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Check out your Redhawks in action this week!

• Men's Basketball vs. Abilene Christian University | Wednesday, Feb. 1, 7 p.m., Climate Pledge Arena
  - Coaches vs. Cancer
  - Catholic Schools Night
  - College of Science and Engineering and Albers School of Business and Economics in attendance

• Women's Basketball vs. Sam Houston | Thursday, Feb. 2, 6 p.m., Redhawk Center
  - National Women in Sports Day

All Seattle U staff and faculty, receive up to TWO free tickets for every regular-season athletics event, subject to availability. Skip the lines on gameday and claim your tickets in advance HERE. Please check out with your Seattle U email to access your free ticket benefit. Step-by-step instructions are included within the link, to make securing your digital tickets even more simple! Tickets for all winter events are available now. Full schedules are available at goseattleu.com.

Help to keep the Faculty and Staff Directory up to date by entering your building and room number information into the directory. Accurate information also helps Mailing Service deliver your mail to the appropriate location. It takes less than two minutes. Update your information.

Wednesday, Feb.15, 4-5:30 p.m.
LeRoux Conference Center (STCN 160)

Faculty and staff are invited to the February session of Colleagues in Jesuit Education.

• Kerry Von Esch, PhD will speak about the role of SU’s educational mission to accompany students who make a hopeful difference for others in the world.  
• Cynthia Dillard will lead the opening reflection.

Please join us! If you haven’t already registered, please click here.

More information can be found on this flyer.

RSVP here

The Center for Jesuit Education, Campus Ministry, St. Joseph Parish and the Ignatian Spirituality Center are happy to present a screening of the film Wonderfully Made LGBTQ+R(eligion) on Thursday, March 2 in Pigott Auditorium. The gathering will begin with a light reception at 5 p.m., followed by the screening at 6 p.m. and a special Q&A with the filmmakers.

To fight for greater LGBTQ+ acceptance while overlooking or ignoring religion is to miss the root of the problem. Wonderfully Made LGBTQ+R(eligion) features interviews with leading advocates of LGBTQ+ Catholics and highlights the factions who are fighting for LGBTQ+ acceptance and who often are criticized and attacked. Wonderfully Made LGBTQ+R(eligion) is storytelling with a purpose at its finest. Learn more at Wonderfully Made. Watch the trailer. 

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

• An Ignatian Approach to Academic Integrity (Virtual) – Tuesday, Feb. 7, 10:30-11:30 a.m.
  In this workshop we’ll discuss challenges students face and how these challenges lead and relate to issues of academic integrity in the classroom. Join us for sharing strategies and addressing academic integrity with Ignatian pedagogy in your course design. RSVP and see more workshop information.
• Whiteboarding (Virtual) – Wednesday, Feb. 8, 1-2 p.m.
  This workshop will explore whiteboard applications including the Zoom Whiteboard and Microsoft Whiteboard app, with a foray into equipment presentation using iPads, Android tablets, Tablet PCs and other creative options. RSVP and see more workshop information.

Links to Zoom meetings will be sent prior to the start of a virtual 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!

Thursday, Feb. 9, 12:30–1:30 p.m.
Lemieux Library 366

In this workshop facilitated by Biology Lecturer Laura Austin, PhD, students will learn about some of the biology behind Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and ways to succeed academically that work with the unique way an ADHD brain processes information.​​​​​​​​ No RSVPs are required and snacks will be provided.

What is the Campus Race to Zero Waste Competition? It is an eight-week recycling competition throughout February and March among colleges and universities across North America. Colleges and universities compete to see how well they are doing in their waste reduction efforts and gauge how they compare against other institutions.

Competition categories SU will participate in this year: 

1. Diversion = recyclables, food organics and trash weights reported.
2. Per Capita = combined amount of paper, cardboard, and bottles and cans on a per person basis.
3. Food Organics = food waste and any organic materials handled alongside food waste reported. Organics generated in office and campus residential settings and special events can be included in addition to what is collected from dining facilities.
4. Electronics = total amount of electronics donated and recycled during a one-month period.

SU’s 2023 competition goals: 

1. Rank within the top five schools in the diversion category. Last year SU placed 9^th in the diversion category and had a 63.3% diversion rating.
2. Rank within the top 10 schools for special e-waste category.

For more information about the competition and other universities participating visit Campus Race to Zero Waste.

To learn more on how SU will be participating this year and the events we will be hosting throughout competition season visit www.seattleu.edu/racezerowaste.

Questions about SU’s Recycling Department and the programs we offer? E-mail wolknathanie@seattleu.edu or visit Compost and Recycling.

Saturday, Feb. 11, 5–9:30 p.m.
Campion Ballroom

Professional Without Borders’ silent and live dinner auction is back after a two-year hiatus! Featuring Seattle personality and seven-time Emmy Award recipient Brian Callanan as host. Purchase tickets here. Through PWOB, students, staff and faculty complete small but substantial projects for people in need. 

Digital art design by Professor Naomi Kasumi

Monday, Feb. 6, 2-3:30 p.m.
Student Center 160

Dr. Hook explores “Fanon and Phenomenology and The Topic of Racial Ontologizing Through the Body.” Sponsored by the Psychology and Philosophy Departments.

