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Dear Staff and Faculty Colleagues, 

Earlier this academic year, we announced our plans to hold a 2023 Workforce Engagement Survey breakout session specifically focused on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). We are pleased to share that this important session will take place on Wednesday, June 5, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Pigott Auditorium.

In this session, leaders from both the Human Resources and Office of Diversity and Inclusion teams will delve into the DEI-related results and insights gleaned from the recent engagement survey. This session offers an excellent opportunity for all of us to better understand what we can learn from the DEI dimension of the engagement survey, and we look forward to seeing you there.

Sincerely,

Jerron Lowe, J.D. 
Vice President for Human Resources 

Natasha Martin, J.D. 
Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion

Dear Colleagues,

Thank you for your letter. I am always reflecting on how I can better serve our remarkable university community – its students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Feedback of all kinds, including critical feedback, is helpful to me. 

I begin with your demands. I have never (with the exception of scheduling conflicts) refused any faculty request to meet during my time as President. You are welcome to work directly with my office to schedule time with me. 

The intemperate tone of your letter – and the fact that so many signatories were not even present at the Town Hall you reference – suggests that your concern may be rooted less in what was said at that meeting (or how it was said) than in a fundamental disagreement about the nature and purpose of a university education. At the very foundation of Jesuit Catholic higher education is the cultivation of reason in the service of truth. In challenging our students who chose to speak at the Town Hall to elaborate, substantiate, or defend their claims, I was affirming their status as human beings fully imbued with the gifts of reason and judgment. In an academic community, this kind of substantive engagement is the epitome of respect.

In living out Seattle University’s mission of educating the whole person and empowering leaders for a just and humane world, we should place a special focus on empowering our students. That is one of the insights behind my parsimonious approach to issuing university statements. Empowering our students means not telling them what to think but teaching them how to think. It means helping them to develop their own powers of critical thought and encouraging them to think for themselves while embracing their convictions, whatever those may be. Empowering our students to develop these skills requires sustaining space on our campus for the expression of diverse perspectives on issues from the local to the global. Exposure to a wide range of views is essential if we are to help our students to develop the habits of temperament and intellect necessary for reasoned deliberation, which is in such short supply in our broader, social-media saturated society. Finally, empowering our students to develop these skills requires us to extend to them – and to one another – the grace to make mistakes (which are an essential by-product of the educational process) and the presupposition of good intentions. These last two are particularly important Ignatian virtues that your letter notably fails to model.

The Q&A period during the Town Hall on May 7 was indeed a challenging one for me and for all those present. Your perception – that my response to student questions was excessively argumentative – represents one perspective on my “tone” (to use your word) that day. Other feedback I received was more favorable. In the days following the Town Hall, several faculty and staff who were present wrote to me privately to thank me for my approach. As one faculty member in the College of Arts and Sciences put it in an email, “your responses at the Town Hall were clear, concise, and reasonable.” Another message – from a staff member – said that “I just appreciate your adherence to nuance and accuracy when addressing inherently complex issues. Knowing that is not easy or even popular in a role such as yours.” The divergent reactions of those in the room stem in part from different perspectives on the underlying issues but also perhaps (from some) a rejection of the principles I have outlined above.

While I do not regret engaging with our students at the Town Hall, I realize with the benefit of hindsight that I should have done more. Specifically, the first student to speak began to cry as she delivered her initial prepared remarks. In that moment, the inflammatory accusations she was leveling against Seattle University led me to jump immediately into defending the university. Instead, I should have paused to express my care and compassion before asking her to offer evidence for her contentions that Seattle University “support[s]” and “benefit[s]” from “genocide,” that its leaders’ “actions are leading to killing people,” and that – because of our sense of guilt over the foregoing – Seattle University is actively “vilify[ing]” and “target[ing]” our BIPOC students. I understand that not acknowledging how visibly upset the student was caused distress to some who were present, and for that I am sorry. My office has reached out to the student in question to offer the opportunity to meet in a more informal setting in which she would feel comfortable continuing the conversation. 

As I noted at the outset, I am constantly reflecting on my performance and working to do better. That effort includes daily Ignatian prayer, conversations with trusted advisors (both Jesuits and laypeople), and the consideration of feedback like that you have offered. I look forward to continuing these practices as I strive to be the kind of leader this university needs.

Respectfully,

Eduardo M. Peñalver
President

As previously announced, the Ethics & Tech Conference: Where AI Meets Humanity in Healthcare: What's Next? will take place Thursday, June 27.

SU faculty, staff and students are being offered a 25% discount. Faculty and staff who are interested in attending the conference should receive permission from their supervisor before registering and treat this as a professional development opportunity.

• Visit Ethics & Tech 25% Discount Registration Link and use this Promo Code: SU-Community.

Each comp code will only allow one registrant per order. Questions? Contact events@seattleu.edu.

Thursday, May 31, 5–8 p.m.
Campion Ballroom
RSVP required: Book your tickets here

The final four compete for one $20,000 grand prize: In its 26th year, Harriet Stephenson Business Plan Competition (HSBPC) provides a platform for Seattle University students and alumni to pitch their ideas and launch their businesses.

In this rigorous competition, teams advance through three rounds of judging and feedback and work with expert coaches to refine their business plans. Join the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center at the Final Round to hear what innovative ideas are being launched by Seattle University students and alumni and see which of this year's top four teams will take home the $20,000 grand prize!

Hors d’oeuvres, beer and wine, and non-alcoholic beverages will be served.

The Center for Ecumenical and Interreligious Engagement's spring issue of The Interfaith Observer is now available. This issue focuses on “Adaptive Leadership in Challenging Times.” As our world grapples with unprecedented crises and shifting landscapes, the role of adaptive leadership has become increasingly pivotal. Explore the stories, insights and strategies of a diverse gathering of authors at The Interfaith Observer.

You’re invited! As we near the end of Spring Quarter, gather to socialize with your faculty and staff colleagues for the first in a series of campus community building and FUN happy hours: The Redhawk Roost, Tuesday, May 28, from 4 to 5:30 p.m., in the Casey Atrium. No agenda, just fun. For planning purposes, please RSVP.

You are invited to a special screening of the movie Cabrini followed by a Q&A with screenwriter and co-producer Rod Barr on Saturday, June 1 at 6:30 p.m. in Pigott Auditorium. Tickets are complimentary and may be reserved here.

“Cabrini is the beautiful reminder of the human being behind the name.”
 - Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times 

“As single-minded as its protagonist, Cabrini drives home in every scene its themes of human dignity—particularly the dignity of women and marginalized groups including immigrants and the poor—and solidarity in the face of prejudice and social injustice.”
- Steve D. Greydanus, Decent Films

Staff and faculty are invited to help find candidates for open staff positions. Please view the full list of postings or check out this week’s highlighted opportunities: 

Assistant Director of Alumni & Constituent Engagement

Director of Development, College of Arts and Sciences 

International Student Center Associate Director

Thursday, May 30, 10:15 a.m.–1 p.m.
Casey Commons 

You are invited to the sixth annual Capstone Symposium of the Society, Policy and Citizenship track of University Honors. Coffee, tea and snacks will be served.

This year's symposium, Advancing Environmental Justice in Cities, will feature data-informed public policy proposals to address environmental justice challenges relating to air quality, asthma, toxic pollution and transportation issues in four cities: Fresno, Phoenix, Pittsburgh and Providence.

The 13 students who are completing the Society, Policy and Citizenship track in the University Honors Program have put a great deal of work into their projects and are looking forward to sharing their findings and demonstrating their skills advocating for policy action.

For more information, contact Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies John Armstrong, PhD at jarmstrong@seattleu.edu.

Wednesday, May 29, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Virtual: Register here

Get ready for an illuminating conversation hosted by World Affairs Council in partnership with RoundGlass India Center.

The Indian elections which started on April 9 are the world’s biggest and largest-ever democratic exercise with 969 million eligible voters and more than 2,600 political parties started. Senior fellow at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Dr. Milan Vaishnav and Executive Director and Professor of Law Sital Kalantry will deep dive into India's latest election outcomes revealing their profound implications not just for India, but for the entire globe. With results set to be announced June 4, this is a discussion you won't want to miss!

Do you use Canva to create your items to send to Reprographics and SUpercopy? Here are some tips created by Reprographics to help you when submitting your Canva job to print.

All who are in supervisor roles at Seattle University are invited to an information meeting about forming Communities of Practice (CoP) for Supervisors. The meeting will take place over Zoom, Wednesday, May 22, 1:30–2:30 p.m. Information will be provided on what a Community of Practice is, as well as what materials are being developed to assist campus supervisors in running their own CoP groups. Results from a recent survey of supervisors indicated a strong interest in CoPs. The goal is to launch at least one supported pilot program for supervisors, followed by development of templates and materials so that similar CoPs can be formed for colleagues in different roles on campus. Please contact Kit Morse with any questions at kmorse@seattleu.edu.

Dear SU Community,  

Let's celebrate excellence together! Nominations for the Seattle University Staff Awards are now open. Take a moment to recognize a deserving staff colleague who embodies our mission and values. You can read descriptions of the awards here: Staff Awards & Nominate them here: 2024 Staff Award Nominations.

Interested in shaping the selection process? Join the Staff Awards Selection Committee! We’re seeking volunteers to help review nominations and ensure a fair process. All are welcome to participate, regardless of position, role or length of time at SU. Sign up here: Awards Selection Committee.

Nominations and Volunteer Deadlines: May 31, at 11:59 p.m. (Note: the deadline has been extended.)

For any questions or more information please contact the planning committee at staffcelebration@seattleu.edu.

Thank you for recognizing the exceptional talent within our community. We are looking forward to celebrating together June 18!

Best Regards, 

Celebration of Staff Planning Committee

The campus community is invited to the CFO Town Hall on Tuesday, May 21, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., in Pigott Auditorium. Topics will include a budget and facilities update and review of key initiatives. CFO Chris Malins will be joined by Joe Cater, Associate Vice President and Controller; Bret Myers, Director of Treasury & Risk Management; Rob Schwartz, Associate Vice President for Facilities Services; and Ivette Serna, Assistant Vice President of University Budget Office. The town hall will include a Q&A session with the panel.

Tuesday, June 4, 6-8 p.m.
Le Roux Conference Center (STCN 160)

Join the Seattle University Alumni Association for Going Gold, a chance to welcome the Class of 2024 to the alumni community. Gather with our (almost) 2024 grads and recent alums to celebrate and enjoy free food and beverages. Family and friends, as well as faculty and staff, are welcome to join the party! Learn more and RSVP.

Need a new headshot? Faculty and staff headshots will be taken Wednesday, May 22, 4:30–6:30 p.m., in the Wyckoff Reading Room (313) of the Lemieux Library and McGoldrick Learning Commons. Please sign up for an appointment. (Note updated sign-up link.) Walk-ins are also welcome. Contact University Photographer Yosef Kalinko with questions at kalinkoy@seattleu.edu.

Tuesday, May 28, 12:30 p.m.
Student Center 210 (note new location)
RSVP for the event
Light lunch will be served.

Join the Center for Environmental Justice and Sustainability for the 2023-2024 Student and Faculty Fellowship presentations.

• Laudato Si’ Faculty Fellows are Tapoja Chaudhuri, presenting “Putting Down Roots,” and Lauren Bibin, whose study focuses on “Seattle University Sustainability Transformation Assessment in Nursing.”
• Gary L. Chamberlain Student Fellows, Gabe Veltri and Olivia Roberts, will present “Composition of Moss Dwelling Invertebrate Communities in Southern Seattle: Duwamish Valley vs. Seattle Parks.”
• Francis Student Fellow, Angela Su, will present on her study “Examining Sexual and Reproductive Health Education Strategies and Their Impact on Measures of Social Sustainability.”

For more information, visit CEJS Fellows.

Staff Council’s Professional Development Committee is proposing to create an annual Staff In-Service (or Professional Development) Day as part of the Professional Formation for Staff goal in the Reignited Strategic Directions. This day will provide dedicated time and space for staff to engage with personal and/or divisional skill-building and growth opportunities. But before the committee begins writing the official proposal, they want to hear from you!

The committee has collected their ideas on a Padlet, linked here, and they are curious which items most resonate with our staff colleagues across campus.

Explore the SU Staff Professional Development Day brainstorm Padlet here; “heart” the posts that speak to you and add your own comments and ideas for the committee to consider. 

Why is the committee doing this?

In the most recent Staff Voices survey, more than 80 percent of staff respondents rated professional development as “moderate” to “high” priority, yet more than a third indicated that they didn’t participate in any development work over the last year. Top reasons included their being unaware of any opportunities available to them and/or not having work time or bandwidth to engage in existing opportunities. In response, Staff Council’s Professional Development committee has used this year to explore various ideas to improve access to professional development for deserving staff colleagues.

Please take a few minutes between now and Friday, May 31, to browse the Padlet of ideas for this new annual event. Click the heart button or leave a comment on any posts that speak to you. You can also click the “plus” button underneath any of the column headings to add a new idea for the committee to consider. 

Thank you in advance for your engagement and support for this idea.

Dear Campus Community,

We hope this e-mail finds you well. We are writing to inform you that the field and surrounding track at SU Park will be closed for an important renovation project from June 1 through August 3. The field has surpassed its expected lifespan, making it necessary to replace the turf for the safety and well-being of our community.

The timing of this closure has been strategically planned to minimize disruption, as this season typically sees fewer programs and milder weather conditions, which are needed to complete this work. The benefits of this project are extensive. By transitioning to a cork infill and installing a padding underlay for more cushion, the turf will improve safety and provide a better experience to all who use the field. 

We understand the closure may cause inconvenience. For local outdoor recreation during this closure, the university recommends such campus spaces as the Tennis Courts and Track at Championship Field, The Quad and The Green or the nearby Cal Anderson Park.

For any questions regarding the scope, timeline, or process of the project, please reach out to Shannon Britton, Assistant Director Grounds and Waste Management. If you require alternative recreational options during this period, please contact UREC.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation as we work towards enhancing the safety and quality of SU Park for all.

- Seattle University 

CEIE Assistant Director Rev. Dr. Kara Markell talks with John Philip Newell about his latest book, Sacred Earth, Sacred Soul, and explores the gifts of the Celtic Christian Tradition for the world today. You can listen to this podcast and many others at CEIE Podcasts.

A production company, Novus Select, will be on campus June 20–22 conducting a still photo shoot for a tech company marketing in the field of education, and they are looking for talent from within the Seattle University community. These are paid roles, the casting process will be managed by a professional casting agent, and no modeling experience is necessary. Contact conferences@seattleu.edu for more information and to apply. The submission deadline is this Friday, May 17.

Zoom Workplace (version 6.0) will be available to all SU-managed workstations beginning Monday, May 13. Visit Company Portal on your laptop or desktop computer to search for and download the latest version of Zoom.

New features include:

• Updated desktop client and in-meeting interface
• In-meeting buttons at the bottom have a new look and can also be moved around (drag and drop)
• Multi-speaker view available
• Multi-share screen available (tabs at the top of in-meeting screen)
• Meeting wallpapers and color themes (can use dark mode)
• Customizable waiting room and wallpaper for webinars

More information is available on the ITS Zoom page. Contact servicedesk@seattleu.edu with any questions or issues.

You are invited to the 37th annual Projects Day on Friday, May 31. SU's Project Center is pleased to partner with businesses, government agencies and nonprofit organizations regionally and nationally to bring hands-on projects to our students. SU students worked on 38 projects for a diverse range of companies and organizations, including Amazon, F5, Kenworth, King County, Sound Transit, Seattle City Light and many more! The results and deliverables for these projects will be highlighted at the 37th annual Projects Day which will be in person and livestreamed. There will be presentations on assessing levee effectiveness on salmonoid habitats, modeling complex hydrodynamics in Washington reservoirs, creating platforms to make social services more accessible, and many more interesting projects. 

SCHEDULE

Noon | Check-in and Registration (Sullivan Hall West Entrance)

12:30 p.m. | Welcome to Projects Day

12:45 p.m. | Presentation Session 1

2 p.m. | Presentation Session 2

3:15 p.m. | Presentation Session 3

4:15–6 p.m. | Poster Session and Reception

This event is open to the public and sponsored by the College of Science and Engineering. For more information and to register, click here or contact Rachael Brown at brownra@seattleu.edu or 206-296-2822.​

Saturday, May 18, 5 p.m.
LeRoux Conference Center (STCN 160) 

This year’s Quadstock features performances from students, TikTok’s DJ Mandy and headliner Alexander 23. For more information and tickets, check out @seac_seattleu.

E-mail chaydon@seattleu.edu with any questions.

The EMS Web App is open for booking major event spaces through December 22, 2024. If you have any space requests during that time, please navigate to the EMS Web App. Please be aware that classroom bookings are currently open through June 2, 2024. 

As part of Bike Everywhere Day, a regional effort to celebrate bicycling, SU will host a celebration station at the Bellarmine Turnaround (12th and E. Columbia) from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. on Friday, May 17. All are welcome to stop by the station on the morning commute to campus.

An annual event during Commencement Weekend, Baccalaureate Mass is a celebration for the entire university community to give thanks for our graduating students and bless them as they complete their time at SU, transitioning into the future as bearers of our university mission, leaders for a just and humane world. As a Jesuit university, we observe this in the context of a Catholic Mass, but people from all religious, secular and spiritual identities are welcome to attend and participate in this meaningful ritual celebrating this significant transition in our students’ lives. Graduating students, family and friends, current students, faculty, and staff are all invited.

This year, Baccalaureate Mass will take place on Saturday, June 8, at 2 p.m., at St. James Cathedral (804 9th Avenue).

Campus Ministry is currently recruiting volunteers to fill a variety of roles for the Mass.

• The 2024 Baccalaureate Mass choir will be open to the entire Seattle University community; staff, faculty, students and alumni with or without prior singing experience can sing in a choir together with a core group of SU Choirs students and a quartet of professional cantors. The time commitment is minimal, and the music is very accessible. For more details about the rehearsal schedule and to sign up, please fill out this form as soon as possible.
  
  
• If you’re interested in volunteering as a Liturgical Minister—an usher, candle bearer, reader (in English or a second language you speak), gift bearer or communion minister—please fill out this form as soon as possible to let us know your preferences. More information on eligibility and training can be found on the form.

More information, including specific instructions for graduating students, faculty, staff and administrators who wish to robe and participate in the academic procession can be found at the Commencement website. Your presence is meaningful to our graduating students and their families and friends. Questions? Contact Bill McNamara, Campus Minister for Liturgy, mcnamarw@seattleu.edu.

Tuesday, May 28, 2–3 p.m.
Pigott Auditorium + Zoom
RSVP to HR Quarterly Connect Q2
*This event will be hybrid and a Zoom link will be shared shortly before the event.

During the HR Quarterly Connect Q2 session, you will hear from HR’s Academic Operations and Compensation teams to learn about the annual merit planning process for both faculty and staff, get a quick update on forthcoming APR Evolution sessions and find out about our upcoming demographics survey. All staff and faculty are invited to attend.

The event will be recorded for later viewing and will be in a hybrid format. Please RSVP and let us know what questions you’re hoping to get answered during this event. 

You may access past session materials and see additional details on the HR Quarterly Connect Website.

Monday, May 13, 1–3 p.m.
Oberto Commons (Sinegal Center)
RSVPs are required: Please register here.

The Department of Public Affairs and Nonprofit Leadership presents the spring installment of its quarterly Conversations series, featuring University of Washington President Ana Mari Cauce and Seattle University President Eduardo Peñalver. This interview-style will cover political polarization and its impacts on universities. Interviewers are journalist Joni Balter and professor Dr. Larry Hubbell. 

Center for Ecumenical and Interreligious Engagement Director Dr. Michael Reid Trice speaks with Dr. Eric Alterman, CUNY Distinguished Professor of English and Journalism at Brooklyn College, about the hypocrisy of modern America.

Listen to the podcast here.

Human Resources is excited to announce that SU’s Careers Site will be going mobile-friendly within the next few weeks. With the growing reliance on mobile devices for browsing and accessing information, ensuring our SU Careers Site is optimized for mobile devices is a significant step toward ensuring a seamless and user-friendly experience for applicants.

HR believes this upgrade will not only make the job search process smoother for applicants but also provide our current employees with a more convenient way to explore internal opportunities.

Each year, the Center for Jesuit Education sponsors 5-7 faculty and staff members to make the Spiritual Exercises in Everyday Life (SEEL) retreat through our Ignatian partner, SEEL Puget Sound.

SEEL is a transformative retreat experience in everyday life consisting of a nine-month commitment to:  

• Daily prayer, reflection and discernment
• Monthly Saturday morning retreats and
• Twice-monthly meetings with a spiritual director

The Center for Jesuit Education is seeking faculty and staff who are drawn to participate in the SEEL program next year. The center provides a significant subsidy to make this retreat accessible.

Does this pique your interest? If you are curious to learn more, please contact Andrea Fontana or Natch Ohno, S.J., by June 7. (Please note new deadline.)

Wednesday, May 22, noon–2 p.m.
LeRoux Conference Room (STCN 160)
Please RSVP here by noon on May 15

Join the Office of Sponsored Projects in celebrating the investigators who submitted grant proposals, received new awards and carried out sponsored projects over the 2023–24 academic year, as well as five years of lightning talks and all the faculty and staff who made them possible. Lunch will be served. Questions can be directed to osp@seattleu.edu.

