Reflections of

ZaGratitude


University Advancement Vice President Joe Poss shares his thoughts and gratitude for the people, places, things, and more that make Zag Nation and the ˿ƵAPP community distinctive.

Alliance House

Memories of Alliance House

St. Aloysius Church

The Spires

Spurs

Reflecting on the Spurs

Heart hands

Rise Up

Debate

Voices that Need Hearing

Advancement team at a retreat

Youth in Your Life

Joe and Josh

A Testament to the Collective Will

Holding hands in unity

Reuniting to Celebrate Helping Others

Bob Finn

Bob Finn

Elizabeth Kennedy

Elizabeth Kennedy

The Geldien Family

Jeff Geldien

Joanne Barber

Joanne Barber

Katie Moog

Katie Moog

Kim Brus

Kim Brus

Laura Gatewood

Laura Gatewood

Renae Howat

Shane Hatcher

Shane Hatcher

Shanna Dunne

Shanna Dunne

Stacey Avery

Stacey Avery

Whitney Franklin

Whitney Franklin

Commencement

1,235... 786... & 7 (and 2020!)

Show up for Zags Give Day 3.30.21

It's just past 3:20 in Spokane...

Beach

Strong back, soft front & wild heart

Don Nelles and Ed Renouard

From the Butte Rats to so many of your voices

The Gonzaga men's basketball team celebrates their first trip to the Final Four while coach Mark Few holds the West Regional Championship trophy.

"how special this is...."

Sun shining over saint aloysius church

453 years ago today (Happy Birthday)

Charlita Shelton in a meeting

Our namesake fought the plague... we must do our part

Go Zags pendant on red background

Hope = others = 3/11/21 (so much better than 3/20!)

stained glass window inside Dexter Ave. Baptist Church where MLK led

"Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education"

PNW MOSAIC: Mapping Othering, Strength, & Allyship In Community Navigation Image

My world changed that day...

spike sculpture with red mask

The top 20, it isn't what one might think...

Tim Westerhaus

Bringing campus to you... 2020 style

three people wearing protective masks

First week for class of 2024, Commencement for Class of 2020

Handful of Zag Pins

"—so I wanted to do something to honor them.”

Stethoscope

"a stamp on my heart and my mind that I traveled the extra mile"

Molly Bosch speaking at commencement

"Cannonball moments..."

Class of 2020 on Mulligan field

Today.....graduation and Mother's Day

A ˿ƵAPP nursing student gives a patient a vaccine during the COVID-19 pandemic

Frontline Heroes

Gonzaga President Thayne McCulloh speaks to graduates (GU photo)

Thayne's message to our students

A banner that reads We Are Gonzaga is held by students at halftime during a basketball game.

A Zag family stretches to help others hopefully do the same

Certificates of graduation lined up on a table at the Graduate Commencement.

"Finishing in 1998 was not in God's plan; finishing in 2020 is on the horizon.”

Sign for Rosemary RIP

"Zag Nation will miss you....we will too"

Fr. Bernard J. Coughlin, S.J., wearing the GU Presidential Medallion in October 1974. Courtesy GU Foley Center Special Collections.

Father Coughlin - It's all about love

Photos of young Bing Crosby

Merry Christmas...a bit of trivia & GU's online Advent calendar

Students applaud faculty at 2019 academic convocation

The door opened for me, by my parents, is kept opened because of your support...

Rosemary

The difference will come from here...

The Class of 2022 forms on Mulligan Field. GU photo

Zag Nation 2022... A Year of Stories

Noni and Jim Comerford

"...you don’t need to know the answers, you learned how to find the answers.”

Show up for Zags give day Mar 3 2022

Wow... Zags showed up

Why Gonzaga button

Why Gonzaga?

Finalist Matthew Ishihara speaks with State Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary E. Fairhurst at the conclusion of the 2017 Linden Cup. (GU photo by Libby Kamrowski)

When Mary Fairhurst hugged you...

commencement cap says Zag Up

What we have learned from you...

