leaders in the community
An Inland Northwest Community Foundation grant is enabling GU educators to study solutions for improving graduation rates in Spokane schools
Gonzaga’s Foley Center Library hosts an electronic network of Inland Northwest libraries and is open to the public.
In 2009-2010 Gonzaga awarded $53 million in its own (not state or federal) financial aid, allowing access to a diversity of students
Mary Verner ’99 JD Spokane Mayor
Scott Morris ‘80 Avista Corporation Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer
Gonzaga’s mission emphasizes servant leadership; developing women and men for others.
Gonzaga’s alumni and leaders have contributed an ethicsbased leadership in nearly every aspect of community life
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Shannon Lawson ’00 M.A.T., Cheney Schools Administrator/ HomeWorks! Parent Partnership Program
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Collaborating with Avista, Gonzaga developed its Power Transmission & Distribution program to educate and retrain engineers, helping answer a national need. Here, program Director Peter McKenny works with students.
Gonzaga’s ethos starts with community service
Social impact
Gonzaga’s Center for Community Action and Service Learning (CCASL) engages more than 3,000 students per year with more than 100 community partners, through an average of 30 programs 200 GU students annually provide renovation assistance to area schools and camps, such as Camp Dart-Lo, Camp Cross and Trinity School “Gonzaga students bring wonderful instincts and skills to the table, and they participate in life changing relationships (for themselves and the patients). Horizon Hospice has been blessed by each one of our 150 GU service learning students.”
The Rosauer School of Education’s Center for Applied Behavior Analysis serves children with severe behavioral disabilities for no or low cost to families
- Cyndy Stevenson, co-chair, Inland Northwest Service Learning Partnership
Faculty and staff serve as board members, volunteers, pastors and donors in more than 425 Spokane organizations ranging from churches to charities, service organizations and arts programs
University Legal Assistance has provided pro bono legal services to qualifying low-income residents of Spokane County, through Gonzaga’s School of Law, since 1975
Institute for Action Against Hate is working to counter hate through research, advocacy and education Gonzaga Indian Education Outreach Program provides summer research internships at Gonzaga for students from Wellpinit High School
Gonzaga education professors and students take Art from the Heart to the YWCA. .
Campus Kids and other mentoring programs provided 689 at-risk elementary and middle school students with academic assistance in fall 2009 at no cost to families – or schools
Campus Kitchen at GU has provided almost 15,000 meals to low-income families in Spokane 250 immigrants and refugees, including entire families, attend GU’s summer English language camp
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Sue Manfred ’68, ‘89 Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery Retired Director
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Mark and Marcy Few’s Coaches vs. Cancer BasketBall Gala and Golf Classic have raised more than $4 million to fight cancer.
Gonzaga’s arts education enriches the community in many ways
Cultural impact
Low-income elementary students learn the art of dance in after-school programs taught by GU students Theatre Arts produces four main-stage and two readers’ theater performances annually in Magnuson Theatre, with multiple performances taken into the community “In particular, I appreciate that Gonzaga hosts the piano division of Musicfest, the largest kids’ music and performing arts competition in the country. This event is the highlight of the year for musicians from hundreds of miles around and it could not happen without the contributions of performance space from the University.” -Stacey Cowles, publisher, The Spokesman-Review
International, national and local artists, such as GU’s Professor Mary Farrell display exhibits in the Jundt Art Museum.
Gonzaga provides more than 20 public academic/cultural lectures annually The Cowles Rare Book Room in the Foley Center Library houses thousands of rare and old volumes dating from 1484 Gonzaga houses the largest public Bing Crosby collection, with several items on loan to the Davenport Hotel Gonzaga operates a summer Chinese Language Camp for Spokane high school students at low cost, thanks to grant funding obtained by the University
Haidy Mohammed taught Arabic at Gonzaga through the Fulbright Language Teaching Assistant Program and returned to GU to complete a master’s degree.
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Spokane’s Fox Theater offers a home to multiple orchestral and choral music performances by Gonzaga students each year.
Gonzaga is like a small city, one that depends on the larger city of Spokane
economic impact
Spokane area businesses provide most of the goods and services purchased through GU’s annual operating budget of approximately $215 million 51.4 percent of Gonzaga students are from out of state, excluding online students
2,429 Spokane-area vendors have provided GU with more than $80 million in services and products in the last two years 100-plus Spokane entrepreneurs have benefitted from the consulting work of more than 300 students in GU’s New Ventures Lab since its opening in 2003 Gonzaga law students have secured 21 technology patents for area start-up companies
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Spokane receives approximately 15,000 Gonzaga visitors annually
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Enrollment totals more than 7,600 students
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“We have all watched with wonder at the growth and expansion of Gonzaga University. With deep roots in our community, Gonzaga has a substantial economic impact on Spokane in addition to the tremendous role that faculty and students play in nearly every aspect of our community.”