Plan to attend the CFO Town Hall on Tuesday, May 21, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., in Pigott Auditorium. During a Q&A session, the CFO and a panel of subject matter experts will answer your questions. Topics will include a budget and facilities update and review of key initiatives. The speakers are Chris Malins, CFO of Seattle University; Joe Cater, Associate Vice President and Controller; Bret Myers, Director of Treasury & Risk Management; Rob Schwartz, Associate Vice President for Facilities Services; and Ivette Serna, Assistant Vice President of University Budget Office. Please come prepared to ask questions.

A reminder that Seattle University has in place a policy regarding raffles used for fundraising. Please refer to information provided here as you plan events that include raffles. You can also contact Elise Rannestad at erannestad@seattleu.edu with any requests or questions. For any legal questions please reach out to the Seattle University Office of University Counsel.

During the nominations period (Monday, May 6–Wednesday, May 15), the campus community is encouraged to nominate themselves or a colleague to run for a seat on the Staff Council. Candidates will be asked to submit a brief statement of interest and photo for the voter’s pamphlet. Submit a nomination here.

In order to continue the success Staff Council has seen, a robust collection of nominations across all staff areas is needed. Please consider nominating yourself or a colleague for Staff Council!

For more information about the nomination and election process, please visit the Staff Council website or e-mail staffcouncil@seattleu.edu.    

Staff and faculty are invited to help find candidates for open staff positions. Please view the full list of postings or check out this week’s highlighted opportunities: 

eProcurement Administrator and Analyst (Procurement)

Manager of Financial Support & Education (University Budget Office)

Counselor, One Stop Services (Student Financial Services)

Budget and Operations Administrative Assistant (College of Nursing)

Faculty Legal Administrative Assistant (School of Law)

Admissions Evaluator

Tuesday, May 14, 6:30–8 p.m.
Register here for this webinar

Join the Center for Ecumenical and Interreligious Engagement (CEIE) for a free webinar with a diverse group of professionals to learn more about the terrain of loneliness and share creative and innovative ways to reconnect with ourselves and others.

The panel, moderated by Rev. Dr. Kara Markell of CEIE, includes, Dr. Luke Lavin, SU Campus Ministry; Deanne Liu, SU MOSAIC Center; and Rev. Mia Baumgartner, UW Spiritual Care. Each presenter will share insights and tools, and there will be time for participant questions.

Tuesday, May 21, 4 p.m.
Public reception at 3:30 p.m.
Le Roux Room, Student Center 160
RSVP here (In-person and remote options available)

Please also join ICTC for lunch with Fr. Burke:

Tuesday, May 21, 12:15 p.m., in STCN 210
Please RSVP to ICTC@seattleu.edu

 The final chapter of Denise Levertov's remarkable poetic journey (1923-1997) unfolded in Seattle, where she moved in 1989. That same year she also entered the Catholic Church and several years later she engaged in a six-month process of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola under the direction of a Northwest Province Jesuit Lee Kapfer, S.J.

Born in London into a Jewish-Christian family, Levertov is recognized as one of the greatest American poets of the post-WWII generation. Her poetry reveals deep political passions in the causes of peacemaking, racial and social justice, and care for the earth, along with a profound interreligious spirituality from which she wrote some of the finest Christian poetry in the English language since Gerard Manley Hopkins.

Kevin Burke, S.J., grew up in Wyoming and after entering the Society of Jesus, taught at Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, Mass., before becoming Dean of the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, Calif. He currently serves as Professor of Theology and Vice President of University Mission at Regis University in Denver, Colo. The author or editor of seven books, including the first book-length examination of the liberation theology of the Salvadoran Jesuit martyr, Ignacio Ellacuría, S.J., Fr. Burke is currently completing a book tentatively entitled Opening the Doors of the World: Theology in the Poetry of Denise Levertov.

Hello Campus!

During the month of May, Undergraduate Admissions is offering Admitted Student Fridays. These Friday events allow admitted students to personalize an extended visit to campus including a class visit, Student Financial Services drop-in opportunity and Housing and Orientation Next Steps. Please keep an eye out for students looking for their class(es) and offer a helping hand if they look lost. 

Tuesday, May 14, 12:30–1:30 p.m.
Bannan 107
Register here

“The nation's growing divides—by geography, income, race, and age—are reflected in and exacerbated by inequalities in housing markets.”

Join this book talk with Jenny Schuetz, author of Fixer-Upper: How to Repair America's Broken Housing Systems. This event is organized by the Albers School of Business and Economics and the College of Arts and Sciences.

A Senior Fellow at Brookings Metro, Dr. Schuetz's research focuses on improving housing and land use policies. Before joining Brookings, she served as a principal economist at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Dr. Schuetz was also an assistant professor at the University of Southern California and a post-doctoral fellow at NYU Furman. She is a nonresident senior fellow at GWU’s Center for Washington Area Studies and teaches in Georgetown’s urban planning program.

Dr. Schuetz earned a PhD in public policy from Harvard University, a master’s in city planning from M.I.T., and a BA with Highest Distinction in economics and political and social thought from the University of Virginia.

The talk will be facilitated by Seattle University faculty members Mark Markuly and Kevin Ward. Mark Markuly, PhD, is currently a professor in the Albers School of Business and Economics, teaching ethics, business communication, business leadership in social justice and career discernment. Kevin Ward, PhD, is an Associate Professor and Director of the Public Affairs program at Seattle University.

May 8–11 and 16–18 at 7:30 p.m., and May 18, 2 p.m.
Lee Center for the Arts (905 12th Ave.)
Tickets: Ludus - Seattle University Theatre Program

Directed by Johamy Morales
Music by Byron Au Yong

The SU Theatre Program is proud to present Mary Zimmerman’s The Secret in the Wings. This story adapts a group of lesser-known fairy tales to create a theatrical work that sets their dark mystery against Zimmerman’s signature wit and humor. The framing story concerns a child and the frightening babysitter with whom her parents leave her. As the babysitter reads from a book, the characters in each of the tales materialize, with each tale breaking off just at its bleakest moment before giving way to the next one.

Still on Classic Teams? Use the toggle in the upper left corner to switch to the New Teams experience. Enjoy more features like faster performance, reply-to options, message forwarding, new apps like Loop and more. Questions? E-mail servicedesk@seattleu.edu for more information. 

Student Employment is implementing a new academic year hiring process for student employees.

What does this mean? When you hire a student employee, you will hire them for the academic year ending June 30 (unless you indicate a sooner end date).

What if my students will continue working next year? In May–June, you will just submit re-hire form(s) to let us know that the student(s) will continue working and we will extend their employment to June 30 of the next academic year (or a sooner date). Never fear; this form is super simple with minimal workflow!

Why are we doing this?

• Better data– At this time, we rely only on the Notice of Separation form to terminate students from their positions. This means we have students on payroll who are not actually working. A clearer picture of who our student employees are at any given time and within an academic year is needed—this will allow for more informed decisions to support student employees and students seeking employment.
  
  
• Security– When students are not working or end their employment, they should not have access to staff systems. Not having accurate data on student employees presents a security risk.
  
  
• Summers off– With the re-hire form, you have the ability to let Student Employment know if your student will take the summer off and will start again in the fall. No more zero timesheets! No more timesheets that need to be “re-activated” in the fall!
  
  
• Eligibility and work-study review– To ensure our funding-source-blind hiring process works effectively and efficiently, SFS needs to review the re-hire form to select the appropriate funding source for the academic year based on the student’s work-study status. Student Employment will also review the student’s work eligibility.
  
  
• The future– The re-hire process is the first step in building a structure that will support new programs and support for student employees and supervisors.

What’s next: Stay tuned for the release of the re-hire form on May 13, 2024. You will have until June 8, 2024 to re-hire your students.

Learn more: Join Sharon Leary, Student Employment Director, for a review of the new process and demo of the re-hire form!

• Academic Year Hiring Process Review & Demo
  Monday, May 13, 10 a.m.
  Virtual via Zoom | RSVP HERE
  This session will be recorded for those unable to attend. E-mail Sharon Leary with any questions about this new process.

All members of the Seattle University community have the opportunity to attend the inaugural Bloomberg Green Festival for free. The festival, which takes place July 10–13 in Seattle, will immerse attendees in solutions-driven experiences with world-renowned experts to inspire climate action. Please provide your name and e-mail on this form to receive a link to your complimentary pass.

Friday, May 10, 3:30 p.m.
STCN 130
Light refreshments will be served.
Learn more and RSVP here 

It is vital that faculty have access to inclusive spaces for sharing conversation about our Catholic and Jesuit educational mission from the perspectives offered by our diverse academic disciplines. In service to this goal, the Division of Mission Integration sponsors a series of gatherings for faculty titled “Interdisciplinary Dialogues on Social Justice,” facilitated by Michael Jaycox (Theology and Religious Studies Department).

All faculty members are warmly invited to attend the third gathering in this series, which is titled “Environmental Justice and Black Health,” with guest Keisha Ray (McGovern Center for Humanities & Ethics, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston).

The Multidisciplinary Generative AI Research Project Funding attracted nine submissions from five distinct colleges/schools within the SU community during this inaugural call for proposals. These applications were meticulously evaluated by the Project Funding Review Committee according to the established award criteria. Please congratulate the inaugural recipients of the Multidisciplinary Generative AI Research Project Funding.

Project 1

Proposal Title: Eye tracking data improvement for visually guided prosthetic devices

Abstract: The project addresses the challenge of upper extremity paralysis by enhancing webcam-based eye-tracking with generative AI. This approach aims to refine data quality, making gaze-controlled assistive devices more accessible and affordable. By comparing innovative AI techniques with traditional data correction methods, the project seeks to establish a new standard in eye-tracking technology, facilitating the development of assistive devices and broadening the application of eye-tracking across various fields. The anticipated outcome is a significant advancement in assistive technology, offering a cost-effective alternative to complex systems and empowering individuals with motor function impairments.

Team Members

Lisa Milkowski (Computer Science, College of Science and Engineering)
Brittany Heintz Walters (Kinesiology, College of Arts and Sciences)

Project 2

Proposal Title: Exploring the Ability of Large Language Models to Produce Physical Objects

Abstract: This research explores the integration of generative AI, specifically large language models (LLMs), with CAD software to overcome the text-only limitation of LLMs. By pairing LLMs with OpenSCAD, an open-source CAD tool, the project aims to generate 3D models from text prompts. The interdisciplinary team, combining expertise from fine arts and mechanical engineering, will train LLMs to create CAD designs, addressing challenges and evaluating the potential of an AI-driven CAD framework for future academic and creative endeavors.

Team Members

Josh Hamel (Mechanical Engineering, College of Science and Engineering)
Trung Pham (Fine Arts, College of Arts and Sciences)

Project 3

Proposal Title: Facilitating Ethical Legal Technology Development Through Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Abstract: This project seeks to revolutionize legal tech innovation by leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) to enhance access to justice. It underscores the importance of multidisciplinary collaboration among lawyers, technologists, and educators to overcome communication barriers and create shared resources. By integrating law and computer science through practical experiences like the Access to Justice Tech Fellows program and a legal tech tool by a Computer Science graduate, the initiative aims to cultivate ethical innovation in legal tech. The proposed joint practicum, supported by experts from various fields, will provide graduate students with the necessary framework to ethically integrate AI into legal practice, meeting high legal and ethical standards and addressing the increasing interest in AI within the legal academic community.

Team Members
Margaret Chon (School of Law)
LeighAnne Thompson (School of Law)
Julie Kang (Graduate, Executive, and Professional Education, College of Education)
Steven Hanks (Computer Science, College of Engineering)

The Multidisciplinary Generative AI Research Program, supported by a gift from Trustee Brenda Christensen, fosters collaborative projects between students and faculty to explore innovative uses of emergent generative AI at Seattle University. Annually available to all full-time faculty at Seattle University starting each February, the funding encourages the pursuit of educational and research excellence. Your submissions for the upcoming cycle of the Multidisciplinary Generative AI Research Project are eagerly anticipated.

Thursday, May 16, 4–6:30 p.m.
Poster Presentation | 4 p.m. | PACCAR Atrium
Event Program | 4:45 p.m. | Pigott Auditorium
Pigott Auditorium
More Info & RSVP

The College of Nursing invites you to attend the Dr. Luth M. Tenorio College of Nursing Dean’s Endowed Lectureship on “Artificial Intelligence and Ethical Perspectives from Nursing.” This will be a thoughtful discussion with leaders from the nursing profession about potential ethical impacts of Artificial Intelligence on health systems and patient care. Prior to the event program, enjoy a poster presentation featuring scholarly work by nursing faculty and students.

EVENT SPEAKERS

Rozzano Locsin, PhD, RN, FAAN, PAASE
Professor Emeritus at Florida Atlantic University’s Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing

Author of Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing and co-author/editor of six books regarding Nursing, Technology, Caring, and Robotics. A former Fulbright Scholar to Uganda, recipient of the Fulbright Alumni Initiative Award, and Fulbright Senior Specialist in Global and Public Health, his interest in global nursing nurtures his appreciation of the dynamic nature of human beings, influential in valuing “knowing persons as caring" as a process of Nursing, grounded in the theory of Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing.

Liz Stokes, PhD, JD, RN
Director, Center for Ethics and Human Rights & Nursing Practice and Work Environments, American Nurses Association

International speaker on the Code of Ethics for Nurses and an Associate Editor for the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry with demonstrated expertise in public policy on ethical issues including end-of-life, intellectual disabilities, artificial intelligence, and reproductive health. Her sphere of influence as a nurse-attorney-bioethicist enables a unique contribution to nursing ethics, law and policy.

Presentations will be followed by a discussion with local leaders in nursing.

• Sofia Aragon, JD, BSN, RN, FAAN, Executive Director, Washington Center for Nursing
• David Keepnews, PhD, JD, RN, FAAN, Executive Director Washington State Nurses Association
• Renee Rassilyer-Bomers, DNP, CMSRN, RN-BC, FAAN, Chief Nursing Officer, Providence Swedish Puget Sound Central Service Area
• Mila Sprouse, EdD, MSN, RN, CCRN-K, NE-BC, Vice President/Chief Nursing Officer, Virginia Mason Medical Center

For more information, visit the College of Nursing’s event page, or contact events@seattleu.edu.

On Monday, April 29, 2024, the Department of Education published its new Final Rule under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs or activities receiving federal financial assistance. The new regulations, which govern universities’ obligations to address sexual misconduct, become effective and enforceable on August 1, 2024. 

In close collaboration with the Provost and Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion, a working group is in place, carefully reviewing the new regulations and assessing their impact on current university policies. The working group will focus on an implementation plan for the campus including any potential proposed policy updates that will reflect both compliance with the new Federal Regulations and high-impact practices that align with Seattle University’s Mission and Values. Members of the working group include a cross-section of campus partners from the Office of Institutional Equity, Office of University Counsel, Academic Affairs, Student and Campus Life, Human Resources, Athletics and Student Success. We will use existing governing structures to consult and engage with various community stakeholders to receive appropriate levels of feedback. The commitment remains to a fair and equitable process, as well as education and prevention.

More information will be forthcoming. For more information, feel free to contact Elizabeth Trayner, Assistant Vice President for Institutional Equity/Title IX Coordinator/504 Coordinator, at etrayner@seattleu.edu.  

The “How to Hire a Student Employee” training series educates on-campus employers, supervisors and campus partners with the knowledge they need to hire student employees, comply with policies and procedures and provide students with experiences that support their career and professional development. Register here for the following sessions. 

Part 1: Drafting & Posting Job Descriptions
Wednesday, May 15 | 10–11:30 a.m. | Virtual via Zoom

This training will cover how to draft intentional job descriptions to support student career development and equitable hiring. A demo will also be provided for posting jobs and managing applicants in Handshake. 

Part 2: Hiring & Onboarding
Wednesday, May 22 | 10–11:30 a.m. | Virtual via Zoom

In this training, the step-by-step process for hiring and onboarding your candidate(s) effectively and efficiently will be reviewed. It will also include a deep dive into the SEAF, requirements and processes for new hire paperwork (I-9s, W-4s, and Direct Deposits), start dates, onboarding/orientation best practices and more.

Hiring International Students On Campus
Thursday, May 23 | 11 a.m.–noon | Virtual via Zoom

While hiring both domestic and international students in parts one and two will be covered, this session will focus specifically on the hiring process for international students. Policies, challenges these students face, ensuring equitable access to on-campus jobs and supporting a smooth transition to work will be discussed.

REGISTER HERE for the sessions. (Sessions will be recorded and made available for those unable to attend live.)

Thursday, May 16, 12:30 p.m.
Pigott 205
Lunch included
Please RSVP to ICTC@seattleu.edu

"Environmental impact assessment should not come after the drawing up of a business proposition or the proposal of a particular policy, plan or programme."  

- Laudato Si': 183 

Join ICTC for a faculty fellowship research presentation with Dr. Meena Rishi of Albers.

Laudato Si' underlines the intertwined relationship between human welfare and the state of the environment. Traditional approaches to sustainability often neglect this interconnectedness, leading to fragmented solutions that fail to address root causes. Environmental impact assessment methodologies play a crucial role in evaluating the consequences of human actions on the environment. These assessments are vital for informing policy decisions, project evaluations, and legal cases involving environmental damages. Air quality is an example- without an assessment of the value individuals place on clean air, insufficient funds are being allocated to deal with air pollution and the air-quality problems have not been resolved. Thus, impact assessment methodologies play a crucial role in valuing the environment to evaluate the consequences of environmental policies.

This project focuses on the use of the Willingness to Pay (WTP) method to assess the value humans place on environmental preservation such as clean air initiatives. WTP estimates can provide guidelines for budgetary allocations for environmental policies. 

Wednesday, May 15, 4–5:30 p.m.
Oberto Commons, Sinegal Building 200
RSVP required

Released in March 2024, Women Called to Catholic Priesthood: From Ecclesial Challenge to Spiritual Renewal is the result of many years of research and interviews conducted by co-authors Professor Emerita Sharon Callahan, PhD, and Professor and ICTC Executive Director Jeanette Rodriguez, PhD.

The authors explore the contexts, calls, journeys, spirituality and theology of women called to priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church in this compelling and carefully crafted ethnographic work.

Under the direction of the honorable Pat Howell, S.J., ICTC funded the initial research through a faculty research grant in 2019. Join in celebrating their dedicated work and learn more about the process of writing this book.

Tuesday, May 7, 11:45 a.m. – 2 p.m.
International Student Center Lounge, PAVL 160
(via external door on south side)

Drop by to watch the collision of pop culture and geopolitics for the first semifinal of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.

Eurovision began in 1956 to test live broadcast technology, while also bringing together the countries of war-torn Europe through a common love of music.

Reaching 160 million viewers, Eurovision is the most watched TV entertainment show in the world, featuring 37 countries from Portugal to Azerbaijan and Iceland to Australia.

Bring your lunch (and all your Eurovision questions) and join students, staff and faculty to watch the first semifinal live from Malmö, Sweden, where 15 nations compete for 10 places in Saturday’s Grand Final. Stay for as much or as little as you like.

The live show itself starts at noon PDT, featuring multiple genre-smashes, as well as Irish hyperpunk, Aboriginal Australian synth pop, Azerbaijani mugham, Portuguese downtempo and Ukrainian folk-rap.

Co-sponsored by International Studies and the International Student Center. For more information, contact David Green at greend@seattleu.edu.

Please join in welcoming the talented individuals who have recently joined (or rejoined, in the case of Jamariues) Seattle University, each bringing their own unique blend of skills, passion and dedication.

• Michael Blake, Maintenance Plumber (Operations & Maintenance)
• Braden Wild, Data Systems Manager (Center for Community Engagement)
• Peter Altier, Project Manager for Interiors & Furniture (Facilities Administration)
• Allie Sisson Erstad, Associate Director (School of Law—Center for Professional Development)
• Jamariues Simanton (re-hire), Campus Public Safety Officer

The time has come for RedhawkTHON’s silent auction.

The silent auction features an array of items such as wine bundles, Seattle sports merchandise and even a one-night stay at the Grand Hyatt. Get your bids in now!

The silent auction will end on May 4. If you want to pick your item up the day-of organizers will be in Campion Ball Room from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Can’t make it? No problem; they can bring or even ship it to you!

All funds raised from the auction will be donated to Seattle Children’s Hospital. Questions? Contact nneumeier@seattleu.edu.

Students: Learn to assess, maintain and work on your car or bike so they perform at their best: Bike Tune-Up Session, May 7, 12:30–1:30 p.m., Sinegal Plaza (facing Bannan); and Car Tune-Up Session, May 14, 11 a.m.–1 p.m., Library Plaza (facing Bellarmine).

Dear Campus Community, 

Our Facilities team has been working hard this week to maintain the beauty of our campus and assure that our buildings are in top shape. Here are a few highlights of our current work:

1. The team is installing air conditioning Hunthausen Hall. The classrooms on the main floor get extremely hot in the summer and these new chillers will make a world of difference for summer programs.
   
   
2. After a year of being under a black plastic tarp to kill invasive weeds, the garden on the Union Green has been tilled and replanted. The restoration work continues, but it looks fantastic now and is worth a visit. Special thanks to student groups from SLLH Env Law Students and Engineers for a Sustainable World for volunteering their time to help plant the beds.
   
