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Our faculty and staff are incredible, and the past month has been a special time for recognizing the scholarly accomplishments of our faculty members. The History and International Studies Departments hosted a celebration of History Faculty Scholarship in April, including Professor Hazel Hahn, Associate Professor Nova Robinson, Associate Professor Tom Taylor, and Professor Theresa Earenfight. On May 30, Theology and Religious Studies will recognize new books by Associate Professor Leticia Guardiola-Sáenz and Associate Professor Matt Whitlock. See the Events section for details.
Five Arts and Sciences faculty members have been granted the honorary rank of Emerita/Emeritus upon their retirement from their positions at the university, effective at the conclusion of this academic year. Six earned tenure and promotion to Associate Professor and another record six were promoted to Full Professor this year. These promotions recognize years of outstanding, dedicated scholarly, creative, pedagogical, and other major community contributions. At the same time, we expect to welcome the largest number of new faculty members to the College in over a decade this coming fall.
As we start the celebrations for our graduating students in May and into June, we have a strong and vibrant faculty and staff who are helping lead us out of the pandemic into a bright future. Read on to learn more about what has been happening and what is coming up in the College.
Shared Governance
David V. Powers, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Seattle University
Congratulations to Arts and Sciences faculty who have been granted the honorary rank of Emerita/Emeritus upon their retirement from their positions at the university, effective at the conclusion of this academic year.
Congratulations to our Arts and Sciences colleagues.
Promoted to Full Professor
We are also in the process of promoting our first class of Full Professors in the new Teaching Professor track. Watch for announcements about those esteemed colleagues soon.
Tenured and Promoted to Associate Professor
Connie G. Anthony, PhD, Associate Professor, Political Science, conducted an interview with Congressman Adam Smith on US foreign policy, especially the war in Ukraine and its global impact, as part of the Crosscut Festival.
Caitlin Carlson, PhD, Chair and Associate Professor, Communication and Media, is the first Kamp Media Law Scholar-in-Residence in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at University of Iowa. During her visit there, she delivered a guest lecture to the course JMC 2600: Freedom of Expression (their undergraduate media law course) and met with faculty and graduate students.
Sarah D. Cate, PhD, Assistant Professor, Political Science, gave an invited talk based on her new book at Connecticut College titled "The Problems with 'Community' Solutions to Mass Incarceration."
Pete Collins, PhD, Associate Professor, Criminal Justice, Criminology, and Forensics, attended the signing ceremony in Olympia for the jury diversity legislation with alum Hailey Perkins, MACJ, PhD, who is currently a Court Program Analyst.
Kathleen Cook, PhD, Professor, Psychology, and her colleagues had two papers accepted for the 2023 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. The papers will be published in the Proceedings and be presented in Baltimore, MD in June. The papers, with co-authors, Yen-lin Han, Teodora Rutar Shuman, Greg Mason, and UW’s Jennifer Turns, are Building a culture of “Engineering with Engineers” and Creating effective prompts for “Teaming”. In addition, we will present a workshop on The Sustainability of Change: A Process and Framework.
Elizabeth Dale, PhD, Associate Professor, Nonprofit Leadership, presented “Understanding intersectional identity, positionality, and motivations among social justice donors” at the West Coast Nonprofit Data Conference at the University of Oregon in Eugene. She is quoted in the Bloomberg article, "Sexual Harassment Claims Spurred Shakeup Atop José Andrés’s World Central Kitchen."
Claire Garoutte, Associate Professor, Art, Art History, and Design, worked as Dale Chihuly’s in-house photographer for nearly seven years in the 1990s, and one of her photos is the cover of the new book, “The Boathouse: The Artist’s Studio of Dale Chihuly.”
Elaine Gunnison, PhD, Professor, Criminal Justice, Criminology, and Forensics, and Director, Master of Arts in Criminal Justice, was elected Vice-President of the Western Society of Criminology for 2023-2024.
Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, PhD, Professor, Modern Languages and Women Gender, and Sexuality Studies, will be a featured poet in the Cascadia Poetry Festival in Seattle, October 6 though 8. She will participate in MUROS 2023, an academic conference in Aliante Spain as the closing poet. The conference is May 18 through 20 at Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche in Elche, Spain. She was also interviewed by Matt Sedillo for Poets Cafe on KPFK.
