President's Updates

Today, Seattle University marks Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Observed on the second Monday of October, the commemoration can be traced to the 1977 International NGO Conference on Discrimination Against Indigenous Populations in the Americas.

We are pleased to announce that, effective July 1, the College of Nursing has been officially reorganized as the College of Nursing and Health Sciences. This follows approval by our Board of Trustees at their March meeting.

I am writing to share an important organizational update on the structure of our enrollment leadership, which is critical to our strategic vision for Seattle University.

Today, June 19, Seattle University joins other communities nationwide in observing Juneteenth, which marks the day in 1865 when news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached enslaved Black Americans in Galveston, Texas, more than two years after slavery was officially abolished in the U.S.

Yesterday, the Trump administration announced a new travel ban that will significantly impact individuals from several countries and could potentially affect members of our campus community.

Earlier today, the Seattle University Board of Trustees voted unanimously to endorse the decision to move the university towards a unified academic calendar on a semester model, and to do so as expeditiously as reasonably possible and no earlier than the fall term of 2027.