   
3. There are important projects underway this summer and the planning and contracting phase in in high gear. Here is what is we’ll see happening this summer:

• Athletic Performance Center renovation and SU Park field turf replacement
• Broadway Garage Security improvements, including gate arms and perimeter access control.
• Marion Entry, including repainting the seal in time for commencement and installing a historic clock on the upper mall
• Loyola 204 kitchen upgrades. We are conducting a pilot to see if we can self-perform this work at lower cost without using a general contractor.  
• Arrupe Security Fence 

The Human Resources team thanks all who attended the first Quarterly Connect as well as those who have provided feedback to guide their topics for next quarter’s Connect. As a reminder, April 30 is the last day to share feedback. If you haven’t had a chance to share with HR what you want to know please do so here: HR Quarterly Connect Survey. HR looks forward to seeing you at the next Connect.

Students: Send a free postcard anywhere in the world to a friend, family member or anyone who might enjoy getting some mail: May 13, noon–2 p.m., and May 14, noon–2 p.m. at the Lemieux Library Floor 2 Atrium (near the Byte Café). Learn more at Postcard Pop-Up.

Join in celebrating our students’ projects at the Student Research and Creativity Conference (SRCCon) on Friday, May 10, from noon to 4 p.m. in Lemieux Library (Floor 3). This is a great way for students to stand out on resumes and applications, taking their academic and professional work to the next level. Learn more at SRCCon.

In the spirit of “Where Innovation Meets Humanity,” the Tech & Society Reading Group seeks to engage all stakeholders in the ethical, legal and social issues surrounding rapid technological advancement. Group participants will have the opportunity to be discussion leaders, ensuring all perspectives across disciplines are presented and valued. Organizers hope this will illuminate discipline-specific blind spots.

The reading group will meet once a month during the workday around lunchtime on campus given general availability of interested readers. Each discussion will be scheduled to last one hour but we will have a flexible end time to allow spirited discussion to organically conclude. Each meeting will have lunch provided for readers who RSVP and will be hosted in the Lemieux Library.

Please RSVP here. 

Reach out to nkh@seattleu.edu with any questions.

Wednesday, May 8, 12:30 p.m.
Boeing Room, Lemieux Library 122
Lunch included
Please RSVP to ICTC@seattleu.edu

In today’s Anthropocene, the context of increasing environmental degradation accompanies ongoing ill and worsening human health, both disproportionately affecting the most marginalized humans and environmental spaces among us. Embodiment is a complex concept with the potential to help health professionals understand integral ecology and the importance of the Laudato Si’ platform to which Seattle University is committed. Embodiment is also a potential pathway for enacting a truly holistic view of health as framed by Indigenous knowledges and Catholic Intellectual Tradition principles, which both honor “the accumulated wisdom of the past.”

In this presentation, ICTC Faculty Fellow Dr. Jennifer Fricas of the College of Nursing will share findings from an initial literature review of the concept of embodiment, contextualize these with data from research into well-being in Ecuador and discuss implications for the education of health professionals.

Wednesday, May 1, 4–5:30 p.m.*
STCN 160 (LeRoux Room)

You are warmly invited for connection and conversation at the next Colleagues in Jesuit Education featuring SU colleagues:

• Shannon Britton, Grounds Manager
• Catherine Punsalan-Manlimos, VP for Mission Integration
• Jason Wirth, Professor, Arts & Sciences, Philosophy

Program:

*3:45 p.m. | Enjoy time to connect over food and wine

4:15 p.m. | Program

5:30 p.m. | Further conversation and refreshments

The Center for Jesuit Education hopes you’ll join for wine, conversation and community. All are welcome! For an Outlook invite, centerforjesuiteducation@seattleu.edu.

Happy Earth Month! Do you have old desk phones, monitors, keyboards/mice or any other electronics collecting dust in your office? ITS Service Desk is available to pick up your workplace electronic recycling. Please complete the quick Electronic Recycling Pickup Form to send in your request and ITS will stop by as soon as they can. You are also welcome to drop off unneeded electronics at the Service Desk in Lemieux Library, 3rd floor, between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., Monday–Friday.

Wednesday, May 1
Lunch for in-person attendees begins 11:45 a.m.; program at noon
RSVP here

RoundGlass India Center presents a timely panel featuring experts in higher education, food sciences, agricultural development and food security as they explore the growing opportunities for collaboration between India and the U.S.

Moderated by KV Raman, adjunct professor in Cornell University's School of Integrative Plant Science and faculty fellow in the David R. Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, the speaker panel includes:

• Girish Ganjyal, professor of Food Science at WSU;
• Meetu Kapur, director, Nutrition in Global Growth & Opportunity at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation;
• Peter Kelly, CEO of Grow Further;
• Vijay Raghavan, CEO of Sathguru Management Consultants (Hyderabad, India); and
• Sonny Ramaswamy, president of the North West Commission on Colleges and Universities.

Cosponsored with Seattle University’s Center for Environmental Justice and Sustainability, admission is free to the public (with advance registration). In-person registrations will receive a complimentary lunch at the event.

Friday, April 26, 4–6 p.m.
Stuart. T. Rolfe Community Room (Advancement and Alumni Building)
RSVP Here

Join the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center to learn how Hello Robin went from a hobby to being Yelp’s best chocolate chip cookie at Founder Friday with Hello Robin.

Robin Wehl Martin, ’92, founder of Hello Robin and Seattle University alum, is taking Seattle by storm with cookies that all started from humble home kitchen beginnings. After a successful collaboration with and encouragement from close friend Molly Moon in 2013, Wehl’s innovative and bold cookies have been the talk of the town. While they started from simple beginnings, Hello Robin has grown to having two storefront locations in Capitol Hill and University Village.

Harness AI Today to Create Future Success
with Trent Gillespie, MBA ’10, CEO of Stellis AI
Tuesday, April 30, 11 a.m.–1 p.m.
Oberto Commons (Sinegal Center)

Open to all SU faculty and staff. Lunch provided, please RSVP here. 

The College of Science and Engineering and the Albers Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center (IEC) present the Spring Innovation Lunch & Learn—a new quarterly event for SU faculty and staff who are interested in STEM innovation.

AI presents a profound opportunity to unlock breakthrough success, yet few leaders are poised to capitalize on it. In this talk, you will discover how AI will generate up to $30 trillion in global value and learn the mission-critical strategies needed today to avoid getting left behind. With the AI SPRINT framework and real-world implementation examples, you will gain the tools to move beyond fear and uncertainty, transform your organization and advance your career, leveraging AI for continuous innovation, competitive advantage and enduring growth.

Dear SU Faculty and Staff,

As many of you may have heard from students, it’s time for this year’s Search Retreat (May 3–5). Put on by Campus Ministry, Search is an opportunity to deepen spirituality in the context of community. Given the important role that you play in so many students’ lives, you can help to make this experience meaningful and memorable by writing letters for students attending the retreat. You can access a list of students who will be attending or leading Search by following this link. Please take a few moments to review the list and see if you know any students attending and, if so, consider participating by writing Palanca letters.

• Palanca comes from palancar, Spanish for “to lever” or “to lift up or raise.” On the Search Retreat, Palanca serve as a special gift that consists of letters and notes of love and support written for retreatants by family members, friends, professors and mentors.
  
  
• Your letters can express your love for the retreatant, the encouragement you want to offer them, the special memories you have shared with them and/or your gratitude for the gifts they have offered you. It can be as simple as an inspirational quote, a poem, a photo or a fond memory. Palanca letters are a central part of the retreat, which also includes talks by peer leaders, small group conversations and time for reflection and relaxation.
  
  
• Please note that Palanca is a surprise, so Campus Ministry asks that you not mention it to your students until after the retreat. 
  
  
• Please e-mail your letters as soon as possible to searchretreat@seattleu.edu and no later than Wednesday, May 1. In the subject line, please write “[Student Name]: Palanca” (e.g., “Jane Doe: Palanca”). While Campus Ministry will open your e-mail to print your letter and put it in a sealed envelope, they will not read it.
  
  
• If you prefer to turn in a hard copy, letters can be deposited in the Search drop box in the Campus Ministry office (STCN 120) during business hours (Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m.). Hard copies are due by the end of the business day on Wednesday, May 1. Please do not submit any letters by mail or drop off packages. 

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Stevi Hamill, Campus Minister for Retreats, at 206-296-5731 or hamillstevi@seattleu.edu. 

– Campus Ministry

The spring quarter open forum for Slate for Student Success will take place virtually on Thursday, April 25, from 11 a.m. to noon. An update will be provided on the project progress, some of the latest functionality will be showcased and there will be time for questions and feedback. If you would like to attend, please use this link to sign up.

Friday, May 24, 10:30 a.m. – noon
Harding 141

Join the Center for Ecumenical and Interreligious Engagement and other community partners in a discussion of the book Project Unlonely by Jeremy Nobel. During Mental Health Awareness Month, we turn our focus to the crisis of disconnection in our university, our communities of belonging and other terrains, with the hope of destigmatizing loneliness and creating pathways to connection.

CEIE is sponsoring this event in its office. Light refreshments will be served. Please send questions and RSVP to Rev. Dr. Kara Markell, assistant director, at markellk@seattle.edu.

Hello Campus!

Pre-College Program applications are live for Summer 2024. If you know of a rising 10th, 11th, or 12th grader interested in experiencing life at SU for the summer encourage them to apply. Program offerings include AI for Equity, Albers Summer Business Institute and Urban Sustainability. 

Not sure what Pre-College Programs are? Pre-College programs are college access programs that allow current high schoolers to explore their future education track through experiential learning, campus life immersion, college and career readiness and community building. Scholarships are available for these programs. 

Students: Looking for a summer role? Undergraduate Admissions is hiring Program Advisors. Apply on Handshake.

Faculty/Staff: If you have ideas about starting a new Pre-College Program, please contact precollege@seattleu.edu. 

Please note: Undergraduate Admissions oversees the Pre-College Programs.

Learn more: Pre-College Postcard.

Thursday, May 2, 4–6 p.m.
Oberto Commons (Sinegal 200)

You are cordially invited to attend the 2024 Peter L. Lee Endowed Lecture in East Asian Culture and Civilization. This year’s lecture, titled “East Asia in a Larger World: Cross-Cultural Contacts in the Globalizing Middle Ages,” will be delivered by Professor Hyunhee Park, Ph.D. (Department of History, John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the CUNY Graduate Center, the City University of New York). 

Dr. Park is an accomplished author, having written Mapping the Chinese and Islamic Worlds: Cross-Cultural Exchange in Pre-Modern Asia (Cambridge 2012) and Soju: A Global History (Cambridge 2021). Her research has focused on the historical cross-cultural contacts between East Asia and the Islamic World, especially in the areas of Sino-Islamic interactions during the Mongol Empire and broader aspects of global history. 

A reception will start at 4 p.m. and the lecture will be between 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

Learn more at Peter L. Lee Lecture Program 2024.

Tuesday, May 7, 4 p.m.
Casey Commons

The Departments of Philosophy, Political Science and Sociology-Anthropology, with support from the Mellon Foundation and College of Arts and Sciences Events Committee, are hosting a lecture titled “The Only Thing That Hasn’t Changed About Black Politics Since 1965 is How We Think About It” Dr. Adolph Reed, Jr.

Dr. Reed, a professor emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania, has written extensively about black political thought and American politics. His work has focused on the social inequality and economic insecurity experienced by the Black American working class and the mechanisms that create and sustain inequality. He is a columnist for The Nation and frequently appears in other major national publications. 

The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Dr. Sarah Cate at scate@seattleu.edu.

See the event flyer at Adolph Reed Talk.

The Albers School’s direct trade coffee brand, MotMot, is running a “thank you to the community” sale from April 22–25. Take 20 percent off (discount applied automatically) when you purchase any coffee product from MotMot on those dates. Delivery is free to Seattle University. Visit motmotcoffee.com to stock up.

MotMot is also available at The Bottom Line, the coffee shop in Pigott Building. And if you order catering through Emerald Plate/Chartwells, MotMot is now available upon request!

Monday, April 29, 5–6:30 p.m.
Pigott 102

Nervous about the future? Want to hear more about what your life could look like in various career fields as a disabled or neurodivergent person? Join the Infinity Club for our annual legacy panel to hear Seattle University professors, staff and faculty discuss their experiences navigating their career fields as a neurodivergent or disabled person.

Snacks will be provided. Have any questions? Please contact zdar@seattleu.edu and agetz@seattleu.edu. 

Wellness and Health Promotion is excited to offer Mental Health First Aid free of charge to any Seattle University student, faculty or staff member. Mental Health First Aid is an evidence-based program developed by the National Council for Mental Wellbeing.

Certified facilitators have trained more than 3 million people in US, and peer-reviewed studies offer strong evidence that Mental Health First Aiders are more knowledgeable and confident when it comes to identifying and helping an individual in distress. Mental Health First Aid uses community-specific scenarios, activities and videos to teach the skills needed to recognize and respond to signs and symptoms of mental health and substance use challenges as well as how to provide initial support until appropriate professional help is received.

Participants must complete all nine hours of training (12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. across both days of training) to receive Mental Health First Aid certification. Available sessions are:

• Session 1. Thursday, April 25, and Friday, April 26, from 12:30 to 5 p.m.
• Session 2. Monday, May 6, and Monday, May 13, from 12:30 to 5 p.m.

Space is limited to 30 participants. Please complete this form to request a spot.

If you have any questions, please e-mail Dr. Chris Fiorello, Director of Wellness and Health Promotion, at wellness@seattleu.edu.

Staff and faculty are invited to help find candidates for open staff positions. Please view the full list of postings or check out this week’s highlighted opportunities: 

Academic Specialist: Records and Data Management (Office of the Registrar)

Director of Alumni Engagement (Alumni Engagement)

Thursday, April 25, 5:30–6:30 p.m.
Pigott Auditorium
Register to save your seat

Join the Albers School of Business and Economics as it hosts its final guest of the 2023–24 Albers Executive Speaker Series, PCC Community Markets President and CEO Krish Srinivasan. He will be sharing his experiences leading the country’s largest cooperative retail grocer in his talk, “People, Planet, and Profit: A CEO's Perspective on Leading a Food Co-op Steeped in Community and Purpose.”

Tuesday, April 30, 12:30–1:30 p.m.
Register for the workshop on Tockify

Faculty: Are you looking for alternatives to expensive textbooks for your students? Do you want to integrate more free learning content into your courses? In this free workshop, the Center for Digital Learning & Innovation (CDLI) will help you navigate the world of Open Educational Resources (OERs) and get you started finding free resources for your courses—including textbooks, journals, assignments, activities, assessments, images and video!

This event is co-sponsored by the Open Education Task Force.

Thursday, April 25
5:30 p.m. reception; 6 p.m. event begins
Wyckoff Auditorium, Engineering Building
Register here
Appetizers and refreshments will be served before and after the event. 

Please join in commemorating the launch of the Department of Public Affairs and Nonprofit Leadership with this special event featuring Deepa Iyer, Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives at Building Movement Project and writer. The event will be moderated by Dr. Maureen Emerson Feit and Dr. Rashmi Chordiya and will include a student-led panel discussion and an interactive exhibit on Iyer’s Social Change Ecosystems framework.  

“NOVA” Opening Reception
Thursday, April 18, 4:30–7:30 p.m.
Vachon Gallery (Fine Arts Building)

Join in celebrating the hard work of the 2024 Design Cohort at the opening reception for “NOVA.”

From the exhibition team:

“‘NOVA’ is a culmination of our hard work and evolution as designers at Seattle University. A nova is an astronomical event that translates to ‘new star’ in Latin. 

“While coming up with a theme that represented us as a cohort, we first landed on the idea of a constellation, with each of us as unique, individual stars unified. This evolved into 'NOVA,' symbolizing us as new stars in the professional design world. Like a nova’s light suddenly brightens, we wanted to highlight the best of our work in the Design program. 

“The explosion of light reflects our launch into different artistic directions as our time as a cohort together comes to an end. 'NOVA' celebrates the 2024 Student Design Cohort as 14 individual designers and their growth in this senior exhibition."

The exhibition runs through May 8. Learn more at Arts at Seattle U.

Members of the Laudato Si’ Action Plan Priority 2 Zero Waste Working Group are partnering with the Post-Landfill Action Network (PLAN) to complete Seattle University’s first comprehensive campus-wide waste assessment. The information gathered will enable SU to develop a strategic action plan striving toward zero waste. This is a university goal adopted as part of our sustainability commitment and institutional participation in the Laudato Si' Action Platform.

Celebrate Earth Day by deepening your connection with the more than human world through this short online prayer video from the Center for Ecumenical and Interreligious Engagement. Join with practitioners from our SU community and beyond in this meditative prayer for the earth.

The Procurement Office, Center for Environmental Justice and Sustainability and Laudato Si’ Action Platform are seeking community members’ feedback on a draft Policy on Sustainable Procurement. The policy is intended as a resource to facilitate purchasing products and services in a manner that minimizes the harmful effects on people and the planet. The draft policy is available for review on the university’s Policies page. Please direct any questions or comments to Associate Director of Sustainability Yolanda Cieters at cietersy@seattleu.edu.

Saturday, April 27, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
Parking Lot P6 at 1313 E Columbia St.

Looking to discard unwanted or expired prescription medications and shred documents you no longer need? The Department of Public Safety is working with the Seattle Police Department to host DEA National Prescription Drug Take Back Day and a Shredathon at three drop-off/drive-thru locations including SU.

Shredding requirements:

• Limit of three bags/boxes per vehicle.
• Box size requirements: 10 L x 12 W x 15 H or smaller.
• Plastic Items such as credit cards, notebooks and compact disks CANNOT be accepted.
• Documents should be free of paper clips and other metal (staples do not need to be removed).

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will dispose of the unwanted medications. Iron Mountain Shredding is generously donating their shredding services. Canned and dry goods will also be accepted to benefit the local community.

For more information, contact Nikki Maryanski in the Department of Public Safety at drm@seattleu.edu.

Assistant Professor in Film and Media Studies Benjamin Schultz-Figueroa, PhD, was awarded a Summer Stipend from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The stipend will support Dr. Schultz-Figueroa's project, Beastly Futures: Multispecies Documentary in the Time of Mass Extinction, a book on the ways documentary films about animals have evolved as makers and viewers come to better understand environmental change and the mass extinction of species.

A highly competitive program, this is the first time in more than 20 years that an SU faculty has received a Summer Stipend. More information on this award can be found in the NEH Press Release and on the application process on the OSP webpage.

Read more at Animal Stories on The Newsroom.

Tuesday, April 23, 12:30–1:30 p.m.
Via Zoom (link provided in advance): RSVP HERE

The Office of Sponsored Projects is excited to partner with the Office of Strategic Initiatives to host a series of Lightning Talks in AY23-24 centered on the three thematic curricular priorities under our Reignited Strategic Directions, Goal 1: Reimagine and Revise our Curriculum. The third and final installment in spring quarter will highlight faculty scholarship related to racial injustice and widening economic inequality.

Learn from six colleagues from across Seattle University's colleges whose scholarship embodies this theme, including:

• Janie Ng, Albers School of Business & Economics | Empowering our Community: Fostering Growth for Underserved Small Businesses
• Janet Hayatshahi, College of Arts & Sciences | Nation of Immigrants
• David Fainstein, College of Education | From Community to Classroom: Supporting School Tutors with Instructional Science
• Gayle Robinson, College of Nursing | Engaging in Reckoning with Racism in Nursing
• Mark Jordan, College of Science & Engineering | The Seattle University Math and Science Scholars: A Program for Improving Outcomes in STEM for Low Income Students
• Danieli Evans, School of Law | Belonging, Equity, and the Law

The application deadline for students to present at the Student Research and Creativity Conference (SRCCon) ’24 has been extended to April 22. Students can apply at the SRCCon website.

SRCCon, which showcases undergraduate and graduate student research and creativity presentations, takes place Friday, May 10, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. 

Presenting at SRCCon offers many benefits including:

• Campus involvement and networking opportunities with peers and faculty.
• Provides valuable real-world experience, potentially confirming career paths or unveiling new ones.
• Strengthens scholarship and graduate school applications.
• Provides a platform for personal growth and confidence-building.

Friday, April 19, noon–1 p.m.
LeRoux Conference Center (+ virtual option)
Register here
This free hybrid event includes lunch with in-person registration or livestream viewing from anywhere.

What factors are most likely to influence Indian Americans’ voting patterns and political beliefs? In the coming 2024 election year, with South Asian candidates on the ballot and American democracy in transition, these questions matter more than ever. Join the RoundGlass India Center Indian American Community Services for this timely event.

Karthik Ramakrishnan is professor of public policy at the University of California, Riverside and the founder of AAPI Data, a nationally recognized publisher of demographic data and policy research on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. He has published many articles and seven books, including most recently, Citizenship Reimagined (Cambridge, 2020) and Framing Immigrants (Russell Sage, 2016), and has written dozens of op-eds and appeared in nearly 3,000 news stories. 

Wednesday, April 24
4:30–5 p.m. | Reception
5–6:30 p.m. | Lecture and Q&A
Rolfe Community Room, Advancement and Alumni Building

Dr. Ryan W. Booth (member of the Upper Skagit Tribe), a postdoctoral fellow in the History Department at Washington State University–Pullman, presents this year’s Al Mann Lecture.

Dr. Booth researches Jesuit Native American Boarding Schools in the Pacific Northwest to examine the historical legacy of the boarding schools and to help identify gravesite locations and student identities within historical archives. In this talk, Dr. Booth examines the history of the Jesuit-Native American boarding school at DeSmet, Idaho as a case study. The boarding school among the Schitsu’umsh (Coeur d’Alene) operated from 1878-1974.

