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Seattle University is undertaking a search for its next Vice President for Human Resources. Faculty and staff are encouraged to complete a needs assessment survey that will help define the skills, experiences and competencies we seek and inform the position profile shared with potential candidates. Please complete and submit the survey by Dec. 3.

*Friday, Feb. 4–Sunday, Feb. 6, 2 p.m.
Palisades Retreat Center, Federal Way
* Check-in any time after 4 p.m. Friday
Retreat begins Friday with dinner at 5:30 p.m.  

Renew your spirit and vision for life! Give yourself the gift of a weekend retreat based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius…

Get away to a beautiful retreat center overlooking the shores of Puget Sound for a weekend of rest, personal reflection, group presentations, spiritual direction and rituals of healing and (optional) Eucharist. Guided by suggestions for prayer and reflection from each presenter, and conversation with a trained spiritual companion (“spiritual director”), the abundant silence of this retreat is meant to create space for you to listen more deeply and to see more clearly what God envisions for your life and the world. 

COST: The subsidized cost $100 includes two nights of single-room lodging and all meals. Scholarships are available. 

COVID-19 PROTOCOLS: All retreatants and directors will be required to show proof of full vaccination. Local and state COVID-19 guidelines will be followed, including ventilation and masking in public spaces, social distancing, hand washing and sanitizing. For meals, diners will be spaced six feet apart in a spacious well-ventilated room. 

TO REGISTER: Space is limited and spots fill quickly! Click here to apply by Friday, Jan. 14, 2022. 

QUESTIONS: Contact Eddie Salazar

Sponsored by the Center for Jesuit Education.

Staff Council will hold office hours this Wednesday, Dec. 1, 12:30-1:30 p.m., via Zoom. This is an open hour during which any staff member can discuss concerns with council representatives. Drop in any time during the open hour. We look forward to meeting with you.

To save energy, heating, cooling and lighting is minimized in unoccupied buildings while the university is closed over the winter holiday break (Dec. 18-Jan. 2). Each year, this effort typically saves Seattle University about $15,000 in energy costs and reduces greenhouse gas emissions by about 80 metric tons of carbon dioxide. If you plan to be in the buildings over the upcoming winter holiday break, please dress warmly as space temperatures will be allowed to drop down to 55 degrees.

If your department or college is open during the break, please submit a work order to Facilities to schedule heat by Thursday, Dec. 16. From Friday, Dec. 17, through Sunday, Jan. 2, please contact Public Safety at (206) 296-5990 for heating needs.

Buildings with ongoing research experiments or equipment that need a stable temperature are excluded from the holiday setback. On Sunday, Jan. 2, the buildings will return to normal operating temperatures in time for the university’s reopening on Monday, Jan. 3.

Here’s how you can help before leaving for the winter holiday:

• Unplug all non-essential electronics.
• Turn off lights, computers and copiers.
• Close all windows.
• Shut down all non-essential lab equipment.

If you have any questions, please contact the Facilities Resource Center at (206) 296-6996 by noon on Friday, Dec. 17.

Learning Assistance Programs is seeking presenters for its Winter 2022 Learning Strategy Workshop series and would appreciate your participation. Learning Strategy Workshops are intended to encompass ideas, resources and skills that help students succeed during and after their academic careers. Previous topics have included: adapting to the remote learning environment, self-care for students, online collaboration tools, how to succeed in college with ADHD and more. 

Winter quarter proposals are being accepted through Tuesday, Dec. 7. If you are interested in participating in the series or facilitating a workshop with LAP anytime this year, please fill out this form and they will reach out to you.

Seattle University’s 2021 Christmas Tree Lighting will be celebrated in person from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 2, at Lemieux Library and McGoldrick Learning Commons Plaza. The tree lighting will be preceded by a 5:30 p.m. Advent Mass at the Chapel of St. Ignatius. Visit tree lighting for more information on the big event and all the festivities surrounding it.

The library will be open as usual between Monday, Nov. 29, and Saturday, Dec. 11. An SU Campus Card is required to access the building after 6 p.m. Monday–Friday and all day Saturday and Sunday.