Derek Hook is a scholar and a practitioner of psychoanalysis with expertise in the areas of Lacanian psychoanalysis, post-colonial theory (the work of Frantz Fanon in particular), the psychology of racism and critical social psychology. Current projects include the development of two manuscripts to be published by Routledge's Psychology Press, the first, with Sheldon George, is titled Lacan and Race; the second, with Leswin Laubscher and Miraj Desai, is entitled Fanon, Phenomenology and Psychology. His applied (socio-political) research tends to focus on the various psychical modalities of racism, often in the contexts of American and South African culture. He is particularly interested in a psychoanalytic tracing of the various affective/psychical dimensions of race and racism, as exemplified in recent publications focusing on topics such as: white anxiety, petrified life, the temporality of racism in Fanon, death-bound subjectivity and Fanon's zone of non-being, the death-drive in culture, and racist and racializing embodiment.

In addition to his Duquesne University appointment, Derek is an Extraordinary Professor of Psychology at the University of Pretoria and South Africa. He teaches an annual summer class on Lacanian Psychoanalysis in the Department of Psychosocial Studies, Birkbeck College at the University of London. He was the recipient of International Social Research Foundation grant in 2015. He has twice been awarded a Loogman Grant from the Center for African Studies at Duquesne University (for research on the anti-apartheid Africanist intellectual and political leader Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe), and he received the McAnulty College Award for excellence in research in 2016.

Friday, February 24, 3–4 p.m.
Oberto Commons, Sinegal Center for Science and Innovation

Seattle University's Institute of Public Service is excited to invite you to a rare afternoon sit-down with the new congresswoman who staged the biggest upset of the 2022 fall congressional elections.

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, or MGP as she is sometimes called, represents the 3rd Congressional District in Southwest Washington. She and her husband are small business owners, operating an auto repair shop. It has been reported that she connects resoundingly with independent and Democratic voters on a wide spectrum, but especially rural and suburban voters.

The regular "Conversations" team will conduct the interview. Dr. Larry Hubbell, immediate past director of the Institute of Public Service and a professor in the Masters of Public Administration program at Seattle University, and Joni Balter, journalist, lecturer and professional-in-residence at Seattle University, will lead a wide-ranging conversation with MGP. 

(One other fun fact: Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is an axe throwing champion, for fun.)

Please sign up quickly and please do not register for more tickets than you expect to use. We will hold this conversation in Oberto Commons in the Sinegal Center for Science and Innovation and seating is limited. Tickets are expected to go quickly. Register here.

Staff and faculty are 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: 

Graduate Admissions Counselor

Administrative Assistant, Clinical Lab Performance (CPL)

Budget and Operations Coordinator

Thursday, Feb. 9, 10 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
Campion Ballroom

Please encourage students to attend the Winter Career & Internship Fair. More than 45 organizations representing a range of industries including STEM, nonprofits and government agencies have registered. All class years and majors, including graduate students, are welcome. The Career Engagement Office is hosting daily, fair-prep drop-in hours Jan. 30-Feb. 3.

The fair event is hosted by the Career Engagement Office and Albers Placement Center. Questions? Contact Carol Lwali at lwalic@settleu.edu.

Please join President Eduardo Peñalver for a Town Hall on Thursday, Feb. 16, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., in Pigott Auditorium. Following a few opening remarks, President Peñalver and other university leaders will welcome your questions. All faculty, staff and students are welcome and encouraged to attend. 

The passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has been commemorated throughout the Catholic world. The Office of Mission Integration would like to dedicate time to exploring the legacy of Benedict XVI in the Church. His legacy has been complex. His remarkable decision to resign the Pontificate, the first such move in almost 600 years, paved the way for the election of Pope Francis. Benedict was lauded by the conservative wing of the Church and often critiqued by those in the progressive wing. And yet, his contributions to Catholic Social Teaching developed groundbreaking insights on how to structure a just economy. He was the pope who placed solar panels in the Vatican and wrote the most about ecological responsibilities prior to Pope Francis’ Laudato Si’. Benedict XVI was an accomplished theologian and a person dedicated to prayer.

The Catholic character of our university calls us to examine all aspects of Catholicity, including or especially elements where tensions and perplexities appear. This reading group will meet once a month to explore Pope Benedict XVI’s writings, deeds and legacy. Our initial conversations will be co-convened by Professor Jessica Ludescher Imanaka and VP of Mission Integration Catherine Punsalan-Manlimos. The initial gathering will discuss Benedict XVI’s first encyclical, Deus Caritas Est, “God is Love,” on Monday, Feb. 13, noon–1:15 p.m. Lunch will be served.

Please RSVP to Eddie Salazar by Feb. 1: salazare@seattleu.edu.

(photo: Alessandra Benedetti/Corbis via Getty Images)

The Outreach Center is hosting First-Gen Week, Monday, Jan. 30–Friday, Feb. 3.

The center invites all faculty and staff members who identify as first-generation (SU’s definition of first-generation undergraduate and graduate students whose parents or guardians have not received a U.S. bachelor’s degree) to participate and inspire our students with your stories of persistence and success. Highlighting our first-gen community of staff and faculty allows our students to see that success is possible, and it is our hope that through your stories, they will be inspired in their academic and student life.

