A message from Falcon Athletics: The Falcons invite all faculty and staff to join us for another exciting year of SPU athletics. Faculty and staff receive complimentary general admission tickets (including spouse and dependent children up to a maximum of four) to all regular-season home events in Brougham Pavilion and home soccer games at Interbay Stadium. Simply show your staff I.D. at the ticket window.

Tickets for SPU’s annual Sacred Sounds of Christmas concert are now available. This event sells out every year, so buy your tickets early. The concert is Tuesday, November 29, 7:30 p.m., in McCaw Hall at Seattle Center. Sacred Sounds of Christmas features the best of traditional Advent and Christmas music from around the world, performed by the Music Department's nationally recognized student and faculty musicians. Buy tickets online.

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The women's soccer and volleyball teams play home games this week. For the latest information on Falcon sports, visit the website.

Thursday, September 22
Women's soccer vs Saint Martin's, Interbay Stadium, 7:30 p.m.
Volleyball vs Western Oregon, Brougham Pavilion, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, September 24
Volleyball vs Concordia, Brougham Pavilion, 3 p.m.
Women's soccer vs Central Washington, Interbay Stadium, 7 p.m. More

Grammy-nominated Christian folktronica musician Crowder will perform during Grand Reunion Weekend, Saturday, October 8, at 7 p.m. in Royal Brougham Pavilion. Tickets start at $10. Visit the website for more information.

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Rooted in Mission: The Founding of Seattle Pacific University, 1891-1916 is now available in the SPU Bookstore. The book by Howard Snyder traces the early history of Seattle Seminary and the critical roles of founders Nils Peterson, Hiram Pease, John Norton, and Alexander and Adelaide Beers, as well as Benjamin “B.T.” Roberts, the founder of Free Methodism. The book is $11, and only available for sale at the bookstore.

The Faculty/Staff Bulletin is published weekly during the academic year. If you have information or event news, send it as soon as possible to Bulletin editor Tracy Norlen at fsb-editor@spu.edu. Submissions may be edited for clarity. The next deadline is Thursday, September 22. The next Bulletin will be published Monday, September 26, 2016.

An article by Assistant Professor of Communication and Journalism Peg Achterman about a recent storytelling project in her journalism class was published online at pbs.org’s Media Shift, which focuses on digital media. The article was titled "Remix: How to Teach Story-Finding Skills.” Peg explains the project: "As educators, how do we help these young journalists develop a sense of wonder and curiosity about the world around them? (For the exercise), each student would get a bus route assignment plus the challenge to find stories surrounding it. I’m a fan of the Seattle Metro system and spent quite a while on maps in search of routes that would get my students into the more diverse parts of the city. The exercise attempts to get students thinking about the types of stories they would tell, so each student produced one text story, one audio story, one photo essay, one video story, and one infographic. This gives each group 25 stories to choose from in the end and each has to stretch to do something challenging."

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Assistant Provost and Professor of Psychology Margaret Brown co-authored an article titled “Service Learning and the Psychologically Literate Citizen” in the September issue of Psychology Teacher Network, a quarterly publication of the American Psychological Association Education Directorate. The article gives recommendations regarding the integration of service learning into the psychology curriculum.  

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The Office of Human Resources would like the SPU community to welcome the following new employees. Contact information can be found in the SPU online White Pages.

Derick Harris, director of seminary administration, School of Theology
Neah Lee, minister of worship, University Ministries
Leylani Orozco, visit and events coordinator, University Recruitment and Admissions
Megan Rhein, graduate enrollment counselor, University Recruitment and Admissions