For additional information about hours, including hours for the Media Production Center, please visit Lemieux Library and McGoldrick Learning Commons.

From Seattle University's United Way of King County Campaign Co-Chair Tim Leary:

As we begin the second week of this year’s United Way campaign, thank you to all who have been able to make a donation. Your gifts are both much appreciated and will help in providing services so greatly needed in our community.

A highlight of this second week is a video we are sharing. This message from our colleague Ariel Rosemond is brief but impactful and I encourage you to take a minute to hear his words. 

For those still considering a contribution, a reminder you can give online by visiting the United Way of King County Campaign - Seattle University website. Here is also where you’ll find updates on donations made and communications that have gone out. If you have questions about donating online, please contact the United Way at 206-461-5005 or at onlinesupport@uwkc.org. If you have questions about donating through payroll deduction, please contact Rita Lin at rlin@seattleu.edu.

As we end this week with the Thanksgiving holiday, please know of our appreciation for all you do. Thank you.

Director of Choral & Vocal Activities Dr. Leann Conley-Holcom and Assistant Director Dr. Lee Peterson are pleased to announce the Seattle University Choirs’ fall quarter 2021 virtual performance, "All Is Bright." The free, live-streamed concert will be presented on the Seattle U Choirs YouTube channel at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4.

For more information and to join the like and follow @seattleuchoirs on Facebook and Instagram. Sponsored by the Department of Performing Arts and Arts Leadership. For more information, contact Lee Peterson at petersla@seattleu.edu.

A busy slate of home games continues for the Redhawks, offering many opportunities to see the team in action. Following tonight’s game vs. Morgan St. in the Redhawk Center, the squad returns to Climate Pledge Arena on Monday for a 7 p.m. tip-off against Arkansas Pine Bluff. On Tuesday, the Redhawks return to campus once again, hosting Pacific Lutheran at 7 p.m. for Faculty Appreciation Night. 

Seattle U faculty and staff receive two (2) complimentary tickets to all regular-season home games, while supplies last. All are encouraged to claim their men’s basketball tickets in advance for Redhawk Center games and Climate Pledge Arena games for easy entry on game day. 

Additional tickets for friends and family may be purchased by contacting the Seattle U Athletics ticket office at 206-398-GOSU or goseattleu.com/tix. For complete schedule information, visit goseattleu.com. And please check out the current health and safety protocols at both the Redhawk Center and Climate Pledge Arena.

Wed, Dec. 8 | 10-11 a.m. | Zoom link provided upon registration OR
Thu, Dec. 9 | 9:30-10:30 a.m. | Zoom link provided upon registration

Co-facilitated by Jodi O'Brien (Principal Investigator, ADVANCE grant; Special Assistant to the Provost for Faculty Development) and Jean Jacoby (Co-Principal Investigator, ADVANCE grant; Associate Dean, College of Science & Engineering)

In June 2021, the SU Board of Trustees voted to formally adopt the SU ADVANCE proposed Revised Promotion Guidelines for Full Professor. The revisions go into effect immediately, although faculty seeking promotion in the 2021–2022 academic year are considered an "intermediate group" and therefore do not need to fulfill some of the new requirements, including the development of a "Holistic Faculty Development Plan" (HFDP).

Faculty seeking promotion in subsequent years will need to begin mapping out an HFDP. Ideally, this will be an opportunity to think deeply about intentional career development but we recognize that this represents a cultural and procedural shift for our faculty. Accordingly, an information session is being held via Zoom to discuss the HFDP in more depth. Due to popular demand, the session is running twice:

• Wednesday, Dec. 8 | 10-11 a.m.
• Thursday, Dec. 9 | 9:30-10:30 a.m.

The two sessions will cover the same material and will be facilitated by Jodi O'Brien and Jean Jacoby.

Mentoring is a key component of the HFDP. Training workshops are currently being conducted for faculty in evaluative positions (e.g., College/School personnel committees), but participation all senior faculty interested in mentoring other faculty are also invited to participate in this information session.

