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[ Music ]
>> [Background Music] Today is National Gonzaga Day.
>> Zags like...
>> ...you and me...
>> ...are celebrating this day...
>> ...All over the world.
>> From the White House...
>> ...To LA...
>> ...To Seattle...
>> ...to Mediterranean Turkey...
>> ...from Hawaii...
>> ...to the windy city...
>> ...Spokane to Japan...
>> ...Denver to New York City...
>> ...it's a day to celebrate why we love Gonzaga...
>> ...and look forward to our future.
>> Life at Gonzaga is one
of the most precious memories of my life.
>> Gonzaga taught me to be an independent.
When I got there I was an 18 year old kid;
then I became a man.
>> The fabric of this place is...you know the Jesuit
tradition and it's just kind of interwoven with the staff
and the faculty and the students.
>> Gonzaga has transformed me into the person that I am today.
>> Its a sense of community of real people
that are not just there to go to a class,
but there to become part of the broader family.
>> I want to thank my bigger family;
Gonzaga family who made me who I am.
>> From one Washington to another...
>> Happy Birthday Gonzaga!
>> Happy Birthday Gonzaga.
>> And a special Happy 125th Anniversary!
>> Happy Birthday Gonzaga!
>> Hey Gonzaga, happy Birthday!
>> Happy Birthday Gonzaga.
>> All best wishes on your 125th Anniversary.
>> Go Zags!
>> Happy Birthday Gonzaga!
>> Happy Birthday Gonzaga!
>> Happy Birthday Gonzaga!
>> Go Zags!
[ Music ]
[ Silence ]
>> Ladies and gentlemen, Gonzaga University's President,
Dr. Thayne McCulloh.
[ Cheering and Applause ]
>> How are we doing tonight Gonzaga?
[ Cheering ]
I'd like to take this opportunity
to welcome everyone here in the kennel tonight as well
as thousands across the country and around the world who are
with us gathered to celebrate Gonzaga's 125th Anniversary
and the first ever National Gonzaga Day!
[ Cheering ]
In fact let's take this opportunity to check-in on some
of the gatherings that are happening
around the country tonight.
New York, are you out there?
[ Silence ]
[ Cheering ]
>> Live from New York its National Gonzaga Day!
[ Cheering ]
>> Let's go Zags!
[ Cheering ]
>> Denver, how's the Zag spirit in the Mile High City?
>> Happy Birthday Gonzaga!
[ Cheering ]
>> Looking great.
Let's bring it a little closer to home.
Seattle, how's the celebration going?
>> Go Zags!
Go Zags! Go Zags!
Go!
[ Cheering ]
>> Looks like that Zag spirit is alive and well
across the country and around the world.
We want to take this opportunity in particular to express more
than anything our gratitude and our thanks for the commitment
and the pride that each and every one
of you have for our University.
And now I'd like to invite you to direct your attention
to the video screens for a very special message.
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>> Gonzaga University has gained for itself a national reputation
for excellence in academics, athletics, service, leadership,
and student engagement.
With the support of our alumni, parents, friends, and patrons,
the next few years will be a time of unparalleled excitement
as we continue to develop new,
cutting-edge educational opportunities
for our students here and around the world.
The next of these major projects is the development
of a new center for Gonzaga University;
a state of the art environment that blurs the boundaries
between local and global, academic and student life.
This ecologically sustainable facility will not only support
our campus dining needs, but the new center
for global engagement, space for student activities,
faculty engagement, service learning,
University ministry, and much, much more.
Quite simply, this facility will capture
and reflect the Gonzaga experience for the 21st century.
[ Cheering ]
>> Tonight it is my privilege to announce that in this,
Gonzaga's 125th Anniversary year,
we have received a major lead gift commitment towards this
center which should our remaining fundraising be
successful, will allow us to begin construction
on this center very soon.
[ Cheering ]
This is just the beginning.
Gonzaga's transformation is underway and on behalf
of our students and the entire Gonzaga community, thank you.
[ Cheering ]
Thank you for all that you have done for Gonzaga to bring it
to this time in our history and thank you for all you will do
to continue supporting Gonzaga and its students.
Together we are Gonzaga.
Go Zags!
[ Cheering ]
[ Music ]