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Gonzaga’s Fall Family Weekend and Alumni Reunion ranks as one of Spokane’s largest visitor events bringing millions of dollars into the community annually.
capital projects
Funds for many projects come from donors outside Spokane, infusing new money into the local economy
Gonzaga’s 29,000-square-foot PACCAR Center for Applied Science was built to meet strict ‘green’ standards.
The McCarthey Athletic Center is the largest construction project in Gonzaga’s history.
Year 2009
Project
Cost
Architect
Contractor
Coughlin Hall
$16.1 million
Wolfe Architectural
Walker Construction
2009
Huetter Mansion renovation/preservation
$893,000
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2009
Magnuson Theatre renovation
$996,000
Wolfe Architectural
Walker Construction
2008 2008
West Mall/Main Entry
$1.3 million
SherryPrattVanVoorhis
A.M. Landshaper
PACCAR (Engineering building)
$7 million
ALSC Architects
Hoffman Construction
2008
Patterson Baseball Complex
$8.9 million
ALSC Architects
Garco Construction
2006
Hughes Hall addition/renovation (sciences)
$15 million
ALSC Architects
Lydig Construction
2004
Jepson Center addition (business administration)
$6.2 million
Madsen Mitchell
Hoffman Construction
2004
McCarthey Athletic Center
$28.3 million
ALSC Architects
Garco Construction
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Peter F. Stanton Chairman, CEO Washington Trust Bank
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in the world Specialized
competence Authentic interpretation
Heritage Washington Trust Field at Patterson Baseball Complex lights up Spokane spring evenings with NCAA Division I baseball. The Zags captured the 2009 West Coast Conference championship.
When Americans think of Gonzaga, they think of Spokane
athletics impact
Men’s basketball has enjoyed 12 straight trips to the NCAA Tournament (1999-2010), and won almost 95 percent of games in The Kennel Women’s Basketball Coach Kelly Graves has built the women’s team into a national presence, drawing 3,000 fans per home game
“The notoriety of the GU Bulldogs helped our team sell the Spokane community across the nation.” –Harry Sladich, former president, Spokane Convention & Visitors Bureau
20 men’s basketball games were televised (2009-10) to a national audience, featuring Spokane as home of the Bulldogs
Gonzaga plays big-name opponents: Duke, Stanford, North Carolina, Michigan State, Illinois, Indiana, Connecticut, Arizona, Texas
Go Zags! Need one say more? Gonzaga has become Spokane’s team
Gonzaga athletes contributed more than 1,000 hours of community service in 2009-2010, working largely with the Boys & Girls Club, Habitat for Humanity, Union Gospel Mission, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Soles4Souls, Campus Kitchens, Page Ahead and local schools Web hits during March Madness at GoZags.com and Gonzaga.edu increase 400-800 percent
Gonzaga’s women have developed a following of their own and advanced to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen in 2010.
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John Stockton ‘84 Youth sports volunteer
The human
family
Cooperation and interdependence
Excellence Actively supporting Gonzaga has drawn 6,000 fans for every one of its 80 home games in the McCarthey Athletic Center.
Gonzaga’s faculty and students bring tremendous resource to the University District, both brain power and spending power
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In the last five years, Gonzaga has created or expanded programs in forensic accounting, environmental studies, family counseling, nursing administration and human physiology, adding diverse education opportunities in the University District
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Gonzaga students have worked as research assistants on the Riverpoint Campus at WSU- Spokane’s Sleep & Performance Research Center, Applied Sciences Lab and with the University of Washington Medical School faculty
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Gonzaga is an anchor of the University District, with nearly 7,600 students and 1,100 employees studying and working on 130 acres adjacent to downtown Spokane
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Gonzaga is the leading provider of private investment in the University District "Gonzaga is a major spoke in the University District wheel, keeping the momentum of the $843 million public/private investment moving. The synergy of Gonzaga together with the other educational institutions and regional economic drivers creates an urban laboratory with exciting potential to come." -Marty Dickinson, president, Downtown Spokane Partnership Gonzaga students patronize businesses thoughout the University District, including David’s Pizza.
6,000 GU students live in or within walking distance of the University District
2011
2011
New University Student Center (to the east)
Planned Science Facility Expansion
2010
Planned Distributive Education Incubator at Tilford Center
2010
Expanded Nursing Education Facility at Tilford Center
2010-11
Expanded parking capacity (to the east)
Gonzaga will enhance the University District with the projects noted above.