Please RSVP for one of these sessions by Dec. 1 using the Center for Faculty Development's Fall Events registration form.

You will be sent a Zoom link for the session. More information can also be found on the SU ADVANCE website.

The Staff Council recognizes the importance of connection with each other and being in community, even virtually, especially in these trying times. Staff members are highly encouraged to engage in the Fall '21 edition of the council's Community Connections Padlet, an online sharing board centered around the theme of community. They are so excited to see what you all have to share!

Dear Colleagues,

Today we launch Seattle University’s United Way of King County Charitable Campaign, and I invite your support in this important effort, which continues through Dec. 3. 

While the region we call home is blessed in many ways, we know there are far too many among us who are suffering. The dehumanizing impacts of poverty and injustice that predated COVID have only been exacerbated by the pandemic. So many in our community are hurting, and as a Jesuit university we are especially called upon to respond.

In this spirit, I ask you to consider contributing what you can to the United Way campaign. You can give online by visiting the United Way of King County Campaign - Seattle University website. If you have questions about donating online please contact the United Way at 206-461-5005 or at onlinesupport@uwkc.org. If you have questions about donating through payroll deduction please contact Rita Lin at rlin@seattleu.edu.

At the same time, I recognize and understand that many are not in a position to participate in the campaign, especially given the challenges of the past 20 months. Financial support is just one of many ways to address the critical needs in our community, and I know that so many of our faculty and staff (and, of course, students) are generous in giving of their time and talents. Whatever form it takes, please know I am grateful for your commitment to bettering the lives of those around you.

Our United Way campaigns have historically enjoyed great success thanks to those who have helped lead the effort as co-chairs and ambassadors. This year, we are trying a slightly different approach, and I am grateful that Executive Vice President Tim Leary will lead our campaign with assistance from Anne Moran (Office of the President), Monica Scott (Office of the Executive Vice President) and, of course, Rita Lin (Payroll). Over the next couple of weeks, we will be sharing information about the many United Way programs and I also invite you to join me on Dec. 2 at 12:30 p.m. for a brief virtual campus-wide campaign event. Details will be shared closer to the event.

Thank you for considering this invitation to participate in SU’s United Way of King County Campaign and for all that you do for our students and university.

Respectfully,

Eduardo M. Peñalver
President

Does not apply to the School of Law 

Dear Students, Faculty, and Staff,  

I write to clarify the academic calendar for the remainder of fall quarter.

As previously announced, classes and exams will move online after Thanksgiving break through the end of fall quarter. (A limited number of classes will continue to meet in person: students in those classes have already been informed by their instructor).  

Winter quarter 2022 begins as scheduled on Tuesday, January 4. It will, like fall quarter, be taught primarily in-person at the undergraduate level with a mix of in-person and online instruction at the graduate level. For information regarding specific courses or programs, please refer to MySeattleU or consult with your program or department.

Sincerely, 

Robert Dullea, Ph.D. 
Vice Provost  

(This message was originally sent to faculty on Oct. 15.)

Additional Notes

• Faculty are encouraged to utilize CDLI resources to assist with the transition to online instruction. 
• Winter quarter 2022 begins as scheduled on Tuesday, January 4. 

Nursing Professor Mo Sin was recently announced as the 2021 Edmond J. Safra Visiting Nurse Faculty Program Alumni Awardee. The award honors Dr. Sin for her creativity, excellence and compassion in teaching nursing students about Parkinson’s Disease (PD), in part through the grant she received from the Parkinson’s Foundation in June 2020 to support the “PD Nursing Student Ambassador Program” she developed and administered last academic year. Read more about Sin’s recent work.

Tuesday, Nov. 30
12:30-1:25 p.m.
Via Zoom: Register for the event here

Political Science Associate Professor Yitan Li will discuss the book he has coauthored, Identity in the Shadow of the Giant: How the Rise of China is Changing Taiwan. The book investigates the implications of the global ascent of China on cross-Strait relations and the identity of Taiwan as a democratic state. Examining an array of factors that affect identity formation, Dr. Li will discuss how the authors consider the influence of the rapid military and economic rise of China on Taiwan's identity. Li is director of the Asian Studies Program and editor of the Journal of Chinese Political Science.

