Jamie Crespo ’12, an applied human biology major, was already a health care worker when she suddenly found herself caring for not one, but both of her parents. Her newfound passion for running provided her escape and a new community of support when she needed it the most. She is now using that passion to raise money and awareness for the prevention of colon cancer. Listen to her story in this SPU Voices Podcast.

The 10th of each month is the last day to make changes to your upcoming payroll check. Do you need to add or remove your spouse and/or children from your health care plans? If so, contact Human Resources (HR) to complete the appropriate form. Changes might include events that are expected to impact your benefits and deductions, such as your spouse or children gaining or losing coverage due to employment, birth, marriage, etc. Additionally, any changes to your 403b account may take up to seven days to be provided to SPU for processing, so please contract Transamerica by the first of the month prior to your requested change. For changes to your 403(b) account, contact Transamerica Retirement Solutions at 1-888-676-5512 (5 a.m.–6 p.m. PST), or 1-800-755-5801. If you have any other benefits-related changes, call Cherylin Shdo in HR at 206-281-2816.

Falcon Card Services is excited to announce that students, staff, and faculty can now pay with Falcon Funds on Grubhub! This means that no matter where you are in the U.S., you can order food through GrubHub and pay with your Falcon Funds. To get started, follow these three easy steps:

1. Log into the Grubhub app and click on the Account icon.
2. Connect your Grubhub account to your Falcon Card by selecting “Campus Dining," find Seattle Pacific University as your campus, and add your affiliation (likely “I am faculty/staff").
3. After you have selected a restaurant and added food to your cart, select “Falcon Card” as your payment method before placing your order. (As a reminder: You can always add Falcon Funds to your Falcon Card Account through the GET app.)

Contact Falcon Card Services (falconcards@spu.edu) with any questions.

Mailing Services will be closed Tuesday, Aug. 30, 11:45 a.m.–1 p.m. for a team building exercise. 

Mailing Services is now operating on summer hours: Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–4 p.m., with no mail and package delivery or pickup. You are welcome to come by Mailing Services to pick up your departmental mail and packages.

• If your department will NOT have anyone pick up your department’s mail this summer, please contact Mailing Services at 206-281-2077 or mailing@spu.edu. (This is so we won’t try to contact the department if a lot of mail collects during the summer.)
• If your department will be closed for more than a week, please let Mailing Services know so staff can make arrangements. If your department receives a large delivery, we would store the delivery or contact Safety and Security to be let into the department.

The Faculty/Staff Bulletin is published weekly during the academic year, and every other week during the summer. This is the Bulletin’s final summer edition and it will resume weekly publication next week. The next deadline is Thursday, Sept. 1, and the next issue will be published Tuesday, Sept. 6, due to the Labor Day holiday.

If you have information or event news, send it as soon as possible with an image or graphic to Bulletin editor Tracy Norlen at fsb-editor@spu.edu. Submissions may be edited for clarity.

An article by Mischa Willett, assistant professor of English and writing, about the passing of Frederick Buechner was published in Mockingbird on Aug. 24, 2022. The article was titled, “Corresponding With Buechner." Mockingbird is an organization devoted to “connecting the Christian faith with the realities of everyday life," and publishes books and magazines, hosts conferences, and distributes podcasts.

A paper by Alberto Ferreiro, professor emeritus of European history, titled “Consecrated Women, Monks, and Priscillianists in the Hispano-Roman/Suevic-Visigothic Councils, Annales Historiae Conciliorum," was published the Journal for the History of Councils (Aschendorff) 51 (2021) 53-82. He presented the paper in September 2021 in Dresden. Only select papers were chosen for publication.

Please join the Office of Human Resources in welcoming Crystal Pulido, clinical care coordinator and mential health counselor, Student Counseling Center.

Phyllis Mitchell, who served on the SPU faculty from 1990 to 1993, died May 25, 2022, at the age of 78. Phyllis taught all levels of courses in Spanish and served her department and the University with faith, knowledge, compassion and integrity. She continued her work in Christian higher education at Wheaton College, Illinois, until her retirement in 2016. Marilyn Severson, professor emerita of French, said “Phyllis often said, ‘This is not our work; it is God's work.’” Phyllis is survived by her husband of 62 years, Ronald, two sons, and three grandchildren.