SPU赞助“帮助青少年”工作坊
On October 12, 2013, 心理学院的顾问委员会, Family, and Community offered a workshop titled “Helping Teens Through Turbulence” for parents, teachers, counselors, 以及青少年抑郁症方面的青年工作者, substance abuse, and recovery. Experts from Yellowstone Boys and Girls Ranch and SPU’s Clinical Psychology program provided strategies to help teens through challenging years.
共同学习日关注青年
Thomas Maridada of the Children’s Defense Fund gave the keynote address at SPU’s 12th annual Day of Common Learning on October 16, 2013. 国家教育政策主任, practice, and strategic initiatives at CDF kicked off a day of community conversation on the theme “Helping Youth Flourish.”
弗里茨伯格的辅导计划服务于西雅图的学校
Future high school counselors studying in SPU’s School of Education are employed by a nonprofit founded and directed by 教育学教授格雷格·弗里茨伯格. 西雅图学校大学导师, 支持K-12学生的学校, 获得约750美元,000 in City of Seattle, 西雅图学区, 以及2012-13学年和2013-14学年的州资助.
护理专业学生与老年人合作
The Older Adult Partnership Project in the 卫生科学学院 matched 64 SPU nursing students with more than 30 senior citizens living independently in the Seattle area. 在护理指导卡罗尔·雷德菲尔德的指导下, the students spent eight months developing therapeutic relationships with their older adult partners and learned about geriatric health issues and challenges.
SPU举办青年事工会议
Open Seattle, 来自太平洋西北地区的144名青年牧师的聚会, was hosted on campus by SPU’s School of Theology and the youth ministry organization Youth Cartel on October 26, 2013. An “open source” conference at which each session was led by a conference attendee, the event was a conversation about youth ministry from an academic and a cultural perspective.
SPU举办杰出的商业演讲
Sonny Vu, founder, chairman, MisfitWearables的首席执行官, was the keynote speaker for the 2013 Business as Calling Day on November 7, 2013. 商学院的学生从Vu在一家高科技公司的经历中学习, 生产健身追踪设备的跨国创业公司. 院长演讲系列, 也是由工商经济学院赞助的, 使商科学生能够听取兰德尔·莱恩的意见并与之互动, director of global diversity and inclusion at Cisco; Dana Manciagli, career coach and former Microsoft general manager; and Russell Dean Lowell, 年度华盛顿独立报餐厅老板. 将于1月21日举行wall杰出演讲系列午宴, 2014, featured Craig Jelinek, 好市多的总裁兼首席执行官.
赖特填补了布鲁厄姆对诗篇的陈述
Theologian N.T. Wright spoke to more than 1,600 people in SPU’s Royal Brougham Pavilion on November 13, 2013. 他的主题是基于他最近的一本书， 诗篇的理由:为什么它们是必不可少的. 世界上最著名的圣经学者之一, 赖特是近60本书的获奖作者, and chair of New Testament and Early Christianity in the School of Divinity at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
斯图尔特和学生运行干预计划
临床心理学副教授戴夫·斯图尔特, 还有研究生和本科生, 继续在当地高中实施READY项目. Project READY (Reducing the Effects of Alcohol and Drugs on Youth) is an intervention program that has helped more than 300 teens markedly reduce their alcohol and marijuana use over six years.
师生在圣诞音乐会上表演
SPU’s 14th annual Sacred Sounds of Christmas concert drew a sold-out audience to Seattle’s McCaw Hall on December 3, 2013. 这次活动展示了学生和教师的音乐家, 谁为超过2人演奏了最好的降临节和圣诞音乐,700 people.
会议探讨“从灵魂转变到社会变革”
The School of Theology, in partnership with the Pacific Northwest Conference of the Free Methodist Church, 2月22日主持了一场地区种族和解会议, 2014. 议长布伦达·索尔特·麦克尼尔, associate professor of reconciliation studies at SPU and nationally known reconciliation advocate, 谈到了和解和教堂, 探索了一种新的种族和解模式, social justice, and spiritual healing.
桂冠指挥家施瓦茨系列讲座
The Music Department’s Futures in Music Lecture Series featured Seattle Symphony Conductor Laureate Gerard Schwarz on March 3, 2014. 施瓦茨向学生和公众讲述了音乐领导力. This new lecture series is made possible by SPU’s Spiritual and Educational Resources for Vocational Exploration (SERVE) program.
新的合作伙伴关系使护士获得学位
In an effort to help Seattle-area registered nurses earn bachelor of science in nursing degrees, the 卫生科学学院 partnered with the SEIU Multi-Employer Training Fund to enroll working nurses in SPU’s RN to BSN program. 在当地医院开设课程, 包括山谷医疗中心, Swedish Medical Center, 和团体保健合作社.
阿尔斯伯里担任学校董事会特别工作组的顾问
由教育联盟委任, Professor of Educational Administration and Supervision Thomas Alsbury served on the Seattle School Board Task Force, a nonprofit organization focused on the improvement of Seattle Public Schools. Among other things, he advised Seattle high school students who managed a debate between candidates for the Seattle School Board. All told, Alsbury has worked with school boards in 15 American states and 15 countries.
Albright Visits SPU
The first woman U.S. Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, spoke to 1,100 business and community leaders at SPU’s annual Downtown Business Breakfast on April 4, 2014. The evening before, 奥尔布赖特吸引了一群人,800 — including newly admitted students and their parents — to campus for a lecture and conversation about world events.
史密斯头条教会领袖论坛
On April 9, 2014, 西雅图太平洋神学院 welcomed James Bryan Smith as the keynote speaker for a Church Leaders Forum, “How We Are Formed ... And Transformed.” Smith, executive director of the Apprentice Institute for Christian Spiritual Formation and theology professor at Friends University in Wichita, Kansas, 讨论了用基督的思想取代虚假的叙述, 以及这样做对门徒训练和转变的影响.
“幼儿心理健康”公开讲座
4月15日，希瑟·卡迈克尔·奥尔森来到校园, 2014, 作为心理学院的一部分, Family, and Community’s Initiative for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. 她就“幼儿心理健康:问题和解决办法”发表了讲话.” Carmichael Olson directs the Early Childhood Mental Health Clinic at Seattle Children’s Hospital, and is clinical professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
国有企业教师获得资助，以评估学校的倡议
教育学院的丹·毕晓普教授, Andrew Lumpe, 罗宾·亨里克森获得了210美元,000 grant from the Washington state Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to conduct an evaluation of a three-year project focused on public schools in Washington. 这项倡议是由一个2美元.4 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation called “Transforming Professional Learning Systems for Reform: Common Core Standards.” The SPU faculty members will conduct research on the impact of the statewide project on school district reform efforts, teacher practices, and student learning.
拨款资助教会的信心和工作倡议
This spring, SPU was awarded a $112,000 grant from the Kern Foundation to develop church-based communities of practice around faith and work. The initiative will be spearheaded by SPU’s Center for Biblical and Theological Education in the School of Theology, and the Center for Integrity in Business in the School of Business and Economics.