GONZAGA UNIVERSITY volunteer LEADERSHIP Board of Trustees John J. Luger, Chair Bellevue, Washington Alvin J. Wolff (Fritz), Vice Chair Scottsdale, Arizona Mike Casey, Secretary Spokane, Washington Andrew Agwunobi Spokane, Washington Timothy Barnard Bozeman, Montana Anthony Bonanzino Spokane, Washington Paul W. Brajcich Seattle, Washington Fred A. Brown Spokane, WA Frank E. Case, S.J. Seattle, Washington Timothy Clancy, S.J. Spokane, Washington Gerri Craves Redmond, Washington Donald J. Curran Spokane, Washington John P. Fitzgibbons, S.J. Milwaukee, Wisconsin Donald J. Herak Spokane, Washington Joseph W. Koterski, S.J. Bronx, New York Stephen Kuder, S.J. Spokane, Washington David J. Leigh, S.J. Seattle, Washington Rita Liebelt Los Angeles, California Kathleen Magnuson Sheppard Spokane, Washington Shannon McCambridge Seattle, Washington Jack McCann Kent, Washington Philip G. McCarthey Salt Lake City, Utah Kevin D. McQuilkin New Canaan, CT Scott Morris Spokane, Washington
Donald P. Nelles Bellevue, Washington Michael A. Patterson Seattle, Washington Joseph S. Rossi, S.J. Baltimore, Maryland Peter F. Stanton Spokane, Washington John M. Stone Spokane, Washington Edward Taylor Seattle, Washington Robert J. Tomlinson Spokane, Washington TRUSTEES EMERITI John Andrew Renton, Washington James F. Aylward Walla Walla, Washington William Burch Bellevue, Washington John Clute Spokane, Washington Walter J. Conn San Marino, California Bernard J. Coughlin, S.J. Spokane, Washington Luino Dell’Osso Seattle, Washington Sherwood L. Fawcett Columbus, Ohio Thomas J. Greenan Clyde Hill, Washington Elizabeth Hanson Spokane, Washington John G. Hayes Mount Vernon, Washington William E. Hayes, S.J. Portland, Oregon Bobbie Huguenin Sandpoint, Idaho Jim Jundt Scottsdale, Arizona Duff Kennedy Seattle, Washington W. P. Laughlin Atherton, California
John B. Maughan Calgary, Alberta Canada Angelo R. Mozilo Thousand Oaks, California David A. Sabey Seattle, Washington Thomas B. Tilford Spokane, Washington Patrick West Spokane, Washington Board of Regents Gregory A. Hubert, President Hunts Point, Washington Robert J. Day, Vice President Gig Harbor, Washington Peter Allison Gig Harbor, Washington Richard F. Angotti San Rafael, California Peter Arkison Bellingham, Washington Janelle Axtell Spokane, Washington Anjali Barretto Spokane, Washington James Beebe Spokane, Washington Mark S. Britton Seattle, Washington Sharon Cade Ocean Park, Washington Rebecca Cates Seattle, Washington Gerard V. Centioli Seattle, Washington Craig T. Clifford Spokane, Washington Joseph A. Columbus Anchorage, Alaska Walter F. Conn, Jr. Los Angeles, California Va Lena Curran Spokane, Washington Barbara Daniel Minneapolis, Minnesota Kevin D. Daniels Seattle, Washington
Catherine Dieter Spokane, Washington
Michael D. Lucarelli Sammamish, Washington
Karen Sayre Spokane, Washington
William J. Wrigglesworth, Jr. Spokane, Washington
Board of Members
Angel Diez Portland, Oregon
Lita Luvera Seattle, Washington
Reed P. Schifferman Seattle, Washington
Irving L. Zakheim Airway Heights, Washington
Fr. Kevin Waters, S.J., Chair
Patricia Etter Spokane, Washington
John Madri Spokane, Washington
James V. Schumacher Rancho Santa Fe, California
Regents Emeriti
Fr. Mike Cook, S.J.
Mary Fairhurst Olympia, Washington
Simon Manning San Francisco, California
Mary Shanahan Indian Wells, California
Anne Aram Tacoma, Washington
Fr. Steve Hess, S.J.
Albert A. Falkner Spokane, Washington
Andrew Matsumoto Spokane, Washington
Shivang Sharma Spokane, Washington
Nancy Burnett Newport, Washington
Fr. Steve Kuder, S.J.