Questions? Contact poquizm@seattleu.edu 

Yitan Li Book Launch Flyer

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Orientation Programs looks forward to collaborating with faculty and staff to recruit the next fantastic team of all-star Orientation Leaders! They invite you to take a minute to nominate outstanding undergraduate students who would benefit from further developing their leadership skills by becoming Orientation Leaders. You are invited to submit nominations here.

You are also invited to tell students you’ve nominated that you feel they would be a great fit for the Orientation Leader position. A position description will be posted to Handshake and linked in the nomination form soon. Though the position title and description has slightly shifted, the 2021 Orientation Advisor description may provide some context for the work of next year’s Orientation Leaders. 

Orientation Programs acknowledges that representation matters and would love to hear about students who are underrepresented on our campus (transfer students, commuters, veterans, adult learners, students of color, etc.). Any and all nominations and applications are welcome. The Orientation team is already hard at work on the recruitment and selection process, and is more than happy to e-mail, text, chat or meet with interested candidates. Feel free to contact them or have students reach out  orientation@seattleu.edu with any questions. The application deadline is Feb. 11, 2022.

We are pleased to announce the launch of SU Today, a new site dedicated to university messages, information and events. The main objectives of SU Today are to: 

• Create a one-stop hub for internal communications and make it easier for faculty and staff to find campus messages and announcements.
• Support the university's continued move toward reducing the number of stand-alone announcements that are e-mailed to the campus community. 

What is SU Today? 

In this initial phase, SU Today will feature the kinds of items you’ve been accustomed to seeing in our faculty and staff announcements, which are sent on Tuesdays and Thursdays during fall, winter and spring quarters and on Wednesdays during summer. 

Longer term, the plan for the site is to more fully integrate other campus-wide messages and serve as a hub for internal SU communications. In the meantime, you’ll notice that SU Today includes links to other pages on which many key university-wide messages and announcements are posted (e.g. President’s Updates, Provost’s Messages, Student Announcements, etc.). This is the first step in SU Today becoming a hub for internal communications. 

What are the benefits of SU Today? 

Up until now, faculty and staff have had to rely exclusively on the regular Tuesday/Thursday announcements for events and information. At SU Today messages and campus news will be posted regularly so you don’t have to wait for the e-mail. The site also makes it easier to search for all the current announcements.  

Will regular announcements still be e-mailed to faculty and staff? 

Yes. Campus announcements will continue to be sent to faculty and staff on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The e-mail version of SU Today will feature the latest items on the site. You’ll notice a few notable changes to the e-mail: 

• As with recent editions of Inside Seattle U, we will be using a platform hosted by Axios to send the e-mails. Among other features, this provides a more mobile-friendly viewing experience as well as the opportunity to track readership (which is not possible in Outlook).
  
  
• For most items featured in the e-mails, a header and brief summary will appear and link to the full message on the SU Today site. This streamlined format will allow readers to more quickly scan the announcements and link to the full messages that interest them most. 

Here's a glimpse of what the SU Today e-mail editions will look like:

As the SU Today site evolves to more fully integrate other university messages, the plan is to also include more of these announcements in the e-mails. This will allow us to reduce the number of stand-alone messages sent to the campus community. 

How do I submit an announcement for SU Today? 

Along with the new site and e-mail delivery mode there’s a new submission form: Request a campus announcement.

Using this form will be the quickest way to get your announcement posted to SU Today and to be featured in the e-mailed version. (The “Announcement Title” and “Summary” fields are typically what will appear in the e-mailed version of SU Today.)

In order to be highlighted in an e-mail edition of SU Today, announcements must be submitted by noon on the prior day (Mondays for Tuesday announcements, and Wednesdays for Thursday announcements). This request has long been in place but will be even more important as we move to a new process for posting and disseminating announcements. 

Questions?

Please contact Mike Thee at theem@seattleu.edu.