Friday, May 10, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Virtual: Register here  

All are invited to this free online event to explore the fascinating intersection between technology, criminology and criminal justice.

Sunday, April 28, 2 p.m.
Oberto Commons (Sinegal Center)

"Dancing in a Circle" will bring to life many of the stories in Nobuko Miyamoto’s memoir, Not Yo’ Butterfly, with an opportunity to dialogue with her as she "talks story."

Rev. Don Castro will introduce the program with a short chanting invocation, explanation of the Buddhist meaning of “mottainai” and introduction of Nobuko. Bon odori dancing including Nobuko’s “Mottainai” and “Kangie” will be presented for all to join and dance in a circle at the conclusion.

Donations from this event will go to Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple to support ongoing educational programs.

Saturday, April 27, 7 p.m.
Pigott Auditorium

Nobuko Miyamoto’s 120,000 Stories is a multi-generational journey with stories that address issues such as race, gender, multiculturalism and climate change. Miyamoto is an iconic dancer, creative artist and activist, who will be presenting an intimate concert through storytelling of her amazing life. She will be accompanied by music director Derek Nakamoto and guest artists Chic Street Man and Francis Wong.

Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple is grateful to Miyamoto for presenting this concert, hosted by Seattle University as a fundraiser for the Seattle Betsuin Arson Fire Restoration Fund.

On New Year’s Eve, SU's neighbors at the Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple were victimized by arson. The damage was significant, including the loss of an invaluable archive. It will be many months before they can open again and the costly repairs have begun. Donations from this event will go directly to support the repairs.

Dear Faculty, Staff and Students,  

I am pleased to announce that Dr. Burkhard Englert has been appointed the Department Chair and Amazon Endowed Chair of Computer Science. Dr. Englert currently serves as the Department Chair of Computer Science at Norfolk State University after being in the same position at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. He will begin at Seattle University on July 1. 

Dr. Englert brings a wealth of experience and a long track record of leadership, advocacy and scholarly excellence to the College of Science and Engineering. Those skills will be vital given the increasing popularity of computing programs, including software engineering, cybersecurity, information and data science and computer engineering, among others. 

As the Department Chair and Amazon Chair, Dr. Englert will be able to support the growth of our existing as well as new programs, both at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Additionally he will help address persistent issues of equity and access in collaboration with the faculty and staff in the college. His vision for growth of computer science as a discipline as well as infusing computing around the campus is aligned with our strategic directions. 

As the Computer Science Department Chair/Amazon Endowed Chair, Dr. Englert will be tasked with overseeing the implementation of a strategic vision for the department while supporting and hiring faculty. He also looks forward to developing partnerships both within Seattle University and in industry to help attract students from diverse backgrounds. He said he is most excited to work with our outstanding faculty as they take on the challenge of an ever-changing cyber world, including the increasing use of and issues around artificial intelligence.

“What I really like is Seattle University is always looking forward and the leadership deeply understands the challenges and opportunities that we face,” Dr. Englert said. “I’m excited to be part of that commitment. The faculty is outstanding. They see what the problems are and they aren’t running away, they’re looking to see what has to happen next. It won’t be easy, but it’s exciting to be a part of. I think it’s a perfect fit.”

Beginning his career with teaching positions at UCLA and California State University Long Beach (CSULB), Dr. Englert did a two-year stint as coordinator of Graduate Programs in the College of Engineering at Cal State Long Beach. At Long Beach he also served as the Department Chair for Biomedical Engineering and Computer Engineering/Computer Science before moving on to Dean of the College of Natural and Health Sciences at the University of Northern Colorado, where he also served as Special Assistant of the Provost.

Dr. Englert has been honored for his work several times, including the CSULB Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award, the Robert Sorgenfrey Distinguished Teaching Award for the Department of Mathematics at UCLA, the Louis J. DeLuca Memorial Award as outstanding Teaching Assistant in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Connecticut as well as the CSULB Leadership Fellow and the Project NExT (New Experiences in Teaching) Fellow from the Southern California Section of the Mathematical Association of America.

Dr. Englert has a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from University of Tübingen in Germany, a Master’s in Mathematics and a Master’s in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Connecticut and a PhD in Mathematics (Theoretical Computer Science) from the University of Connecticut.

Much of Dr. Englert’s research involves issues of cybersecurity as well as machine learning, distributed computing, distributed algorithms and transportation network modeling and optimization. He has presented at conferences around the world.

I thank the Search Committee, whose members are listed below, for their hard work in leading a successful process that led us to adding a fantastic candidate to our team. Please join me in giving a very warm welcome to Dr. Englert. We are looking forward to his arrival later this summer.  

Sincerely, 
 

Amit Shukla, PhD
Dean, College of Science and Engineering

Computer Science Department Chair and Amazon Endowed Chair Search Committee  

• Amit Shukla, Dean, College of Science and Engineering (Committee Co-Chair)
• Wan Bae, Professor, Computer Science (Committee Co-Chair)
• Braxton Cuneo, Assistant Professor, Computer Science
• Sheila Oh, Associate Teaching Professor, Director of Computer Science Fundamentals Certificate Program
• Narissa Tsuboi, Graduate Research Assistant
• Jeff Boersema, Mathematics Department Chair 

Professor of Mathematics Brian Fischer, PhD, along with longtime collaborators at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and others, was recently awarded funds from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) for two projects focused on understanding neurological auditory systems.

• For the first project, funded through the Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience program, Dr. Fischer and a team of international collaborators will examine fundamental mechanisms involved in the visual-auditory pathways of barn owls.
  
  
• The second project, funded through the Brain Research through Advancing Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative, investigates network connectivity and cellular computation in the auditory systems of barn owls to shed light on how neural mechanisms produce normal and learned behavior.

Dr. Fischer, a computational neuroscientist, will lead modeling and data analysis for both projects. Funding will enable Dr. Fischer to engage two undergraduate students per year over three years for each year, for a total of 18 undergraduate research experiences.

Dear Faculty and Staff,

We are looking for your textbook adoptions for Summer and Fall Quarter 2024. Please submit these as early as possible. Our target date to get as many adoptions as we can is May 5. This date helps us maximize our list of books we want to buy back from students during Finals Week and allows us to obtain as many used books as we can. We are competing with universities all over the country for used textbooks.

The link to submit your textbook orders is right here. 

Please send me an e-mail if you have not already created an account and need one set up or if you have password trouble. I can resolve both issues quickly.

If your class requires no textbook, please let us know via e-mail or the adoptions website. There is a check box to indicate there are no textbooks required for your class. If your class is cross-listed, you must submit a textbook order for each cross-listed class or include a note with the other course numbers. Independent Study and Internship classes will be listed as “No Text Required” unless I hear otherwise. If that applies to you, you do not have to do a thing.

The Campus Store carries a reseller permit from Washington State. This prevents us from acquiring desk or instructor copies from publishers. Most publisher websites or customer service phone lines are set up for faculty to request desk copies.  

I am here to help the best I can, so please let me know if you have any questions outside of what is covered in this message.

Aaron Klouzal

Course Materials Market Manager
klouzala@seattleu.edu

The Office of University Counsel is seeking community members’ feedback on a draft Protection of Minors Policy. The policy is intended to formalize certain best practices for managing risks associated with university programming involving minors. The draft policy is available for review on the university’s Policies page. Please direct any questions or comments to Associate University Counsel Sarah Cox at scox1@seattleu.edu. 

Monday, April 22, noon–1:45 p.m.
Doors open 11:30 a.m.; light lunch served 
Pigott Auditorium

Celebrate Earth Day with Earth Talks, Seattle University’s annual showcase of five-minute sustainability-focused presentations by students, staff, faculty and community partners.

This year’s keynote speaker is Jessyn Farrell, City of Seattle’s Director at the Office of Sustainability and Environment (OSE). The event’s theme is “Care for Our Common Home.”

Earth Talks is hosted by the Center for Environmental Justice and Sustainability (CEJS), and cosponsored by the Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture (ICTC), the Center for Ecumenical and Interreligious Engagement (CEIE) and the Laudato Si Action Platform.

For the program and event details, visit Earth Talks.

Giveaway: All attendees at Red Talks will receive a complimentary pass to the Bloomberg Green Festival. Taking place in Seattle July 10–13, the inaugural festival will celebrate thinkers, doers, and innovators who leading the way toward a greener future.

In December 2023, the Vatican shocked both the Catholic community and the world with the release of Fiducia Supplicans, a document about the blessing of persons in irregular unions. Surprising many, the document explicitly discussed the blessing of same-sex couples. It sparked much discussion and debate, leaving people wondering what this means for the Catholic Church locally and internationally. Does this mark a radical change or a continuation of Pope Francis’s pastoral approach towards people in same-sex relationships? 

The Division of Mission Integration and the Institute for Catholic Thought & Culture invite you to explore Fiducia Supplicans, as well as its reception by the wider Catholic Church, at one or both of the following events on Tuesday, April 23:

• Faculty Fishbowl Conversation & Lunch
  12:30 p.m.–1:45 p.m. | Student Center 210
  RSVP requested for lunch: missionintegration@seattleu.edu
  
  
• Public Event and Discussion
  4:30–5:45 p.m. | Le Roux Conference Center (STCN 160)

Each event will include an interdisciplinary conversation with faculty colleagues: 

• Michael Jaycox, PhD, Associate Professor, Theology and Religious Studies Department
• Jodi O’Brien, PhD, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Professor, Sociology Department
• Lucas Sharma, S.J., PhD Student, Sociology Department, UCSD, Seattle University Trustee, and ICTC Advisory Board Member

Thursday, May 2, 12:30–2 p.m.  
Please RSVP for the event here.
(In consideration of accessibility and universal design, this event is offered fully online. The Zoom link will be sent to registered participants)

College of Arts and Sciences Dean Powers and the Leadership Committee on Intersectionality and Justice (LCIJ) invite members of the college community to this second installment of the 2024 Inclusive Conversations Series. In this meeting Dr. Mary-Frances Winters*, the author of Inclusive Conversations, will guide a deeper exploration of the Inclusive Conversations principles and how to apply them in the context of of the College of Arts & Sciences.

*Mary-Frances Winters (she/her/hers) is the author of seven books including Racial Justice at Work: Practical Solutions for Systemic Change and best sellers Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit and We Can’t Talk About That at Work! How to Talk About Race, Religion, Politics, and Other Polarizing Topics. She is the Founder and CEO of The Winters Group, Inc., a global diversity, equity, inclusion and justice consulting firm.

Dr. Winters came of age during the civil rights movement of the 1960s and is a passionate advocate for justice and equity. Named a top ten diversity and inclusion trailblazer by Forbes, she believes in opening doors and amplifying marginalized voices and their allies. Winters has received many awards and honors, including the ATHENA Award, Diversity Pioneer from Profiles in Diversity Journal, The Winds of Change recognition from The Forum on Workplace Inclusion, the 2023 Profiles in Diversity Journal Black Leadership Award and the 2024 Empowering Equitable Change Award from the University of Rochester.

As CEO of The Winters Group for the past forty years, she harnesses her extensive experience in strategic planning, change management, diversity, organization development, training and facilitation, systems thinking and qualitative and quantitative research methods to work with senior leadership teams to drive meaningful organizational change.

The e-book version of Inclusive Conversations by Mary-Frances Winters is available in digital form for free through the SU Library.  

Also available: LinkedIn Learning Videos | Use your SU credentials for free access to explore the following LinkedIn Learning courses led by Mary-Frances Winters.  

CAS Leadership Committee for Intersectionality and Justice (LCIJ)

• Hye-Kyung Kang, LCIJ Co-Chair and Professor of Social Work 
• Julius Moss, LCIJ Co-Chair and Interim Chair of Kinesiology 
• Monica Alfonzo, LCIJ Student Representative
• Angelique Davis, LCIJ Faculty Representative, Professor, and Director of African and African American Studies 
• Joseph DeFilippis, LCIJ Faculty Representative and Associate Professor of Social Work 
• Isha Rajvanshi, LCIJ Student Representative
• Heather Reis Fike, LCIJ Staff Representative
• Ava Thornton, LCIJ Student Representative
• Darozyl Touch, Ex-officio Member and Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice

The Campus Store is having a huge clearance event! Come to find many of your favorite sweatshirts and clothing items marked down 25 percent and office/dorm and health/beauty products on sale for 50% off.

Faculty “Writing” Groups (FWGs) are back with a slightly different process for registration.

Why a Faculty "Writing" Group?

FWGs provide you with accountability and camaraderie as you work toward your own individual research goals. (The word “writing” is being used loosely here to encapsulate whatever is involved from the inception of your idea to the completion of the final scholarship “product.”) Visit the Faculty "Writing" Groups webpage for examples of scholarship you might be working toward while participating in a FWG and for information on how to register. 

What should I expect after registration?

The Center for Faculty Development is now organizing FWGs on an on-demand basis. Once sufficient faculty are interested, you will be grouped with two or three other colleagues from across campus and will be invited to attend a brief launch meeting with your group and a member of the center.

Thursday, Apr 25, 3:30–5 p.m.
Loyola 201
Appetizers, beer, wine and non-alcoholic beverages will be served
» Register

Spring is typically the time of year when universities around the country are looking back and toasting the successes of the past 12 months. Less celebrated—but no less important—are all those instances of risk-taking over the past 12 months that didn’t lead to the results we had hoped for, such as:

• Articles, chapters and conference papers that were rejected;
• Learning activities, assignment designs and course designs that didn't work as intended;
• Grants, fellowships and funding applications that didn't come through;
• Applications that were turned down; and
• Conference sessions that no one showed up for.

Academia is full of such moments, yet we rarely acknowledge them publicly. As author Helen Sword (2017, p. 178) writes, “habitual risk takers understand that failure, too, is worth celebrating,” and with that in mind, the Center for Faculty Development, Office of Sponsored Projects, and Center for Jesuit Education are co-sponsoring this celebration of risk-taking. This is a chance for us to toast our valiant efforts, recognizing that—to quote Einstein—“Failure is success in progress.”

For this informal reception and celebration to go ahead, confirmation is needed of at least 30 “swings that were misses” from attending faculty. So when you register, be sure to let us know what miss(es) we can anonymously add to the list.

Information for this event is also available at To the Swings We Missed: A Celebration of Risk-Taking in the Academy.

Dear Colleagues:

As some of you know, Professor Emeritus Henry “Hank” McGee, Jr. passed away last month. Professor McGee was one of the first African American hires at the UCLA School of Law, where he taught for 25 years before joining Seattle University in 1994 as our School of Law’s first-ever tenured professor of color.

Previous to his career in higher education, Professor McGee served as a county prosecutor, private firm litigator and regional director of the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity Legal Services Program. He represented Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) members who were arrested for assisting with African American voter registration during Freedom Summer in 1965.

Whether in government, private practice or academia, Professor McGee brought to his work an unwavering commitment to racial and economic justice and service to others. His prolific scholarship and writing helped shape our understanding of civil rights issues nationally and closer to home, including among many others a casebook he coauthored on housing law and his widely cited article on the transformation of the Central District. He was as engaged globally as locally, twice serving as a Fulbright Scholar and teaching at more than 30 universities throughout the world.

Multitalented and extensively involved in the community, Professor McGee was an accomplished violinist who performed with the Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra, and he served on a number of boards in the Seattle area. A remembrance in BlackPast summarizes Professor McGee’s impact and accomplishments, which include the Metropolitan King County Council’s recognition of his distinguished legacy upon his retirement in 2015.

As we celebrate the truly extraordinary career and life of Professor McGee, let us especially keep in our prayers his wife, Dr. Victoria Kill, who served as Seattle University’s first full-time director of the Patricia Wismer Center and Adjunct Professor in English and Women and Gender Studies.

A memorial for Professor McGee will be held at 3:30 p.m., Saturday, May 4, at Seattle First Baptist Church (1111 Harvard Ave.). The service will include remarks by Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion Natasha Martin and music by Professor Quinton Morris. A social will follow with ice cream—a particular love of Professor McGee, as his colleagues can attest.

Please join me in remembering with gratitude Professor McGee and all that he meant to our School of Law, our university and the wider community.

Respectfully,

Eduardo M. Peñalver
President

Thursday, April 18, noon–2 p.m.
Lemieux Library 369

Get help starting and completing your FAFSA/WASFA application. Financial Aid counselors will be available to support you. Come successfully submit, make corrections, ask questions and pick up a snack.

• Students should bring their FSA ID and password info, 2022 tax and income information, and a computer.

Questions? E-mail abrockel@seattleu.edu.

Friday, April 26, 9 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Via Zoom: To register, please complete this form by April 24
After you submit the form, a calendar invite with a Zoom link will be sent to confirm your registration.

The MOSAIC Center is excited to share another opportunity to complete SU UndocuAlly Training. This spring, The MOSAIC Center is offering a single session, virtual training. As with last quarter, this training aims to equip SU staff and faculty with skills to support undocumented students in their work. If you completed UndocuAlly Training during winter quarter, you do not have to sign up again as the content is the same.

The first half of the morning will cover definitions, terminology, myth-busting and relevant state and federal policies. The second half will be centered on application of concepts, what it means to be an UndocuAlly, how to assist undocumented students throughout their time at SU and available resources.

Questions? Please e-mail grios@seattleu.edu.

Unraveling Faculty Burnout: Pathways to Reckoning and Renewal
Faculty Learning Community
Thursdays: April 18, May 2 and May 16, 2–3:15 p.m.
Wismer Center (Loyola 200)

Tea and coffee provided at all meetings

*A copy of the book will be delivered to your faculty mailbox on campus prior to the first session

» Register

Co-facilitated by Samantha Hoang (Mechanical Engineering) and Michelle DuBois (Biology).

In this learning community, participants will read Unraveling Faculty Burnout, a book by Rebecca Pope-Ruark, who explores how we can reframe our experiences and conversations to mitigate burnout, specifically addressing the stressors unique to female faculty and female faculty of color. All are welcome.

Over the three sessions, learn about the “four pillars of burnout resilience,” as discussed in the book:

• Re-discovering your purpose and sense of meaningful work.
• Practicing compassion for yourself and others.
• Deepening connections with peers and mentors.
• Re-establishing realistic balance through self-care and setting boundaries.

Read a full description on the Faculty Development site.

The OSP quarterly newsletter is now available here. Learn about new resources, upcoming events, recent awards made to your SU colleagues, policy updates, programming to support faculty scholarship and more.

Join the Center for Faculty Development for the third gathering of faculty and student-facing staff focused on academic success!

The Mid-Term Check-in: Comparing Notes on Our Students' Experiences
Monday, April 15, 11 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
Via Zoom: Register

Co-sponsored by Learning Assistance Programs and the Center for Faculty Development

Co-facilitated by Angelique Jenkins (Learning Assistance Programs) and David Green (Center for Faculty Development)

What is happening in our classrooms and office hours this term? What are some of our key partners in supporting students—Learning Assistance, the English Language Learning Center, the International Student Center, Housing & Residence Life and UREC—noticing in their own interactions with our students?

This metaphorical “half-time huddle” provides an opportunity to share observations, experiences and ideas that will help us all better understand shifts and patterns among our students.

Read the full event description and register.

Find long-term community by joining one of the Center for Faculty Development's faculty affinity groups. Click the title of each group to be taken to our website for more information.

• Affinity group for term faculty of color | Tuesdays: April 16, April 30 and May 21 | 2–3 p.m. | Via Zoom | Register
• Affinity group for tenure-track faculty of color | Wednesdays: April 17, May 8 and May 29 | 11 a.m.–noon | Wismer Center (Loyola 200) | Coffee and tea provided | Register
• Affinity group for faculty parents | Tuesdays: April 23, May 7 and May 21 | 11 a.m.–noon | All sessions via Zoom; the final session is hyflex with in-person participants meeting in Casey 515 | Register

Tuesday, April 16, 3:30–4:30 p.m.
Lemieux 409

Learn how to use Outlook as a success tool and schedule, track and organize everything important. Utilize your folders to store important information and use the calendar to track meetings, classes, assignments, social events and more. Join Learning Assistance Programs for this workshop to maximize your use of this seemingly simple tool.

Seattle University recognizes that the transition to the academic pace and rigor at the university level can stretch many students and sometimes lead to grades lower than they expected or are capable of earning. As an example of our commitment to helping students get back on track academically, the university is pleased to pilot the On-Track Summer Grant program for undergraduate students meeting the established criteria this summer quarter 2024.

First-year, undergraduate students who entered SU in either Fall 2023 or Winter 2024 and received a D+, D, D-, F or W grade in two or more courses are eligible to receive a Seattle University On-Track Summer Grant, equivalent to the cost of tuition for two undergraduate summer courses. The On-Track Summer Grant may only be applied to courses taken during summer quarter 2024 and is not transferable to other academic terms. Mandatory fees for the summer quarter still apply and are not covered by the On-Track Summer grant.

Eligible students for this pilot were sent a message on April 3, and are encouraged to schedule a meeting with their academic advisor to discuss what summer course/s being offered would be most beneficial for their major or academic interests. Most summer courses are offered online so students who will not be in Seattle or with other summer commitments can still access this opportunity. The list of 2024 Undergraduate Summer Course Offerings can be found here. 

