Gonzaga University receives award for diversity [Video]

SPOKANE, Wash. — Gonzaga University announced on Thursday that it was named a recipient of the 2024 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award.

The award is distributed by the Insight Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education. 

Gonzaga is recognized among 113 other institutions named as HEED award winners in the November-December 2024 issue of the magazine. 

Robin Kelley, Gonzaga’s chief diversity officer, said the award is a reflection of the considerable work done by Gonzaga’s Office of Inclusive Excellence as well as other university offices, students, faculty and staff across campus.  

“I am honored for Gonzaga University to have received the HEED Award,” Kelley said. “Not only does Gonzaga University receiving the award reflect that we are living our mission and values, but it also demonstrates our longstanding commitments to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Rarely can this work be done alone, or in one area of the …