I am happy to share with you the Year in Review, which commemorates the endeavors and successes of the alumni, students, faculty, and staff of ΒιΆΉΣ³Ορ. It highlights how this University is impacting our neighborhood, region, and world, bringing hope and faith for the future.
ΒιΆΉΣ³Ορ is the only private university in the Pacific Northwest to make the 2019 U.S. ΒιΆΉΣ³Ορ & World Report Best National Universities list. Other milestones include launching our new brand; adding four new majors; the expanded efforts of SPU’s Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; September Session launching; and the ΒιΆΉΣ³Ορ Pacific Foundation posting an excellent rate of return.
New nursing building opens, ushers program expansion; faculty featured in The New York Times and National Public Radio; a record number of Fulbright scholars; lecture series: “Seeking Justice” and “ΒιΆΉΣ³Ορ and Nachos”; sociology students present research; faculty present at Oxford; and professor appointed Association of American Medical Colleges liaison.
New chaplains launches initiatives; Immerse offers second year of theological training; prayer ministry begins; faith-business initiative expands; Urban Plunge draws students; Ecofaith lecture held; and theology faculty publish multiple books.
Scholarships for displaced Art Institute students; Transfer Promise program announced; SPU hosts Special Olympics gymnastics; access architect honored; Sacred Sounds of Christmas concert sells out; video game development camp launched; Mega Meet-Ups link employers and students; work parties to aid homeless held; and annual βVoices of Autismβ event draws families.
Engineering students help Syria with air-strike detection systems; Day of Common Learning addresses creation care; “Roads to Reconciliation” event aids dialogue; and Social Venture Plan competitors develop solutions for refugees.
Gymnast Darian Burns wins national title; men’s basketball plays in NCAA West Regional Tournament; student-athletes earn academic excellence award; nationally ranked women’s rowing compete in national championship; and women’s cross country were top-15 finishers nationally.
SPU Voices Podcast launched; and Alumni Awards Dinner honors Alumna of the Year Jenette Ramos, GOLD Alumnae of the Year the band Joseph, and Medallion Award winners Allie Griffith Roth and Philip Jacobs.
Record-breaking year for University support; inaugural Day of Giving held; and Norman and Nancy Snelling Edwards receive President’s Award for Philanthropy.