Pioneering AI at Gonzaga
Foley Library
Foley Library helps students, faculty, and staff develop the essential skills needed to responsibly engage generative AI. Through classroom courses, workshops, and individualized research support, librarians help the community understand how AI systems produce information, recognize sources of bias, and address intellectual property, copyright, and data ethics issues related to these tools.
In the Digital Scholarship Lab, students and faculty can experiment with emerging technologies, test AI-based research approaches, and receive personalized advice for digital projects. The laboratory provides an exploratory space grounded in critical research and collaborative learning.
Librarians teach users to question AI results, verify evidence, and thoughtfully integrate technology into scientific work. These practices build information literacy and help researchers maintain rigor as they explore new modes of inquiry.
Foley Library works to ensure that AI enhances rather than replaces human creativity, thinking, and academic integrity.
Information Technology Services
Information Technology Services (ITS) provides the secure and reliable infrastructure that enables the responsible adoption of AI at Gonzaga. Serving students, alumni, faculty and staff, ITS ensures access to company-approved generative and agentic AI tools that meet rigorous information security and data protection standards.
ITS evaluates requests for new AI platforms and infrastructure, helping campus partners select technologies that support development, research, and administrative work while maintaining institutional security.
By balancing management and innovation, ITS creates an environment where AI exploration is supported, safe, and aligned with Gonzaga’s broader mission.
Institute of Computer Science and Applied Technology
The Institute of Computer Science and Applied Technology (IIAT) serves as Gonzaga’s applied research and development center for computer science and AI. In collaboration with faculty, students and community partners, IIAT designs, develops and customizes AI-based solutions.
IIAT AI engineers collaborate with researchers across disciplines to support grant work, prototype new technologies, and create custom systems aligned with university and community needs. The institute also helps develop new computer science-focused programs that prepare learners for rapidly evolving digital fields and hosts Gonzaga’s annual Value and Responsibility in AI Technologies Conference.
For students, IIAT offers meaningful experiential learning, from hands-on research to project-based collaborations that build technical skills, problem-solving ability and responsible design practices.
Through technical expertise, interdisciplinary partnerships and applied experimentation, IIAT advances the development of AI that is focused, transparent and rooted in Jesuit values.
Instructional design and delivery
Instructional Design & Delivery (IDD) leads the thoughtful integration of AI into teaching, learning, and course design at Gonzaga. By supporting faculty, students, and university partners, IDD helps the community navigate the impact of AI on learning, assessment, and in-person and remote learning experiences with clarity and ethical awareness.
IDD collaborates with faculty to design interactive, hybrid, technology-enhanced courses that reflect Ignatian pedagogy and responsible use of emerging tools. Through consultations, workshops, and shared resources, IDD guides faculty in preparing students to engage in AI constructively and confidently, with discernment and critical thinking.
The department is also developing university-wide guidelines for appropriate use of AI, promoting academic integrity and consistent expectations across programs. Today, the community can partner with the IDD for course design assistance, guidance on AI-enhanced teaching strategies, and assistance in exploring innovative learning models.
IDD ensures that AI enriches learning while preserving solid educational foundations.