Your submission will be featured as First-Generation Spotlights, where each day the center will highlight our first-gen community (students, staff, faculty, alumnx) on its Instagram page @suoutreach. Please submit your story here.

For more details on the week’s events, please visit 2023 First-Gen Week.

The Controller’s Office is excited to introduce the new expense reporting tool Chrome River! This tool is the new Procard coding and approval platform starting Jan. 27. Beginning Friday, your Procard transactions will automatically stream to Chrome River.

To get you oriented with Chrome River, the Controller's Office is offering two types of training and assistance opportunities.

1. Webinar-style demonstrations led by the Accounts Payable team who walks you through how to use the new Chrome River tool with examples and tips for best practice. 
   
   
2. Office hours style where the Accounts Payable team will be available to assist you through creating your own expense report and answer any questions you may have. 

Please see available training dates and RSVP here

These trainings are intended for the Procard holders and those creating expense reports for approval. 

For supervisors of Procard holders (you will now approve each expense report) and activity string approvers, the simple approval process is available on Controller’s site here. All are more than welcome to attend.

Thursday, Feb. 9, 4 p.m. (public reception at 3:15 p.m.)
Le Roux Room, Student Center
RSVP for the lecture

The rise of white Christian nationalism poses an intersectional threat to the well-being of the Black and LGBTQ communities, and to democracy itself. Inspired by the thought of Pope Francis, this presentation outlines the conversion process needed by both individuals and society for authentic racial justice and reconciliation.

Faculty and Staff Lunchtime Conversation with Fr. Massingale

Thursday, Feb. 9, 12:30 p.m.
Casey Commons
Please email ICTC@seattleu.edu to RSVP; space is limited

Bryan N. Massingale is the James and Nancy Buckman Professor of Theological and Social Ethics, as well as the Senior Ethics Fellow in Fordham’s Center for Ethics Education. Professor Massingale is a leader in the field of theological ethics and is an expert in Catholic moral theology, Catholic social thought, African American religious ethics, racial justice, liberation theologies, race and sexuality. His current research projects explore the contribution of Black religious radicalism to Catholic theology; the notion of "cultural sin" and its challenge to Catholic theological ethics; and the intersections of race and sexuality in both social life and Catholicism. Read Professor Massingale’s complete biography and select list of publications here.

By Jacob Smithers, Lemieux Library

The Lemieux Library and McGoldrick Learning Commons have partnered with the Office of the Provost to create a wonderful showcase of work produced by our very own peers and mentors. Our faculty and staff continue to grow and lead the campus community by example. Their work, both print and digital, creates new paths and nuanced materials to inspire their students and peers––and in this way we take steps forward together. 

In addition to this physical display, the library is a proud partner in replicating the book and slide display for the Provost-sponsored annual event in May, Celebration of Faculty Scholarship, which highlights the importance of SU faculty’s excellence and wide-ranging intellectual and scholarly contributions in research and creative activities. In support of the annual celebration, the library also maintains an up-to-date resource guide of faculty-staff citations and invites online submissions via scholarly activities forms.

Friday, Feb. 3, noon–1:15 p.m.
In-person at Case Commons or via Zoom
Register here

Venerable Ayya Santussika Bhikkhuni will join the gathering at Casey Commons virtually to discuss “The Relief Found in Practicing the Teachings of the Buddha.”

This event can be attended through Zoom or in-person. It will also be recorded. The talk will be preceded by a sitting meditation led by Rev. Taijo Imanaka. A Q&A will follow the talk. 

Venerable Santussika Bhikkhuni began exploring meditation in the late seventies. In 1996 she joined a Kriya yoga-based center, where she deepened her meditation practice and made spiritual development the central theme of her life. In 2002, she received a Masters of Divinity degree after completing a four-year interfaith seminar program to become a minister. The program emphasized meditation, study of the major world religions, meticulous ethical conduct and development of the skills required in ministry, such as spiritual guidance counseling, support for the ill and dying, teaching and conducting ceremonies.

In 1999, Ayya Santussika made her first trip to Thailand to visit her son who had ordained there as a monk in Ajahn Chah’s international monastery, Wat Pah Nanachat. As a guest at the monastery and mother of a monk, she was able to spend a lot of time with the monks and learn from many of Ajahn Chah’s students. Over the years, she traveled to Thailand once or twice each year to stay in various monasteries, learning from master teachers including Ajahn Jayasaro, Ajahn Anan, Ajahn Dtun, Luang Ta Maha Boowa and Ajahn Pannavaddho. During those years, she also visited Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery many times and in 2003 formally became a student of Ajahn Pasanno. In 2004, she spent time in Australia with Ajahn Brahm and at Ajahn Kalyano’s monastery near Melbourne where she met Ajahn Plien, whose teachings strongly impacted her development.

In 2012, with the help of Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi and her son, Ayya Santussika started Karuna Buddhist Vihara, a neighborhood Theravada monastery. In 2020, the neighborhood monastery moved to the redwood forest near Boulder Creek, Calif. as the result of a generous offering of land and a cabin. She and her Bhikkhuni sister, Ayya Cittananda are developing the Karuna Buddhist Vihara Forest Hermitage and offering many teachings on-line and in person. Their teachings are primarily based on the suttas of the Pali Canon as they are applied to everyday life and lead to awakening. 

