The Seattle Pacific University Board of Trustees
invites you to join the SPU community as we celebrate
the inauguration of our 12th president,

Dr. Deana L. Porterfield

Friday, February 23, 2024

10 a.m.

Inauguration

First Free Methodist Church
(adjacent to the Seattle Pacific University campus)
3200 Third Avenue West
Seattle, Washington

12 p.m.

Invitation-only Inaugural Lunch

Fine Center, First Free Methodist Church

2 p.m.

President's Symposium

Upper Gwinn Commons

“Navigating Differences in a Time of Polarization” 
This Presidential Symposium will be exploring the need for grace-filled conversations. Dr. Shirley Mullen, author of Claiming the Courageous Middle: Daring to Live and Work Together for a More Hopeful Future and President Emerita of Houghton University, will present on the importance of bringing people together across differences. A panel of local and national leaders will be responding.

Note: Neither the Inauguration nor the Symposium will be livestreamed.

For more information on President Porterfield, visit spu.edu/president.

For additional questions, email president@spu.edu.