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The diversity of SPU的 student body has reached 36 percent.

西雅图 Pacific’s 125th anniversary celebration began at Commencement

2016年毕业典礼, SPU began its 125th anniversary celebration, which continues throughout the academic year 2016–17. Attendees viewed a “through the decades” slideshow highlighting key moments in SPU history. In addition, President Daniel J. Martin introduced the celebration to graduates and their families.

SPU还推出了特价 125周年纪念网站 that features historical photos, 125th events, and other items related to the festivities.

6月17-18日, 西雅图 Pacific hosted the Pacific Northwest (Free Methodist) Conference Leadership Summit. This event presented a unique opportunity to honor the vital partnership between the PNWC and SPU.

在周五, 6月17日, Free Methodist 牧师 and delegates around the Northwest joined with SPU officials in First Free Methodist Church for a worship celebration to commemorate the many ways that these two communities have supported and enriched each other for more than a century.

Stewart appointed new dean of SBGE

Professor of Accounting Ross Stewart, who has served the SPU campus community as a teacher and scholar for 30 years, began a new appointment as dean of the School of Business, Government, and 经济学 4月1日. Stewart served as interim dean for most of the 2015–16 school year.

Enrollment achievement and diversity

Autumn Quarter saw 4,175 students enrolled at 西雅图 Pacific (3,202 of them undergraduates). 学生 hailed from across the country and as far away as South Korea, Saudi Arabia, and Brazil. 在60个专业中, five most popular declared majors were psychology, 护理, 工商管理, 政治科学, 和生理学.

Brown becomes new director of CSFD

Margaret Brown has been appointed to serve as the new director of the Center for 学者hip and Faculty Development and assistant provost for special projects, beginning on June 1. 过去的14年, Brown has served 西雅图 Pacific as a professor in the Department of Psychology; for seven of those years she was the department chair.

Institutional accreditation reaffirmed

Through the hard work of Vice Provost for Academic Affairs Cindy Price (and her team), with an able assist from Senior Vice President for Planning and Administration Don Mortenson, University went through its year-seven accreditation visit. With several recommendations and commendations, University was reaffirmed for accreditation through NWCCU (Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities). This result is a reflection of the strong work around 评估 done in schools and departments across campus.

SPU排名No. “最佳价值”2分

网易彩票下载 ranked No. 2 in the category “Best Colleges — Best Value” in the West in U.S. 网易彩票下载 & 世界报道2016年大学排名. U.S. 网易彩票下载 states that the calculation takes into account an institution’s academic quality, 正如其2016年所示 U.S. 网易彩票下载 最佳大学排名，和 2014–15 net cost of attendance for a student who received the average level of need-based financial aid. The higher the quality of the program and lower the cost, 价值越高, 根据杂志. 西雅图 Pacific also ranked No. 17 in the magazine’s “Best Regional University” category, which included institutions from Texas to Alaska that provide a full range of undergraduate and master’s programs, and limited doctoral programs.

Tangenberg named dean of SPFC

Katy Tangenberg is the new dean for the 心理学院，家庭, and 社区. She earned her PhD in social welfare from the University of Washington and comes to SPU from Azusa Pacific University, where she served as director of the first-year student experience. In her tenured faculty role as professor of social work, Tangenberg also served as graduate department chair and program director — where she was responsible for developing APU’s master of social work program — and as associate dean of the School of Behavioral and Applied 科学. She has rich experience in working with curriculum supervision, 评估, 格兰特写作, and student life and campus ministries offices on academic and co-curricular integration. Tangenberg began her role as SPFC dean on July 1.

SPU honored with Executive’s Award for 社区 Preparedness

9月3日, 2015, SPU became the first university and fifth overall recipient of King County’s annual Executive’s Award for 社区 Preparedness. King County Executive Dow Constantine presented the award to 西雅图 Pacific to honor the University’s years of emergency planning. “President Martin and his staff have worked for many years to build a campuswide culture of preparedness, one dedicated to the safety of everyone who walks these halls.” He praised the University’s “whole community” approach to preparing for emergencies, saying SPU的 planning provides an example for others in the region to follow. President Dan Martin accepted the award on behalf of SPU的 Office of 安全 and 安全 and other campus emergency planning and response groups. 

President’s Award for Philanthropy to 贝基·阿内特·吉列姆 ’80

去年秋天, 贝基·阿内特·吉列姆 ’80 became the fifth recipient of SPU的 President’s Award for Philanthropy. In 2014, Gilliam, a successful investor and leader, committed $2.5 million — the University’s single largest current gift — to renovate Alexander Hall. “I couldn’t imagine a greater honor,” says Gilliam.

She credits her SPU education and residence hall experience, which nurtured her Christian faith and desire to learn, 感谢她的成功.

New job posting and networking tool: SPULink

大学成立 SPULink, a new job posting and networking tool sponsored by 西雅图 Pacific’s 就业中心 and 调用, 学生就业办公室, 约翰·珀金斯中心，和 Office of 校友 and Parent Relations. SPULink connects students and alumni with individuals and organizations to streamline a host of career and vocation services, 资源, 和机会.

CBTE launches new program in Christian social entrepreneurship

A “social entrepreneur” is an organization or a person whose main goal is to improve society, 不能带来商业利润. SPU的 圣经研究中心 and 神学教育 has launched a program in Christian social entrepreneurship that aims to equip 教堂 and para教堂 leaders with business and theological principles to pursue social good in an economically sustainable way. “We’re hoping to meet a need for those in the 教堂 who realize that the way we do 教堂 needs to change, and to give them a comprehensive vision for what a holistic approach to ‘business as mission’ might look like,” says Program Director Matt Sigler. 学生 in SPU的 program spent two weeks on campus during the summer of 2016 learning business and theological principles. As the new entrepreneurs return to their home communities, SPU-affiliated mentors support them for a year while they develop business plans, with the goal of spreading faith-based social change.

Leaders gather to brainstorm methods of transforming theological education

学者, 牧师, and entrepreneurs came together at 网易彩票下载 in late October to brainstorm ways to transform theological education to appeal to 今天’s 教堂. Through presentations and panels, invited attendees at the “Equipping 信仰ful Leaders” conference discussed ways theological education can renew 教堂es and adjust to changing cultural dynamics. Kenda Creasy Dean, a United Methodist pastor and professor of youth, 教堂, and culture at Princeton Theological Seminary, delivered a keynote address on the spiritual needs of millennials. The conference gathered about 75 professors and 牧师 from 教堂es and schools in the Pacific Northwest and around the country.

Grant for Immerse: Youth Discipleship Academy funded by Lilly endowment

The 神学院 has received a grant of $600,000 from the Lilly Endowment to establish Immerse, 网易彩票下载 Youth Discipleship Academy. This new intensive experience will bring high school students to campus and then reunite them for a follow-up retreat at Camp Casey. Immerse helps students grow deep in their identity as Christians.

学生 will experience components of identity formation through classroom instruction from theology faculty, practice of worship and other spiritual disciplines, on-site contextual application of faith to contemporary real-world issues, small and large group community-building, and recreational opportunities unique to the Pacific Northwest. 补助金为期四年.