Tanya Hayes, PhD, Professor and Director, Institute of Public Service and Program Director, Environmental Studies, and Felipe Murtinho, PhD, Associate Professor and Director, International Studies, and Associate Appointments, Institute of Public Service and Environmental Studies, published the article “Diagnosing Participation and Inclusion in Collective Decision-Making in the Commons: Lessons from Ecuador” in the International Journal of the Commons. The article aims to understand the governance mechanisms that facilitate more inclusive communal decision-making processes among indigenous communities in Ecuador. The findings reiterate the challenge of gaining full participation, particularly from women, and indicate how the gender makeup of the executive council and leadership training may influence greater inclusion and overall agreement with communal decisions. The article is part of their NSF research project on the use of economic incentives for conservation and sustainable development in Ecuador.
Brittany Heintz Walters, PhD, Assistant Professor, Kinesiology, will give a podium presentation at the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity Annual Conference in Toronto, Canada titled, "The effect of cognitive load on visual strategy during upper and lower extremity motor tasks across older adults with varying attentional capacity".
Jacqueline Helfgott, PhD, Professor, Criminal Justice and Director, Crime and Justice Research Center, and Elaine Gunnison, PhD, Professor, Criminal Justice, Criminology, and Forensics, and Director, Master of Arts in Criminal Justice, published “Trauma, Psychopathic Traits, and Resilience in Female Post-Prison Reentry Outcomes” in the Criminology, Criminal Justice, Law & Society.
Matthew Hickman, PhD, Professor and Chair, Criminal Justice, Criminology & Forensics, is quoted in the article and headline of the Times-Picayune/NOLA Advocate article “Louisiana rarely bans police convicted or fired for abuse: 'This has been a failure.'”
Audrey Hudgins, EdD, Clinical Associate Professor, Matteo Ricci Institute, and the transregional research collaboration between Seattle University and Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla was featured in a recent newsletter of the International Association of Jesuit Universities. The research team from Ibero Puebla will travel to Seattle University in May/June 2023 in preparation for its presentation at the Latin American Studies Association 2023 Congress in Vancouver, Canada and its second phase of fieldwork in Wenatchee valley. They will join the team of Seattle University faculty and students associated with the project, Audrey Hudgins, Cullin Egge, Abi Berhane, and Claire Wiener. Marissa Olivares, International Studies faculty and visiting Fulbright scholar, will join the fieldwork component.
Naomi Hume, PhD, Associate Professor, Art, Art History, and Design, participated in the workshop, “Pictorial Techne and Co-operative Processes in Relation to Early Photography,” Karl-Franzens-Universität, Graz / University of Graz, Austria in April. She presented a talk entitled ““Simplicity” in Early Accounts of Nature Printing and Photography.”
Kevin Kyrcka, PsyD, Associate Dean for Social Sciences and Professional Programs and Professor, Psychology, and Eric Severson, PhD, Senior Instructor, Philosophy, published their new book, “The Psychology and Philosophy of Eugene Gendlin: Making Sense of Contemporary Experience.”
Christopher Paul, PhD, Professor, Communication and Media, presented” Why the party needs a blue shell: "An Apologia for Nintendo“ at the the 19th Annual Tampere University Game Research Lab Spring Seminar.
Jeannette Rodriguez, PhD, Professor: Theology and Religious Studies and Couple and Family Therapy, and Director, Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture, presented “Cultural Memory, Resistance, and a Return to ‘Original Instruction’” at the Canadian Theological Society, organized by their Dignity, Equity, and Justice Committee.
Benjamin Schultz-Figueroa, PhD, Assistant Professor, Film and Media Studies, received the Distinguished Graduate Student Alumni Award from UC Santa Cruz for 2023.
Mary-Antoinette Smith, PhD, Professor, English, contributed a chapter titled “A Classical Drama of Human Bondage: Recurrent Replications of Supplication, Appeals, and Social Justice Activism from Antiquity to the Present” to the recently published edited volume "Adaptation Before Cinema: Literary and Visual Convergence from Antiquity through the Nineteenth Century" (Palgrave, Studies Adaptation and Visual Culture Series, 2023). She presented a paper titled “A Twist in Expectations: Intersectional Approaches to Adapting Literatures of the Long 18th and 19th Centuries for Diverse Demographics in the Contemporary Classroom” at the annual Western Region Conference on Christianity and Literature (March 2023). Additionally, she has published chapters forthcoming in edited collections titled, respectively, “Back to the Future: Foreshadowed Forewarnings from the Romantic Period Forward” in Romantic Futures: Legacy, Prophecy, Temporality (Routledge, 2024], and “Secular Saint Seacole: Global Doctress Mirabilis and Practitioner of Cura Personalis” in "Between Worlds: Nineteenth-Century Transatlantic Women Writers and Religious Identity" (University of Edinburgh Press: Interventions in Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Culture, 2024).
