Meet the Class of 2022, view their final projects in photography, design, and illustration, and say goodbye to our retiring faculty.

Jun 13, 2022

Get to know some of our outstanding graduates, view their final projects in photography, design, and illustration, and say goodbye to our retiring faculty.

Find out all the information for the 2022 Undergraduate and Graduate Commencements, Ivy Cutting, and all the other year-end events.

Jun 10, 2022

The 2022 Undergraduate Commencement ceremony will take place on Sunday, June 12, 2 p.m., at the Tacoma Dome, and we are inviting graduates and their families from the Classes of 2020 and 2021 to join us. Ivy Cutting and Graduate Commencement will be held on campus, Saturday, June 11, 2022.

Learn more on the 2022 Commencement website.

The Seattle Times profiles SPU alumnus Rev. Rick Reynolds, newly retired executive director of a Seattle homeless service organization where he served for 40 years.

Jun 9, 2022

During his 40 years at Operation Nightwatch, Rev. Rick Reynolds has helped the organization purchase property on the edge of the International District, add senior housing, and increase the operating budget from $70,000 to almost $1 million. His favorite part of his job is connecting with people. “I feel nothing but great joy in my work,” he says.

Celebrating its 100th year, SPU's annual pre-graduation tradition called “Ivy Cutting” will take place Saturday, June 11, 3–4 p.m. in Tiffany Loop on campus.

Jun 8, 2022

Celebrating its 100th year, Seattle Pacific University’s annual pre-graduation tradition called “Ivy Cutting” will take place Saturday, June 11, 3–4 p.m. in Tiffany Loop on campus. The event will be livestreamed.

An exhibit by graduating seniors in visual communication is now on display in SPU's Art Center Gallery. Meet these amazing designers, illustrators, photographers, and artists.

Jun 3, 2022

"We are SPU’s Vis Com class of 2022, a diverse group of designers, illustrators, photographers, and artists who have spent nearly half our class time in Zoom rooms. Through the twists and turns of school in the Covid era we have found new ways to connect, expanded our ways of working with technology, and ultimately emerged as more resilient designers and people. We love what we’ve created in the process, and we hope you will too."

Get to know our nine longtime professors who are retiring this June.

Jun 3, 2022

The ranks of SPU emeriti professors grew this year when nine professors retired in June. Added together, these professors taught at the University for more than 275 years, impacting the lives of thousands of SPU students across the decades.

The SPU Music Department presents an extraordinary finale to the academic year with a combined concert of the SPU choirs, Wind Ensemble, and Orchestra on May 25 and 26.

May 24, 2022

The SPU Music Department is offering a series of choral and instrumental events in May, including an extraordinary finale to the academic year with a combined concert of the SPU choirs, Wind Ensemble, and Orchestra on May 25 and 26. The evening will include performances of works composed with “great expectations” for their premiere, including winners of the inaugural student composition contest, winners from the annual student concerto competition, and a full performance of Beethoven’s Mass in C major. You can attend the concert, offered both evenings, in person or via livestream. Visit the LIVE! from SPU Music webpage for details.

With a distinguished career in higher education, law, and financial management, former SPU Provost Jeff Van Duzer discusses "Why Business Matter to God" in the latest SPU Voices podcast.

May 17, 2022

Welcome to the SPU Voices Podcast, where we tell personal stories with universal impact. I’m your host, Amanda Stubbert. And today we sat down with Jeff Van Duzer. His teaching draws on a distinguished career in higher education, law, and financial management. At Seattle Pacific University, he held several positions including provost, dean of the School of Business and Economics, and professor of business ethics and business law. He was a practicing partner with the international law firm Davis Wright Tremaine for more than 20 years, and is the author of Why Business Matters to God?, along with many other articles in academic and popular journals.

Listen to the podcast.

SPU Theatre present this original rom-com fable about goddesses banished to a modern office building in the mortal world. Show runs May 25-28 in the E.E. Bach Theatre on campus.

May 17, 2022

SPU Theatre present this rom-com fable about goddesses banished to a modern office building in the mortal world. As they continue their work hidden among the mortals whose destinies they weave, one of them falls in love.

"String"

May 25–28, 2022

E.E. Bach Theatre in McKinley Hall on campus

Buy tickets online.

Join us for this lecture on Monday, May 9, examining "How a Human Engineer Creates" with the director of the Amazon Robotics Team. The lecture is part of SPU's Faith, Diversity, and Science series.

Apr 20, 2022

The Faith, Diversity, and Science lecture series will focus on the theme “What is Creation?” throughout the 2021–22 academic year.