What’s happening at SPU? This is where you’ll find the latest news about research, events, activities, achievements, and milestones in the life of SPU and its people.
A few Christians in the 19th century — particularly those connected with Oberlin College — acted boldly and courageously to end slavery and promote racial equality. Those who did so grounded their activism on Holiness Theology and devotional practices derived from the Wesleyan tradition. The Walls Lecture this year will be a panel presentation given by four professors who have been engaged in a scholarly project known as the “Dialogue on Race and Faith.” The goal of the project has been to study this historical movement and to draw out implications for the Christian church today.
Walls Lecture 2023
For its 100th anniversary, the SPU Music Department singers and musicians will join the Northwest Symphony Orchestra and ChoralSounds Northwest for a special musical collaboration. The evening features more than 100 musicians on stage performing works by Mendelssohn, Dvorak and the world premiere of “A Psalm for the Voiceless” by Joshua A. Idio.
Identify a challenging social issue. Invent a business to help solve it while providing a sustainable revenue. Impossible you say? Not to more than 100 students competing in Seattle Pacific University’s annual Social Venture Plan Competition on Wednesday, April 19. The event is open to the public.
Now in its 17th year, the competition features entrepreneurial projects presented by student teams addressing social issues through sustainable business models. Businesspeople, entrepreneurs, and other community partners evaluate and score the plans. Competitors pitch their projects similar to a live trade-show event to compete for cash prizes.
Wednesday, April 19
2–6 p.m.
Upper Gwinn Commons
A group of living kidney donors climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to raise awareness for kidney donations.
FOR TWO YEARS, BOBBY MCLAUGHLIN ’89 planned and prepared to scale Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. McLaughlin, who donated a kidney in 2019, dreamed of summiting the tallest mountain on the African continent with a group of organ donors to show the world what a living kidney donor can still do.
You're invited to a free performance about the life of Michael Faraday, a 19th-century scientist who made significant discoveries in physics, chemistry, and electrical engineering.
Saturday, April 1, 7 p.m. at McKinley Hall on campus.
Every year, more than 200 students transfer to Seattle Pacific University. Sometimes it’s a geographical or financial decision, or students are hoping to transfer from a community college to a four-year institution. Whatever the reasons, we’d love to welcome you to SPU, where we hope you will thrive academically and where we can connect you with our transfer-friendly community!
Here are some of the most common questions students have about transferring to SPU.
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 Seattle 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.