Friday, April 12, 1–2:30 p.m.
Distinguished Lecture: Room C5, Sullivan Hall (1–2 p.m.)
Reception: Court Level Gallery, Sullivan Hall (2–2:30 p.m.)
Please RSVP online by Thursday, April 11

Dean Anthony E. Varona and Seattle University School of Law invite you to the inaugural Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic Distinguished Lecture featuring Devon Carbado, the Honorable Harry Pregerson Professor of Law from the University of California, Los Angeles.

The Delgado/Stefancic Lecture honors the acclaimed professors’ lifetime work by presenting a scholar who has made significant contributions to critical scholarship.

About Devon Carbado

Devon Carbado is the Honorable Harry Pregerson Professor of Law at UCLA School of Law and the former Associate Vice Chancellor of BruinX for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. He teaches Constitutional Criminal Procedure, Constitutional Law, Critical Race Theory and Criminal Adjudication.

He has won numerous teaching awards, including being elected Professor of the Year by the UCLA School of Law classes of 2000 and 2006 and received the law school’s Rutter Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2003 and the University's Distinguished Teaching Award, the Eby Award for the Art of Teaching in 2007. In 2005 Professor Carbado was an inaugural recipient of the Fletcher Foundation Fellowship. Modeled on the Guggenheim fellowships, it is awarded to scholars whose work furthers the goals of Brown v. Board of Education. In 2018, he was named an inaugural recipient of the Atlantic Philanthropies Fellowship for Racial Equity.

Professor Carbado writes in the areas of employment discrimination, criminal procedure, implicit bias, constitutional law and critical race theory. His scholarship appears in law reviews at UCLA, Berkeley, Harvard, Michigan, Cornell and Yale, among other venues. He is the author of Acting White? Rethinking Race in “Post-Racial” America (Oxford University Press) (with Mitu Gulati) and the editor of several volumes, including Race Law Stories (Foundation Press) (with Rachel Moran), The Long Walk to Freedom: Runaway Slave Narratives (Beacon Press) (with Donald Weise) and Time on Two Crosses: The Collective Writings of Bayard Rustin (Cleis Press) (with Donald Weise).

A board member of the African American Policy Forum, Professor Carbado was the Shikes Fellow in Civil Liberties and Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School in 2012.

Professor Carbado graduated from Harvard Law School in 1994. At Harvard, he was editor-in-chief of the Harvard Black Letter Law Journal, a member of the Board of Student Advisors and winner of the Northeast Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition. Carbado joined the UCLA School of Law faculty in 1997. He served as Vice Dean for Faculty and Research at the School of Law from 2006 to 07 and again in 2009-10.

Professor Carbado is currently working on a series of articles on affirmative action and a book on race, law and police violence.

Thursday, April 18, 6–8:30 p.m.
LeRoux Conference Center (Student Center 160)
Please RSVP via Eventbrite

The annual Joseph A. Maguire, S.J., Campus Ministry Lecture brings the community together to share a meal and conversation. The dinner is a venue to engage our students, alumni, faculty, staff and community partners in dialogue around current justice issues through the lens of faith. This event reminds us of the legacy of Fr. Maguire, SU’s first campus minister, and his passionate commitment to campus ministry at Seattle University.

This year's lecture features Em Wright (MA, Arts & Sciences) who will speak on “Grounding in Connection: Reframing the Climate Crisis through Relationship.” 

Please join Campus Ministry for an engaging evening of delicious food and dialogue at the intersection of faith and justice! Staff, faculty, graduate and undergraduate students as well as community members are welcome.

Join the Center for Student Involvement in celebrating the academic and extracurricular accomplishments of our Seattle University students at 7 p.m., Thursday, May 16, at Campion Ballroom. Light refreshments will be provided. If you have any questions, please e-mail Marissa Robledo at mrobledo@seattleu.edu.

Associate Professor of Biology Kristin Hultgren–along with collaborators at Denison University and New Jersey Institute of Technology–was recently awarded funds from the National Science Foundation to study the evolutionary relationships between species of Synalpheus snapping shrimps. The project will generate genomic and phenotypic data on about 130 species worldwide, enabling Dr. Hultgren and collaborators to greater understanding of eusocial behavior–that is, a type of social organization in which a single or subset of individuals (queens) perform all reproductive duties while others (workers) do not reproduce but instead care for broods, maintain nests, and acquire resources. Nearly one-quarter of known eusociality have occurred within the Synalpheus genus of snapping shrimps, making these species particularly important to understanding the evolution and impact of eusociality. 

With NSF support, Dr. Hultgren will conduct field work in Puerto Rico, The Dominican Republic, Tobago and Australia, as well as travel to the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in The Netherlands. Dr. Hultgren will incorporate research activities into two undergraduate research experiences (CURE) courses focused on Invertebrate Biodiversity, engaging up to 24 students in impactful experiential learning. Seattle University student Olivia Roberts (MCON Biology) traveled to Puerto Rico with Dr. Hultgren and the shrimp team in March 2024 to help collect shrimp for the project.

Pictured: Claire Bailey (New Jersey Institute of Technology), Olivia Roberts (Seattle University), Dr. Kristin Hultgren and Solomon Chak (Denison University).

Friday, April 19
11 a.m.–1 p.m. (Screening)
1–2 p.m. (Q&A)
2–3 p.m. (lunch)
Pigott Auditorium
RSVP required

Invisible Beauty is an amazing documentary starring Bethann Hardison, a trailblazing African American model and activist, that tells her story and the story of representation and diversity in the fashion industry. The film will be shown in Pigott Auditorium and will be followed by a Q&A with co-director and star Bethann Hardison and Frédéric Tcheng (Dior, I Halston) appearing in person and followed by a light lunch.  

Check out this trailer for the film. 

The following message was e-mailed to all SU students on April 5:

Know Your Rights & Responsibilities: Review the Code of Student Conduct

Students are highly encouraged to review the Redhawk Commitment & Code of Student Conduct, which details students’ rights and responsibilities as members of the Seattle University community. Please carefully review the information in the Code, as it is your responsibility to be familiar with all of the university’s standards of conduct and the Integrity Formation process. Associate Provost & Dean of Students Dr. James Willette shared a letter to all students about the Code and other policies students need to know about, including the Sexual Misconduct Policy, Sexual Harassment Policy, Hazing Policy, the Resident Handbook and others. Read the letter here.

Stay Safe!

As the weather improves, we hope that you will explore our beautiful campus and surrounding neighborhoods. As an urban campus, it’s important to take precautions to promote personal safety. Some precautions to consider include staying aware of your surroundings, reporting suspicious activity to the Department of Public Safety, and securing your belongings. Bike thefts and auto prowls are common in our area, so we encourage you to use a high-quality bike lock when securing your bike outside. When parking on campus or in campus adjacent neighborhoods, lock your vehicle doors and avoid leaving anything in plain view that might attract auto prowlers. When on campus, we highly encourage you to not leave your belongings unattended to avoid possible theft. This is also a great time to update passwords and to make sure your electronic devices are password or passcode protected. If you experience a safety incident or crime on- or off-campus, please report it to Public Safety by calling 206-296-5911 or by visiting the Public Safety office in the 1313 Columbia Building. Consider saving Public Safety’s phone number in case you ever need to reach them for assistance. You can also reach Public Safety by using the blue light phones located throughout campus. To learn more about safety strategies, visit the Public Safety website at Safety Tips.

Graffiti & Sticker Vandalism on Campus

Over the past few months, there has been an increase in vandalism on campus, particularly related to the ongoing conflict in Gaza. Those choosing to vandalize campus property as a form of activism should keep in mind that these actions disproportionately impact the hardworking members of our custodial and facilities teams who clean up after these incidents. While we understand students’ passionate perspectives, vandalism is a violation of the Code of Student Conduct and has a negative impact on campus climate. We encourage students to consider other forms of activism to express their views. Resources about activism can be found at Center for Student Involvement.

Wellness & Support Resources

We want to make sure that you are aware of the many resources available to support your wellness here at Seattle University. Learn more about support resources on the Office of the Dean of Students website.

Imagining the World 
April 30–Sept. 6
Lemieux Library, Second Floor 
Opening reception: April 30, 5-7 p.m., free and open to all  

Embark on a visual journey with the opening of Imagining the World Photography Exhibition.

Each image in this exhibition tells a unique story, freezing moments in time, which reflect the profound impact of the experiences of our students, staff and faculty during their transformative cultural immersion trips abroad. From bustling cityscapes to serene landscapes, Imagining the World offers a glimpse into our global community’s diverse tapestry. So, come and immerse yourself in these captivating photographs and take the opportunity to witness the world through the eyes of our community.  

“We are proud that this exciting project has returned after a four-year hiatus,” said David Powers, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. “We were ready to host the 12th annual exhibition in April 2020, when the pandemic closed our doors. This edition is a testament not only to the university and college commitment to student engagement with global issues and communities, but it is also a testament to the energy and resiliency of our community.” 

The exhibition features a collection of 23 images made up of eight winners and 15 honorable mentions, which were selected out of a total of 145 photos submitted.  

Education Abroad Winners          

• First Place - Hannah Sutherland, BFA Photography with a Minor in French, Class of 2024. “Boys of Dakar”, Senegal.
• Second Place - Sahil Bathija, Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science with Minors in Philosophy and English and a Specialization in Legal Studies, Class of 2023. “Royal Highland Festival”, Bhutan.
• Third Place - Katlyn Wong, B.A., Environmental Studies with a Specialization in Politics, Policy, and Justice, Class of 2024. “June at Work”, Sāmoa. 

International Student Winners  

• First Place - Shrestha Alok, Public Administration, Class of 2024. “The World From Above” Utah, USA.
• Second Place - Rinko Tsuchiya, English and a Minor in Theatre, Class of 2025. “Where Do I Want To Go?” New York, USA. 
• Third Place - Kana Komoto, Political Science, Class of 2025. “Relationships” Washington, USA.

Staff/Faculty Winners 

• First Place – Serena Cosgrove, PhD, Associate Professor, International Studies and Director, Latin American and Latinx Studies. “Si Huno Genocidio (Yes there was a genocide)”, Guatemala. 
• Second Place – Marc Cohen, PhD, Professor, Dept. Of Management and Dept. Philosophy. “Rooftops of Seville”, Spain.

Dean Powers continued, “While managed within the College of Arts and Sciences, this competition celebrates students and faculty from across the university. We are very appreciative of our deeper campus collaboration with the Office of Global Engagement and Lemieux Library.” 

“Our office is excited and honored to partner with the College of Arts and Sciences to re-launch the 'Imagining the World' project,” said Vice Provost for Global Engagement Laura Spitz. “As a Jesuit university in the heart of an incredibly globally engaged region of the world, our aim is to educate the whole person—by cultivating the qualities of curiosity, respect, collaboration, reciprocity, humility and service—toward the goal of creating truly global leaders for a just and humane world. This competition reflects and captures the spirit of that commitment.” 

The exhibition will be open from April 30 to Sept. 6. For more information, visit Imagining The World Photography Competition. 

Thank you to the partners that helped us greatly with this project: 

• College of Arts and Sciences
• Education Abroad
• Office of Global Engagement 
• Institute of Catholic Thought and Culture
• International Student Center

Thursday, April 11, 9:30 a.m.–1 p.m.
Temple De Hirsch Sinai (1441 16th Ave.)
Register now

Join the Center for Ecumenical and Interreligious Engagement (CEIE) and Temple De Hirsch Sinai in welcoming Dr. David Elcott as the 2024 Clergy Institute scholar. Dr. Elcott is the author of Faith, Nationalism, and the Future of Liberal Democracy.

This event is made possible through the generous support of The Alfred and Tillie Shemanski Trust, the family of Mila and Henry Eisenhardt, and CEIE.

The time has come for RedhawkTHON’s 17th annual Dance Marathon! Join our students in Campion Ballroom from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on May 4.

Dance Marathon helps raise money for Seattle Children’s while having fun! Help students reach their goal of $20,000 for Seattle Children’s Gender Clinic and Uncompensated Care Fund. Come meet families from the hospital, hang with therapy dogs, get free food and drink and so much more.

If you have any questions, please reach out to nneumeier@seattleu.edu.

Here's the program for the day:

Reigniting Education in The Spirit of Justice

Toward Youth Mentoring and Philanthropy for Justice

Three exciting events with Torie Weiston-Serdan, PhD, the College of Education Boeing – William Allen Distinguished Scholar

2023-24 Seattle University College of Education

Torie Weiston-Serdan, PhD: Claremont Graduate College, Faculty; Chief Visionary Officer, Youth Mentoring Action Network; Founder and Executive Director, Center for Critical Mentoring and Youth Work; Board Member, The California Endowment

RSVP for all events here.

• Leading Critical Mentorship
  Wednesday, April 17, 4–5:15 p.m., Virtual: https://seattleu.zoom.us/j/98046682410
  
  Open to COE alumni, students, faculty and staff
  
  
• The Spirit of Our Work
  Thursday, April 18, Noon–1 p.m., Oberto Commons
  
  A dialogue with Dr. Weiston-Serdan and Dean Cynthia Dillard on mentoring and fundraising toward educational justice. Open to all. 

• Youth Mentoring for Educational Justice
  Thursday, April 18, 5:30–7 p.m., Wyckoff Auditorium
  
  A public lecture followed by book signing with Dr. Weiston-Serdan. Copies of her book, Critical Mentoring: A Practical Guide, will be available for purchase. Open to all.

Dear Redhawks:

It is my pleasure to welcome you to Seattle University for Spring Quarter 2024. As we begin the new quarter, I write to remind you about your rights and responsibilities related to the Redhawk Commitment and Code of Student Conduct, which is available as a PDF on the Office of the Dean of Students website. The Redhawk Commitment and Code of Student Conduct contain standards that have been established to assist in building an inclusive learning community where we prioritize safety, respect, consideration, dignity, and care for one another. In addition to important policies to which all students are accountable, the Code also outlines the Integrity Formation process, which is the university’s process for resolving alleged violations of the Code. 

Please carefully review the information in the Code of Student Conduct, as it is your responsibility to be familiar with all of the university’s standards of conduct and the Integrity Formation process. 

Notice:  Anti-Hazing Policy

Consistent with Washington State law, Seattle University strictly prohibits hazing in all forms. Hazing includes any act committed as part of a person’s recruitment, initiation, pledging, admission into, or affiliation with a student organization, athletic team, or living group, or any pastime or amusement engaged in with respect to such an organization, athletic team, or living group that causes, or is likely to cause, bodily danger or physical harm, or serious psychological or emotional harm, to any student or other person attending a public or private institution of higher education or other postsecondary educational institution, including causing, directing, coercing, or forcing a person to consume any food, liquid, alcohol, drug, or other substance which subjects the person to risk of such harm, regardless of the person's willingness to participate. More information about the university’s anti-hazing policy, including our training and prevention efforts, is available here: https://www.seattleu.edu/deanofstudents/hazing/. 

Additional University Policies

In addition to the policies found in the Code of Student Conduct, the Office of the Dean of Students website lists several additional policies that apply to all Seattle University students.  These policies include the Sexual Misconduct Policy, Sexual Harassment Policy, and other university policies that are important for you to know about. Please take a moment to visit the Office of the Dean of Students website to review these important policies.

Resident Handbook

Residential students should also read the Resident Handbook, as it contains additional policies, information, and resources specific to living in university-sponsored housing. 

Updates to the Code of Student Conduct for 2023-24

The Code of Student Conduct is updated from time to time to ensure its alignment with best practices as well as legal and regulatory requirements.  Learn more about the process we use for modifying the Code and review this year’s changes by visiting the Recent Code Updates page.

Thank you for your commitment to upholding and role-modeling these expectations. If you have any questions about this information, please visit our website at seattleu.edu/deanofstudents, call (206) 296-6060, or email deanofstudents@seattleu.edu.

We look forward to supporting your journey at Seattle University. 

Sincerely,

James Willette, Ph.D.
Associate Provost & Dean of Students

Communities of Practice (CoPs) are groups of people who share a professional interest, purpose or practice and regularly collaborate via agreed-upon channels. The Staff Professional Formation working group (part of Reigniting Strategic Directions) will be piloting a CoP for supervisors.

The goal is to generate interest and excitement about CoPs and to develop a venue for supervisors to learn from one another, share best practices and solve problems collectively. The working group will create a facilitator’s guide so that other CoPs can be formed for people on campus who have similar interests and roles. The guide will be a starting place for others to develop their own groups.

An upcoming listening session will be scheduled to review the results of the recent Supervisors CoP survey and answer questions from persons interested in joining one of the inaugural CoPs. In the interim, you are welcome to complete the CoP Survey so the working group can gather additional thoughts and ideas about this new practice. For more information, please reach out to Kit Morse.

La Tierra: Home, Identity and Destiny–A Latina’s Perspective on Integral Ecology With Jeanette Rodriguez, PhD, Department of Theology and Religious Studies
Tuesday, April 16, 12:30–1:30 p.m.
Pigott Auditorium

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion is excited to invite you to the Spring Quarter installment of Red Talks!

Confronted with growing environmental threats, better understanding of the critical connection between people and nature is key to informing effective decision-making for the Common Good. Many contemporary philosophers and great thinkers have been saying for decades that humanity is arriving to the end of an era philosophically, ecologically, politically, psychologically, cosmologically, scientifically and so forth. The complex issues we are facing require new perspectives and new ways of thinking. In this Red Talk, Professor Rodriguez offers her insights from her social location as a “border” theologian.

All community members—students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends—are invited join this last Red Talk of the academic year.

Dr. Henry Louie, professor of electrical and computer engineering, was recently awarded funds from the National Science Foundation to lead, with collaborators at Rochester Institute of Technology and Navajo Technical University, a two-day workshop focused on advancing clean energy transitions in Tribal Nations.

The workshop will convene diverse stakeholders from academia, Tribal governments and agencies, federally-funded research and development centers, and energy sector organizations who will work collaboratively to outline a prioritized research agenda and document education and workforce training needs.

The workshop responds to an urgent need to address high levels of energy poverty on Tribal Lands and will make significant inroads to overcoming technical challenges, integrating Indigenous knowledge and values, and understanding the complex socio-technical systems within which clean energy technologies are embedded in Tribal Nations.

Tuesday, April 9, 5:30–6:30 p.m.
Sinegal Center 200 (Oberto Commons)
Register here to save your seat.

The Albers Executive Speaker Series welcomes Barry Posner, coauthor (with Jim Kouzes) of the award-winning and best-selling leadership book The Leadership Challenge. With more than three million copies sold, the book is described as a groundbreaking research study, combining keen insights with practical applications and has been translated into 22 languages. 

Posner is the Michael J. Accolti, S.J. Professor of Leadership and Chair of the Management and Entrepreneurship department at Santa Clara University, where he previously served as dean of the business school.

His talk is titled “Making Extraordinary Things Happen: Leadership Makes the Difference.”

Dear Colleagues, 

We hope that your classes are off to a great start. The Writing Center is now open for consultations. We are writing to share the available resources. We invite you to share this information with your students as well. 

Writing Center Services are offered both virtually and in-person this quarter. Students and faculty can access the resources listed below.

For Students–In-person and Virtual (Synchronous and Asynchronous) Individual Consultations

Writing Center peer consultants are available to support students in one-on-one consultations at any stage of the writing process. Our team can support students in brainstorming, planning, outlining, integrating resources, etc. Recently, the center integrated screencasting into the asynchronous consultations. Students who prefer audio feedback can now select screencasting as they upload their documents for asynchronous consultations.  The Welcome to the Writing Center Video describes the available services and walks students through a step-by-step tutorial on how to access them. 

For Faculty–Class Visits   

The writing consultants offer class visits and facilitate writing workshops. To request a class visit, fill out our class visit form. Placing your request early will allow us to plan our staffing appropriately. 

Feedback on Assignment Prompts 

Faculty members can also receive feedback on their prompts for writing assignments from a student’s perspective. If you are interested, check out more details  

Other Resources–Handouts and References 

The Writing Center has developed several useful handouts, links to writing references and style guides that you are welcome to use/adapt and use in your classes or to refer students to. Learn more at Writing Center Resources.  

Writing Center Blog, Podcast and Social Media   

Be sure to check out our blog and podcast for topics on writing, life, self-care, wellness, social justice and other topics.   

We encourage you to link the Writing Center webpage to your Canvas course. You can simply include a link to Writing Center or build a Canvas page by following Instructions on how to create a new page.   

For more information, see our webpage at Writing Center.

SU Writing Center Hours Spring 2024
April 2–June 8:
Mondays through Thursdays, 9 a.m.–8 p.m.   
Fridays, 9 a.m.–3 p.m.
Saturdays, 10 a.m.–1 p.m. 

See you at the Writing Center!

- Hidy Basta and Alex Smith

Register for these upcoming events for faculty!

Ignatian Pedagogy Series on Inclusive Pedagogies: Content Choices — and how we can disrupt inequities
Wednesday, April 10, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Virtual | Register here

Co-Facilitated by Andrea Verdan (Center for Faculty Development) and Maureen Feit (Nonprofit Leadership; Provost Fellow by Racial and Economic Justice)

The Center for Faculty Development, in partnership with the Center for Jesuit Education and the Office of Diversity & Inclusion, will offer two more one-off sessions from the Ignatian Pedagogy Series on Inclusive Pedagogies in Spring Quarter. Participants will:

• Explore what the higher education literature and Ignatian pedagogical principles teach us about inclusive pedagogies, with a clear focus on racial equity.
• Reflect on the interplay between the personal and the social as they relate to racial justice.
• Contemplate how the culture of your discipline impacts the content that you teach.
• Identify what you might already be doing in your teaching practice that supports or disrupts inequities.
• Explore how you, as a teacher, can incorporate voices, perspectives, and content into your classes to disrupt inequities.