Tuesday, Nov. 16, 12:30–1:30 p.m.
West side of Jim and Janet Sinegal Center for Science and Innovation

Join the Kinesiology Department for a celebration of their new mobile lab. Students, faculty and special guests, along with interested attendees, will participate in demonstrations of the equipment in the lab and will learn how they are used in the department’s work. 

The demonstrations will repeat continuously throughout the open house. Four stations will have demonstrations set up for viewing:

• Students will wear insoles/GPS to complete a cutting drill or a one-on-one competition and the data will be represented on iPads and laptops.
• A professional dancer will wear a motion capture suit and you can watch the avatar mimic the movements on the laptop.
• A student will be on a bicycle (not an ergometer; the department has one of the rollers that turns a bike into a stationary bike) wearing an oxygen mask and eight-lead ECG, with the results visible on the desktop.
• A cellist will play while wearing sensors that track fine motor control movements on his dominant playing hand.
• Ultrasound: Watch your forearm muscles contract as you flex your fingers and wrists.
• EMG (electromyography): Sensors attached assess how much a muscle is contracting. Sensors will be placed on the forearm for friendly arm wrestling competitions.
• Barbell weight lifting with our velocity-based system will show you how much power you are using when you lift.
• Test your vertical jump with Vertec and see who makes the leaderboard for the highest jump.

The Kinesiology Department developed the mobile lab to provide undergraduate and graduate students valuable research opportunities in communities throughout the region. The mobile lab will demonstrate SU’s commitment to community engagement in a variety of partners. It also illustrates the potential for developing interdisciplinary approaches to field research—engaging a wide variety of sectors with interest in human function and performance and the positive impact that exercise can have on the whole person. The mobile lab is made possible through funding from Dean’s Excellence Fund and Novel USA.

Campus Ministry and the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) are collaborating this year to support BIPOC students in new ways. Please help share the word about these opportunities with students. If you’re interested in helping to fund either of the following programs, please e-mail Victoria Carr-Ware carrv@seattleu.edu.

• BIPOC Students Community Lunch, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 12:30 p.m., OMA Lounge (STCN 322) | A simple lunch will be provided. For catering purposes, RSVP on ConnectSU.
  
  
• Rooted: A Retreat for Students of Color, January 7–9, 2022 | This is an opportunity for students of color to find rest, explore intersecting identities, cultivate community and have fun—all at a beautiful waterfront location. Join for a weekend of renewal led by BIPOC staff. Register by December 6.

Do you have a comment, suggestion or feedback you’d like to share with President Eduardo Peñalver? Visit the Office of the President webpage to share your thoughts through the Suggestion Box.

From Monday, Nov. 1, through the end of the year
Asynchronous/Virtual: Enter the Showcase here

The College of Science and Engineering is pleased to present the STEM Research Showcase 2021. The event will highlight the summer research completed by students with faculty mentors. Poster presentations will be given on a variety of areas in science, mathematics and engineering. All are welcome to attend and celebrate this annual poster event. This event will be a virtual, asynchronous program available on Canvas. For more information, contact Chandra Catron at catronc@seattleu.edu.

The SU Facilities department has noticed an increase in recycling contamination in our campus waste stream. The major contaminators they are consistently finding are: Styrofoam, plastic films and bags, food waste, liquids, clothing and electronics. These items cannot be placed in the blue bin, but instead should be trashed, composted or recycled separately through one of the many innovative specialty programs on campus. It is up to all of us to think before we throw and to educate those around us to clean up our recycling stream. The entire Seattle University community is being asked to make improvements, and here is how to help:

• Put the right stuff in the right bins. Use this “Where does it go flyer” to help you.
• Make sure all recyclables are reasonably empty, clean and dry.
• Do NOT recycle Styrofoam, plastic films, food waste, liquids, electronics, or clothing in the blue bin. Seattle University has specialty recycling programs for Styrofoam, plastic films, electronics, clothing and more.
• Check out this media toolkit for digital and printable signage to use in your office, kitchen, residence hall, collegium, bulletin boards, etc. to spread the word on campus!
• Looking for more information on how SU recycles right? Check out the SU Compost & Recycling page to find more information about waste management on campus and how you can suggest opportunities and get involved.

