Advancing Our Enduring Purpose

核心主题1: Academic excellence 和 relevance

通过高质量的, 资源充足的, 和 distinctive academic programs that attract high-quality students, 教师, 和工作人员, pursuing pedagogical 和 technological innovation, 西雅图 Pacific University will work to foster academic rigor 和 global 和 intercultural competency to prepare students for 今天’s complex society.

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目标

  • Building on a liberal arts foundation, foster the capacity of students to articulate discipline-specific knowledge 和 apply essential skills.
  • Foster global 和 intercultural competencies 和 knowledge necessary to further function, engage, 和 lead effectively in 今天’s complex society.
  • Utilize leading 和 innovative pedagogical practices, 技术工具, 交付方法, 和 program structure 和 design to provide an effective, 非常高效。, 和 accessible student-学习ing experience.
Right image showing the SPU Nickerson studio building, 和 right image showing three women lifting a floor for the tent city

左: Nickerson Studios, SPU’s newest performance space, seats about 100 people for intimate concerts. Behind the scenes, sound technicians can record events with state-of-the-art 技术. 正确的: SPU students help at Tent City 3, a unique opportunity for students, 教师, 和工作人员 to care for — 和 学习 from — our neighbors.

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  • SPU community members 服务学习 from homeless community members sheltered in Tent City 3 when it is hosted on campus, including in 2012 和 2015 — 和 again November 2017–February 2018.
  • The Center for Scholarship 和 Faculty Development 开始资助 Innovation Fund seed grants during the 2014–15 school year. Since then projects have explored ways to gamify science, 技术, engineering 和 math classes, 数字素养, 和更多的.
  • 阅读更多 响应 对的方法 SPU的教员 不断创新 in 和 outside the classroom.
  • 西雅图 Pacific undergraduate 和 graduate programs are known for academic excellence: 

    学者14:1
    西雅图 Pacific has a student-to-professor ratio of 14:1. Our professors know their students by name.

    听诊器90%
    or more of SPU applicants are consistently accepted to graduate health programs, which is far above the national average.

    学者84%
    of SPU’s 教师 have the highest degree possible in their fields. Students 学习 from the best.

    奖80%
    of SPU students made it to the finalist round in the past three years for the Fulbright grant­ — due in part to intentional 教师 coaching.

two women studying 和 experimenting with small physics mechanisms

Teaching the 学习ing of science

多年来, SPU’s Physics Department has researched the teaching 和 学习ing of science, funded by National Science Foundation grants. Now the findings have branched out into many classrooms 和 school districts, benefiting elementary, 中间, 和 high school students.

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警务处故事标志

Meet the people who make up the 西雅图 Pacific community in stories written by SPU students, 教师, 工作人员, 和校友. You’ll also find the online version of the award-winning 响应 杂志.