What’s happening at SPU? This is where you’ll find the latest news about research, 事件, 活动, 成就, and milestones in the life of SPU and its people.
At the tender age of 70, the Rev. 玛丽莲年代. Hair was likely the most senior member of 西雅图 Pacific’s Class of 2023. 从技术上讲, Marilyn graduated summa cum laude with her bachelor’s degree in biology last November, but her participation in the June Commencement and the Ivy Cutting ceremonies was significant for her and her husband, 理查德·B. Steele, professor emeritus of moral and historical theology at SPU.
In an opinion piece for 西雅图时报, SPU Sociology Prof. 凯伦Snedker argues for the need to expand treatment courts to address King County’s fentanyl crisis. "As an expert on mental health courts, I argue for expanding treatment courts, especially co-occurring courts that are designed to address both substance abuse and mental illness."
最新的 SPU Voices podcast 教授的特性. Emeritus Frank Spina talking about life after leaving SPU, failing retirement, 他的新书, and unpacks several well-known Bible stories. Frank was a professor of Old Testament at SPU for more than 45 years. He often heard from students that he had taught their parents — or their grandparents. Considered tough and fair, he was named Professor of the Year by these very students. Frank is an Episcopal priest, serving as interim priest at St. 援助an's in Camano Island. He speaks regularly in the Northwest and beyond and currently hosts a podcast called “The Bible You Thought You Knew."
Men's soccer player Tyler Speer, women's basketball players Hunter Beirne and Natalie Hoff, cross country/track runner Libby Michael, and volleyball player Lindsay Rosenthal all have earned a Faculty Athletic Representative Scholar-Athlete Award for the fourth consecutive year, as announced on July 13, 2023, by the Great Northwest Athletic Conference.
They were part of an overall collection of 31 Falcons to make the list — and this one is a very elite list. Getting onto it takes a cumulative grade-point average of 3.85或以上.
"While thrilled with their accomplishments in competition, we are even more proud of the academic 成就 of our SPU student-athletes," interim athletic director Dan Lepse said. "The fact that so many Falcons sustained grade point averages above the lofty 3.85 level is remarkable. Receiving this FAR recognition is a tribute to their diligent work and time management along with the strong support from their coaches and staff."
A new research study by a 西雅图 Pacific University professor gives global and historical evidence that women participated and continue to participate in subsistence hunting as much as men. “There is not a 'man the hunter' and 'woman the gatherer' dichotomy in most cultures,” says SPU Professor of Biology Cara Wall-Scheffler, co-author of the study with four SPU undergraduate students and colleagues. 这项研究是 recently published in the journal 《好的赌博软件推荐》.
The researchers analyzed data from foraging societies around the world as well as archeological research and found that women hunt in at least 79 percent of these societies, opposing the widespread belief that men exclusively hunt and women exclusively gather.
The study has been covered extensively by national, international, and science media.
Esther Williamson graduated from SPU in 1998 with a double major in theatre and English, then earned her master’s of fine arts from the Academy for Classical Acting at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, DC. Now she’s an actor and a teaching artist based in Brooklyn, New York.
A proud member of Taffety Punk Theatre Company, Esther has been praised by The Washington Post and numerous local critics for her deft handling of the heightened text and her grounded, soulful onstage presence. 和太妃朋克乐队, she has performed over half of Shakespeare’s canon, as well as several new and classic works. She’s also acted and taught with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, 西雅图 Shakespeare Company, Book-It Repertory Theatre, Opera House Arts in Stonington, 和许多, 许多其他的.
Meet some of the outstanding graduates in the Class of 2023, view their final projects in photography, visual communication, 室内设计, 和插图, and say goodbye to our retiring faculty.
During these difficult times our world is facing, we need theologically informed and educated ministry leaders; more than ever. Join us in a fellowship of learning, 门徒, 敬拜, 和任务, where you and your study of theology can flourish. With a unique model of theological education we call “Academy, 修道院, 罗马教皇的职位®,” 西雅图 Pacific Seminary will equip you for transformational ministry in the church and world.
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Dr. Christopher Jones ’94 hopes the families in his medical practice never need to ask: “Is my kid sick enough that I should pay for a doctor’s visit?” Medical director of HopeCentral, a nonprofit health center, he and his team have adapted the concept of concierge medicine to a diverse 西雅图 neighborhood.
Assistant Professor of Philosophy Leland Saunders earned a $10,100 Graves Award in Humanities for his research project, “The Structure of Moral Judgement: Philosophical Perspectives.” His research responds to recent arguments that human beings’ concepts of morality are just a quirk of evolution and don't connect to anything deeper.