Thank you for your efforts to make Seattle University one of the most sustainable universities in the nation!

Henry Louie, professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering—along with collaborators at Navajo Technical University—was awarded a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation to study how off-grid solar electricity systems on Native American reservations perform and can be improved upon to address the issue of energy poverty in Tribal and other rural areas. Dr. Louie’s grant, for which he serves as principal investigator, provides paid research experiences for two undergraduate students per year, and funds the construction of laboratory equipment that will enhance the research environment at SU for years to come. A full abstract of the grant can be found here.

Brian Fischer, associate professor of Mathematics, was recently awarded funds from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders in collaboration with Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Fischer’s collaborative project, “Coding of Auditory Space in the Avian Brain,” investigates the neural coding of sound location across the brains of barn owls with the overarching goal of understanding the principles driving sound localization and orienting behavior in birds and mammals. This project complements Fischer’s ongoing work in this arena, which has been funded by NIH since 2012.

Staring at screens all day can make your eyes ache…let LinkedIn Learning help you prepare for a tech break! 

Not sure how to unplug? Check out these quick videos from LinkedIn Learning for a few tips on getting started:

• Tech Fatigue: Why we need balance and boundaries (5 mins.)
• Unplugging (3 mins.)
• Life audit: Identifying digital triggers (5 mins.)
• Recharging and reconnecting with yourself (8 mins.)
• Recharging by moving and disconnecting (3 mins.)

Need a break from the screen ASAP? Pop in a pair of headphones, wander away from your desk, and simply listen to the content above instead of watching. If you are looking for full-length audio-only courses, check these out:

• Building Resources for Resilience
• How to Organize Your Time and Your Life
• How to Inspire and Develop Your Direct Reports
• The Cure for Imposter Syndrome
• Superhuman Innovation
• How to Slash Anxiety and Keep Positivity Flowing

Recently HES Facilities Management has partnered with the team at WFF Facilities Services who provide custodial services in our academic sector. Same friendly and hard-working staff with a different company name and logo—HES.

This change marks a new phase of growth for the company, still guided by the mission, values and experience their higher education partners have always trusted and come to expect. 

Additionally, WFF’s current Director Joe Serrano will be will be taking on a different role with the company and leaving SU at the end of November. The new HES Custodial Director Jeff Dale comes to SU with 22 years of custodial management background in healthcare. We thank Joe for his great work and dedication to SU and welcome Jeff to the university. 

Jeff and team can be reached at 206-296-6194.

The Controller’s Office would like you to be aware of the following December 2021 deadliness for ProcureSU and Accounts Payable: 

By close of day on Friday, Dec. 10, departments must complete all approvals and receiving in ProcureSU and submissions to the “payables” email for transactions to be included in the payment dates below: 

• Wednesday, Dec. 15  – Final Direct Deposit
• Wednesday, Dec. 15  – Final Check Run
• Wednesday, Dec. 15  – Foreign Wires: Final effective date in December

Reprographics is available for your printing needs, including:

• business cards
• official SU envelopes and letterhead
• copies, posters, banners and banner stands

They’re now offering: new self-adhesive vinyl stickers and floor graphics; high outdoor color durability; superior indoor image quality; instant dry and scratch resistant prints; and precise custom contour cutting for signage and stickers.

SuperCopy offers:

• notary services
• stamps and postage (USPS and FedEx)
• UPS, FedEx and USPS drop-offs
• stationeries
• ID cards
• business cards
• posters
• passport photos

Both accept debit and credit: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, Apple Pay and Google Pay.

Location: Pavilion 010
Phone: 206-296-6117
supercopy@seattleu.edu

Mailing Services is here for you Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. and Saturday, 9:30 a.m.–noon (deliveries only).

Contact Philip or Grace and let them know if you would like your mail delivered or if someone will pick it up. Additionally, please provide them with a point of contact including name, phone number and e-mail for all departmental mail questions.