» Read more about this event and register on the Center for Faculty Development website here.

Faculty Learning Community: Writing with Pleasure
Fridays: April 12, May 3 and May 24 | 11 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
Virtual| Register here

Facilitated by Naomi Hume (Art History)

This spring, the Center for Faculty Development will offer a three-session learning community for faculty, centered around Helen Sword's book Writing with Pleasure. Narratives in the Academy often describe writing as a painful chore, rather than the pleasurable challenge we might all hope for. As an antidote, Writing with Pleasure empowers us—whether our writing is academic, professional or creative—to reframe our negative emotions about writing and reclaim positive ones.

» Read more about this learning community and register by Tue, Apr 9 at 5:00 pm on the Center for Faculty Development website here.

Tuesday, April 9, 11 a.m.–noon
Virtual | Zoom link provided upon registration

Facilitated by Brooke Gialopsos (Criminal Justice, Criminology, & Forensics)

The Center for Faculty Development, in partnership with the SU Faculty & Staff Parents’ Group, will offer a one-time meeting for faculty and staff parents who are raising school-aged kids with diverse and special needs. Read more here.

Staff and faculty are invited to help find candidates for open staff positions. Please view the full list of postings or check out this week’s highlighted opportunities: 

Gift Planning & Donor Stewardship Coordinator (University Advancement)

Facilities Resource Center Specialist (Operations & Maintenance)

Systems Engineer 2 (Information Technology Services)

Admissions Counselor (Online Graduate Programs)

Admissions Counselor – Part Time (Online Graduate Programs)

Senior Executive Coordinator (Office of the Provost)

Dear Students and Colleagues,

As we enter the month of April and approach the annual Earth Day on April 22, we want to take a moment to reflect on the work that has been conducted in light of the university’s commitment to institutional participation in Pope Francis’ Seven-year Journey toward Integral Ecology through the Laudato Si’ Action Platform (LSAP), as integrated in the Reigniting Our Strategic Directions goals. We also encourage you to participate in the many events and opportunities for engagement organized during this Earth Month at Seattle University.

One year ago the LSAP Executive Committee at Seattle University adopted the Laudato Si Action Plan to advance “sustainability in the holistic spirit of integral ecology.” Earth Month provides an opportunity to bring renewed energy and celebrate the LSAP goals that we have accomplished so far. With the many initiatives planned by student clubs and departments across campus, we encourage you to learn, engage and advocate for the advancement of environmental justice, sustainable development, and climate solutions for our common home. For an up-to-date calendar of Earth Month events at Seattle University, please see www.seattleu.edu/earthmonth.

Some highlights are:

• Mission Day featuring renowned speaker Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass, who will help us recenter, reconnect and reclaim our sense of belonging as collaborators in building a more just and humane world. (April 11, 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., Pigott Auditorium)
• Red Talks with Professor Jeanette Rodriguez offering her insights on “La Tierra, Home, Identity and Destiny,” a Latina’s Perspective on Integral Ecology. (April 16, 12:30 p.m., Pigott Auditorium)
• The annual Earth Talks showcasing 5-min brief presentations by SU students, faculty, staff and community partners during a lunch event with keynote address by Jessyn Farrell, Director of the City of Seattle’s Office of Sustainability and Environment. (April 22, noon - 1:45 p.m., Pigott Auditorium)
• Work Parties in SU Gardens hosted by the Grounds team
• The Duwamish River: An Examination of Environmental Justice Issues in Seattle and the Changing Landscape of Climate Lawyering. The event is organized by the Environmental Law Society and Native American Law Student Association and features alumna Jamie Hearn (School of Law, ‘22), Director of Environmental Law and Climate Policy at the Duwamish River Community Coalition (April 23, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m., Sullivan Hall C5)

We hope you will join us in celebrating Earth Month 2024!

Sincerely,

Jeanette Rodriguez, PhD
Co-Chair, Laudato Si’ Action Platform

Yolanda Cieters
Co-Chair, Laudato Si’ Action Platform

Phillip Thompson, PhD
Director, Center of Environmental Justice and Sustainability

Logo by Clara Husaby (BA in Political Science, ’27), winner of the 2024 Earth Month® Logo Competition

This Earth Month, the SU community is invited to reflect on some of the work that has been conducted in light of the university’s commitment to institutional participation in Pope Francis’ Seven-Year Journey Toward Integral Ecology through the Laudato Si’ Action Platform (LSAP) as integrated in the Reigniting Our Strategic Directions goals. The campus community is also encouraged to participate in the many events and opportunities for engagement organized throughout the month. 

• Visit Earth Month to learn about all the events and activities planned for the SU community and read today’s message from the co-chairs of the Laudato Si’ Action Platform and the director of the Center for Environmental Justice and Sustainability.

What they’re saying: President Eduardo Peñalver speaks of the importance of Seattle University celebrating Earth Month: 

“Sustainability and environmental justice are central to who we are as a Catholic and Jesuit university. As an institution we have accomplished a great deal, but we are facing a climate crisis that demands even greater attention. As Pope Francis expressed in his recently published document Laudate Deum: 

…(O)ur responses [to care for our common home] have not been adequate . . .  (As the Bishops assembled for the Synod for Amazonia) said: ‘Attacks on nature have consequences for people’s lives.’ . . .  We will feel (the effects of climate change) in the areas of healthcare, sources of employment, access to resources, housing, forced migrations, etc. . . . It is a human and social problem on any number of levels. 

“This insight reinforces the importance of our commitment to institutional participation in the Laudato Si Action Platform (2021), as integrated in the RSD goals. We strive to embed this commitment into everything we do at Seattle University and during the month of April, leading up to Earth Day, I encourage you to reflect on your personal commitment to care for our common home and for those who are impacted most significantly by climate change.”

Hello SU Campus Community, 

The Undergraduate Admission Office is excited to welcome ~1,000 admitted students and their guests to campus on each of the following days:

• Sunday, April 7
• Saturday, April 13 

This is a wonderful opportunity for admitted students to come to campus and hear from current students, faculty and staff to decide whether SU is the right fit for them. There will be presentations on academic programs, student development opportunities and on-campus room viewings, among many other offerings.

If you spot anyone who looks lost or has questions, we hope you will lend a helping hand or steer them in the right direction.

Thank you for being the warm, welcoming face of our campus for future Redhawks!

Program: Visit Admitted Student Days for a full program. 

We are thrilled to introduce our newest additions to Seattle University. Please join us in extending a warm welcome to the new employees who have recently joined our team:

• Jill La Pointe, Senior Director Indigenous Peoples Institute, Office of Associate Provost, Global Engagement

• Kristi Brown, Counselor, One Stop Services, Student Financial Services

• Jennifer Young, Assistant Director for Student Financial Services One Stop Student Financial Services

• Stefani Sanchez, Design and Media Production Coordinator, Global Engagement

• Nicholas Ballinger, Maintenance Technician, Building & Grounds Services

• Vuen Pahn, Accounting Manager, Controller's Office

• Michael Skiles, Senior Cloud Engineer and Manager, IT Operations

• Miguel Nava Venegas, Custodian, Building & Grounds Services

• Trenton Cotton, University Videographer, Marketing Communications

• Jeremy Huff, Senior Administrative Assistant, Albers School of Business and Economics, Accounting

• Ky Pham, Associate Dean for Operations, Enrollment and Finance, College of Education, Office of the Dean

• Jesse Gonzalez, Senior Program Administrative Assistant, College of Education–Leadership and Professional Studies

Each brings a unique set of skills and experiences that we believe will greatly contribute to our success. Please take a moment to introduce yourselves and extend a warm welcome to our new colleagues and let’s help make them feel supported and valued as they embark on their journey with us.

Thursday, April 4, noon-2 p.m.
Lemieux Library, second floor

Students: Stop by the Learning Commons Partners (LCP) Launch Party for engaging activities and valuable insights from the Billodue Makerspace, Learning Assistance Programs, Math Lab, Media Production Center, Research Services and Writing Center.

There will be snacks, information, community building, networking and fun! 🎉 What kind of fun? Zine/collage making, button making, coloring pages and more! 

The Learning Commons offers resources and services to not only support your academic endeavors, but you as a person! Learn about everything that's available to you as a student––almost all of which is included in your tuition, so don't forget to make good use of it. 

Put this on your calendar and pop by, even if it's just for a quick snack. 

Learn more about the Learning Commons Partnership.

The Seattle University Student Research and Creativity Conference (SRCCon) will take place Friday, May 10, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at various locations on campus. This is a re-imagining of the previously held Seattle University Undergraduate Research Association Conference (SUURA) and includes both graduate and undergraduate student academic inquiry.
  
Students are encouraged to submit information to present at the conference at the SRCCon website. All graduate and undergraduate students conducting research in all academic disciplines, creative works and artistic endeavors are welcome to present.

Presentation options include a poster presentation, oral presentation and creative works (art exhibit, poetry reading, film screening, performance, etc.).

The deadline to submit presentation information is April 15.

More information about presentation types, submissions, contact, FAQs, etc. can be found on the Student Research and Creativity Conference page.

Tuesdays: April 9, 16, 23, 30
Noon to 1:30 p.m., lunch provided
Campion Hall Multifaith Prayer Room

Have you ever considered meditation? The Center for Jesuit Education invites faculty and staff to explore the practice of meditation (inspired by the Zen tradition) and how it can enhance your daily life. The group will meet four Tuesdays at noon for an hour. The sessions will be led by Eddie Daichi Salazar and followed by a simple soup lunch at 1 p.m. If you can’t stay, you can take soup with you. Feel free to come with your curiosity, questions and “beginner’s mind.”

All are welcome, and no experience with any kind of meditation is required, however, attendance at the first session on April 9 is required. For more information and to RSVP, please contact Eddie Salazar.

The Alfie Scholars Program provides programming and a $15,000-per-year scholarship financial scholarships to underrepresented students who are committed to civility, leadership and social justice.

If you know a student from an underrepresented or otherwise diverse community who is seeking academic challenge and an invigorating cohort-based program (not to mention a $15,000 scholarship per year for two years), please take a few minutes to nominate them for the Alfie Scholars Program.

Prospective applicants can visit the Alfie Scholars website to review the eligibility criteria and apply online. The application deadline is April 30.

Questions? Please contact Carol Cochran at ccochran@seattleu.edu.

National Student Employment Week is an opportunity for us (and colleges and universities across the country) to recognize and appreciate the invaluable contributions of student employees and to thank the on-campus employers and supervisors who provide students with opportunities to gain skills and professional experience through on-campus jobs. 

Kudos & Coffee
Wednesday, April 10, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. | Outside of PAVL

Student employees and supervisors are invited to stop by for free coffee or tea and high fives to say THANK YOU for all you do. No registration needed—just come by!

On-Campus Jobs Fair
Friday, April 12, 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. | STCN 160
Employers Register Here!

Promote your on-campus jobs, your office as an on-campus employer and recruit students. This is an important event because it helps create student awareness of job opportunities, allows students to meet and network with on-campus employers, and helps use make on-campus jobs more accessible and equitable. If you'd like to promote this event to your students, students can register on Handshake here.

Shine Awards

Awards include: Student Employee of the Year, Student Employment Supervisor of the Year and Best Place to Work On Campus. Nominate your student employee(s) for Student Employee of the Year! Or start a campaign for nominations for your office and supervisors. The nomination form can be found here.

Skillify Your Student Employment Experience
Tuesday, April 16, 4–5:30 p.m. | SINE 110
Students Register Here (Send to your student employees!)

In this workshop, current student employees will reflect on their experiences in their on-campus jobs. They will identify the competencies, skills and strengths they have developed through their work and will practice communicating about them for their resume and conversations with employers. Snacks will be provided! Please encourage your students to attend as paid professional development—if you have concerns about payment or hours per week, please reach out to Sharon Leary at sleary@seattleu.edu  to discuss how Student Employment can support you in making this happen.

The Center for Student Involvement, The MOSAIC Center, International Student Center and Student Employment are excited to announce that the 2024 Leadership Award Nomination form is now open. Please take the time to nominate student leaders, student employees, offices, supervisors, etc. to be recognized as part of the Red Night Out, Shine Awards, International Student Center Awards, Graduating Student of Color Celebration and Lavendar Celebration!

Information about the awards can be found here.

Submit a nomination here.

The deadline for submissions is May 1 at 5 p.m.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Marissa Robledo, director for the Center for Student Involvement, at mrobledo@seattleu.edu.

This week, Roman Catholics and many other Christians throughout the world observe Holy Week, the annual remembrance of the life, death and resurrection of Christ, core aspects of Christian faith. All are welcome to join together as a university community at the Chapel of St. Ignatius for any or all of the celebrations listed below. If you would like to volunteer as a reader (in multiple languages), communion minister, or altar server, please contact Bill McNamara (mcnamarw@seattleu.edu). 

The schedule of liturgies is as follows: 

• Holy Thursday (March 28), Mass of the Lord's Supper: 7 p.m. 
• Good Friday (March 29), Celebration of the Passion of the Lord: 3 p.m. 
• Easter Vigil (March 30): 9 p.m. 
• Easter Sunday (March 31): 11 a.m. (no 5 p.m. Mass)

(Photo by Yosef Kalinko)

Please join in celebrating the recent and well-deserved transitions of our esteemed colleagues into new positions at Seattle University. Let's congratulate them and wish them ongoing success in their new roles!

• Jazz Scott, Program Coordinator, University Core
• Heather Juul, Senior Director for Finance & Administration, Law Business Office
• Jocelyn Boudreau, Academic Advisor, Arts & Sciences Office of the Dean
• Eric Eason, Cloud Engineer, IT Operations
• Laura Knote, Director of Special Projects and Office Administration, Office of the Provost 

If you or one of your direct reports have made a move in the previous month but are not listed above, please contact HRoperations@seattleu.edu and let us know so we can include them next time.  

Spring 2024 On-Campus Jobs Fair
Fri, April 12, 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
LeRoux Conference Room (STCN 160)
REGISTER HERE (Registration closes 5 p.m., Wednesday, April 10)

Join Student Employment to promote your on-campus job opportunities and recruit students! This is an important event because it helps create student awareness of job opportunities, allows students to meet and network with on-campus employers and helps make on-campus jobs more accessible and equitable.

What to expect:

• Format will be like a networking/career fair and students will drop in and out.
• Employers will be provided with a booth or high-top table. Feel free to bring a table cloth, branded items, handouts, etc.
• You may bring multiple representatives—consider bringing some student employees!
• A break room with snacks and beverages will be available for employers.
• Students will be encouraged to bring resumes, but it's not required, and there is no formal dress code.
• Be sure to post any jobs you are actively recruiting for on Handshake before or after the event to optimize your recruiting efforts, and to ensure access and promote equity.

The Center for Ecumenical and Interreligious Engagement has developed a new Canvas resource that provides opportunities to reflect on learnings from COVID-19 and the Pandemic Age. The resource also invites you to consider new work being carried out through the Inner Development Goals (IDGs) that addresses societal challenges around the world today. This resource is free for anyone and includes podcasts, video content and spiritual practices rooted in the IDGs and a study guide for groups.

You can now order letterhead and envelopes through Reprographics’ Digital Storefront. Learn more here and keep a lookout for more options in the coming months as Storefront Software continues.

Curricular Practical Training (CPT) Workshop for Faculty & Staff
Wednesday, April 10, 11–11:45 a.m.
Virtual: RSVP for link to join

There’s been an increase in the number of enrolled international students interested in Curricular Practical Training (CPT) across all majors and graduate programs. As international students, they are unable to work off-campus without authorization and CPT is a way to secure an authorized internship.

The workshop will cover eligibility criteria, application requirements and other relevant information you can use to help students who reach out to you regarding CPT. Don’t miss this workshop if you are an internship sponsor, supervisor and/or coordinator.

The workshop is hosted by the International Student Center in partnership with the Career Engagement Office.

Thursday, April 4, 6 p.m.
Oberto Commons (Sinegal Center for Science and Engineering)
RSVP here

The 2023-24 Seattle University College of Education Boeing–William Allen Distinguished Scholar Series presents this conversation about radical philanthropy with Dr. Torie Weiston-Serdan and Dr. Robert (Bob) Ross of The California Endowment.

Renowned scholar-educator, board member and award-winning youth mentorship leader Dr. Weiston-Serdan will speak about her life-changing work in philanthropy with mentor Dr. Robert (Bob) Ross, President and CEO of The California Endowment Board.

Weiston-Serdan is a faculty member at the Claremont Graduate College and the Chief Visionary Officer of the Youth Mentoring Action Network, a non-profit dedicated to building youth power globally through mentoring, education and wellness. She also founded the Center for Critical Mentoring and Youth Work, which works extensively with other community-based organizations in support of their youth advocacy efforts, specializing in training mentors to work with diverse youth populations, including Black, Latinx, LGBTZ and other minoritized and marginalized youth.

Bob Ross, MD is President and Chief Executive Officer of The California Endowment, a private, statewide health foundation established in 1996 to address the health needs of Californians. During his tenure at the endowment, Dr. Ross has provided leadership in supporting the vision of underserved communities. Prior to his appointment in September 2000, he served as Director of Health and Human Services Agency in San Diego County and as Commissioner of Public Health in the City of Philadelphia. 

Faculty are invited to apply for a 2024-25 Course Development Fellowship ($3,000 stipend). This fellowship includes participation in Catholic Intellectual Tradition seminars (in person or online) and an opportunity to request a faculty colleague to function as mentor as you develop your course.

These grants encourage faculty to create course offerings that provide students the opportunities to engage with the Catholic Intellectual Tradition in its multidisciplinary manifestations. Past courses have been developed for multiple departments including arts, sciences, humanities, business, law, education and nursing. Learn more about the Course Development Fellowship here. The deadline for applications is Wednesday, May 1.

Join ICTC on Friday, April 12, for an info session at noon on Zoom to learn more about the fellowship; RSVP to ICTC@seattleu.edu.

Friday, April 5, 6 p.m.
Pigott Auditorium
Register here

Join the RoundGlass India Center for a fireside chat moderated by Professor of Law Sital Kalantry with Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi whose four decades of social reform for the oppressed and voiceless has changed the world. His organization Bachpan Bachao Andolan has liberated more than 100,000 children from child labour, slavery, trafficking and other forms of exploitation and developed a successful model for their education, rehabilitation and reintegration into mainstream society.

Satyarthi's latest endeavor is the Satyarthi Movement for Global Compassion with a vision to globalize compassion to restore justice, peace, equity and sustainability in the world by working to define, evaluate and enhance Compassion Quotient in individuals, institutions and communities. Join the RoundGlass India Center for a conversation fueled by hope, optimism and commitment to creating a more just world.

Sunday, May 5, 3–7 p.m.
LeRoux Room (Student Center 160)

Please join the Seattle University psychology community and the Gerber family to celebrate the lives of Lane and Joanna Gerber. Share your photos, memories or tributes in a slide show at the memorial. Please send anything you would like to share to Psychology@seattleu.edu by April 22.

A Zoom meeting option is available (Passcode: tikkunolam) for those who are unable to attend in person.

Professor Emeritus Lane Gerber (pictured) passed away last May. Joanna passed away in February. Her obituary can be read here.

Tuesday, March 26, 5–6:30 p.m.
Bannan 407

Join the College of Arts & Sciences for “Answering Tough Questions” with Charlotte Korchak, Senior Educator and Director of International Student Programs for StandWithUs, a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating the public about Israel and combating antisemitism. 

This is an opportunity for students and faculty to ask difficult questions about Israel and promises to be an informative and engaging discussion. The event is another in the ongoing series of events related to the Israel-Gaza conflict hosted by the College of Arts & Sciences.

These events are open only to Seattle University students, faculty and staff. SU ID will be checked at the door.

Questions? Contact the Dean’s Office at ascdean@seattleu.edu.

Thursday, March 28, 9–10 a.m.
Join via Zoom (Accessible only via Seattle University Zoom accounts.)

Seattle University community members are invited to be in conversation with Dr. Hanan Ashrawi. Dr. Ashrawi is currently the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of Birzeit University and is internationally recognized as a distinguished Palestinian leader, legislator, activist and scholar who served as a member of the Leadership Committee and as an official spokesperson of the Palestinian delegation to the Middle East peace process, beginning with the Madrid Peace Conference of 1991, and was appointed as the Palestinian Authority Minister of Higher Education and Research in 1996.

She is the author of several books, articles, poems and short stories on Palestinian politics, culture and literature. Her book This Side of Peace (Simon & Schuster, 1995) earned worldwide recognition.

Dr. Ashrawi received both Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees from the American University of Beirut and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Medieval and Comparative Literature from the University of Virginia. She is the recipient of 11 honorary doctorates from universities in the U.S., Canada, Europe and the Arab world. Dr. Ashrawi serves on the advisory and international boards of several global, regional and local organizations dealing with a variety of issues including human rights, women’s rights, policy formation, peacemaking and nation-building.