Original Coat of Arms

What's in a name?

Two TONS of leaves

President McCulloh Speaks to a crowd

Trusty new typewriter, not-trustworthy Chevy Chevette & “Kuderistics”

flags representing the Gonzaga college and schools

Truly a phenomenal story below… enjoy...

Professors

Three photos and...

Cheering Students and Welcome Zags Sign

This just happened...

Fans cheer at Kraziness in the Kennel.

They soar...

ROTC at attention on a ˿ƵAPP field

"They guide us. They pull us out of harm’s way. They touch and caress us with love and kindness." - Michael Powell

2 kayaks on the beach of the Spokane River at sunset

"They embodied the values that we foster here at Gonzaga"

parent and family

They are talking about us... each of you, actually

Charlita portrait

The young marine

Gonzaga President Thayne McCulloh

The voices... #wisdom

three students talking outside

The Sullivans

MacDaniel Graff

“The King of Boone Avenue”

Ken Sammons

The Ken Sammons Way

Easter Egg Hunt

The Easter moon (over GU)

choir singing on steps of college hall

That's GU & BYU

alumni gather during reunion

Thank you Tuesday - 11/6/2018

group of students on steps with letters spelling thank you

Thank you Tuesday - 10/30/2018

Sharon Cade is on the board of regents for ˿ƵAPP.

Thank you Tuesday - 11/20/2018

Dan Brajcich

Thank you Tuesday - 11/13/2018

ROTC members presenting colors in uniform

ZaGratitude - 12/4/2018

hands reaching for book

ZaGratitude - 11/27/2018

Dennis Wheeler

Thank you, Dennis Wheeler

Tom Larkin and his father, Tom Sr.

Text or call... or anyone who’s been like family to you

runners at bloomsday parade

Sprint to the finish

Rick Clark stands with a backpack in a hallway.

Special Message

Students walking in the snow.

Sometimes you need a push

Students at a presentation

Smiling faces and square feet

Fr. Barney Coughlin

"Simple message, not simplistic" Happy B-Day Father Coughlin

˿ƵAPP's President Thayne McCulloh

Significant news today:

Father and son

Selection Sunday and so much more...

Tony Lehman, SJ

Remembering Father Tony Lehmann

Jundt Art Museum

Remembering Barbara Redmond

Mike Roth

Reflection from Mike Roth

Study group on campus

Reconnecting 70+ years later...

Gonzaga Family Haven Build

Our family is growing...

Mascot Spike petting Statue Spike on campus.

"one of the best decisions I ever made."

UA Staff Meeting

Not what you might expect today

mieri-kahsay

"To be honest, I'm not a natural leader."

Robin Kelly and Joe Poss selfie at commencement

Nailed it...

man in sweater

Mystery Zag

An American flag on Gonzaga's campus

Memorial Day and the Murph

Bollier Center

McGivern - pathways and connection

Unite in <span aria-label="Hawaii">Hawaiʻi</span> ignite winner Ray Suganuma (’88)

Mahalo - for Ray and so many in this powerful network

Merry Christmas

M a g i s... the call to more

Santa with a little Zag

Look for the Light in the Eyes of Children

students gathered in hemmingson

"Leading....during historical moments that have grave consequences."

Priest offers communion at outdoor Mass

Kuderism... joy to you and me

gonzaga penants

It must never go out

UA and Marty Weber

“It’s youth in your life”

Three students helping out with GEL Weekend hold a large question mark sign, inviting visitors to ask questions.

It's time to GEL...

Gonzaga women's basketball player Yvonne Ejim contests a shot.

It all started with our inaugural venture into women’s basketball

John and Joan Bollier Family Center for Integrated Science and Engineering

Introducing...

Flag on a military uniform at a veterans event on campus

In our hearts, around campus and the Port of San Diego

A statue of St. Aloysius Gonzaga holding an infirm person on ˿ƵAPP campus.