Daily outgoing mail and pickup times:

USPS – 1 p.m.
FedEx – 3 p.m.
UPS – 3 p.m.

Location: Pavilion 040
Phone: 206-296-6199
MailingServices@seattleu.edu 

As you may be aware, Mailing Services is now distributing paper to meet your MPS needs and asks for your help to maintain a high level of service. Departmental office administrators are asked to help refill machines when paper is delivered by Mailing Services. Mailing Services is delivering paper based on usage on existing mailing routes along with departmental mail. Reams of paper will have the printer name (e.g., GSXXX) and paper should be placed near or in the printer drawers.   

If you need additional paper beyond what is being delivered for any reason, please submit a request to the Service Desk at MailingServices@seattleu.edu.

Scopus is here! As part of our Citation and Journal Metrics pilot, access to Scopus will be available until Dec. 31. Scopus is a database that features abstracts and citations from literature in many disciplines, including science, medicine, social sciences, and the arts and humanities.   

This pilot will assist the library in assessing the role of citation and journal metrics resources in supporting teaching, learning and research. It will also allow the library to evaluate a possible subscription to a citation index and journal metric resource that is aligned with other resource needs and priorities. Your feedback is very important to this assessment! Please provide input here.  

More information about Scopus and the pilot can be found at the Citation Index & Journal Metrics Pilot Guide. If you have any questions, please contact your liaison librarian or Director of Resource Acquisition & Management Jan Hartley at hartleyj@seattleu.edu. 

The Catholic community traditionally prays for its deceased members in a special way in November. Seattle University’s Jesuit Community invites members of the campus community to send to the Arrupe Community (Arrupeoffice@seattleu.edu or by campus mail c/o Bob Grimm, S.J.) any names of persons who have died in the past year that they would like to have remembered at the Jesuits’ daily mass. The names will be placed in a basket before the altar in the chapel in the Arrupe Residence.

On All Souls’ Day and throughout the month of November, Christians remember with love those who have died, and pray in hope for them. Here at Seattle University we mark this month with an altar for Dia de los Muertos in our Chapel. This year, the altar will be accessible both at the Chapel as well as virtually, and all members of our community are encouraged to add the names, pictures and stories of their loved ones to the physical or virtual altar, and to bear witness together to the grief of our community by praying with the names reflected on the altar. 

You can access the virtual altar here. Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a cultural celebration rooted in indigenous and Christian traditions celebrated throughout Mexico and parts of Latin America and is a time to celebrate and reconnect with our ancestors and loved ones who have died. We pray that all those who have died may be embraced by God, and that all those who mourn may be comforted. All are also welcome to join a special bilingual (English-Spanish) Mass at the Chapel this Sunday, Oct. 31, at 8 p.m. during which the altar will be blessed.

A reminder that Seattle University has a Raffles Policy and Resources site to assist the university community in complying with local and state laws and regulations. Please visit Raffles Policy prior to planning a raffle for information on required action. Should you have any questions, please contact the Office of University Counsel at 206-296-2043 or the Office of the Executive Vice President at 206-296-6160. 

As we return to work during a time of change and lingering uncertainty with the pandemic, making time for soulcare is more important than ever. In the Ignatian spirit of caring for the whole person, the Center for Jesuit Education welcomes you to “Soul Sessions,” a series of brief and accessible community gatherings to help you pause, breathe, reflect and find inspiration for your daily life and work. 

Soul Sessions will be offered Tuesdays on Zoom from 12:30 to 12:45 p.m. through Nov. 30. This fall’s facilitators include Angie Jenkins, De’Andre Jones, Amber Larkin, Carol Lwali, Kim Thompson and Eric Watson, S.J.

To receive Soul Session Zoom links in your Outlook calendar, please e-mail centerforjesuiteducation@seattleu.edu. You can attend every week or drop in when you’re able. If you miss a session, they will be available on the CJE website.