Dr. Ashrawi is the recipient of numerous awards, including the distinguished French decoration, “d'Officier de l'Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur” (2016); the 2005 Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconciliation; the 2003 Sydney Peace Prize; the 2002 Olof Palme Prize; the 1999 International Women of Hope “Bread and Roses”; the Defender of Democracy Award– Parliamentarians for Global Action; the 50 Women of the Century; the 1996 Jane Addams International Women’s Leadership Award; the Pearl S. Buck Foundation Women’s Award; the 1994 Pio Manzu Gold Medal Peace Award; and the 1992 Marissa Bellisario International Peace Award. 

During the conversation, Dr. Ashrawi’s answers will help attendees: 

• Gain a deeper understanding of the role history plays in shaping the contemporary political landscape in Israel/Palestine
• Understand the role women have played and continue to play in promoting peace and dialogue 

This event is specifically for Seattle University community members. Don’t miss the opportunity to learn Dr. Hanan Ashrawi’s insights acquired through decades of peace and social justice advocacy.

This event is sponsored by Dean David Powers and the College of Arts and Sciences.

Questions? Please contact: ascdean@seattleu.edu.

The Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF) Program forgives the remaining balance on federal Direct Loans after you have made 120 qualifying payments while working full-time for a qualifying employer. As a non-profit organization, Seattle University is a qualifying employer.

Please note that in the PSLF Help Tool, it’s important to use the appropriate Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN). For SU employees, please use the following when searching for Seattle University, EIN 91-0565006.

After the PSLF Help Tool generates a PDF, please sign, date and submit it to hrforms@seattleu.edu.

To learn more, to see if you are eligible, and to begin the application process please visit the PSLF website.

Finding the Sacred in All Women: Celebrating our Connections
Saturday, May 4–Sunday, May 5*
Dumas Bay Centre, Federal Way
Leonetta Elaiho, facilitator
Register by Monday, March 25   

i found god in myself and i loved her
i loved her fiercely”
– Ntozake Shange 

Recognizing the Divine in ourselves and one another is sacred work. Come and join Women in Mission for a time of rest, reflection and celebration of our individual experiences and gifts as women and the joy that can come from belonging in community. The retreat will include creative contemplative exercises in the Ignatian tradition, personal time for reflection and rest and opportunities to engage and celebrate one another in community. 

New and seasoned staff, faculty and administrators from across all units and disciplines, and from any faith or spiritual background, are welcome. 

*RETREAT OPTIONS AND COSTS: 

• Overnight (9 a.m., Saturday–1 p.m. Sunday):  The subsidized retreatant fee of $100 includes one night of single occupancy lodging with shared bathrooms, all meals and a facilitated retreat program with materials.  

• Day Only (9 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturday): The subsidized retreatant fee of $30 includes lunch and a facilitated retreat program with materials.

• Contact Eddie Salazar for more information about scholarships or payment plans. 

REGISTER by Monday, March 25: Your retreat spot will be confirmed by Thursday, March 28. Confirmation of participation with payment will be due Monday, April 1. Space is limited and spots will fill quickly. 

QUESTIONS: Contact Paige Gardner or Andrea Fontana. 

Sponsored by the Center for Jesuit Education

Staff and faculty are invited to help to find candidates for open staff positions. Please view the full list of postings or check out this week’s highlighted opportunities: 

Counselor or Psychologist (CAPS)

Senior Academic Advisor (College of Science and Engineering)

Assistant Registrar, Operations and Systems (Registrar, School of Law)

Thursday, March 28, 12:15 p.m.
Sullivan Hall, C5
Register here

Senator Manka Dhingra (45th Legislative District, Washington State) will share wisdom from her beginnings as a law student to becoming the first Sikh state legislator elected in the nation in 2017 and the current Deputy Majority Leader of the Washington State Senate. Among her achievements are chairing the Senate Law & Justice Committee, founding the Senate Behavioral Health Subcommittee and advancing legislation that reorients the behavioral health system around prevention rather than crisis response, as well as co-founding Chaya, an organization that assists South Asian survivors of domestic violence.

All Seattle University students, faculty and staff welcome. Buffet lunch provided for those who register (including samosa from Seattle Samosas!) Hosted in conversation with Middle Eastern/South Asian Law Student Association leaders, excerpts from the SikhLens film Breaking Barriers for Manka Dhingra will be screened.

Please plan to attend the spring President’s Town Hall, now scheduled for Tuesday, May 7, 12:30 p.m., in Pigott Auditorium. (Please note this is updated from an earlier April 23 date.)

Grounds will be performing tree pruning on March 19 and 20, 7 a.m.–3 p.m., on the following: pines at the library entrance; large green deodar (northeast corner, Union Green); weeping sequoia (Bannan); and giant sequoia (Marion). A bucket lift will be on the work site. Safety controls for the work site and pedestrians will include workers directing pedestrians around the work site and orange cones. There will be chainsaw and blower noise as well as back-up beeper noise.

Do you have books/textbooks that you are no longer using? Drop them off at SU’s residence halls or the Student Center on Wednesday, March 27. Book collection bins will be placed at those locations. Books collected will be donated to “Books to Prisoners,” a Seattle nonprofit. More information can be found at Race to Zero Waste.

“Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word.” Then, the angel departed from her. Luke 1:38

Celebrate the 25th anniversary of Father Arturo Araujo’s ordination on Monday, March 25, at 12:30 p.m., in the Chapel of St. Ignatius. Mass will be followed by a reception with coffee and tea. Fr. Araujo is associate professor of Visual Arts and rector of the Arrupe Jesuit Community.

The Center for Ecumenical and Interreligious Engagement’s March message is from CEIE Provost Fellow for Ecumenical Relations Rt. Rev. Dr. Edward Donalson III, D.Min. In his message, Dr. Donalson, III, discusses his work in religious and civic spaces, as well as highlights current CEIE engagement. View the message here.

Dear Colleagues,

This is a reminder of the College of Science and Engineering’s Multidisciplinary Generative AI Research Award.

This award is intended to produce ideas that could develop into larger, externally funded initiatives. Specifically, proposed projects should utilize large language model (LLM) techniques and tools to address research or pedagogical questions. Awards will be made to teams of two or more faculty members from at least two different schools or colleges. Any full-time Seattle University faculty member is eligible to apply; undergraduate student participation is highly encouraged.

Please reach out to Jiayun Liu ( jliu15@seattleu.edu ) for the application package. The deadline for submitting your proposals is 5 p.m. on April 15, 2024.

For any inquiries, please contact Jiayun Liu at jliu15@seattleu.edu in the College of Science and Engineering Dean’s Office.

The Faculty and Staff of Color Retreat is sponsored by the Endowed Mission Fund and The MOSAIC Center, and offers 15 SU faculty and staff a dedicated space to focus on connection, identity and wellness.

Retreat activities and topics will focus on:

• Cultivating wellness
• Identifying strategies for building strength and resilience
• Relationship building across disciplines and departments
• Building community and alliances
• Living the SU Mission

Previous years' retreat themes have included: Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds, Cultivating Community Care, There is Power in Your Story: A Weekend of Storytelling and Connection.

Overnight accommodations, meals and supplies will all be provided absolutely free!

This retreat always fills up so if you are interested in participating, please fill out the application form by March 21.

The campus community is invited to a Celebration of Life and Love for Dr. Joseph Scott, Saturday, March 23, at 10 a.m., at the Chapel of St. Ignatius. Dr. Scott, the husband of Dr. Nina Valerio (Professor Emerita in the College of Education), passed away in January. Among other accomplishments during a lifetime of great impact, Dr. Scott founded the American Ethnic Studies department at the University of Washington and earned multiple honors as an educator, scholar and author. A lunch reception will be held following the service. For catering purposes, please RSVP here by Thursday, March 14. Let us keep Nina and her family in our thoughts and prayers.

Monday, March 25, noon–1 p.m.
Register here

If you aspire to create positive change through your nonprofit work, then this event is for you! Join us for a casual panel session with three Master of Nonprofit Leadership (MNPL) graduates making a difference in their communities:

• Sara Sisco (she/her): Senior Manager at Hopelink, connecting individuals to resources and leading community engagement initiatives.
• Casey Davis (she/her): Executive Director of the Edmonds Food Bank, using her business expertise to address food insecurity.
• Andrew Tshepo Kambwiri (he/him): Community Advocate and Social Entrepreneur, empowering rural farmers in Malawi through sustainable agriculture and entrepreneurship.

In this interactive session facilitated by NPL Assistant Teaching Professor Dr. Noreen Elbert, panelists will share their unique journeys, from relocating to Seattle to transitioning into the nonprofit sector, discuss opportunities and challenges they’ve encountered and offer advice to help you achieve your goals. Whether you’re seeking to expand your professional skillset or are charting your educational path here at SU, you’ll connect with like-minded peers, gain insights to guide your career and discover how the MNPL program can equip you to drive change.

It is with great pleasure that we introduce to you February’s new hires! Please join in welcoming these talented individuals, who bring fresh perspectives, unique skills and enthusiasm to Seattle University:

• Claudia Cole, Maintenance Electrician (Operations & Maintenance)
• Kim Cuevas, Senior Director of Development, College of Science and Engineering
• Alicia Goodwin, IT Project Manager 2
• Levi Tran, Maintenance Electrician (Operations & Maintenance)
• Brian Rowe, Maintenance Technician (Building & Grounds Services)
• Carolina Delgado-Ruiz, Senior Administrative Assistant, College of Science & Engineering (Project Center)
• Shandell Gallardo, Director of Marketing, Graduate Enrollment (Marketing Communications)
• Mike Allende, Senior Director of Strategic Communications (Marketing Communications)
• Joe Selmont, Assistant Director for Institutional Engagement, School of Law (Event Administration)
• Griffin Williams, Advancement Data and Systems Analyst (Advancement Services)

To our February new hires: Welcome aboard! We are thrilled to have you join us and look forward to the valuable contributions you will make to our team.

And as they embark on their journey with us, let’s extend our support, guidance and encouragement.

Facilities Services will have a sidewalk contractor on campus next week to grind trip hazards around campus. Work will take place between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday, March 18, to Friday, March 22. Trucks may be parked in a nearby lot. Walk-behind equipment will be used at each work location to grind material away.

Locations of repairs are shown on this map:

Learning Assistance Program is hiring: Tutors, Study Group Facilitators, Conversation Group Leaders, Subject Specialists, and Office Assistants for BIOL, CHEM, FREN, JPAN, MATH, NURS, PHYS, PSYC STATS and SPAN courses. Learn more at Work at LAP.

This year signifies the midpoint in Reigniting Our Strategic Directions for 2022-2027. Throughout Winter Quarter, the Office of Strategic Initiatives is actively engaged in a campus-wide listening tour, inviting input from all our faculty, staff and students. Your feedback will play an important role in shaping the content of the upcoming Midway Report, scheduled to be released in May.

• One of the offerings for feedback is through a survey—available now through March 15. Please watch a video and share your thoughts.

Thursday, April 4, 5–6:30 p.m.
Pigott Auditorium
Sign up to save your seat

Registration is now open for Ethical Leadership: Cautionary Tales from Theranos and Silicon Valley. Join the Center for Business Ethics and partnering sponsors SGSU and the School of Law’s TILE as it hosts Erika Cheung, a key whistleblower in the Theranos case. This talk is live and will not be streamed or recorded.

Erika Cheung is the Executive Director of Ethics in Entrepreneurship, a non-profit organization with the mission to embed ethical questioning, culture, and systems in startup ecosystems worldwide.

She began her career as a medical researcher in the biotechnology industry and is most famously known for her role in reporting the medical diagnostic company Theranos to health regulators. Her report subsequently led to the shutdown of Theranos’ clinical lab which prevented the company from providing false medical results to thousands of patients. This account is covered in the book Bad Blood by John Carreyrou, “60 Minutes,” ABC Podcast: “The Drop Out” and Alex Gibney’s documentary “The Inventor: Out for Blood In Silicon Valley.”

Cheung went on to help launch a technology accelerator in Hong Kong supporting early-stage technology investments across the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. She continues to advise and support the development of biotechnology and healthcare initiatives across APAC in addition to her work at Ethics in Entrepreneurship.

“Ethical Leadership: Cautionary Tales from Theranos and Silicon Valley” is organized by Seattle University’s Center for Business Ethics with partnering sponsors Student Government of Seattle University (SGSU) and School of Law's Technology, Innovation Law, and Ethics (TILE) program.

Tuesday, March 12, noon
Online: Two ways to watch:

• Register at FOCUS24 | Faith, Democracy & Our Common Future
• Watch together at CEIE’s office in Harding 141: RSVP to CEIE Assistant Driection Rev. Dr. Kara Markell: markellk@seattleu.edu.

Center for Ecumenical and Interreligious Engagement (CEIE) Director and Spehar-Halligan Professor Rev. Dr. Michael Trice will moderate this discussion with leading experts on the intersection of religion and public life.

Religious communities and interfaith councils play specific and positive roles in civic life that can assist leaders in addressing major social issues, respond to moral challenges and ritualize significant milestones that impact a diverse country. As we approach the upcoming U.S. Presidential Election, considering the current divisions among voters and fragmented societal connections, how can religious communities and interfaith councils contribute generatively to our society? What are the past examples and current challenge points that enable us to forecast options for engagement in the future? Join experienced leaders in responding to these questions on March 12.

Saturday, March 16, 9 a.m.– 4 p.m.
LeRoux Conference Room (Student Center 160)
Registration required for this free event

All are welcome to join the Creation Care Network for its annual environmental justice summit. Gather to pray, learn and discern our collective commitment to ecological justice. The day will include:

• Young Adult Fireside Chat: Responding to Laudate Deum
• Mass with Archbishop Paul D. Etienne
• Update on Lower Snake River
• Workshops on Laudate Deum, Climate Anxiety & Apathy, and Creation Care Team Network Building
• Group reflections and much more!

Please join in celebrating the recent and well-deserved transitions of our esteemed colleagues into new roles within Seattle University. Each month, we’ll share the names of those who have made internal moves. We take pride in recognizing their dedication and expertise, which have been vital to our community, and we are excited to see their continued contributions in these new capacities, reflecting their exceptional skills, commitment and positive impact at SU. Let's congratulate them and wish them ongoing success in their new roles!

Employees in New Roles: February 2024

• Leio Heyenrath – Enterprise Applications Manager
• Laura Reeve – Campus Applications Manager
• Anh Huynh – Service Desk Lead
• Rainer Schmidig – Classroom and Event Services Lead
• Alexander Brock – Endpoint Management Lead
• Laura Hauck-Vixie – Assistant Director of the University Core and First Year Academic Engagement
• Randy Scott – Associate Director, Counseling & Psychological Services
• Emma Adkins – IT Project Manager

If you or one of your direct reports have made a move in the previous month but are not listed above, please contact HRoperations@seattleu.edu and let us know so we can include them next time.  

Staff and faculty are invited to help to find candidates for open staff positions. Please view the full list of postings or check out this week’s highlighted opportunities: 

Technical Director/Shop Supervisor (College of Arts & Sciences, Theatre Program)

Director of Communications, Academics (Marketing Communications)

Graduate Program Coordinator (College of Nursing)

In commemoration of Independence Day, Seattle University will observe both July 4 and July 5 as paid university holidays this year. The additional day of observance derived from a request made by Staff Council’s Review, Benefits and Compensation Committee.

Thursday, March 7, 4:30-7:30 p.m.
Vachon Gallery (Fine Arts Building)

The Department of Visual Arts invites you to the opening of this exhibition, which features works by SU students in the Advanced Studio Course. The exhibit will be available to view from March 7 to 29, Monday to Friday, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

More information can be found here.

Wednesday, March 6, 4:30–7:30 p.m.
Hedreen Gallery (Lee Center for the Arts)

Celebrate the opening of “Roughly Embroidered” with featured artist Gabrielle Wambaugh, who will discuss the work she has created during her residency at Seattle University. The artist talk will take place at 5 p.m. and food and drink will be served.

Artist Gabrielle Wambaugh has created the work that will appear in “Roughly Embroidered” while in residence at Seattle University, thanks to the generosity of the Pigott Family Endowment for the Arts. This work is a mixture of drawings, ceramics and embroidery. It features many different materials in striking juxtaposition. Color is added through fabric and other materials. Natural elements also play a role in how Wambaugh is creating her work. 

Wambaugh is interested in the transformation and flexibility of materials. Air, water and fire form the essence of her use of ceramics. Then comes the texture imprints by either contact or aggregation. In her work she also likes to assemble, weaving every diverse link between multiple sources. As Wambaugh says “I assemble because I believe in what we cannot see, I bring together spaces, emptiness, and the spaces in between.” 

About the Artist

Gabrielle Wambaugh primarily works with ceramics. She graduated from the Beaux-Arts in Paris and works and lives in Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Picardy, France.  

Wambaugh won the Altadis Prize in 2002, with a first monograph published by Actes Sud, and she received her first public commission in 2003 in the city of Daegu, South Korea. In 2005 and 2006, she was invited for the research program at the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres, City of Ceramics. In 2007-8, 2014, 2018, 2022 and 2023, she was invited for new research on stoneware and explored "fusions" at the European Ceramic Work Centre (EKWC) Holland. As a Norma Lipman Research Fellowship, she lived for several years in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, and received publication support from the Arts Council of England. 

Wambaugh's work has been featured in numerous museums, art centers, and private galleries in Europe, the United States, South Korea, and China, Le Grand Hornu in Belgium, the Capitol Museum in Rome, the International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza, Italy, as well as the Prince's Palace of Monaco. She has participated in Ceramix at the Bonnefanten Museum in Maastricht, the Netherlands, the Sèvres Museum and the Maison Rouge, Fondation Antoine de Galbert.

For more information, visit Roughly Embroidered.  

It’s the end of February and Black History Month. The Lemieux Library, in partnership with the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, recently published a reading guide for “The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church,” by Rachel L. Swarns. This powerful read is strongly recommended, and the guide will serve as a tool to further explore your own thoughts on the important story that Swarns tells.

• About “The 272” | In 1838 a group of America’s most prominent Catholic priests sold 272 enslaved people to save their largest mission project, what is now Georgetown University. This groundbreaking story follows one family through nearly two centuries of indentured servitude and enslavement to uncover the harrowing origin story of the Catholic Church in the United States. 

Search the Library Catalog for “The 272” for both physical and audio versions of this title.

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff,

Get ready to practice safety firsthand! On March 6 at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m., Seattle University will be conducting a crucial shelter-in-place drill. This exercise is designed to prepare our community for potential threats like armed intruders or hazardous materials incidents. Your participation is vital in ensuring everyone's safety during emergencies.

During a shelter-in-place drill, participants are required to seek safe shelter within the building when external conditions pose a threat that makes leaving unsafe. This practice ensures that individuals are prepared to protect themselves in situations where finding a secure location is crucial. By familiarizing ourselves with these procedures, we can swiftly find secure locations during emergencies, ensuring our safety and well-being.

Shelter-in-Place Drill Details 

• Date & Time: March 6 at 11 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
• Duration: Approximately three minutes
• Communication: Look out for alerts from Seattle University Emergency Notifications via text, desktop alerts, and e-mail
• Building Alarms: Will not sound during the drill
• Card readers: Will briefly switch to controlled access during the drill.

How to Participate 

1. Seek shelter in a secure location such as your residence, classroom, office or nearby building.
2. Stay in place until notified by Emergency Notifications that the drill has concluded.
3. Unlock any locked doors once the drill is over.
4. Resume your normal activities after receiving confirmation that the drill has ended.

In Case of a Real Event 

• Armed Intruder:
  RUN: Quickly move away from the threat, know your exits and call 911.
  HIDE: Secure yourself, stay quiet and monitor emergency notifications
  DEFEND: Be prepared to protect yourself if necessary
  
  
• Hazardous Materials Emergency:
  Secure yourself in a room, close windows, seal air inlets, and contact emergency services.

Your safety is our top priority. Let's work together to ensure we are prepared for any situation that may arise. Stay informed, stay safe! To learn more about what to do during an Armed Intruder Incident, refer to our information linked here. For more information on sheltering in place during hazardous materials incidents, please refer to Washington State’s guidelines at Shelter in place-Hazardous materials.

Thank you for your cooperation and commitment to safety.

To sign up for emergency text alerts, text SeattleUAlert to 79516.

- Public Safety

Staff and faculty are invited to help to find candidates for open staff positions. Please view the full list of postings or check out this week’s highlighted opportunities: 

Advancement Coordinator

Student Financial Services Counselor (Staff/Student Financial Services)

Station Manager (Student Media)

Associate Director Center for Professional Development (School of Law)

Daily: Thursday, March 7 – Friday, March 15
Weekdays: 12:30–1:30 PM
Saturday and Sunday: 11 a.m.–noon
Chapel of St. Ignatius

This Lent, the Center for Jesuit Education and Ignatian Spirituality Center invite you to take one hour a day for a retreat amid daily life. Join for any or all of the nine days of reflection, music and preaching within the context of a contemplative prayer service. Learn more about the presenters and more at Novena of Grace.

Dr. anton ward-zanotto with Dr. Tess Barker, ASCA executive director, and Christina Parle, ASCA past president. (Photo by Adam Bacher)

Assistant Dean of Students anton ward-zanotto, PhD, was awarded both the 2024 Dixon-McFadden Award and 2024 Dissertation of the Year during the Association for Student Conduct Administration (ASCA) Annual Conference held in Portland, Ore.

