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"Can a university change the world? That’s a question we keep asking ourselves on campus. Not by 'brooding over days gone by' (Isaiah 43:18), just the place we are likely to grow cynical. No, we can offer hope by watching intently for just where God’s new thing will break out into our midst, by following the clues, by searching for the signs, by shining the light on those places where God’s freshness of purpose and hope break out.

Such watching and searching will take us to places all over the globe, to just where God is doing a new thing. That’s the place we want to focus our work and energies at Seattle Pacific."

Read the full text of President Eaton's Spring 2008 Response article titled "Anticipation."

President Eaton greets Jürgen Moltmann, author of Theology of Hope, at SPU’s 2007 Day of Common Learning.

Current News & Announcements

2008 Downtown Business Breakfast a Great Success

On April 17, more than 1,200 business and community leaders gathered at the Seattle Sheraton to hear former Hewlitt-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina give the keynote address at this invitation-only event. SPU's award-winning choir and talented string quartet also performed at the Breakfast. Fiorina spoke on the Seattle Pacific campus later that day in an event that was open to the public.

Eaton Attends Higher Education Summit for Global Development in Washington, D.C.

At the invitation of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings President Eaton attended the Higher Education Summit for Global Development in Washington, D.C. on April 29-30. The event brought together presidents of higher education institutions with government, philanthropic, and business leaders to expand the impact of higher education in social and economic development.

2008 Commencement Ceremony

President Philip Eaton presided over the 2008 Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, June 7, at Qwest Field in Seattle. The Rev. Earl Palmer, senior pastor of University Presbyterian Church in Seattle, was the featured Commencement speaker. A total of 1,127 students received bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees, each poised to use their gifts and energies to engage the culture and change the world in a host of ways.

Carly Fiorina, 2008 SPU Business Breakfast

"True leaders are willing to change as the world changes around them," said keynote speaker Carly Fiorina. "Leaders must also help those around them overcome the fear of change."

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