You’re invited to help to find candidates for open staff positions. Please view the full list of postings or check out this week’s highlighted opportunities:

Budget Manager (College of Education)

Corporate Relations Specialist (Project Center)

Campus Public Safety Officer 

The Center for Digital Learning & Innovation offers the following workshops for any interested faculty. Contact Mafil Fabroquez Cho at cdli@seattleu.edu with any questions. 

• Camtasia (Virtual) – Tuesday, Nov. 9, 10:30 a.m.–noon
  Learn the basics of Camtasia for Mac or PC. Camtasia is a premium screen recorder with sophisticated video editing. CDLI has a limited number of instructor licenses available if you decide this is the tool for you. RSVP and see workshop information.
  
  
• Teaching with Zoom (Virtual) – Friday, Nov. 12, 1–2 p.m.
  This workshop designed for instructors will cover effective use of the various features of Zoom, including: online teaching, scheduling class meetings using the Canvas-Zoom tool and setting up Zoom office hours. RSVP and see workshop information. 

Please note the above workshops are held via Zoom. Links to Zoom meetings will be sent prior to the start of the workshop. If you are unable to attend a particular workshop or need advice about something specific to your course, consider signing up for an individual consultation.

The Seattle Department of Transportation will be starting construction on the Madison Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line shortly. The BRT will run along Madison Street from First Ave. to Martin Luther King, Jr. Way, creating a dedicated bus lane for most of the route, as well as new bus stops, sidewalks, utilities and other streetscape improvements. Work is expected to begin this month at 15th and Madison and progress eastward while another sector of work will begin downtown and make its way toward SU in the coming months. Initial impacts adjacent to campus will be limited, but may include utility investigations, street tree removal, noise and/or traffic impacts. Visit SDOT for additional information. Contact Director of Facilities Planning and Real Estate Nathan Gregory, at gregorna@seattleu.edu, with any questions or concerns about impacts to SU.

Members of the Seattle University community are encouraged to take part in the Seattle Public Safety Survey. The purpose of the survey is to solicit feedback from those who live and/or work in Seattle to increase public safety and security in your neighborhood. Through the survey results, detailed reports will be presented to the Seattle Police Department on the safety concerns of each neighborhood in order to better address the concerns of your community.

Accessible from Oct. 15 through Nov. 30, the survey is available in Amharic, Arabic, Chinese, English, Korean, Oromo, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Tigrinya and Vietnamese.

Please tell your friends, family, co-workers and community members about the survey and feel free to share the link on your social media. Public safety and security are community concerns. Please make sure your voice is heard by completing the public safety survey today.

As we settle back into planning events for our campus community, a few reminders and updates about campus publicity are listed below. Campus departments, clubs, organizations and offices can also reference the Campus Publicity Policy.

Please note that this policy is in effect for all on- and off-campus organizations.

• ConnectSU News/Student Announcement Request: Student announcements are now available through ConnectSU News, a weekly e-mail newsletter containing events, campus information and more. To request your announcement, please visit ConnectSU and fill out the Student Announcement Request located under Campus Links. This newsletter is managed by the ConnectSU Hub staff, formerly the Redhawk Resource Hub Desk, located on the first floor of the Student Center.
  
  
• On-Campus Publicity Request: The Center for Student Involvement is now approving flyers, posters, Student Center TV ads, table tents and more through the On-Campus Publicity Request on ConnectSU (also available under Campus Links). Utilize this link to get your on-campus publicity approved virtually before you print. This form is managed by the Center for Student Involvement staff (e-mail involvement@seattleu.edu).
  
  
• ConnectSU Social Media: With more than 440 followers on Instagram and a growing community on Facebook, social media managers are encouraged to tag @seattleuconnectsu to help boost your outreach. ConnectSU social media is managed by the ConnectSU Hub and Center for Student Involvement staff.
  
  
• Off-Campus Publicity: Off-campus vendors, businesses, etc., can get their flyers approved in-person at the ConnectSU Hub, located on the first floor of the Student Center.

Please feel free to reach out to the Center for Student Involvement if you ever have any questions or need clarification on campus publicity policies by e-mailing involvement@seattleu.edu or calling (206) 296-6465.