Explanation of Buddhist Tradition

Theravada literally means “doctrine of the elders” and refers to the oldest and most conservative of the existent schools of Buddhism. The scriptures of Theravada are preserved in the Pali language in a collection called the Pali Canon. The Canon includes the Suttas, the teachings of the Buddha and his disciples, the Vinaya, the monastic code of conduct and the Abhidhamma, a later development of analysis and summary of the Buddha’s teachings. Theravada is primarily practiced in Sri Lanka, Burma (Myanmar), Thailand, Cambodia and Laos. The tradition is led and preserved by monastics, bhikkhus (male) and bhikkhunis (female) who follow the Vinaya laid down by the Buddha. 

Register for the talk here.

Be a part of the action by visiting the center’s website and the Religica Theolab website today!

Friday, Jan. 27
12:40-2:05 p.m.
Student Center 210
Bring your lunch; coffee and treats provided
Register

When we “perform” at the university are we working to conform to a role and meet others’ expectations or are we helping to foster a space for play?

Depending on our disciplinary perspectives, as well as our positions and titles, we may perform toward a specific desired outcome or impression. Or perhaps we consider performance as improvisational "happenings" where outcomes are not decided upon beforehand. Are these different orientations to performance mutually exclusive or can they support each other wherein work becomes playful and, in turn, play generates good work?

Come hear a panel of colleagues reflect on and share what performance means across disciplines, programs and pedagogical styles. We will invite conversation about how performance relates to how we view our work (our research, our encounters with students, and our collaborations with colleagues).

Panel Moderator:  Alic Shook, Nursing

Panelists: 

Paul Holland, Law School 

Janet Hayatshahi, Arts and Sciences (Performing Arts)  

Carrie Miller, Nursing

Register here

Based on feedback from the campus community, the Finance team is implementing new improvements to the university’s procure-to-pay process and will be reaching out directly to end users to provide training and resources as they are rolled out.

These three initiatives are being put into place immediately:

1. Raising Purchase Order (PO) Threshold to $1,000: 
   More than two-thirds of our purchase orders are below $1,000, however the total spend is less than five percent. Raising the threshold allows for these lower-risk transactions to be more efficiently processed. In addition, the submission process is being improved to simplify the expenditure authorization and eliminate three-way matching, while enhancing and automating controls to ensure proper payments.
   
   
2. Chrome River Expense Reports:
   The process for reimbursement and University Procard transactions is being automated and simplified. Expense reports can now be created by taking a photo of a receipt and coded from a mobile device. A pilot group has successfully been using this tool and the entire campus will have access next month. Learn more at the Chrome River Launch page.
   
   
3. Egencia Travel Management:
   This front-end travel management tool will be rolled out to support areas in booking and managing travel while receiving best pricing. Cost savings, realized through contracts negotiated for the university and automatic rebookings if prices drop, are estimated at 9 percent. Campus users will benefit from an interface with world-class technology while still receiving individual loyalty points. Budget owners will benefit from lower-cost travel and the institution will receive its Procard rebates. Finally, an integration with Chrome River sends your receipt for automated processing of your expense report. See more details at the Egencia Launch Page.

Beyond these initiatives, the Finance team is reviewing other policies and procedures and rolling out additional improvements in the winter based on areas of concern identified by survey feedback from stakeholders.

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion is excited to invite you to the winter installment of Red Talks! All community members — students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends – are encouraged to join the second Red Talk of the year: 

The Social Determinants of Race-based Trauma and Collective Healing: Where Buddhism, Neuroscience, and Mindfulness Intersect
with Sharon Suh, Ph.D., Department of Theology and Religious Studies
Thursday, Feb. 2, 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Pigott Auditorium

Mindfulness has certainly reached market saturation. In this talk, Professor Suh explores how contemporary mindfulness practices have continued to serve the individual at the expense of the collective and uncovers how white privilege and white supremacy continues to impact and limit their potential effects. She argues that race-based trauma is socially determined and an individualized approach to healing is simply not enough. Drawing from studies in Buddhism, neuroscience, and mindfulness, Suh shares insights from trauma-sensitive mindfulness and trauma-informed yoga that have proven effective for helping survivors find safety in the body which is crucial for health and recovery.

About Sharon Suh, PhD 

Sharon Suh, PhD is a professor of Buddhism in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at Seattle University where she teaches courses in Buddhist Thought and Practice, Socially Engaged Buddhism, Buddhism and Film, Introduction to Buddhism, and Buddhism, Gender, and Sexuality. Her work emphasizes the importance of trauma-sensitive mindfulness and trauma-informed yoga to increase the capacity for individual and collective resilience. She is the author of several articles and book chapters on Buddhism, gender, and race including Silver Screen Buddha: Buddhism in Asian and Western Film (Bloomsbury Press, 2015) and Occupy This Body: A Buddhist Memoir (Sumeru Press, 2019). She is also president of Sakyadhita International Association of Buddhist Women, the largest non-profit organization dedicated to Buddhist women’s global flourishing. 

