Institutional Milestones

总统任期结束

九年之后 领导 大学的总统 丹·马丁辞职 4月. 他把 2012年， 建立声誉 作为战略 规划师,经验丰富的 fundraiser, and “students’ president,” famous for knowing students by name and being present at hundreds of student events and athletic competitions each year. 教务长 劳拉 哈特利 served as executive-in-charge through 6月30日.

New interim president named

7月1日， 皮特 Menjares 开始 作为临时机构 西雅图总统 太平洋大学. Dr. Menjares最 最近服务 作为教务长 senior vice president for academic affairs at Vanguard University (Costa Mesa, California), where he was also the founding senior director of the Institute for Faculty Development. He is a senior fellow for diversity with the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (华盛顿特区.C.)，以及电流 member of the Board of Trustees at 西雅图 太平洋大学.

Dr. Menjares has over 27 years of leadership experience in Christian higher 教育, including serving as the 11th president of California’s Fresno 太平洋大学. He also spent 17 years as a professor and administrator at Biola University (La Mirada, California), where he held the positions of associate professor of 教育, 教育 Department chair, associate provost for diversity leadership, and vice provost for faculty development and academic 有效性.

大流行改编

COVID-19 challenges dramatically altered curriculum, connections, and community, but faculty and staff rose to the challenges and created a rhythm that allowed students to 茁壮成长. Professors taught face-to-face, blended (partly face-to-face and partly online), or fully online, depending on the needs of each class and the availability of classrooms, under COVID guidelines regulating room capacity, air exchange, and downtime. SPU上升 the Autumn Quarter start by two weeks so students could finish before Thanksgiving. Approximately 950 students opted to live on campus amid health and safety protocols (typically about 1,500 students live on campus), and there was strong retention in both the undergraduate and the graduate 学生的数量.

教育学院 turns 100

的 教育学院 celebrated its 100th year of training teachers and administrators. 这个项目有 grown to include undergraduate and post-baccalaureate teacher certification, doctoral programs, master’s degree programs (including an online-only option), graduate certification programs, and a 专业中心 教育. While many students train to become teachers, others become school counselors, principals, superintendents, district office personnel, or professors in higher 教育. 总共， thousands of educators have graduated from 西雅图 Pacific over the past century — each expertly prepared to meet the challenges of their field and serve their community. 读了 响应 功能 for more about this institutional milestone.

学费款 begins in 2021–21

Rising college costs across the nation are a barrier to students achieving their higher 教育目标. To address this need, SPU launched “学费款——降下 undergraduate tuition by 25% — beginning 2021年秋季. 新的年度学费 is $35,100 (before scholarships, grants, and loans), compared to an average of $49,296 at other Pacific Northwest private 大学. 的 University is also offering new scholarships and will cap future tuition 增加. All these changes open the door for more students to receive a world-class SPU的教育.

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