Provost Introduces Five Strategic Plan Initiatives
As part of 体育赛事竞猜app’s strategic plan, which was approved in 2014, Provost 杰夫·范杜泽 identified five focus areas to help shape the future of SPU education:
- 全球倡议
- 和解倡议
- 职业预备计划
- 学术创新计划
- 性格形成倡议
对于每一个计划, 一个由教员和, 在大多数情况下, staff members is charged with crafting a plan to improve curriculum and co-curricular programs that affect these areas. 更多详情请浏览 qp0554.com/initiatives.
阿奈特大厅开幕
In September 2014, SPU dedicated and opened 阿奈特大厅, our newest residence hall. The building is named after the Arnett family, whose connection to SPU dates back to the early 1900s and continues today. SPU board member Becky Arnett Gilliam ’80 is one of more than 40 family members to attend SPU, and was present at the dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony. 74年,794-square-foot building houses 150 beds in 76 single- to triple-bed suite-style rooms and also boasts lounges, 健身室, 五个常见厨房, 还有屋顶甲板.
Becky Arnett Gilliam ’80 (center) cuts the ribbon at the opening of 阿奈特大厅.
年度杰出教授及教职员名单
At the annual Celebration of Service ceremony on April 30, the Associated Students of 西雅图 Pacific named Professor of Geography Kathleen Braden Faculty Member of the Year. 特别警务处职员评议会颁授“口传五奖”. Hemry Non-Exempt Staff Person of the Year Award to Lindy Pearson, administrative assistant in 大学的部门. The Exempt Staff Person of the Year Award went to Niki Amarantides, 学习中心主任. Faculty 和工作人员 who have served SPU for five, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, and 35 years were also honored. Receiving awards for 40 years of service were John Glancy, director of SPU’s 125th anniversary celebration; George Scranton,
professor of theatre; Dave Tindall, assistant vice president of technology services; and Laurel Tindall, 女子体操总教练.
New Vice Presidents Lead Enrollment Marketing and 筹款
内森Mouttet joined SPU as its new vice president for Enrollment Management and Marketing, 来自芝加哥北公园大学. Already acquainted with the excellence of SPU alumni through his wife, 克里斯汀·拉塞尔·莫特，95年, Mouttet believes SPU is ideally situated to engage an increasingly urban world.
路易丝·索塞尔·弗罗 joined SPU as its new vice president for University Advancement, 来自阿苏萨太平洋大学. With strategic and data-driven experience in nonprofit organizations, Furrow oversees the offices of 校友 and Parent Relations, 发展服务, 年度捐献, 及巨额捐献, and partners with the 西雅图 Pacific Foundation.
SPU主办帐篷城3从12月到3月
这是三年来第二次了, SPU欢迎《五大联赛竞猜app》, a community shelter for up to 100 men and women experiencing homelessness. The community was located on the northeast side of Tiffany Loop, next to the Student Union Building. 他们定期与SPU的学生互动, 教师, 和工作人员, who organized everything from potluck dinners, 去诗歌工作坊, 到足部诊所.
SPU students helped 帐篷城3 residents set up their encampment.
奖学金 — Including Free Methodist 奖学金 — Increasing for Incoming Students
Beginning with incoming Autumn 2015 undergraduate students, SPU将提高学术成绩, (即, and constituency scholarships to strengthen the University’s commitment to top academic students at all income levels. 例如, 来自自由卫理公会教堂的学生, 大学的创始名称, 他们的奖金会从2美元增加吗,000 to $4,000. The University also introduced a new needs-based initiative for students in the Washington state College Bound program — called Falcon Bound — which guarantees full tuition to College Bound students who receive 1150 or higher on the SAT (critical reading and math).
SPU排名No. 4 in U.S. 《体育赛事竞猜app与世界报道》s“最佳大学-最具价值”
体育赛事竞猜app排名第1. 4 in the category “Best Colleges — Best Value” in the West in U.S. News & 世界报道2015年大学排名. The calculation takes into account a school’s academic quality and the 2013–14 net cost of attendance for a student receiving the average level of (即 financial aid.
总统的 西雅图时报 圣诞早报专栏
In an 的专栏 西雅图时报 published December 24, 2014, SPU President Daniel J. 马丁回想起6月5日的悲剧, the faith- and prayer-based witness of SPU’s response, 以及降临节带来的希望的信息.
圣诞节的神圣之声 音乐会演出座无虚席
12月1日, 2014, the SPU Music Department’s nationally recognized student and 教师 musicians performed Advent and Christmas music from around the world in the 15th annual 圣诞节的神圣之声 音乐会. 在麦考厅演出超过2场,700名SPU和社区成员, this much-anticipated and sold-out event featured the addition of Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus.”
SPU’s 圣诞节的神圣之声 一年比一年卖得快.
New Music Building on Nickerson Street in 2016
Recently acquired buildings on West Nickerson Street next to SPU’s Human 资源 office are currently being renovated to house SPU’s Music Department. Bought in 2014 as the final piece of property within the University’s master plan zone, the former marine equipment company and martial arts studio will house six 教师 offices, 两个合奏练习室, 录音棚, 钢琴实验室, 还有一个合唱/独奏空间.
SPU主办ICW伦理碗
4月17日, 2015, SPU hosted the second annual Independent Colleges of Washington Ethics Bowl at First Free Methodist Church. A daylong competition among the debate teams of 10 ICW colleges, the Ethics Bowl is intended to showcase student knowledge of applied ethics. SPU’s team placed fourth in this year’s competition, where topics ranged from worker exploitation to humane animal treatment.