About Red Talks 

Red Talks is a speaker series featuring intersectional voices on a range of topics under the umbrella of inclusive excellence at Seattle University. Led by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion in partnership with the Office of the Provost, the series aims to elevate faculty voices at SU across disciplines, as well as the voices of prominent thought leaders in the broader community. This year’s theme, "Freedom Dreaming": Intersectional Voices on Collective Liberation, will provide a forum to explore what it means to empower community, nurture radical inclusion, and imagine transformation. 

For more information, visit Red Talks. 

Join the Center for Business Ethics for two presentations by Daryl Koehn, Ph.D., professor and Wicklander Chair in Professional Ethics at DePaul University. Professor Koehn will discuss issues at the intersection of fraud, politics and corporate responsibility. 

Putting the "Political" Back in Political Corporate Social Responsibility
Tuesday, Jan. 31, 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Stuart T. Rolfe Community Room, Advancement and Alumni Building
Lunch provided
RSVP with dietary requests to cbe@seattleu.edu 

Are All Fraud Victims Really Victims? A New Psychological Approach to Understanding the Dynamics of Fraud
Wednesday, Feb. 1, 4:30-5:45 p.m.
Stuart T. Rolfe Community Room, Advancement and Alumni Building
Free and open to the public
Light hors d'oeuvres and refreshments provided

Staff and faculty are 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:  

Assistant Director, Annual Giving 

Web Content Strategist (Marketing Communications) 

Senior Graduate International Admissions Counselor

11th Annual Go Move Challenge Starts Feb. 1

Human Resources is excited to announce Seattle University's participation in the 11th annual Go Move Challenge from Feb 1 to 28!

To register, please visit Go Move Challenge, and click the yellow “Log In/Register” button at the top of the page. 

Throughout February, faculty and staff record their minutes of movement to determine which Jesuit institution is the most active. Physical activity is defined as intentional exercise that causes at least a small increase in breathing or heart rate. The Jesuit institution that accumulates the most minutes by the end of the challenge wins!

Go Move FAQs

More information can be found on the HR Well-Being Resources page. 

For more information, e-mail Brittany Goff at goffb@seattleu.edu.

Our panelists will discuss: professional networking, transformative leadership, navigating contemporary challenges in the nonprofit sector and strategies for centering social justice. Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn more about the Master of Nonprofit Leadership program. 

Orientation Programs looks forward to collaborating with faculty and staff to recruit the next SU-spirited team of Orientation Leaders! We invite you to take a minute to nominate passionate undergraduate students to build community and belonging at SU through Orientation while developing transferable skills that will prepare them for future career opportunities. For a full position description, click here: 2023 Orientation Leader – Position Description.

Orientation Programs acknowledges that representation matters and a diverse OL team is critical to setting our new students up for success. We encourage you to consider nominating students who are underrepresented on our campus (transfer students, commuters, first-gen, veterans, adult learners, students of color, queer students, etc.). All nominations and applications are welcome. We have also created a New OL Candidate Resource Guide to help candidates understand our process and provides resources to help them be successful in their candidacy. For questions, please contact Orientation or have students reach out at orientation@seattleu.edu. OL Applications are due by Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. PT.

Watch the End of Year Video

In 2022, Seattle University’s Center for Ecumenical and Interreligious Engagement has started many incredible projects. This video montage highlights the five webinars CEIE has hosted, 30 podcasts released on Religica Theolab, the Fall Lutheran Summit, its new relationship with the Interfaith Observer, the beginning of our Interfaith Sharing Series and much, much more! 

In 2023, the Center has many exciting, new happenings coming up, such as a published book on Gratitude, a Winter Workshop, a course on Religious Literacy, TIO Spring Issue on Indigenous Essays on Mending Society and many more fantastic collaborations to come. 

Be a part of the action by visiting the center's website, and the Religica Theolab site.

Read the January CEIE Newsletter.

For more information, please visit CEIE or e-mail thecenter@seattleu.edu.

Monday, Jan. 30, 7 p.m.
Elliott Bay Book Company, 1521 10th Ave.
Learn more here

Dr. Serena Cosgrove and Isabeau J. Belisle Dempsey ('19, International Studies and Spanish) talk about their new book. Given the strategic location of Central America, its importance to U.S. foreign policy, and the migration from the region to other parts of the world, this succinct summary of the countries of Central America is an essential resource for those working in, studying, writing about or traveling to the region.

Promoting increased understanding of the region's governance, economics and structures of power, Imagining Central America highlights the many ways that Central American countries are connected to the United States through resettling, economic investment, culture flows and foreign policy.

Serena Cosgrove, PhD, (she/her) is an associate professor in International Studies and director of the Latin American & Latinx Studies program at Seattle University. She also serves as the faculty coordinator of Seattle University’s Central America Initiative.

Isabeau J. Belisle Dempsey (they/them) is half-Belizean and graduated from Seattle University in 2019 with a double major in International Studies and Spanish.

Co-hosted with Elliott Bay Book Company. Free.

The weekly opportunity for faculty, staff and students to meet casually with university leadership is scheduled to begin Tuesday, Jan. 24. Please plan to join Eduardo Peñalver at the first of the Winter Quarter coffees in the PACCAR Atrium in the Pigott Building from noon-1 p.m.

