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Wow, what an amazing feat from our alum!

From the Redhawks to the Cy Young Tarik Skubal, ’18, an SU Athletics Hall of Famer, wins Major League Baseball’s top prize for pitching.

We are so proud of this accomplishment! Kudos to all on campus who continually work toward ensuring we are doing better for our planet!

Top 10 in the U.S. for Sustainability Seattle University earns highest score in its history in latest Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System.

Did you hear Seattle University's exciting news this week?

Richard Hedreen is donating to Seattle University its largest art gift ever - a $300 million collection and seed money to create a gallery!
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/03/15/richard-hedreen-donation-seattle-university-museum-325m

Happy Lunar New Year! Wishing everyone health, wisdom, and prosperity in the Year of the Dragon!

A Thanksgiving message from the Seattle University president:

Seattle University ● Nov 21, 2023

Dear Members of the Seattle University Community,

This year, our nation’s Thanksgiving holiday comes to us at a time of polarization and division, violence and destruction. Over the past six weeks, on campuses and in communities across the country, including in my own life, bonds of friendship and family have been strained and sometimes even broken. Faced with daily images of suffering – in Israel and Palestine, in Darfur, in Ukraine, in other places around the world and close to home – we may struggle to find reasons to give thanks. Confronted with the brokenness of our world and ourselves, we might be tempted to ask whether gratitude is an appropriate response.

As a Jesuit university, we find consolation in the example of St. Ignatius of Loyola, whose prayer – the Examen – encourages us to search our daily experiences for even the smallest moments of God’s grace, moments that can sustain us through difficult times. When we take the time to look for them, we find they are always present, waiting to be discovered and acknowledged. I am grateful for the gestures of mutual support I see among members of our own community, whether it be annual “Friendsgiving” celebrations or the Graduate Student Council’s Thanksgiving Day gathering for students away from home.

It is in our darkest hours – when we feel the greatest need for love and grace – that the expression of gratitude is more important than ever. As the great Saint and Doctor of the Church, Therese of Lisieux, teaches us, “[w]hat most attracts God’s grace is gratitude.” She assures us that, “if we thank [God] for a gift, He is touched and hastens to give us ten more.” And so, especially when we struggle with feelings of anger or hopelessness, we should turn to gratitude.
This was perhaps the insight that led President Abraham Lincoln to inaugurate this holiday in 1863, amidst the terrible strife of the Civil War. In his first Thanksgiving proclamation, he urged us to take note of

"...the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy. . . I recommend to [Americans] that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and blessings, they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, [and] commend to His tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers . . . fervently implor[ing] the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it . . . to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquility and Union."

As we celebrate our own day of Thanksgiving, 160 years later, let us join our prayers to those of St. Ignatius, St. Therese and President Lincoln, offering gratitude for the light we find amidst darkness, in the urgent hope that, by doing so, we will continue to receive the grace we so desperately need.

Respectfully,
Eduardo M. Peñalver
President

Seattle University is teaming with T-Mobile - great news!

SU Leverages T-Mobile's 5G Network for the Future of Learning Seattle University and T-Mobile partnership will help enhance student learning, collaboration and global technology innovation.

It's another academic year! Students moved in over the past weekend, and classes start tomorrow. So much energy and activity on campus again - whew!

Wonderful photo of the Space Needle taken last night by local photographer Sigma Sreedharan!

Sturgeon Moon 2023 - Final Episode! Tonight's Supermoon rising behind Space Needle in Seattle. And that's a wrap for this season, see you next cycle, Full Moon!

As part of our sustainability initiatives, Seattle University is advancing a number of programs. This certification is a wonderful step forward!

Grounds for Celebration SU is among the first schools to achieve Green Grounds Certification.

We are very proud to be part of a campus with a true commitment to sustainability!

Seattle University becomes first WA college to divest from fossil fuels Seattle University has withdrawn all its investments from companies that hold fossil fuel reserves, making it Washington’s first higher education institution to do so. The move also makes Seattle University the first Jesuit university in the world to divest from fossil fuels. The university announ...

Such a wonderful day yesterday recognizing milestones and honoring exemplary Seattle University employees at the Celebration of Staff event!

Staff recognized milestones of between five years and 45 years of service to the university, and seven staff awards were given out:

**Outstanding Team Award: Disability Services, led by Kim Thompson

**Leadership Award: Maggie Ricketts (Human Resources)

**Leadership Award: Karen Yaguchi (Payroll)

**Shining Light Award: Don Kustus (Residential Custodial team leader)

**Living the Mission Award: Kit Morse (Event Sales)

**Inclusive Excellence Champion Award: Angel Asuncion-Reed (Center for Student Involvment, Student Clubs and Leadership Club)

**Magis Innovation Award: David Abney (Information Technology Services)

We are proud to work with such amazing people in our campus community!

Commencement for Law School in May: CHECK

Commencement for other grad programs in June: CHECK

Commencement for undergrads in June: CHECK

Move in for summer guests: THIS SATURDAY!

Found this 1972 photo of Bellarmine Hall - what changes do you see? So fascinating to compare!

As we mark the beginning of Pride Month, Seattle University celebrates and honors all individuals who identify as part of the LGBTQIA+ community.

Seattle University is a community of both proud LGBTQIA+ individuals and dedicated allies, those whose identities are at the heart of an ongoing national fight and those who have chosen to fight alongside them. Challenges remain. But the courageous voices of the Pride movement are powerful and they will not be silenced.

More in a message from President Eduardo Peñalver and Vice President of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion Natasha Martin, JD, including reflections from faculty and staff members: https://www.seattleu.edu/newsroom/stories/2023/celebrating-pride-month-.html

Seattle University Event Sales is hiring! https://seattleu.csod.com/ats/careersite/JobDetails.aspx?site=2&id=2201

We are so excited for this year's Commencement speakers!

Meet your 2023 Commencement speakers 👋

🏅 Former Seattle Seahawk Doug Baldwin Jr. will speak at the undergraduate ceremony. Following a stellar professional football career, Baldwin is a business leader and a champion for social justice focused on issues of community well-being, veteran advocacy, criminal justice and equitable education.

🏅 The speaker at our graduate ceremony, Viet Thanh Nguyen, PhD, is an award-winning author and professor. Dr. Nguyen’s debut novel, “The Sympathizer,” which explores themes of caste, education, war, identity and loyalty, earned the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, among other accolades. He was also selected as a 2017 MacArthur Foundation Fellow.

Learn more about both speakers, who will receive Honorary Doctorates from Seattle U: https://www.seattleu.edu/newsroom/stories/2023/add-commencement-speaker-to-former-seahawks-storied-career.html