Maria Tedesco, PhD, Assistant Teaching Professor, Matteo Ricci Institute, published an article titled "Affect, the State, and Political Subjectivity among the Nur Community in Turkey" in the journal Political Theology.
Donna Teevan, PhD, Associate Professor and Department Chair, Theology and Religious Studies, presented a paper, “Lonergan’s Contributions to Thinking about the Role of Theology and Religious Studies at Jesuit Universities,” at the West Coast Methods Institute, which met at Gonzaga University, April 20-22. The Theme of the conference was “Bernard Lonergan and the Crises in Higher Education and Culture.”
Charles M. Tung, PhD, Professor, English, co-edited a special cluster with Sean Grattan (U of Arizona) called “Posthuman Scale and the Care to Come,” available on ASAP/J, the open-access platform of ASAP/Journal (May 3, 2023). Their introduction, “Scalar Care,” reflects on the absence of caring, trajectories of the human-in-relation, and relations after humanism. Tung’s piece, “Scenes of Instruction in Deep Time,” reflects on knowledge transmission mechanisms in North America and the vision of structural care in larger histories and planetary scales.
Rachel Turow, PhD, Adjunct Faculty, Psychology, published “Mindfulness, meditation and self-compassion – a clinical psychologist explains how these science-backed practices can improve mental health” on The Conversation.
Gregory Davis, General Studies ’82, was featured in the Seattle Times article “Rainier Beach’s ‘unofficial mayor’ aims to strengthen community for future generations.”
Paul Johnson, BA Public Administration ’89, was promoted to Vice-President of People Culture and Chief Diversity Officer at Seattle Symphony. While at SU, he played woodwinds and sang in the university chorale.
Gavin Muller, MPA ‘22 was recognized as one of this year's winners for the N. Joseph Cayer Public Administration Best Student Paper Award by the World Social Science Association for his research paper entitled “Foster Children in Hotels: A Qualitative Study on the Decline of Residential Treatment Placements.”
Beth Raas-Bergquist, MFA in Arts Leadership ’10, has a play, “Josh’s Real Funeral,” included in Rain City Project’s upcoming edition of the Manifesto series, "Manifesto Volume Six: Ten to Places.” The 6th edition of the Manifesto Series was edited by A. Rey Pamatmat. His insightful Manifesto discusses the art of short form writing.
Mariah Ribeiro, BA, Art History with Departmental Honors, '19, co-curated an exhibition at the Henry Art Gallery of Dana Claxton's work to coincide with the artist's Monsen Photography Lecture on May 12. Ribeiro is currently a PhD Candidate in Art History at University of Washington and the Graduate Curatorial Assistant at the Henry. Ribeiro's BA honors thesis at SU explored Claxton's work along with other contemporary indigenous artists in relation to the concept of survivance. She was also recently invited to reflect on the work of Kent Monkman in a UW web post to accompany the artist's visit to the university.
Cady Seavey, BS, Kinesiology '22, with faculty Brittany Heintz Walters, PhD, will give a podium presentation of their research titled, "The effect of dual task type on manual dexterity and the association with cognitive function in older adults with mild cognitive impairment" at the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity Annual Conference in Toronto, Canada.
Tre Smith, BA, History ’19, and a Seattle Police officer, is quoted in the Seattle Times Op-Ed “Dressed for success: Helping Black, brown students prepare for their futures.”
Amanda Morgan, Interdisciplinary Arts, specialization in Arts Leadership, is featured on arts writer Marcie Sillman’s blog in “The Unstoppable Amanda Morgan.” A soloist with Pacific Northwest Ballet, Amanda is earning her BA through Second Stage, our partnership with the ballet company. She founded Seattle Project, a multi-arts nonprofit featuring work by BIPOC and queer creators.
Brandon Bledsoe, MACJ/Research & Evaluation ’23, Received a Provost Graduate Fellowship to complete his PhD in Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati and will be receiving the Department of Criminal Justice, Criminology, & Forensics graduate program 2023 Norm Maleng Academic Excellence and Citizenship Award. The Norm Maleng Academic Excellence & Citizenship Award is awarded to an outstanding graduating student in the Master of Arts in Criminal Justice program. The award is named in honor or Norm Maleng, former King County Prosecutor, who for almost 30 years was a vocal advocate for reform in criminal justice and introduced many programs in Seattle related to victim’s rights and drugs. Selection is based upon exceptional graduate work in the classroom and service to the community.
