In her new book, alumna Laura Jackson writes about her daughter's math learning disability called "dyscalculia." Listen to her family's journey of support in this SPU Voices podcast.

Feb 16, 2023

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 Laura Jackson. In her new book, Discovering Dyscalculia, she writes about her child’s struggle with numbers, their shared discovery of dyscalculia, and her family’s journey supporting their daughter in school and in life.

Though dyscalculia impacts about one in every 20 children and adults, it’s not widely recognized or understood. This math learning disability not only affects individuals in educational settings, but also impacts their everyday life when it comes to handling money, telling time, measuring quantities, and performing basic calculations. Perhaps you’ll recognize yourself or someone you know in our interview today.

Listen to the podcast or read the transcript.

Information for the 2023 Undergraduate and Graduate Commencements, Ivy Cutting, and all the other year-end events is now available.

Feb 8, 2023

The 2023 Undergraduate Commencement ceremony will take place on Saturday, June 10, 10:30 a.m., at T-Mobile Park, near downtown Seattle. Ivy Cutting and Graduate Commencement will be held on campus, Friday, June 9. 

Learn more on the 2023 Commencement website.

Known for her gift of music as an expression of faith from a rich tradition of African American spirituals, vocalist, pianist, and composer Nansi Carroll will conduct the premiere of her new work with the SPU Chamber Singers and guest musicians on Feb. 16.

Feb 6, 2023

Known for her gift of music as an expression of faith from a rich tradition of African American spirituals and her expressive craft in choral music, Carroll will conduct the premiere of her new work, "A Tree Telling of Orpheus,” with the SPU Chamber Singers and guest musicians.

Thursday, Feb. 16
Nickerson Studios
Free

Learn more.

Wonder whether seminary is for you? Seattle Pacific Seminary invites you to explore your calling and vocation, Feb. 13-14, 2023.

Jan 30, 2023

Discernment Days offers teaching, prayer, discussion, and thoughtful challenge with Seattle Pacific Seminary faculty, along with others who are considering seminary.

Classics Professor Owen Ewald will share his experiences reading and teaching the Bible in ancient Greek on Thursday, Feb. 7, for the annual C. May Marston Lecture.

Jan 30, 2023

Owen Ewald, assistant professor of classics, presents “Joys of the Greek Bible" at this year's C. May Marston Lecture on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2 p.m. in Upper Gwinn Commons. He will share his experiences reading and teaching the Bible in ancient Greek — both the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures) and the New Testament, which was originally written in Greek.

Despite some small differences between the Septuagint and the Hebrew Masoretic Text, the messages of Scripture to God’s people remain strong and consistent. When the New Testament authors quote the Septuagint, they carry and amplify earlier Scriptural messages to a new group of God’s people — Christians.

The event is free and open to the public.

Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece, a juicy spy novel, and a dash of Monty Python and you have Patrick Barlow’s wildly inventive comedy presented by the SPU Theatre Department, Feb. 2-11.

Jan 30, 2023

The SPU Theatre Department presents "The 39 Steps," a comedy based on the novel and Alfred Hitchcock movie, Feb. 2–4, 9–11 in the McKinley Hall on campus.

Charles Hannay is back in London and bored with his life — until a trip to the theatre changes everything. Now caught up in a web of spies, murder, and mystery, Hannay must elude capture, clear his good name, and uncover the truth about the 39 Steps before it is too late!

Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece, a juicy spy novel, and a dash of Monty Python and you have Patrick Barlow’s wildly inventive comedy. A fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre!

All shows at 7:30 p.m., with a matinee at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 4. Buy tickets online or at the box office.

Dr. Deana Porterfield, president of Roberts Wesleyan University and Northeastern Seminary at Roberts Wesleyan University, was unanimously elected by the SPU Board of Trustees as the university’s next president.

Jan 26, 2023

Dr. Deana Porterfield, president of Roberts Wesleyan University and Northeastern Seminary at Roberts Wesleyan University, was unanimously elected today by the Seattle Pacific University Board of Trustees as the university’s next president. Porterfield will be only the 12th president in the university’s 132-year history. She will assume her duties on July 1, 2023.

Identity politics, antiracism, and the redemption of all things is the topic of a public lecture with author and Baylor University Theology Professor Jonathan Tran on Thursday, Feb. 9.

Jan 25, 2023

Jonathan Tran, Baylor University’s associate professor of philosophical theology and George W. Baines Chair of Religion, is the guest lecturer for the 2023 Palmer Lecture on Thursday, Feb. 9, 7–9 p.m. in Upper Gwinn. His lecture is titled, “The Divine Economy vs. Racial Capitalism: Identity Politics, Antiracism, and the Redemption of All Things.”

With antiracism lost in a fog of identity politics, it has surrendered the work of liberation to debasing forms of class warfare. But antiracism as a mode of liberation theology narrates justice and mercy as natural to the world insofar as they are natural to God. By considering the work of local forms of Christian life invested in God’s deep economy, we see God’s redemption of the world.

The lecture is sponsored by SPU’s School of Theology and Seattle Pacific Seminary. The lecture is free and open to the public.

You're invited to Family Weekend, Feb. 3-4, 2023! Join the SPU community for basketball games, a Hitchcock theatre production, virtual trivia, or join in prayer and worship. There is something for the whole family!

Jan 19, 2023

Swoop into the Seattle area for a weekend at Seattle Pacific University, February 3–4, 2023, and join us for in-person and virtual opportunities to connect with the SPU community.

Family Weekend, Feb. 2-3, 2022.

Seattle Pacific lowered undergraduate tuition rate by 25% and added new scholarships. Learn more about "Tuition Reimagined."

Jan 11, 2023

In a historic move to close the college accessibility gap, Seattle Pacific lowered undergraduate tuition rate by 25% and added new scholarships.