YEAR IN REVIEW Science faculty received a second $1.2 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute as continued support for science education and research.
by the professionals with whom she worked.
who will grapple with our world’s issues.
Thuy-Anh spent her own time advocating for Amerasian rights and
Gonzaga can speak proudly of enviable numbers relative to
experienced an epiphany as she realized her own ability to try to effect
retention and graduation rates, with a freshman retention rate
change on a nationwide issue.
of 91 percent and with 83 percent of our students graduating
“What amazed me was I was only a 20-year-old student, doing
within six years. But those undergraduates carry an average
the adult work I was doing. I think students forget how accessible
student loan debt of $25,000, a number we would love to
Congress is, if you’re proactive about it. I really went outside the
reduce.
bubble of college and integrated into the professional world.”
We want more students with extraordinary gifts but
“My father told me that if I wanted to go to a four-year college, it was
modest means to flourish during their time at Gonzaga
all on me,” she said. Without the support of her Act Six scholarship,
and to make the most of that Gonzaga education, with its
Thuy-anh would be at a community college. In her sights now, thanks
distinctive combination of rigorous academics, lived faith
to Gonzaga, is a career in immigration law.
and courageous, ethical leadership. This is why our highest
Students such as Andrew and Thuy-Anh need significant funding to take full advantage of their time at Gonzaga, as they access the increasingly important national or international learning experience that fits their interest and skills. Forty percent of Gonzaga’s graduates in 2011-12 undertook study abroad. Funding for beyond-classroom learning helps to fulfill the promise of a Gonzaga education. Andrew Matsumoto and Thuy-Anh Vo demonstrate the tri-partite promise of Gonzaga’s Jesuit education: growth to maturity in their spiritual life, growth to maturity in their intellectual life, and growth to maturity in their social life – forming them into the faith-filled leaders
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priorities include developing the needed resources for scholarships and financial aid.