Since its founding by Jesuit missionaries in 1887 Gonzaga University has grown from a small school dedicated largely to educating students from the Inland Northwest into a competitive international and US based University that is committed to providing its undergraduates with a solid foundation in liberal arts and success in educating students at the undergraduate and graduate levels for a number of professional fields. Today, its mission and reputation effects students from throughout the west, around the national, and throughout the world. Under the guidance of accomplished and dedicated faculty and staff, Gonzaga graduates appropriate, internalize, and reflect the institute’s Catholic Jesuit and Humanistic values as they prepare to deploy the knowledge they have acquired to solve growing problems in a complex world.