Joshua Bonilla, BS, Forensic Psychology ’23, was accepted into the Columbia University Master of Arts in Counseling Program.
Ashley Dobbs, MACJ/Investigative Criminology ’23, was hired as a Court Operations Associate with the Minnesota Judicial Branch.
Katie Kepler, MACJ/Victimology ’23, is in the process of applying for a position as an officer with the Seattle Police Department.
Evelyn Madrid-Fierro, BS, Criminal Justice/Forensic Science ’23, was hired as a Laboratory Technician with Eurofins.
Brandon Bledsoe and Katie Kepler are co-facilitating a spring practicum course, “Restorative Community-Police Dialogue Circles,” with SPD officers Matthew Roberson and Aaron Lucas.
This year, the Annual All College Day Awards and Recognition Event is Friday, June 2, 3:30-5 p.m., in the Casey Atrium & Patio. Please nominate someone you believe should be honored for their contributions. Please send narrative nominations of up to one page by email to Sonora Jha and Kate Reynolds by Friday, May 19. The nominations will be reviewed by a committee of past award recipients who will make recommendations to the Dean. See the full list of past recipients here.
Find the criteria here.
Calls for proposals were sent out via email on April 26. Please contact Hazel Hahn by email if you need more information.
Join us on May 23, 12:30-1:30 p.m. on Zoom. Dr. Carlyn Ferrari, Assistant Professor of English, and Dr. Brittany Heintz Walters, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology, will present their fascinating work-in-progress. Please read their abstracts here and join us to engage with our colleagues' work. The Works in Progress series is a wonderful opportunity to learn of our faculty's scholarship across disciplines.
The Seattle University Writing Center is excited to announce this inaugural event, May 25, noon-1:30 pm in the Wyckoff Reading Room on the third floor of the Lemieux Library. Light refreshments will be provided. While faculty and staff are absolutely encouraged to attend, the event is designed to connect panelists with students to share writing practices, motivations, insights, and struggles. In doing so, we hope panelists demystify the writing process and offer a multiplicity of motivations, practices, and wisdom. We encourage all attendees, but particularly students, to send questions they would like the panelists to address to the Writing Center social media (@suwritingcenter on Instagram) by using #TheWayIWrite, to our email, or on the RSVP form itself.
The Working Group will present their latest draft of the new learning goals for the Core on May 25, in the Boeing Room in the library, from 2-3:30 p.m. It is open to all faculty and staff.
Join Provost Shane P. Martin on May 25, 4:30 p.m. in the Father LeRoux Conference Center, STCN 16, to celebrate the myriad accomplishments of our faculty this year. This Faculty Convocation will recognize our McGoldrick Fellowship and Provost’s Award winners, Faculty Emeriti, anniversary milestones, and achievements in scholarship. RSVP here.
Seattle University Army ROTC hosts this event on May 26, between 3 and 6 p.m. The Murph Challenge is more than just a workout, it is done to honor all those who have sacrificed their lives. The event will consist of a ceremony at the beginning, followed by the completion of the Murph Challenge and fun field activities. There will be a tabling opportunity for those clubs or departments that would like to advertise to students/community members. Also, there will be volunteer opportunities to help make this event happen.
Grounded in the concept of community development, in which community members come together to take collective action and generate solutions to common challenges, two separate immersion opportunities offer participants insights into one community’s work toward migration justice in Nogales, Mexico and another community’s work toward housing justice in Tijuana, Mexico. Weekly on-campus meetings during fall quarter provide the necessary context to accept these two communities’ invitations to learn from them and work with them for justice. The migration justice immersion with Kino Border Initiative is $800 plus airfare and is scheduled for December 15-21, 2023. The housing justice immersion with Fundación Esperanza de Mexico is $1,300 all-inclusive and will take place December 9-15, 2023. Most of the program fee is a donation to support the organization’s work. The 1-3 variable credit course will be open for 23FQ registration in May. Learn more here. Questions? Contact Audrey Hudgins by email.
As part of the Fall symposium (dates TBA), Pigott McCone Chair Kirsten Thompson has invited Frédéric Tcheng, co-director, and Bethann Hardison, co-director and star, to discuss "Invisible Beauty," a remarkable documentary she saw at Sundance about Hardison’s role as a model and leading activist in creating more diversity in the fashion industry. Invisible Beauty will be played at the Seattle Film Festival and will go into general distribution in September/October around the time we hope to host them to campus. Watch for more information about the symposium, which will include members of the Pigott McCone Reading group presenting papers.
