About ASSP

Our Mission

We, the students of Seattle Pacific University, are committed to further a spirit of community, ensure a voice in institutional affairs, and promote an atmosphere conducive to individual and corporate growth with a Christ-centered perspective.

We commit to supporting and challenging our fellow students and the University through intellectual inquiry, exploration of the Christian faith, respect and recognition for all people and cultures, and service to the community and world.

Thanks for demonstrating enough interest in our organization to come and check out our website. In truth, it is actually your organization. The Associated Students of Seattle Pacific, affectionately known as ASSP, is the organized undergraduate student voice on the SPU campus that collectively utilizes a budget of over one-half million dollars annually. Our 70+ paid student employees and hundreds of volunteers bring a level of passion and zeal to their work that is hard to match in many places on campus, and even in the larger community.

How we work

Our organization consists of several divisions including, Campus Activities, Campus Ministries, the ASSP Senate and Executive branch, and Student Media. Individually and collectively these departments work to live out our motto of "students serving students" by doing things like programming all-campus events and bringing concerts to the SPU campus. The ministries team works to ensure the development and continuance of the residence hall Student Ministry Coordinator program and the Chapel and GROUP programs. The ASSP Senate works hard to give students a voice in administration and faculty affairs by facilitating student representation on high level university committees, including the Board of Trustees. The club officers work hard to facilitate interaction among students and community leaders by focusing on a broad spectrum of interests that are as diverse as the backgrounds and convictions our student body. When all is said and done, everyone involved with an ASSP organization is ultimately working to unite students together under a vision and banner of a Christ-centered perspective.

What we are doing now

This year ASSP will focus on three main goals. First, we desire to build communication between the students and ASSP by educating students on the resources that are available to them. Second, we will work on developing student space in order to promote community. And finally, we will take steps towards issuing a new wave of excitement that will establish a stronger sense of school spirit.

Still want more info?

If you are interested in understanding how ASSP actually works, download the organization charts below and see how things flow together. Ultimately, all ASSP leaders and departments are accountable to the ASSP Senate whose members are directly elected by the membership. All Senate meetings are open to any member (member = undergraduate student) and are held at 8:30pm every Monday evening in the Library Seminar Room, on the second floor of the University Library. If you ever have questions or concerns about your student government your first point of contact should be your ASSP Senator. Click here to find out who your Senators are. Also, feel free to stop by the ASSP Office on the first floor of the Student Union Building, which is open from 9am-5pm, Monday through Friday. The ASSP Office Assistant staff and executive officers are available to answer questions. Click here for general contact and executive staff information. If this is still not enough information for your inquiring mind, click here for a link to download the ASSP Constitution, a rather lengthy and boring document.