William J. Geary Winnipeg, Manitoba
Robert McCambridge Seattle, Washington
Patricia Shepherd-Barnes Seattle, Washington
Joseph P. Delay Spokane, Washington
Theresa Gee Liberty Lake, Washington
Thomas K. McCarthey Park City, Utah
Richard J. Shinder New York, New York
Thomas A. Driscoll Spokane, Washington
Donald D. Hackney Spokane, Washington
Ray E. McGriff, Jr. Spokane, Washington
Bishop William Skylstad Spokane, Washington
Earl J. Gilmartin Spokane, Washington
Robert J. Hamacher Spokane, Washington
Colleen Meighan Spokane, Washington
Patricia Smith Bend, Oregon
Judith Gilmartin Spokane, Washington
Daniel P. Harbaugh Spokane, Washington
Joanne Mencarini Spokane, Washington
Albert A. Stadtmueller Spokane, Washington
Josef E. Gray Bellevue, Washington
John E. Heath, III Spokane, Washington
William E. Mick Lake Forest, Illinois
Dick Taylor Redmond, Washington
Donald R. Kayser Scottsdale, Arizona
John Hemmingson Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
C. Harold Mielke, Jr. Liberty Lake, Washington
James S. Thompson Tucson, Arizona
John Kelly Seattle, Washington
Joan Allbery, Interim Vice President for Administration & Planning
Mary Herche Seattle, Washington
John P. Moynier Napa, California
Thatcher S. Thompson New York, New York
Bernard Levernier Veradale, Washington
Fr. Stephen Hess, S.J., Interim Vice President for Mission
Lorelei Herres Mercer Island, Washington
Molly Murphy Bellevue, Washington
Timothy C. Thompson Tacoma, Washington
Wilfrid G. Loeken Bellevue, Washington
Patricia O’Connell Killen, Academic Vice President
Kelley Hickey Spokane, Washington
Susan Norwood Spokane, Washington
Michele Tiesse Seattle, Washington
Claire McDonald Spokane, Washington
Charles J. Murphy, Vice President for Finance
Christine Hogan Newbury Park, California
John J. Parente San Francisco, California
Diane Timberlake Seattle, Washington
Robert McDonald Spokane, Washington
Margot J. Stanfield, Vice President for University Relations
Stanton K. Hooper Edmonton, Alberta Canada
Mary Jane Patterson Seattle, Washington
John C. Timm Portland, Oregon
James H. Prince Oroville, Washington
Sue D. Weitz, Vice President for Student Life
Gregory M. Huckabee Vermillion, South Dakota
Richard Powers, Jr. Washington DC
Michael J. Tobin San Francisco, California
Philip M. Raekes Kennewick, Washington
Michael J. Casey, Corporation Counsel
Lisa Janicki Sedro-Woolley, Washington
William Quigg Hoquiam, Washington
Michael F. Tucci Tacoma, Washington
Edward E. Ralph Spokane, Washington
Eileen Johnston Seattle, Washington
Gary Randall Spokane, Washington
Kurt L. Walsdorf Spokane, Washington
L. Philip Reinig Santa Fe, New Mexico
Marcus Jundt St. Paul, Minnesota
Jeffrey R. Reed Modesto, California
Kevin P. West Spokane, Washington
Norman L. Roberts Woodland Hills, California
Margel F. Kaufman San Francisco, California
D. Michael Reilly Seattle, Washington
Fritz H. Wolff Scottsdale, Arizona
James P. Seabeck Spokane, Washington
James Kubacki Sammamish, Washington
Irene Ringwood Washington DC
James J. Workland Spokane, Washington
Charles H. Steilen Spokane, Washington
Christy Larsen Pasadena, California
Denny Ryerson Phoenix, Arizona
John L. Worthing Menlo Park, California
David J. Taylor Medina, Washington
Fr. Tim Clancy, S.J.
Fr. Gary Uhlenkott, S.J.
Fr. Bob Lyons, S.J. Fr. Tony Via, S.J.
Administration Thayne M. McCulloh, President Earl D. Martin, Executive Vice President Fr. Bernard J. Coughlin, S.J., Chancellor
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Don Herak ‘46 Herak Enterprises President
Leadership
service
In loving
Theological reflection
Commitment
prayer A life of
Mass of the Holy Spirit is celebrated each September to bless the work of Gonzaga students, faculty and the Spokane community.
A History of Partnering with Spokane
The city’s population was expanding and the city needed teachers. The School of Education opened.
Gonzaga added a Law School to meet the legal needs of a growing population.
1881
City fathers asked Father Joseph Cataldo to build a college as a cornerstone of their new city. Gonzaga founded in 1887.
1921 1912
1928
Many new enterprises were opening and business acumen was needed. The School of Business opened.
School of Professional Studies opened to help educate health care professionals and leaders in the community.
1934
Hydroelectricity was being developed as a new power source, and engineers were needed to build dams. GU opened School of Engineering.
Jundt Art Museum opened, creating a place for art beloved by artists, students and the community.
1988 1975
1995
Gonzaga President Father Bernard Coughlin agreed to lead the Spokane Chamber of Commerce– a first for Jesuits nationally.
Marks decade of greatest enrollment, facility growth in GU history.
2004
2009
University District established; Gonzaga a charter member.
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