From the Office of Student Life. As of October 2024, all posters on campus must be approved by sending an editable version of the poster to PosterApproval@spu.edu so it can be reviewed and an approval stamp added. The rules for displaying posters on campus can be found online.

A message from Educational Technology and Media: This quarter, we’re offering the following ETM workshops covering the topics of, "What’s new in Canvas;" Online polling tools with Microsoft Forms and Teams;" and "ETM Pedagogy Showcase" to support your digital side of teaching. Most of our workshops are offered on campus and repeated online.

Tuesday, October 15. What’s New in Canvas

Canvas has released several updates over the summer. We’ll update you on what they are and walk you through these new features.

• 1–2 p.m.  On campus at ETM in the lower level of the library
• 3–4 p.m. (Online). Contact ETM at etmhelp@spu.edu for the Teams link.

Other upcoming workshops are Tuesday, Oct. 29: Online Polling Tools for Teaching: Microsoft Forms and Teams (1–2 p.m. at ETM; 3–4 p.m. online via Teams); and Tuesday Nov. 12: ETM Pedagogy Showcase (1–2 p.m. at ETM)

We are looking forward to seeing you then!

Join the SPU Library in celebrating Open Access Week! Together with Educational Technology Services (ETM) and librarian colleagues, we’ll work with you to self-archive your scholarship and increase discoverability. We also hope this will benefit those who might have no other way to access it. There will be a short overview of self-archiving at 11 a.m. Bring your laptop and either drop-in or stay the entire time. We look forward to coming together as a community to further the work of open access. Coffee, tea, and cookies will also be available. We look forward to seeing you there!

Thursday, October 24, 11 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Library - the ETM offices (lower level)

Please join the Seattle Pacific Seminary for its first public lecture of the year on Tuesday Oct. 29, 7 p.m., in the First Free Methodist Church sanctuary. The speaker is Dr. Richard Middleton who will present the lecture, “Who Can Stand before YHWH, This Holy God?: The Challenge of Ark Narrative for Our Times (1 Samuel 4-6)." This lecture will explore how the holiness of God calls our polarizing ideologies into question. The respondent for this lecture will be Sara Koenig, SPU professor of biblical studies.

The annual Church and Ministry Fair will be held Thursday, Oct. 17, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. in Upper Gwinn. This is an opportunity for students to explore several churches in the area and find the right place for them to connect and further their spiritual formation. Representatives from over 25 churches will join us in a casual atmosphere. If you have any questions, contact StudentMinistries@spu.edu.

The History Department and the student history club HIndsight are hosting an event with author and scholar Dr. Jennifer Frost to talk about her book, "Let Us Vote!:" Youth Voting Rights & the 26th Amendment, on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 5–6 p.m. in Eaton Hall 112. She will talk about the multifaceted endeavor to achieve youth voting rights in the United States over a 30-year period starting in World War II. Please come and invite your students. 

The library has put together a 2024 Voter Guide which contains information about voter registration, candidates, and Washington state initiatives. It also lists online public events and recommended readings. The goal is to provide the SPU community with nonpartisan information they can use and share with students. As a reminder, there is a ballot drop box on the north side of the bookstore on West Nickerson Street.

The Faculty/Staff Bulletin is published every Monday during the academic year or Tuesday if Monday is a holiday. The next deadline is Thursday, Oct. 17. The next issue will be published Monday, Oct. 21. 

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.

A chapter by Kerry Dearborn, emerita professor of theology, was published in Unsaying the Commonplace: George MacDonald and the Critique of Convention, co-edited by Danny Gabelman and Amanda Vernon, (Winged Lion Press, 2024). The chapter is titled, “Rethinking the Dark Side: MacDonald’s Subversive Challenges to ‘Enlightened’ Theories of Social Darwinism.”

Please join the Office of Human Resources in welcoming the following new staff members.

Ava Edmonds, assistant coach, women’s basketball, Athletics
Nicholas Schwampe, machine shop manager, Engineering

Nate Hoover, program coordinator for the MFA in Creative Writing Program, explains his monthly cartoon: Sometimes a parent’s hopes for their children are based on a mis-pun-derstanding. To see more of my cartoons, follow me on Instagram @hoovernathaniel.

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