Virtual Commencement Celebrations 2021

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Welcome 2021 graduates, family members, and loved ones! On behalf of Seattle Pacific University — faculty, staff, and administrators — we are thrilled to have the opportunity to celebrate our graduating students as a community, even in this remote environment. We are so proud of all of our graduates — baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral. This is the time to honor these huge accomplishments.

Please join us in viewing the Commencement ceremonies, which will go live on the dates and times listed below. Please also post photos and videos of graduates on social media by using #SPUgrad and tagging Seattle Pacific University, so we can all see the celebrations happening around the country and the world.

Congratulations to all 2021 Seattle Pacific University graduates! May God bless you and keep you.

Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony (Sunday, June 13, 4 p.m.)

View the Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony

Livestream link will go live one hour before the scheduled ceremony.


Graduate Commencement Ceremony (Saturday, June 12, 2 p.m.)

View the Graduate Commencement Ceremony

Livestream link will go live one hour before the scheduled ceremony.


Celebration Chapel

In lieu of a Celebration Chapel, please view this congratulatory message from Chaplain Lisa Ishihara.


See additional Commencement events

It’s not too late to purchase a tassel, diploma frame, and other commemorative items. Visit the SPU Bookstore online for gift ideas.

For questions about virtual Commencement, contact us at graduationinfo@spu.edu.

Seattle Pacific University would like to thank the following faculty, staff, and students for their wonderful contributions in celebrating this year’s graduating students:

High Events Team 

  • Sarah Walter 
  • Becky Johnson
  • Annette Rendahl 
  • Michelle McFarland 
  • Maliea Lowe-Hale 
  • Madisynn McCombs 
  • Derek Wood 
  • Kenda Gatlin 
  • Angel Chang 
  • David Rither 
  • Marty McAlpine 
  • Colleen Steelquist 
  • Amanda Stubbert 
  • Courtney Stang 
  • Kyle Brown 
  • Curt Jacobson 
  • Rashmi Shrestha 
  • Gina Whitehouse 
  • Laura Hartley

Commencement Commemorative Boxes 

  • Becky Johnson
  • Fikayo Ajibade 
  • Colleen Steelquist 
  • Sam Davis 
  • Sarah Walter 
  • Annette Rendahl 
  • Maliea Lowe-Hale 
  • Madisynn McCombs 
  • Christine Perkins 
  • Rebekah Lund
  • Lynn Anselmi 
  • Frank Kinard 
  • Debbie Wilkins 
  • Elaine Stevens 
  • Howard Byrd 
  • Michelle Arendt 
  • Katie Bennett
  • Gina Whitehouse
  • Angel Chang 
  • Jim Kim 
  • Curt Jacobson 
  • Rebeca Gonzalez 
  • Hallie Anselmi 

Virtual Ceremony Participants & Production 

  • David Rither 
  • Marty McAlpine 
  • Ron Haight 
  • Laura Hartley 
  • Cedric Davis 
  • Stephen Newby 
  • Lisa Ishihara 
  • Jenette Ramos 
  • Cara Wall-Scheffler 
  • Dave Nienhuis 
  • Julie Antilla 
  • Tucker Goodman 
  • Micah Hayes 
  • Jayden McCarrell 
  • Sophie Saxton 
  • Katy Tangenberg 
  • Derek Wood 
  • Brian Chin 
  • Danny Helseth 
  • Dainius Vaicekonis 
  • Sarah Walter 
  • Maliea Lowe-Hale 
  • Annette Rendahl 

Design, Web, & Communication 

  • Colleen Steelquist 
  • Hope McPherson
  • Ruth Jacobsen 
  • Alison Estep
  • Jason Herrman 
  • Elijah Cabiles 
  • Sam Davis 
  • Tracy Norlen 
  • Esther Yun 
  • Lynn Anselmi 
  • Mike Schubert 
  • Chad Steele 

Program & Faculty Coordinators

  • Katie Bennett 
  • Megan Gurdine Thornberry 
  • Bobbie Childers
  • Julie Ann Harrington 
  • Tracy Coleman 
  • Marilyn Hancock 
  • Chris Chaney
  • Karisa Pierce
  • Melani Plett 
  • Brenda Baker 
  • Chloe Hays 
  • Heather Maguire 
  • Allison Groseclose 
  • Megan Hamshar 

#SPUGrad

Celebrate the Class of 2021 on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Use #SPUgrad and tag SPU in all of your posts!

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