Earth Talks is back this year and will be held in-person and virtually on Friday, April 21! Earth Talks is an annual showcase of short, five-minute presentations by SU students, faculty, staff and community partners to celebrate Earth Day. ALL are encouraged to submit a brief 100-150 word proposal for a five-minute presentation on the theme of “Care for our Common Home.” Presentations could cover service projects, research, advocacy, artwork, performance, poems and more!

See flyer and submission details here. Submit your presentation to cejs@seattleu.edu.

There’s three chances to catch your Redhawks in action, wrapping up with a doubleheader Saturday at the Redhawk Center. Claim your free tickets today!

• Thursday, Jan. 19, 7 p.m. – Men's Basketball vs. Tarleton State (Redhawk Center)
  
  
• Saturday, Jan. 21, 3 p.m. – Men's Basketball vs. Southern Utah (Redhawk Center) | Australia Day 
  
  
• Saturday, Jan. 21, 7 p.m. – Women's Basketball vs. New Mexico State (Redhawk Center) | International Night – International Student Center faculty and students in attendance

All Seattle U staff and faculty, receive up to TWO free tickets for every regular-season athletics event, subject to availability. Skip the lines on gameday and claim your tickets in advance HERE. Please check out with your Seattle U email to access your free ticket benefit. Step-by-step instructions are included within the link, to make securing your digital tickets even more simple! Tickets for all winter events are available now. Full schedules are available at goseattleu.com.

Congratulations to Colleen Montoya Barbano, director of the Seattle University Fostering Scholars Program, on the recently awarded renewal grant from the Alfred & Tillie Shemanski Testamentary Trust.

As the first program of its kind in Washington State and a national model, Fostering Scholars serves students who have aged out of foster care in achieving their life-changing goal of earning a college degree.

With the generous funding from the Shemanski Trust, students in the Fostering Scholars program will continue to receive full scholarships that cover the comprehensive costs of attending SU (tuition, books, supplies, healthcare and year-round housing). Scholarship funds are complemented with wrap-around, personalized academic and social support, advocacy and mentoring.

Listen to the podcast the Religica Theolab YouTube. 

During the podcast, Rev. Dr. Breyer shared, “The women there (in Afghanistan) are incredibly strong and dedicated people, if they can do it, we can continue on.” 

Rev. Dr. Chloe Breyer has served as director of the Interfaith Center of New York (ICNY) since 2007. For more than 25 years, ICNY has worked to overcome prejudice, violence and misunderstanding by activating the power of pioneering curriculums in civics training for grassroots religious leaders. Rev. Dr. Breyer has built multifaith advocacy coalitions preventing bias crimes and promotes criminal justice and immigration reform.   

In addition to local religious peacemaking work, she has also participated in interfaith dialogue, humanitarian aid and regular travel to Afghanistan—including as a member of an American Women's Peace and Education delegation in March of 2022.  

She is the author of The Close: A Young Woman’s First Year at Seminary (Basic Books 2000) as well as several chapter contributions, op-eds and articles. Her doctoral dissertation in Christian Ethics at Union Theological Seminary was on interfaith activism, Christian peacemaking and Islamophobia. 

To learn more about the center, its core team of students, staff and faculty, and to view current projects, visit CEIE.

Wednesday, Jan. 25, 11 a.m.–noon via Zoom
Learn more and access the Zoom link via the Reigniting Our Strategic Directions website. 

Join the first Strategic Conversation of Winter Quarter and learn more about LIFT SU Goal 1: Recruitment and Retention of BIPOC Students. Julie Homchick Crowe, assistant professor, and Carol Cochran, director of Alfie Scholars Program, will update the campus on the progress of their research and analysis.  

A few highlights of the conversation are a review of the working group's findings from a series of student focus groups, research from published works and benchmarking on peer institutions. Additionally, the group will share their preliminary findings and recommendations.  

Tuesday, Jan. 24, 3–4 p.m.
Lemieux Library 366

Start the quarter right by learning how to prevent procrastination by taking charge of your own time! Learn how to manage your time to keep up with your personal interests and academic life. No RSVPs are required, join us with one of our Learning Specialists Jada Mendoza in this informative workshop.

Any questions? Please contact Jada Mendoza at mendoz30@seattleu.edu.

Wednesday, Jan. 25, 3–4 p.m.
Lemieux Library 366

Come and learn best practices on how to fund your education at SU through learning how to apply for scholarships, learn budgeting tips and the best ways to navigate the financial aid office. Join and participate in this interactive workshop hosted by Student Persistence!

Watch the Center for Ecumenical and Interreligious Engagement’s January Message. 

When emphasizing the interconnected nature of all people, CEIE Director and Spehar-Halligan Professor Michael Reid Trice notes that “all of us are in fact the partial, yet real, memories of the pathways of others.” 

Dr. Trice reflects on pathways ahead for 2023 and invites the listener to begin the year through spiritual direction in the Winter Workshop Series with Carla Orlando and the renowned educators who lead the series. He also discusses a new forthcoming course on Religious Literacy and celebrates the new Winter Issue of The Interfaith Observer, a premier online Interfaith and Intercultural Journal now at CEIE—with eight outstanding articles on the theme of religious literacy today. 

Read the January CEIE Newsletter.

