Julie Ullrich Toni Boggan Murlaine Steckler Michael Roden Jennifer Gill Tera Lessard Daniel Law Brooks Holland Sarah Davis Paul Wadleigh Michael Mueller Jon McKimmey Rodolfo Pagsanjan Laura Bechtold Kevin O’Connor Emil Heydarov Chuck Murphy Jeffrey Wasson Patrick Nowacki Jose Conceicao Ellen Rowla Greg Francis Samuel Jennings Linda Lillard Jodie Kaczor Frankie White Michiko Tra Yevgeniy Leksunkin Kim Brus Kay Mohr Connie Harding Mike Tobin Stephen Kuder, S.J Emmanuel Cannady William Gibson Roselyn Kissinger Robbie McMillian Rian Oliver Erick Stubbins Michelle Wheatley Marzena Kosinski Vicki Olson Kevin Hendrickson Angela McNutt Allen Allen Jeffrey Watson Michael Christiansen Bill Crowley Robin Schuster Dan Gehn Erika Robertson Jessica Halliday Elvedin Alimanovic Barbara Boyer Joe Owens Stuart Davis Annie Keebler Ryan Mowrey Ron Large Nicola Miller Nicole Lewis
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Beth Cullitan
“The President shall, at the end of each academic year, make a report on the affairs of the University…” – Bylaws of the Corporation, Art. V, Sec. 2
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY: The America of 1887, when Gonzaga College first admitted students, was far different from the nation in which we now live. The president was Grover Cleveland; Congress was concerned with monopolistic practices of the railroad; Georgia O’Keefe, famous painter of the American West, was born that year; and the mass-produced automobile was still a decade away. Yet across the years and successive historical events, each generation of Gonzaga students, from that first class on, has shared formative relationships with people of real significance. Be they Jesuits, lay faculty and staff, or fellow students – the people and their
This year, our faculty collectively taught a total of 4,369 courses across the summer 2009, fall 2009 and spring 2010 semesters. TABLE: Courses by Level, Within School, by Academic Term, 2009-10 School
Level
Summer 2009
Fall 2009
Spring 2010
Arts & Sciences
UG
188
1013
956
Grad
2
9
5
Business
UG
35
127
165
Grad
45
49
40
UG
5
130
125
Grad
106
90
87
Engineering
UG
6
103
105
Grad
1
6
4
Law
Law
31
104
109
Professional Studies
UG
5
60
73
Grad
103
131
136
Doct
20
13
18
English Language Center (TESOL)
UG
36
54
49
Grad
8
8
9
Education
relationships defined and continue to create what we know as the distinctive Gonzaga Experience. During what is the most serious economic recession since the Great Depression – a time of considerable challenges for many institutions of higher education – it is my privilege to report that Gonzaga University continues to thrive and make progress towards fulfilling its Jesuit, Catholic mission through the excellence of its many academic and operational endeavors. This report is meant to acknowledge the many individuals who – both individually and collectively – continue to carry out the
OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES — Transitions abounded in
mission of Gonzaga and make the success of our University a daily
the academic year 2009-10. On July 16, 2009, the University under-
reality. While we have much that challenges us, and there is much
went transitions to an interim president, an acting academic vice
to do, we have much to celebrate through the lives of the many
president and an interim vice president for mission. Because the
dedicated Jesuit and lay faculty and staff who daily labor to make
individuals moving into these roles were not strangers to the
us who we are.
University, the transitions were relatively smooth and positive.
THE HEART OF GONZAGA — Informed by the Jesuit charism, our mission is higher education: in service to the world, the Society of Jesus, and to the universal church of which we are a part. This educational mission is made manifest by our faculty who facilitate
As of spring 2010 census, 7,567 students were enrolled. Of these, 4,570 were undergraduates, 2,321 were graduates, 107 were doctoral students, 516 were studying for the law degree, and 53 were otherwise classified.
discovery, learning, and reflection by their students and help
The instability of the financial markets in 2008 and 2009 raised
them to acquire the skills, perspectives, and habits of mind that
appropriate concerns about the future, given the University’s
will enable them to navigate the challenges of professional and
dependence on tuition revenues. Affirming the University’s
personal endeavor.
fundamental commitment to supporting students, the Board
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