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.
西雅图 Pacific University’s annual pre-graduation tradition called “Ivy Cutting” will take place Friday, 6月9日, 早上10点.m. in Tiffany Loop on campus.
Begun as an "Ivy Planting" ceremony in 1922, this long-honored tradition involves hundreds of graduating seniors dressed in caps and gowns circling a rope of ivy, 被家人包围, 朋友, 的同学, 教师, 和工作人员. 在简短的仪式之后, each graduate receives a sprig of ivy, signifying both the student’s tie to SPU and the independence that comes with graduation.
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The 西雅图 Pacific University women's rowing team competed for the NCAA National Championship on May 27 in 新泽西, as the Falcons were powered by a third-place performance from the Varsity 8+ boat leading to a third-place team finish.
The third-place finish caps an incredibly successful season for the Falcons. The group earned Great Northwest Athletic Conference Crew of the Week honors three times, was consistently in regional and national polls, and collected a total of 16 postseason awards (academic and athletic) thus far. The strong finish to the year at NCAA Nationals made the entire SPU community proud.
The Department of Family and Consumer 科学 invites 教师 和工作人员 to the Interior Design Senior Exhibit on Tuesday, 6月6日, 4:30‒7 p.m. 在爱默生大厅大厅. The exhibit is the culmination of senior interior design students’ portfolios.
The SPU Art Center is pleased to present the 2023 Visual Communication exhibition “互补: a 视觉 demonstration how different 经验s, 文化, and styles come together to create something bold, 生动的, and beautiful" 在空间画廊 in the 西雅图 Pacific Art Center through 6月9日. There will be a public reception with refreshments on 周四, June 1, 5–7 p.m. 在空间画廊.
Students will exhibit examples of their work throughout their time here at SPU exploring various disciplines in design to include graphic, 视觉, 网络, 品牌, 运动, 环境, 信息, 经验, human-centered and UI/UX. 听从他们的 Instagram and senior show 网络site, 互补.
Gabrielle Turner graduated from 西雅图 Pacific in 2017 with a degree in music, but she was just beginning to find her voice. Building on her general music degree, she immediately began working on her vocal strength and building up her courage as a soloist. 现在 she is 西雅图 Sound Music Award’s Best Female Vocalist.
The 信仰, 多样性, and Science lecture welcomes Dr. Telli•, 的讲座, “Acquisition and Function of Beliefs and the Role of Culture,” will be 周四,5月25日,下午4:30.m. in Upper Gwinn Commons. Her lecture will conclude the one-day workshop, Psychological and Philosophical Perspectives on 信仰 and Belief. Davoodi is a cognitive developmental psychologist and a senior social science researcher. Her research focuses on the role of the socio-cultural environment in learning, 形成的信念, and reasoning about abstract social constructs such as gender, 国籍, 宗教, or the idea of ownership. This lecture is supported by grants from the John Templeton Foundation and the SCIO 支持ing Structures program. It is free, open to the public, and wheelchair accessible.
The women's rowing team and men's track & field triple jumper David Njeri will compete in their respective NCAA Division II Championships, 5月25日- 27日. The women are headed to the NCAA Division II Women’s Rowing Championship, 5月26 - 27日, at Cooper River Park in Pennsauken, 新泽西. Njeri will make his second straight trip to the NCAA Track & Field Championships in the triple jump at Neta and Eddie DeRose ThunderBowl in Pueblo, 科罗拉多州, 5月25日- 27日. 了解更多 at spufalcons.com.
SPU Illustration is pleased to present the 2023 Senior Illustration exhibition, "TOKIMEKI: An expression of our hope and excitement for the future and what we intend to bestow upon it." Eight graduating illustration majors used various mediums to create immersive environments with the goal of fostering a world that celebrates imaginative thinking. The students’ 视觉 works encompass a diverse range, 跨越电子游戏, 刺绣, 运动 design and animation, 儿童书籍, traditional and digital illustration, mixed media and paintings. All are unified by a shared vision and passion for the art of 视觉 storytelling. With each distinctive creation, these illustrators cultivated their individual expression as artists.
In 每个人都, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins takes the time-honored medieval morality play, 普通人, and updates it for a modern world.
在生命的尽头, Death is sent to collect 每个人都 (randomly selected from the cast at each performance), who isn’t really ready to go. 现在, with the “help” of some 朋友, 每个人都 journeys down a road toward the greatest mystery of all ...
每个人都, a finalist for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize, is a theatrical high-wire act played without a net. 就像生活一样.
More 信息 on the SPU Theatre Department 网络site.
虽然秋天, 冬天, and Spring quarters last about 10 weeks at 西雅图 Pacific, Summer Sessions are two to eight weeks long — allowing you to earn credits during the summer, take charge of your degree, 早点毕业.
请查看 2023夏季课程 for undergraduates and graduates.
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.