To learn more about the center, its core team of students, staff and faculty, and to view current projects, visit CEIE.

Thursday, March 9, 4:30 p.m.
Pigott Auditorium

The Office of Diversity & Inclusion is excited to announce an upcoming speaking event with Robin DiAngelo, PhD ‘91. Kick off the road to our Racial Equity Summit (April 13) by hearing from the SU alumna and author of White Fragility and Nice Racism. Additional information will be shared in the coming weeks—in the meantime, please save the date! 

Exhibit Opening & Dance Performance
Thursday, Jan. 26, 5–8 p.m.
Hedreen Gallery

Join in celebrating the opening of a new exhibit at the SU Hedreen Gallery. Be there at 5 p.m. to see Rohena Alam Khan opening her interdisciplinary solo exhibition with a Bharatanatyam dance performance, and then stay to enjoy food, drinks, art and community!

Shaped by Bangladesh’s Liberation War in 1971, artist Rohena Alam Khan creates as her father once raised his rifle, each layer a battle cry for freedom. Alam Khan engages the revolutionary spirit she was endowed with at birth, inspiring strength for the long fight to dismantle inequity. Her dance disrupts Muslim Bangladeshi societal expectations as she connects with her own body. Rohena Alam Khan: Daughter of a Revolution will be on display from Jan. 26–April 13. Learn more here.

Hedreen Gallery exhibitions and events are free and open to ALL.

Gallery Access: two-hour parking is available on the street and visitor parking is available in Seattle University parking lots. The Hedreen Gallery is wheelchair accessible. Face coverings are highly encouraged for visitors as an added precaution to create space for ALL members of the community to enjoy this exhibit. 

Address: 901 12th Ave, Seattle WA 98122

Regular Hedreen Gallery Hours: Wednesday–Saturday, 1–6 p.m.

We respectfully acknowledge that the Hedreen Gallery is situated on the homelands of the Coast Salish peoples, who continue to steward these lands and waters as they have since ancient times. We recognize tribal nations and organizations who actively create, shape, and contribute to our thriving community at Seattle University and beyond.

Thursday, Jan. 19, 10–11 a.m.
Join via Zoom

Staff Council is holding its monthly virtual drop-in “office hour.” This month, members of the Professional Development Committee will be hosting the office hour and invite you to stop by offer any feedback, discuss your thoughts or concerns or bring any issues you feel should have Staff Council’s attention.

If you can’t make this time, remember you are always welcome to engage with Staff Council on its website, send e-mail to staffcouncil@seattleu.edu or submit a form (anonymously or otherwise) with your thoughts or concerns.

Staff Council looks forward to connecting with you!

Thursday, Jan. 26, 12:30–1:30 p.m.
Please RSVP here by Tuesday, Jan. 24, and/or direct any questions to osp@seattleu.edu

Join OSP as they provide an overview of the “landscape” of supports available to faculty in pursuing their scholarship and in seeking external funding should they desire to do so. Resources relevant to all points of the research lifecycle will be highlighted, including those provided through the OSP and across multiple offices at SU. All faculty members are encouraged to participate, whether new to SU or in need of a better understanding of how resources can support their work!

Dear Faculty and Staff,

I hope everyone’s first couple weeks are going well! I know it feels early but the quarter goes by quickly—it’s already time to start planning for spring.

We are looking for your textbook adoptions for Spring Quarter 2023. Please submit these as early as possible. Our target date to get as many adoptions as we can is Feb. 5, 2023. This date helps us maximize our list of books we want to buy back from students during Finals Week and allows us to obtain as many used books as we can. We are competing with universities all over the country for used textbooks.

The link to submit your textbook orders is right here. 

Please send me a quick note if you haven’t already created an account and need one set up or if you have password trouble. I can resolve both issues pretty quickly.

If your class requires no textbook, please let us know by following the same process you would if you did have textbooks to submit. There is a simple check box to indicate there are no textbooks required for your class(es). Otherwise, I'll keep bugging you about your textbook adoption. And if your class is cross-listed, you must submit a textbook order for each cross-listed class. Same goes for multiple sections of the same class. By popular demand, all Independent Study and Internship classes will be automatically listed as “No Text Required” unless I hear otherwise.  If that applies to you, you don’t have to do a thing.

Those are the important bullet points. You can read on if you like because we have more fine print.

The Campus Store carries a reseller permit from Washington State. This prevents us from acquiring desk or instructor copies from publishers. Most publisher websites or customer service phone lines are set up for faculty to request desk copies.

We are bound by the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) of 2010, a federal law that requires disclosure of costs associated with attending Seattle University. SU is required to link specific textbook information for every class to registration. HEOA-2010 states all classes and textbook information must be available at the time of registration for all quarters.

I’m here to help the best I can, so please let me know if you have any questions outside of what is covered in this e-mail.

Aaron Klouzal
Textbook Manager
Seattle University Campus Store
klouzala@seattleu.edu

Update: Jan. 12, 2023, 12:35 p.m. | Please note that this issue has been resolved.

