Events

Fall Semester 2024 Events

This list of opportunities for Gonzaga faculty and staff is updated regularly. Contact Lauren Hackman-Brooks with questions or for more information.

Leading in a Jesuit University

Date: Tuesday, August 20
Time: 8:00 a.m. - noon
Location: Hemmingson 201
Leading in a Jesuit University supports all Gonzaga employees to build and stay connected to the foundation of our mission as a Catholic, Jesuit, humanistic institution. Topics of discussion include: Jesuit values, discernment, Cura Personalis, Cura Apostolica, and presupposition. This is an interactive course with ongoing reflection and engagement components. To ensure the best possible learning environment, please register only if you are able to attend the full session. Register for Leading in a Jesuit University on GU Training.

Registration Deadline: Fall Formation Cohorts

Date: Friday, August 23
Staff & administrators who desire to increase their mission literacy, build community, and infuse mission more deeply into their work should consider the Cardoner Mission Formation Program. Program begins in September. Faculty opportunities begin in the spring semester.

Munch & Learn: Reflection Practices at a Catholic, Jesuit University 

Date: Thursday, August 29
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Location: Zoom
This interactive session will increase understanding of what reflection is and how to build it into your work at Gonzaga. Register for Munch & Learns on GU Training.

Mission Engagement Open House

Date: Friday, September 13
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Location: 527 E. Sharp (corner of Sharp & Standard)
Mission Engagement has a new location for this academic year. Visit our house, chat with colleagues, and enjoy coffee as well as a yogurt parfait bar. Drop-in; no registration required.

Social 

Date: Thursday, September 26
Time: 4-5 p.m.
Location: Bollier 204
Join colleagues from across campus for a welcome back social hour including snacks, beer, wine, and non-alcoholic beverages. This event is drop-in style and is open to all Gonzaga staff, faculty and administration.

Living the Lingo: Accompanying Students with Hope (with a focus on civic engagement)

Date: Tuesday, October 8
Time: 9-9:50 a.m.
Location: Zoom
Go beyond the buzzwords! Living the Lingo is a series that explore key concepts related to mission. This semester, we consider what it means to accompany students in the creation of a hope-filled future, especially as it relates to citizenship and civic engagement. We'll examine the term "accompaniment" in the Jesuit tradition and share examples from around Gonzaga. RSVP here.

Spooky Social

Date: Wednesday, October 30
Time: 4-5 p.m.
Location: Crosby (inside the Career & Professional Development Suite)
Join colleagues from across campus for a spooky social hour including snacks, beer, wine, and non-alcoholic beverages. This event is drop-in style and is open to all Gonzaga staff, faculty and administration. Costumes are optional and encouraged.

Discernment Workshop for mid- and later-career faculty

Dates: Wednesdays, November 6, 13, and 20
Time: 8-9:50 a.m.
Location: Humanities 243 (Reading Room)
This three-part series is intended for faculty who are exploring what's next in this season of their career. Through interactive sessions, we'll learn about and apply wisdom from Ignatian discernment to one's professional and personal journey. Complete the Discernment Workshop Registration Form.

Leading in a Jesuit University

Date: Monday, November 4
Time: 12:30-4:30 p.m.
Location: Humanities 153
Leading in a Jesuit University supports all Gonzaga employees to build and stay connected to the foundation of our mission as a Catholic, Jesuit, humanistic institution. Topics of discussion include: Jesuit values, discernment, Cura Personalis, Cura Apostolica, and presupposition. This is an interactive course with ongoing reflection and engagement components. To ensure the best possible learning environment, please register only if you are able to attend the full session. Register for Leading in a Jesuit University in GU Training.

Commemoration of the UCA Martyrs: Prayer, Pupusas, Purpose

Date: Thursday, November 7
Time: 3:15 p.m. (prayer at 3:30pm, table conversations & refreshments at 4pm)
Location: Della Strada Jesuit Community
With Gonzaga colleagues, St. Aloysius parishioners, Jesuits, and others, we will celebrate and remember those witnesses for justice and liberation who were murdered at the Universidad Centroamericana (UCA) in El Salvador in 1989. In honor of this 35th anniversary, we will pray, tell stories, and make connections to our own experience as people working for a more just and loving world.

Holiday Social

Date: Tuesday, December 3
Time: 4-5 p.m.
Location: Foley Library (inside Center for Teaching & Advising and Instructional Design and Delivery)
Join colleagues from across campus for a holiday social hour including snacks, beer, wine, and non-alcoholic beverages. This event is drop-in style and is open to all Gonzaga staff, faculty and administration.

Leading in a Jesuit University

Date: Wednesday, December 18
Time: 8:30 a.m. - noon 
Location: Zoom
Leading in a Jesuit University supports all Gonzaga employees to build and stay connected to the foundation of our mission as a Catholic, Jesuit, humanistic institution. Topics of discussion include: Jesuit values, discernment, Cura Personalis, Cura Apostolica, and presupposition. This is an interactive course with ongoing reflection and engagement components. To ensure the best possible learning environment, please register only if you are able to attend the full session. Register for Leading in a Jesuit University on GU Training.

Review & Renew | One Day Retreat

Save the date: Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Location: Bozarth Mansion
Begin the new year and new semester with an intentional pause to rest, review, and renew. This one-day retreat will include spaciousness for personal reflection and enjoying the beautiful Bozarth Mansion and grounds. Registration details coming soon.

 

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Ongoing Opportunities

• Contemplation and Conversation: A Weekly Scripture Prayer Group | A group of faculty and staff meets Wednesdays from 12:10 p.m. - 12:50 p.m. for prayer and sharing based on Scripture. Interested? Contact MissionEnagement@gonzaga.edu.

• Black Liturgies | Mondays 12:15-12:45pm in Humanities Reading Room (243). Black Liturgies is an inclusive community practice that holds space for all identities and spiritual practices and is shaped by the work of Cole Arthur Riley. Open to ALL members of the GU community. Organized by the College of Arts and Sciences with campus partners.

• Community Writing Space | Tuesdays 8-10:30am in Humanities 123 and 135. Protected time and space for focused work on scholarly or creative pursuits. Stay for as short or as long as you’d like. Hosted by Mission Engagement and the College of Arts and Sciences.

• Catholic Mass is celebrated weekdays at 12:10 p.m. at the Della Strada Jesuit Community and on Sundays at 8 p.m. in University Chapel.

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Here are some of the past events with Office of Mission Engagement.