The Dixon-McFadden Award recognizes an individual who has been a trailblazer on their campus as it relates to student conduct and has enhanced the lives of students by going above and beyond. Dr. ward-zanotto’s nominator writes of his work enhancing the field, as well as students’ lives, by “creating safe learning spaces that foster an inclusive, supportive environment for students, ensuring they feel heard and know their rights when going through the conduct process” and through his “advocacy for diversity and inclusion by combating oppressive behavior.”

ward-zanotto continues to contribute to the profession and to ASCA through his role as Research Committee Co-Chair and his publications. The Dissertation of the Year Award recognizes a dissertation that makes an exceptional contribution to research on issues directly related to student conduct administration in higher education. ward-zanotto's dissertation, completed at Colorado State University, is titled “Words Matter: How Institutional Disruption Policies Reinforce White Power In Higher Education." 

His work notes that “student conduct exists as the intersection of student development theory, legal compliance and institutional policies,” and that despite literature showing racial disparities in K-12 and criminal systems, there is little research for this in higher ed and usually conduct research focuses on student learning or administrator practices.” This dissertation was selected from many that were reviewed through a rigorous review process.

Held Jan. 31–Feb. 3, the ASCA Conference drew nearly 650 student conduct and student affairs practitioners for a professional development experience.

Since its inception in 1986, ASCA has been at the forefront of supporting campus judicial officers and student conduct practitioners. Learn more at ASCA.

Wednesday, Feb. 28, 11 a.m.–noon
Pigott 100
Register here

2024 signifies the midpoint in Reigniting Our Strategic Directions for 2022-2027. Throughout Winter Quarter, the Office of Strategic Directions is actively engaged in a campus-wide listening tour, inviting input from all our faculty, staff and students. Your feedback will play an important role in shaping the content of the upcoming Midway Report, scheduled to be released in May.

The objectives are to discern key milestones that have marked our progress and identify essential commitments as we navigate the path forward toward 2027. Emphasizing inclusivity, this event is one of two open forums offered to all members of our academic community.

For those unable to participate directly, a survey will be hosted in March, providing an alternative avenue for our community to shape our strategic path forward. 

Something big is happening on Thursday, Feb. 29. It’s Seattle U Gives, an opportunity to give back to the Redhawk causes you care about the most. As faculty and staff, you see firsthand the transformative impact of a Seattle University education—you help create it.

• Show your SU-pport by joining with colleagues on Feb. 29 from 8:30-10:30 a.m. at the Student Center Hearth for the Seattle U Gives Faculty and Staff Breakfast. Stop by for coffee and sweet treats to kick off the big day. This is your chance to snap some photos to share on social and promote SU Gives and even enter a drawing to win some awesome swag.
  
  
• During the 24-hour window of SU Gives, you are invited to invest in the programs that are most meaningful to you. There are hundreds of different funds to support, with many highlighted at Seattle U Gives. Your gifts, no matter the size, can support the SU Fund, scholarships, the Redhawk Club, the Seattle University Youth Initiative, Athletics, Campus Ministry, specific schools and colleges and more. Learn more about featured funds or make an early gift here. 

Help identify candidates for the 2024 Archbishop Raymond G. Hunthausen Award. 

Each year we celebrate two outstanding graduating students, one undergraduate and one graduate, with the Hunthausen Award. The award celebrates students for their leadership, academic excellence and faith. Each recipient delivers the valedictory address at their respective Commencement Ceremony.

Faculty and staff are invited to nominate students through March 11. For more details about criteria, the selection process and the nomination form, please visit the Valedictory Address page of the Commencement website.

“Celebrating the Sacred: Making Connections through Creativity”
Monday, March 4
Noon—lunch available| 12:15–1:30 p.m. program
Oberto Commons (Sinegal Center, second floor)
Lunch and beverages provided
Please RSVP by Friday, March 1 

Take time for life-giving reflection, nourishing community and creative inspiration with staff and faculty women across campus who value the university’s mission. Join the entire Women in Mission community for lunch and an Ignatian-inspired collaging exercise* with reflective prompts to help you celebrate the sacred in yourself and others.

We’ll share our stories and discover our unique contributions to the mission of the university. All are welcome, whether you’re new to or familiar with Women in Mission!

*If you prefer to do reflective writing, please bring a notebook or journal.

Contact Andrea Fontana if you have magazines to share, or if you have any questions.

Sponsored by the Center for Jesuit Education.

Monday, March 4, 6–9 p.m.; callbacks on Tuesday, March 5 
Lee Center for the Arts (905 12^th Ave)
Please complete this audition form.
No need to prepare anything. Do dress to move. This is a play with music; some characters will sing, but no need for trained voices.

Directed by Johamy Morales, associate artistic director of Seattle Children's Theatre, Mary Zimmerman's The Secret in the Wings adapts a group of lesser-known fairy tales to create a theatrical work that sets their dark mystery against her signature wit and humor. The framing story concerns a child and the frightening babysitter with whom her parents leave her. As the babysitter reads from a book, the characters in each of the tales materialize, with each tale breaking off just at its bleakest moment before giving way to the next one.

There are copies of the script outside of the Admin Office in the Fine Arts Building

You do not need to be a theatre major to audition! 

Rehearsals for The Secret in the Wings will begin after spring break, held in the evenings and some Saturdays, during the spring quarter. Performances will take place in the Lee Center May 8–18.

For more information, contact Assistant Professor Janet Hayatshahi at jhayatshahi@seattleu.edu.

Let's Go Redhawks! The competition among AJCU Schools is fierce as we head into the final week of the Go Move Challenge. See how SU is doing in the competition.

Closer to home: as of this past Friday, there are seven SU Teams that have logged an average of 1,000+ minutes per team member. Kudos to members of the following teams:

1. SMartin's SMovers: Average of 1,678 minutes per team member
2. SU Math Moves ATION: 1,664 minutes
3. CCE Movers & Shakers: 1,228 minutes
4. UREC: 1,222 minutes
5. ITS Bod Squad: 1,117 minutes
6. Human REPsources: 1,045 minutes
7. MG Patrick H. Brady Flex: 1,000 minutes

The Go Move Challenge ends this Thursday, and the last day to enter your time into the Go Move website is Friday, March 1.    

The Redhawk Center Parking Lot at 14th and E. Jefferson (P7 on campus map) will be closed for an event from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 29. Any vehicles parked in the lot during that time are subject to citation and/or impoundment. Thank you for your cooperation. Please contact Transportation and Parking Services with any questions at (206) 296-5992.

The university is updating its list of those who have served in the U.S. military that work at SU. If you served, we'd like to acknowledge your service in the "I Served" campaign. By raising visibility of those at Seattle U who have served, you will let our current veteran, military-connected and currently active students know that they are not alone.

If you would like a placard letting our current and prospective students know that you served, a placard will be sent to you to post in your window or door. Please fill out this form.

Stop by Education Abroad's table in the Pigott Atrium today to celebrate National Study Abroad Day! Try your hand at some of our education abroad-themed games: Country Quiz in 5 minutes, Celebrity Study Abroad Guessing Game and World Capitals Crossword Puzzle.

National Study Abroad Day Zoom Backgrounds and E-mail Signature Stickers 

Have a virtual meeting? Select from a wide range of National Study Abroad Day Zoom backgrounds (still and video formats). AND add a sticker in your e-mail signature line to let folks know you've studied or worked abroad:

• Zoom Backgrounds & Signature Stickers

The MOSAIC Center invites students to participate in its Link Space Study.  

The Link Space Study is an opportunity to assess if and how well we are meeting the intended outcomes of the Links by the MOSAIC Center resource. The results from this study will help with the Links redesign project, which include decisions about furniture, space layout, paint and more. The MOSAIC Center wants to hear from students (undergraduate, graduate and law) about how we can better support their time at Seattle University through this resource.

The Links are six community spaces located throughout campus to support the day-to-day needs of various student populations. The Links include: 

• Commuter Link (1103 Building) 
• Graduate Student & Adult Learner Link (SINE 120) 
• Outreach Link (STCN 110) 
• Transfer Link (STCN 310) 
• Intercultural Link (STCN 322) 
• Pride Link (STCN 390) 

The survey will be open through March 15, and students can enter for a chance to win a $75 gift card. Questions? Please reach out to mosaic@seattleu.edu.

Tuesday, March 5, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Pigott Auditorium

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion is excited to invite all students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends to the Winter Quarter installment of Red Talks:

Dear Professor, They Call My School the Slave Ship: BIPOC Educators on Healing, Love, and Hope in the Pursuit of Justice and the Creation of a Better World
with Charisse Cowan Pitre, Ph.D., College of Education

In this talk, Professor Cowan Pitre shares lessons from more than two decades of teaching and learning with K-12 teachers working to advance justice through education. She invites us to consider how the experiences and voices of BIPOC educators and others working to dismantle inequitable educational systems can help us resist all systems of oppression and gain renewed hope during dark and uncertain times. 

To request a calendar invitation for this event, please complete this form.

Dear Students, Faculty, and Staff:

With the implementation of campus-wide Multi-Factor Authentication, we have seen a significant reduction in compromised internal accounts. However, this has meant an increase in external “spoofing” e-mails as attackers continue to look for ways to conduct scams. The best way to defend against this is to know what to look for and to stay vigilant. Here are some tips to help prevent your account from being compromised.

What is e-mail spoofing?

E-mail spoofing is a technique used in spam and phishing attacks to trick users into thinking a message came from a person or entity they know or trust. This can be accomplished in many ways including copying the format used for a legitimate website or e-mail, creating an e-mail address/domain that looks similar or forging the name/e-mail address of someone you know.

In this case, most of the spoofing e-mails targeting our campus copy a name they find on the Seattle University website and then use it to change the name of a Gmail account they have taken over. This does not mean that the SU account has been hacked. Common examples of scams from these types of spoofing e-mails are selling expensive items at a deep discount or asking for a favor because they are in a meeting and are unavailable for a phone call.

What do I do if I receive one of these e-mails?

Before responding, please make a note of the e-mail address that the message is coming from. On mobile apps, often only the Display Name is shown (which can be forged), so you might need to tap the area around where the “from” name is located to expand the details.

Please report the original scam e-mail using the “Report Message” button and select “phishing.” More details can be found here: Reporting Phishing. Using this feature sends a copy of the e-mail directly to the Security Team. We prioritize phishing which is spoofing SU accounts.

You do not need to forward the e-mail directly to ITS staff or report any replies you send from your account.

Please contact the Service Desk if you or someone else has given any potentially sensitive or financial information to the scammer.

An event in support of the Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple
Saturday, March 9, 3 p.m.
Wyckoff Auditorium—Bannan Building 244 (E)
Reception at 2:30 p.m. in the Bannan Gallery and East Lobby
RSVP (and/or donate) here

The Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture’s Interreligious Dialogue Initiative is hosting the local premiere of the award-winning film, Carving the Divine: Buddhist Sculptors of Japan, which explores the Buddhist practice of healing through the work of the ki-busshi (the sculptors who follow the 1,400-year-old art of carving Buddhas out of wood).

An official selection for more than 30 film festivals, the film’s many awards include the Best Director Award of a Foreign Language Documentary at World Cinema Milan. Following the film, director Yujiro Seki will zoom in from Japan for discussion and questions about the project.

On New Year’s Eve, SU's neighbors at the Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple were victimized by arson. The damage was significant, including the loss of an invaluable archive. It will be many months before they can open again, and the costly repairs have begun. Donations from this event will go directly to support the repairs.

Thursday, Feb. 29, 12:30–1:30 p.m.
RSVP here by Feb. 28 

The Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP) is proud to support faculty interested in applying to the suite of Fulbright Programs. OSP, in partnership with the Office of Global Engagement, is hosting an info session and faculty panel in preparation of the 2025–26 Fulbright Scholar application window. Attend this session to learn more about Fulbright programs and application process with a focus on the Scholar and Specialists programs, and hear from past Fulbright Scholars and Specialists, featuring Gretchen Bennett, John Carter, Serena Cosgrove and Michael Kern, about their experiences abroad.

Please direct any questions to osp@seattleu.edu.

Tuesday, Feb. 27, 12:30–1:20 p.m.
Oberto Commons, Sinegal 200 (Virtual option available.)
RSVP

You are invited to a compelling conversation with Eric Alterman, author of We Are Not One: A History of America’s Fight Over Israel. 

Eric Alterman is an American historian, journalist, author, media critic, blogger and educator. He is a CUNY Distinguished Professor of English and Journalism at Brooklyn College and author of 11 books. From 1995 to 2020, Alterman was "The Liberal Media" columnist for The Nation. 

Sponsored by the Office of the President and Office of the Provost, this event will be moderated by Joni Balter.

TILT: Assignment adjustments for equity, retention, and belonging

Option 1: Tuesday, Feb. 27 | 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. | Via Zoom | Zoom link provided upon registration

Option 2: Wed, Feb. 28 | 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. | Casey Commons (CASY 530) | Coffee, tea and snacks provided

Co-sponsored by the Center for Faculty Development and Reimagine and Revise the Curriculum

Co-facilitated by Katherine Raichle (Center for Faculty Development) and Jennifer Marrone (Management)

Transparent Design in Learning and Teaching (TILT) is a teaching approach involving a minor redesign of assignments that helps students better understand how and why they are learning course content.

TILT has been shown to benefit both students and faculty. For students, TILT boosts students’ sense of belonging, retention and academic achievement, with additional gains in achievement for students from underrepresented backgrounds. For faculty, implementing TILT results in higher-quality student work, allowing faculty to feel greater satisfaction in their grading and teaching, as well as saved time.

Please remember to bring with you a copy of an upcoming assignment to apply the TILT approach to. You might want to focus on assignments where you’re disappointed with students’ performance, where you get a lot of push-back or questions from students, or where you find student motivation lacking.

» Register

The MOSAIC Center is excited to announce the launch of our SU UndocuAlly Training. This will be a two-part training centered on equipping SU staff and faculty to support undocumented students in their work.

Session 1 will cover definitions, terminology, myth-busting and relevant state and federal policies. Session 2 will cover application of concepts, what it means to be an UndocuAlly, how to assist undocumented students throughout their time at SU and sharing resources.

Training details:

• Session 1: Tuesday, March 5, 9 to 10:30 a.m., Student Center 210
• Session 2: Thursday, March 7, 9 to 10:30 a.m., Stuart T. Rolfe Community Room (ADAL)

*Participation at BOTH sessions is required. After the training, participants will receive an UndocuAlly placard and be invited to sign up for SU’s UndocuAlly Directory.

To register, please complete this form by the end of Friday, March 1. A calendar invite will be sent to confirm your registration. The training will be capped at 35 participants and will be offered again later in the spring quarter.

Please forward this information to any colleagues you think may be interested in this opportunity. E-mail grios@seattleu.edu with any questions.

Thursday, Feb. 29, noon to 2 p.m.
Oberto Commons (SINE 200)
Students: Register on Handshake

Learning a new language and culture is an important career skillset in many industries. Encourage your students to join this lunchtime employer panel and tabling sessions to network and learn more about future opportunities.

The purpose of this event is to demonstrate to students that acquiring proficiency in a new language and understanding different cultures is a valuable skill set in numerous industries.

The Career Engagement Office, College of Arts and Sciences and Modern Languages and Cultures are excited to have six diverse panelists participating in the discussion:

• David Yamaguchi, Executive Director of the Japan-American Society of the State of Washington 
• Di Han, Youth Readiness Training—Asian Counseling and Referral Services 
• Stephanie Dib Wietstruck, Staff Attorney and Interpreter—Northwest Immigrant Rights Project 
• Dara Yin, Diplomat in Residence—Northwest (Alaska, Oregon, Washington)- U.S. Department of State 
• Rut Perez-Studer, Senior Manager of Fishing Vessel Services—Port of Seattle 
• Stacy Chandler, Middle School Head at French American School of Puget Sound

Staff and faculty are invited to help to find candidates for open staff positions. Please view the full list of postings or check out this week’s highlighted opportunities: 

• Associate Director of Development, Albers School of Business & Economics
• Director of Campus Retail Services, Facilities Administration
• Communications Representative, Office of the Registrar
• Director of Financial Planning and Analysis, Finance & Business Affairs

Dear Colleague,

You are warmly invited for connection and conversation at our next Colleagues in Jesuit Education:

“Practices and Rituals that Build Connection and Belonging”
Tuesday, March 5, 4–5:30 p.m.*
STCN 160 (LeRoux Room)

Featuring

Byron Au Yong | Fine Arts and Arts Leadership

Paige Gardner |Student Development Administration

Rashmi Chordiya | Public Administration

Jeanette Rodriguez | Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture

Please join us to explore the theme of Recentering and Reconnecting while Reimagining emerging from SU’s Common Text, Braiding Sweetgrass.  We will draw from the expertise, wisdom and insight of our colleagues about how to create practices that build connection and belonging among ourselves and our students, while honoring the diverse identities within our SU community.

* Program

3:45 p.m.  – Enjoy time to connect over food and wine

4:15 p.m.  – Program

5:30 p.m.  – Further conversation and refreshments

To receive an Outlook invitation, please contact Center for Jesuit Education. We hope you’ll join us for what should be an enlivening evening together!

– The Center for Jesuit Education team

Friday, Feb. 23, 3:30–5:30 p.m.
Advancement and Alumni Building, Stuart Rolfe Room 

It is vital that faculty have access to inclusive spaces for sharing conversation about our Catholic and Jesuit educational mission from the perspectives offered by our diverse academic disciplines. In service to this goal, the Division of Mission Integration sponsors a series of gatherings for faculty titled “Interdisciplinary Dialogues on Social Justice,” facilitated by Michael Jaycox (Theology and Religious Studies Department).

All faculty members are warmly invited to attend the second gathering in this series, which is titled “Abolition as a Spiritual Struggle.” Vincent Lloyd (Villanova University) will be a guest voice invited into the conversation. Light refreshments will be served. Learn more and RSVP here.

Winter Catholic Heritage Lecture:
Accessing the Imagination for Hope and Healing
James L. Heft, S.M.
Wednesday, Feb. 21, 4 p.m.
Join for a reception at 3:30 p.m.
LeRoux Conference Room (Student Center 160)
RSVP here (In-person and remote options available)

We live in a world of polarization, violence and human fragility. Destructive behavior of all kinds, both inside and outside the Church, fuel these tragic times. Can Catholic thought and practice offer hope, healing, inclusion and reconciliation? What particular resources, intellectual and moral, can a Catholic and Jesuit university offer our divided and weary world?  

Fr. James L. Heft S.M. (Marianist) is Scholar in Residence at the University of Dayton, and Founder and President Emeritus of the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies (IACS) at USC. His recent books include Empty Churches: Non-Affiliation in America, 2021 and The Future of Catholic Higher Education: The Open Circle, 2021.

Wednesday, Feb. 21
Between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Bellarmine Turnaround
(Between Bellarmine Hall and Sullivan Hall School of Law)

Have too much “stuff” at home? Get your spring cleaning done early and bring in your home, office or dorm recyclables to SU’s Annual Community Recycling Day for FREE recycling and donations. View the flyer. Interested in volunteering? Sign up here.

Read the February Interfaith Roundup.

The Interfaith News Roundup is a CEIE-sponsored monthly publication through its online journal, The Interfaith Observer. Concise paragraphs summarize relevant religious/interfaith stories that impact society. Each paragraph is linked to the full story it introduces.

“But there is another “R” that precedes these academic subjects that is even more critical for overall success. Without it, students, teachers and school employees of all kinds are subject to discrimination and unfair disadvantages. This basic element of public education is Religious freedom”
-Dr. Rob Sellers, in a section titled Democracy at Risk 

Dr. Rob Sellers is an active participant in the interfaith movement locally (as president multiple years of the Abilene Interfaith Council), nationally (as a member of the Interfaith Commission of the National Council of Churches USA) and internationally (as a member of the Interfaith Relations Commission of the Baptist World Alliance and a trustee of the Parliament of the World’s Religions). Sellers has a passion for the interfaith movement and for working cooperatively with persons of multiple faith traditions. 

Topics Include: democracy at risk, religious freedom in public schools and attacks on the separation of Church and State.

Engage more with CEIE and its programs at CEIE’s website, the Religica Theolab website and The Interfaith Observer.

Thursday, Feb. 22, 2:30–3:50 p.m.
Student Center 160
RSVP here
Open to all faculty and staff

In Phase 1 the University Core Working Group, in consultation with all Seattle University faculty and campus stakeholders, presented a revised set of UCOR curricular goals (2022-2023). These reimagined goals are now guiding the revision of the Core structure in Phase 2 (2023-2024). 

Please join us as the working group: 

1. Shares feedback we have gathered to date. 
2. Introduces revised Core curriculum models under consideration. 
3. Solicits your feedback through small- and large-group discussion.  

Beyond the introduction of these elements at the forum, the working group plans to offer other opportunities to provide feedback through surveys and listening sessions this term. 

Your feedback is crucial to the task of reimagining our distinctive foundational education. All faculty and academic staff are welcome to join the conversation as the Core prepares students for their major coursework. The working group is particularly interested in receiving feedback from the faculty who teach in the University Core.  To supplement the group's engagement events, a feedback survey is available here.

Ahead of this event, you are invited to visit the RRC site, Reimagining in the University Core. Here you'll find links to materials from our previous forums and opportunities to provide feedback on individual elements of the revised models.

Friday, Feb. 16, 2–3 p.m.
Lemieux Library 351

Explore journaling as a way to relieve academic and personal stress and anxiety. Learn about different styles of journaling and try various prompts. *Journals will be provided for use!