The Modern Languages and Cultures Department and the Career Engagement Office held this annual event on Tuesday, May 2. More than 80 students participated in the event and listened to guest speakers discuss the importance of learning a second language for their careers.
Congratulations to the Master of Social Work and Master of Public Administration programs for inclusion in U.S. World and News Report’s 2023-24 “Best Graduate Schools” rankings.
Fall 2023 registration begins this week. Refer to the email sent the Advising Center on Monday, May 8 for details. Or contact them by email.
The Pathways to Professional Formation office is open during the summer! Please encourage your students to meet with me virtually or in-person. I am happy to help them plan for internships next year. Make an appointment with Amy.
Centennial Center for Political Science and Public Affairs – June 15 deadline
The Centennial Center is home to thirteen donor-created funds, which support our research grant program. Each grant fund has a unique set of aims, including supporting international scholarship, electoral scholarship, and scholarship on race and gender.
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Distinguished Scholar Awards – August 1 deadline
The foundation welcomes proposals from any of the natural and social sciences and the humanities that promise to increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence and aggression. Highest priority is given to research that can increase understanding and amelioration of urgent problems of violence and aggression in the modern world. Questions that interest the foundation concern violence and aggression in relation to social change, intergroup conflict, war, terrorism, crime, and family relationships, among other subjects. Priority will also be given to areas and methodologies not receiving adequate attention and support from other funding sources. Most awards fall within the range of $15,000 to $40,000 per year for periods of one or two years.
National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend Program - September 30 deadline*
The National Endowment for the Humanities’ Summer Stipends program aims to stimulate new research in the humanities and its publication. The program works to accomplish this goal by:
Summer Stipends support continuous full-time work on a humanities project for a period of two consecutive months. NEH funds may support recipients’ compensation, travel, and other costs related to the proposed scholarly research.
*Two nominees are allowed per institution. Prospective nominees must notify OSP of their intent to apply by June 15, 2023, with an internal application deadline of July 5, 2023. More details about SU’s nomination process for the NEH summer stipends is available on the Limited Submission Opportunities webpage. Note that non-tenure track faculty are also eligible to submit to the NEH Summer Stipend program as independent scholars outside of SU’s limited submission process. See the NEH Summer Stipends webpage for more details, including about eligibility.
On Friday, April 28, University Advancement hosted the first State of the University since the pandemic. We were able to expand our reach through both an in-person guest list and via livestream. The event started with an address from President Peñalver and followed up with a panel featuring key university members. If you missed the address, you can watch the livestream here.
We often turn to faculty and staff partners who help identify potential for engaged volunteers and philanthropic priorities that support the college. Your partnership with SU Gives is invaluable!
In our conversations with friends of the college, we continue to learn the importance of cultivating strong relationships with local business owners that have ties to SU. If you own a local business, or have connections with local alumni business owners, please email Josh Marron.
Thank you in advance for your continued help. As always, if your department receives a donation and you are unsure how to move forward, please contact Katie Chapman and Josh Marron. Please include any additional information you have regarding uses for the donation. We will handle processing the gift and sending the donors their acknowledgement and receipt.
We hope you and your loved ones are staying healthy! Thank you!
Philosophy Department Endowed Lecture on Human Values: Stoic Consolations on Attachment and Loss
May 18, 4 p.m., Wyckoff Auditorium. Featuring Nancy Sherman, Georgetown University. The ancient Stoics force us to rethink our views on attachment and loss since they hold that virtue alone is sufficient for happiness. We may lose our homes and homeland to natural disaster or war, our loved ones to disease and untimely deaths, but for the wise person these amount to a different kind of injury from that of losing or failing to cultivate one’s goodness. This view strikes many of us as inhumane, an expression of the overly austere side of Stoicism. Still, the Stoic view gives us space to wonder if we don’t at times fail to cultivate attitudes that build greater resilience. Are there viable ancient Stoic lessons for modern resilience? Nancy Sherman is Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University, Her most recent book is Stoic Wisdom: Ancient Lessons and Modern Resilience (Oxford, 2021). She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Chloe Rollens: Honors Exhibit
May 18-June 8, Fine Arts Lobby Gallery
BFA Photo Exhibition
May 18 - June 8, Vachon Gallery. Opening Reception: May 18, 4-30-7:30 p.m. Featuring: Adolfo Bravo, Kira Daley, Michael Elizabeth, Eva Gugsa, Brian LaMar, Jake Nelson, Annie Reierson, and Nat Silva. Mentored by Claire Garoutte.
