Guided by and in support of our mission, Reigniting Our Strategic Directions articulates what Seattle University must do over the next five years to further our mission and to advance the long-term vision for the university. Here are highlights from the five goals that describe this important work.

Goal 1: Reimagine And Revise Our Curriculum

We will comprehensively reimagine and revise our curriculum in order to deeply embed practices and qualities that make our education more distinctively Jesuit and empowering. Among the greatest challenges facing our society:

• Environmental sustainability and climate change
• Racial injustice and widening economic inequity
• Rapid technological change and its attendant social and economic impacts

—Reimagining our curriculum will enable the university to educate in a more cohesive, powerful and mission-aligned way and will enhance our academic quality.

Goal 2: Strengthen Professional Formation For All

Seattle and the Puget Sound region offer extraordinary opportunities to the university and its students. We will leverage and build upon our location and connections to create greater opportunities for experiential learning as a hallmark of professional formation for our students.
 
We will develop and enhance the partnerships, infrastructure and funding that provide students with a range of experiential opportunities that contribute to career success, from internships and field placements to education abroad, serving learning and more.

—Expanding the role of our faculty and staff as thought leaders on regional and national issues will more fully integrate and support community-engaged learning, research and scholarship.

Goal 3: Enhance The Student Experience

We are building a vibrant campus environment that engages, enlivens and educates all our students—one that values and celebrates the diverse identities that comprise our community. By offering support and services that create connections and nurture student persistence, we will promote student success.

—As we increase the access for services, support and programs and move further into hybrid and online education, we will find ways to bring Seattle University to students wherever they are.

Goal 4: Promote Inclusive Excellence

Because diversity, equity and inclusion are integral to our Jesuit and Catholic character, our values and to the excellent education we provide, we will strengthen our institutional DEI structures to ensure progress with impact. We will prioritize inclusive recruitment, hiring and retention practices and provide a range of programs and learning opportunities that help all faculty and staff thrive in a diverse environment.

—We will strive to offer our distinctive and high-quality Jesuit education in ways that are financially attainable for more students and thus foster economic diversity.

Goal 5: Reposition For Growth

We will build the strategic, institutional and financial capacity that undergirds the success of these strategic directions. As we serve diverse populations of students in many degree programs, we will develop the operational capacity and integration needed to manage the full complexity of a comprehensive university in the 21st century.

—Examining programs and services across the university will create a profound understanding of the strengths and contributions of each to the mission fulfillment and sustainability of the university.

Read the Reigniting Our Strategic Directions in their entirety at www.seattleu.edu/strategic-directions/.