From Reprographic Services:

An issue has been discovered for users printing to the su-print-queue from Macintosh computers or using Mobility Print on iPhone and Android. On NEW Sharp copiers, prints do not show up for release after logging in. Our technical team is working on a solution but in the meantime, these alternatives may be of use:

1. Use a PC for printing, either one belonging to a colleague or in one of the various labs around campus.
2. Use Web Print. This has limited options but works on all devices, including phones. Instructions: Web Printing with MPS - ITS External Knowledge Base - Confluence (atlassian.net)
3. Release at older printers. Some offices may still have older units but if not, you can find one on the second and third floors of the library. They are the shorter units meant for ADA compliance.

We apologize for the inconvenience and are working to resolve this as quickly as possible.

Faculty, staff and students: get creative and have “the earth” be your inspiration!

After last year’s successful Earth Month logo design competition, we are looking for your contributions again. Create a logo, and your design may become the face of Earth Month (April) 2023 at SU.

The winner will receive a $25 gift card to SU’s Campus Store and $25 donation to an environmental organization of their choosing. The winning creation will be used to publicize SU’s earth month initiatives on social media, website, flyers and more. Submission details can be found at Earth Month or by downloading the event flyer here.

E-mail submissions and any questions to: cejs@seattleu.edu.

Dear Colleagues,

It is with joy and gratitude that I share the news that Andrea Fontana has accepted the invitation to step into the role of Interim Director of Campus Ministry. Andrea has been serving in the role of Associate Director of the Center for Jesuit Education since Fall 2021. Andrea first joined Seattle University as Campus Minister for Liturgical Music and Resident Minister in Campion in 1999. She also served as Campus Minister for Social Justice as well as Interim Director of Magis: Alumni Committed for Mission. She left Seattle University to work with the Ignatian Spirituality Center from 2010 until her return to Seattle University in 2021.

Andrea brings a wealth of experiences to the role as well as her creative, organizational, and spiritual gifts. She brings deep knowledge of the Jesuit Catholic tradition and mission along with grounding in Ignatian prayer, spirituality, and discernment. Her collaborative leadership style is coupled with extensive relationships within and beyond the Seattle University community. Prior to her years serving in Jesuit Works, her entire professional career has been committed to ministry. Andrea received her undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame and a Master of Divinity from Yale Divinity School.

The Campus Ministry Team and the entire Mission Integration Division are excited and grateful to have Andrea lead the office in this time of transition. She will fill the role until a permanent Director for Campus Ministry starts and will return then to the Center for Jesuit Education.  The search for a permanent Director is currently underway and is being led by Jennifer Tilghman-Havens, Executive Director of the Center for Jesuit Education.

Sincerely,

Catherine Punsalan-Manlimos
Vice President for Mission Integration

Wednesday, Jan. 25, 5:30–6:30 p.m.
Pigott Auditorium
Register here

The Office of Diversity & Inclusion is excited to co-sponsor January’s United Way King County Advancing Racial Equity Series event focused on how BIPOC businesses benefit us all. We will welcome business owners Doug Baldwin Jr. (former Seattle Seahawk and entrepreneur), Laura Clise (Founder and CEO of The Intentionalist) and Efrem Fesaha (CEO and Founder of Boon Boona Coffee) for a panel conversation. Join us to learn what inspires these leaders to make an impact in their communities, challenges they’ve overcome and what you and your network can do to support businesses from underrepresented communities. Please find additional information and registration details here.

The Center for Digital Learning & Innovation offers the following workshop for any interested faculty. Contact us at cdli@seattleu.edu with any questions.

• Canvas Studio (Virtual) – Thursday, Jan. 19, 1:30-2:30 p.m.
  Canvas Studio allows you to store and stream video, generate closed captions and embed videos within Canvas. Plus, it allows students (or instructors) to add a question or comment to any point in a video. This workshop will cover all the basics of using Canvas Studio. RSVP and see more workshop information.

Links to Zoom meetings will be sent prior to the start of a virtual 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!

Friday, Jan. 27, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Student Center 160

In response to both requests from faculty and recommendations from the Campus Climate Incident Response Team, the Center for Faculty Development and Office of Diversity & Inclusion have partnered to co-sponsor this microaggression and classroom learning workshop. Co-facilitated by David Green, Andrea Verdan, Katherine Raichle and Colette Taylor, this workshop provides an opportunity for faculty to practice constructive interventions and corrections adjusting after missteps. It will

1) offer a framework for making decisions about the kinds of interventions or trust-repair we might consider when microaggressions occur;

2) allow participants to develop a personalized approach to these interventions based on our own identities; and

3) provide space for faculty to practice these strategies. 

Please find additional information and registration details here.

The Center for Jesuit Education and Center for Faculty Development invite you to participate in an exciting new opportunity.

The Ignatian Pedagogy Series on Whole Person Education invites staff and faculty to collaborate in our mutual goal of supporting the holistic growth of SU students in our current context.  

We will reflect on diverse student needs within and outside of the classroom and develop action strategies to collaborate in caring for students. A full description of the series and a registration link can be found by clicking here. 

Sessions will be held on Jan. 31, Feb. 14 and Feb. 28 from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Consistent with previous Ignatian Pedagogies Series, we will go deep over three sessions in hopes of developing a sense of community around student success. We hope you can join us for all three.  

Please register as soon as possible if you are interested and consider registering with a colleague.  

Feel free to reach out with any questions!