The Many Paths Toward Publication
May 23, 10:30 a.m.-noon, STCN 210. Writers wish to share our ideas with the world. But how? This expert panel about publishing features the bestselling and award-winning authors Tara Conklin, Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum, and Putsata Reang in conversation with 2023 Distinguished Visiting Writer Kristen Millares Young.
Love. Loss. Light., Indra Thomas in Concert
May 24, 8 p.m., Chapel of St. Ignatius. This year’s music series, curated by Dr. Quinton Morris, Associate Professor, Violin, and sponsored by the Pigott Family Endowment for the Arts at Seattle University culminates in this free concert with singer Indra Thomas, accompanied by Brian Osborne. The concert will also be live streamed by Classical KING as part of Dr. Morris’ program, “Unmute the Voices.” No advance registration is required.
Known for her lush and warm voice, Ms. Thomas has performed at many of the world class opera houses and venues, such as the Metropolitan Opera and the Vienna State Opera; she has performed at prominent venues here in the US, France, Germany, Spain and England, including the Royal Albert Hall and Carnegie Hall. Among numerous top orchestras with which she has appeared are the New York Philharmonic, the London Symphony and Leipzig’s Gewandhaus Orchestra – as well as leading orchestras in Paris, Spain, Brazil, the Netherlands, Japan, Finland, South Korea, Malaysia, Abu Dhabi, Boston, Cleveland and Detroit. Ms. Thomas has graced several famous music festivals such as the Bregenz Festspiele in Bregenz, Austria, Chorégies , d’Orange in France and the Proms Summer Festival in London.
Celebrating Two New Faculty Books
May 30, 4-5:30 p.m., Hunthausen 100. Please join us as we celebrate the publication of two books by our colleagues that contribute to the study of the New Testament and early Christianity. Leticia Guardiola-Sáenz, Associate Professor, School of Theology and Ministry and Theology and Religious Studies, has co-edited and contributed to “Latinx Perspectives on the New Testament” and Matt Whitlock, Associate Professor, Theology and Religious Studies, has edited and contributed to “Critical Theory and Early Christianity.” Refreshments will be served.
Retirement Celebration: Theresa Earenfight
June 1, 5:30 - 7:30 pm, in Casey Commons. Join us to celebrate our colleague.
Kathleen Alcalá in conversation with Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs
June 2, 7-8:30 p.m., Elliott Bay Books. Dr. Gutiérrez y Muhs interviews Alcalá about the release of a new edition of her book, The Flower in the Skull. Information here.
Lee Peterson – Words and Music
June 4, 3 p.m., The Chapel of St. Ignatius. Lee Peterson celebrates their retirement after 24 years at Seattle University, including service as Assistant Director of Choral Music (2006-2022) and Pianist-in-Residence (2022-2023). The program features musical performances (solo piano and choral performance of two of Lee’s compositions written for the Seattle University Choirs). Free Admission. Contributions to the Seattle University Piano Fund are greatly appreciated.
Brady Battalion’s Commissioning and End of Year Awards Ceremony
June 10 , Pigott Auditorium. 7-8 a.m.: Awards Ceremony, 9-10 a.m.: Commissioning Ceremony. RSVP here.
June 2, 3:30 to 5 p.m., All College Day Faculty and Staff Awards and Recognition
June 9, 2-4:30 p.m., A&S Undergraduate and Graduate Graduating Student Celebration. Please note that we are moving away from an Awards Ceremony format and towards a bigger celebration of all graduating seniors in Arts and Sciences. We hope faculty and staff will join in celebrating with our graduating students and their families – watch for more details by email.
June 11, 2 p.m., Baccalaureate Mass. Note that this year’s mass is on a Sunday instead of the traditional Saturday mass.
June 12, Undergraduate (11 a.m.) and Graduate (5 p.m.) Graduation Ceremonies, Climate Pledge Arena. Note that this year commencement is on a Monday instead of the traditional Sunday ceremonies as in years past.
Thursday, April 25 at 12:00 PM
Monday, May 6 at 9:00 AM
Wednesday, May 8 at 12:30 PM
Monday, May 13 at 5:00 PM
Tuesday, May 14 at 12:00 PM