In honor of Harry and Marguerite

St. Ignatius of Loyola statue in front of College Hall. (GU photo)

“If you could hear the voice of God, would you want to keep it a secret?”

Saint Ignatius with maple leaf

"...and I wouldn’t trade it for anything."

Trees in the forest with sunlight shining through.

"I wasn't sure about college because I was a high school dropout"

Hand writing notes at a conference.

“I leave you with... the most memorable...”

Graduation

I've got a name.

inside St. Aloysius Church, full with people

I had to succeed because they wouldn’t let me fail...

Dauna-Leigh-Bauer

Honored to create a "first" and carry her story forward

Joe Metcalfe

Home

Don Rockstrom with "Parking 25 cents" sign

"His First Quarter"

Patrick Lettenmaier and wife

Help us celebrate Patrick's 99th!

Heaviness - dragons & Henry... for a cause greater...

A lively Christmas tree lighting ceremony featuring bands playing on the right and an enthusiastic crowd gathered to watch.

Haul out the holly with your friends at Gonzaga

Miss Woldson

Happy Birthday Miss Woldson

St. Ignatius stained glass window.

Happy 530th Birthday: Spirited | Resolute

A campus view looking north upon the Luger Soccer Field. (GU photo)

GU ☘️ day in London, San Francisco, Palo Alto, Denver, and Spokane

Class in the Rosauer Center for Education. (Photo by Austin Ilg)

“great” in your eyes?

Wall art on campus that says "I am a Zag. I am a Bulldog. We are Gonzaga"

Graffiti

Runners during Bloomsday

“Gonzaga delivers, and has delivered for me..."

Undergrad students at Riverfront Park

Golden jubilee Expo 74 (and more)

students sitting in grass smiling

From where I sit today...

Elementary student from the back in a classroom with her hand raised.

From the "wee ones"

The Bronze Bulldog

From Queensland...

Shane Barnes and Thomas Williams

From our Nation's most hallowed ground

Black and white group photo

From ordination, to ZagMariners, to Gold

Mozilo Center

From many grains, a heap.

Don holding 25 cent sign

From 25 cents to "fueling" others

Person studying informatics charts.

Freeze

Priest reading the Gonzaga Bulletin student newspaper

For wisdom sharing - Sunny, Mike and Jack '24

father and daughter among trees

For us, that’s what it’s all about...

Hemmingson Center dining

For those who nourish (not just our appetites)

Hemmingson Center tree assembly

For those who assemble THE tree

Debate

For the voices we need most…

For the "Bleeding Red" Editing Pen

Noise alert

For the ALERT we saw (and heard) last night

For Renae, Zack, and 29 windows

The Gonzaga Family Haven viewed through a blossoming tree.

For partners, for our students

Barbara (Fagan) Blizzard ('66)

For Miz Bliz

Students form "23" on Herak Lawn

For lessons learned

statue of st.ignatius

For keeping busy...

Joyce Murphy

For Joyce Murphy

The Dorrington Family

For Jessica, Greg, Sarah, Jim, Sue and Thayne

Jack speaking

For Jack

Don Pearson ('66)

For Don

Gonzaga Alumni joined together as part of the 2016 Alumni Reunion Weekend for a dinner in the Hemmingson Ballroom

For a gaggle of Zags... for shared ideas and solutions

Mary Stuart Rogers Scholarship recipients 2024

For 106, more like thousands...

Spike fires up fans on Gonzaga Day in the Kennel where the Zags beat BYU 92-69. (GU photo)

Five years ago today... so many layers to this story

Zags Give Day logo

Final Update: Zags Give Day

Employees smile for photo while enjoying the faculty appreciation BBQ

Filled with ZaGratitude

father kuder smiling

Father Kuder... AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!!!! = Joy

Father Bernard Coughlin.

Father Coughlin - what he was saying about you

Fr. Joseph Cataldo, S.J.

"Don't be proud..."

