Two graduate students with a strong family bond and a love for the power of numbers share what they like about SPU’s MS in Data Analytics in Business.

Apr 8, 2025

For siblings Charmy and Purav Raj, the journey to Seattle Pacific University has been one defined by love, shared purpose, and a passion for numbers. Raised in the bustling city of Surat, Gujarat, India, in a family that championed hard work, honesty, and continuous learning, the brother-sister duo grew up more like best friends than typical siblings. With only two years between them, they spent their childhood side by side — studying, playing, and dreaming together under the watchful eyes of their supportive parents and older brother.

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Six sociology students were invited to share their research at the recent Pacific Sociological Association conference.

Apr 8, 2025

Associate Professor of Sociology Raphael Mondesir accompanied six undergraduate students who were invited to share their research projects at the Pacific Sociological Association (PSA) annual conference in San Francisco, March 28–29.

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Esther Smith looks back at her journey from freshman to student government president and shares how God continues to teach and guide her.

Mar 28, 2025

Little did Esther Smith know that stepping foot onto the SPU campus would lead to a turning point in her spiritual journey. She also would never have imagined that signing up for a student club as a freshman would lead to her current position as president of SPU’s student government. Read more at SPU Stories.

Plan to attend this unique business pitch event designed to encourage SPU students from a variety of majors to develop entrepreneurial projects with social impact.

Mar 19, 2025

The Social Venture Plan Competition (SVPC) asks teams of students from diverse disciplines to develop an entrepreneurial project that addresses dual bottom lines: social and financial. Participants tackle challenging social issues while proposing innovative ways to provide sustainable funding for their solutions through a business activity.

Businesspeople, entrepreneurs, and other community partners evaluate and score the plans, after which competitors pitch their projects to faculty, staff, students, and judges at a live trade-show display event on the SPU campus. The teams with the highest cumulative scores from the two phases of the competition win cash prizes.

Wednesday, April 16
2–6 p.m.
Upper Gwinn Commons

Registration is open for summer camps in youth soccer, basketball, running, volleyball, and rowing.

Mar 12, 2025

Registration is open for summer camps in youth soccer, basketball, running, volleyball, and rowing. Register now.

Learn about two new science majors — data science and biomedical engineering — beginning Autumn Quarter 2025.

Mar 11, 2025

Beginning Autumn Quarter 2025, Seattle Pacific will offer two new academic programs in the sciences. 

The data science (BS) program will equip students with the mathematical, statistical, and computational skills needed to extract meaningful insights from data. Through hands-on learning and ethical inquiry, students prepare for careers in data-driven industries, applying their expertise across diverse fields.

The biomedical engineering (BS) program blends engineering with biology and health sciences to prepare students for a hands-on, interdisciplinary career. This degree also prepares students to design cutting-edge biomedical devices while earning both a biomedical engineering degree and an ABET-accredited general ngineering degree.

The GNAC champion men's basketball team competes in the NCAA DII West Regionals on Mar. 13. Follow the game online!

Mar 8, 2025

The field is set for the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Championships March 6-8 at Saint Martin’s University in Lacey, Washington. The Falcons advanced to the finals and will play Saturday, March 8.

Visit the Falcons online for all the tournament information.

"A Scientist’s Reflection on Our Walking God" is the subject of a public lecture by Professor of Biology Cara Wall-Scheffler on April 8.

Mar 6, 2025

"The Role of the Body in a Digital Age: A Scientist’s Reflection on Our Walking God" is the title of public lecture on Tuesday, April 8, by SPU Professor of Biology and biological anthropologist Cara Wall-Scheffler. She will explore how studying bipedalism (walking on two legs) helps us understand our own humanity, in addition to providing some nuanced framing for Biblical narratives that specifically report on wallking. She will also investigate stories of God walking and what that means for Christian theology.

The annual Winifred E. Weter Faculty Award Lecture for Meritorious Scholarship, delivered each year by a selected SPU faculty member, provides a public platform in which the claims of the liberal arts in the Christian university are espoused.

Winifred E. Weter Faculty Award Lecture for Meritorious Scholarship
Tuesday, April 8, 7 p.m.
Upper Gwinn Commons
Light refreshments will be served.
Free and open to the public. 

The Center for Faithful Business will honor Jeff Van Duzer, former provost and dean, with the 2025 Frank Haas Integrity in Business Award on April 3.

Mar 6, 2025

The Center for Faithful Business will present the 2025 Frank Haas Integrity in Business Award to Jeff Van Duzer, former Seattle Pacific provost, dean, and professor, on Thursday, April 3, 7–8:30 p.m. in Upper Gwinn Commons. Dessert and beverages will be provided. Please RSVP by March 28. 

The Percussions Ensemble presents a concert featuring traditional Malinke drumming from northeast Guinea.

Mar 6, 2025

The SPU Percussion Ensemble presents a winter concert on Tuesday, March 11, 7:30 p.m. in the EE Bach Theater in McKinley Hall. Percussion works by Mitchell Peters, John H Beck, Bella Fleck, Eric Sammut, Carlos Chavez, William Kraft, Rich O'Meara, Patrick Speranz and George Hamilton Green will be the program. Also featured is traditional Malinke drumming from northeast Guinea.

Admission is free and open to the public.