Stained glass in St. Aloysius Church

Dear God...

Patrick Lettenmaier

Coming up on 100 & out of this world

Coffee to Careers

Faculty member in regalia holding a Banner in a procession with students on a tree lined path.

Class of 2026, you are cleared for takeoff…

ROTC members presenting colors in uniform

Celebrating the Bulldog Battalion

Celebrating Captain Meaghan Mug

Old chapel

Catherina is calling...

Giacobbi Siblings

By blood or by bond

Picture of downtown Spokane

Blessed by a family from Spokane's "Holy Lands"

Students playing in the snow on Gonzaga's campus near Foley Lawn.

Bing would be pleased

Make your gift

Between a party and the floor of the stock exchange

Bulldog alley arm and arm

Best gift of the new year... they return...

UA Zags Give Day 2023

Behind the Curtain

A member of the Gonzaga Symphony Orchestra plays the cello

“Because I think I’m making progress.”

Welcome message painted on The Wall at Gonzaga.

As seen on social...

Hemmingson Center Tree Lighting

An odd request...

Staff with 900+ years combined

For an incredible force... 900+ years

statue of aluminum Jesus

Aluminum Jesus

The Historic Davenport Hotel in downtown Spokane, Washington

“All saints can do miracles, but few of them can keep a hotel.”

Cupich giving a speech

A way forward.

Spokane,gonzaga,gu,gonzaga stem,climate literacy project,climate literacy fellows

A special message from Rome

˿ƵAPP sports mascot, Spike the bulldogs wears a santa hat

A special message came to us last Thursday evening...

candles by the grotto on Gonzaga's campus

A National Day of Remembrance

The Grotto on a Fall Evening

A moment at our Grotto

fall colors in front of building

...a little story that starts sometime in the middle...

Children enjoying the outdoors

A (juice box) toast to the tiny...

Father Coughlin, Margot Stanfield

A common bond - Fr. Bernard Coughlin, S.J.

Visiting students are led on a tour of the Gonzaga Campus

60 years after her grandparents began their Gonzaga journey...

campus at sunset

4:45 PM... on campus... looking... East, West, North

Image of Glee Club

"You’re pretty rough, but I think we can work with you."

Members of the Class of 2019  in their first year. (GU photo)

To be continued... and now they launch

Mike Rowe and Rick Clark

"...they’ve been waiting for me."

A student lights a prayer candle in the Grotto

Their legacy is our future...

The Pavel family and Thayne

The "roots" tour

Jo Merwin

SJ = 'Sewing Jo'... generations will benefit because of Jo

A priest and assistant do ceremonial blessing of pins

Reunite to celebrate helping others

The Grotto

Remembering those we have lost, grateful for their gifts

Delay headshot

Quiet optimism and grateful perspective

Shirley Johnson at a job site wearing a hard hat, gloves and safety belt.

MT to GU to the International Atomic Energy Agency to MT...

Earl Miller

In a wounded world, Earl was a healer

GOOB

"I wish more schools did it."

1887 class

Historic First Day of Class

Zags networking

Extending a hand... Zagenomics

Tom and Camilla Tilford

Even though I’ve never met...

An elderly man wearing a Gonzaga hoodie plays a dice game with a student.

Equally at home with pope and priest, prince and pauper, professional and volunteer...

"˿ƵAPP, Founded 1887" written in stone.

Because it is Founder's Day...

The Board enjoys a sunny day at St. Peter's Square.

A very persistent Pat West...

A priest offers blessings to newly ordained Jesuits.

A special blessing & reflection

ROTC

A daughter honors her father, we carry their story forward

ROTC graduates in a line wearing dress uniforms.

75 years...

Elementary students in classroom working with climate kits

4th Grade "Shark Tank"

Top of a blue graduation hat with a white tassel amongst a crowd of students wearing graduation hats. The graduation cap is decorated with red gems outlining the hat and then silver gems spelling out "Zag forever."

2,163... congrats!