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Oct 27, 2025

Seattle Pacific Art Center Gallery is now featuring an exhibition of illustration and painting from artist and SPU adjunct art professor Abigail Platter. The exhibition, "Into the Wilderness," s an exploration in conceptual narrative imagery.

The exhibit runs through Friday, Nov. 21. SPAC Gallery is located at 3 West Cremona Street and is open Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. or by appointment.

Oct 27, 2025

. These events are for church leaders from the greater Seattle area to connect, learn, and encourage one another. 

In his talk titled, "Challenging Texts in Challenging Times," SPU Professor of Old Testament Bo Lim will explore how we can teach the Scriptures and model its message to young people so that they might trust the Bible and reject falsehoods. 

 partners with congregations and families in the Pacific Northwest to help kids grow in faith. The project team is comprised of SPU faculty, alumni, and minstry leaders abd supported by a grant from Lilly Endowment, Inc.

Oct 8, 2025

The Great Northwest Athletic Conference announced its Men’s and Women’s Cross Country All-Academic Team which featured two men and six women from the ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ teams.

Seattle Pacific Seminary presents an evening lecture on Oct. 28 on the transformative music and ministry of gospel legend Andraé Crouch.

Oct 6, 2025

, professor of music at Baylor University, and , professor emeritus of journalism at Baylor University, will give a presentation on their new book about one of most significant gospel artists of all time. The event is hosted by Seattle Pacific Seminary.

SPU receives high marks in several 2026 college rankings.

Oct 1, 2025

For the tenth year in a row, Seattle Pacific has been named a “Best National University” in U.S. News & World Report’s annual best college rankings for 2026. SPU was the first private university in the Pacific Northwest to achieve this ranking in 2017.

Sep 23, 2025

Breakfasts in Gwinn Commons with Professor of Biology Eric Long quickly became a lifeline for Rachel (Johns) Jordan ’17 when she came to ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ in 2014. They’d order omelettes and he’d grab a bowl of Lucky Charms. They’d sit in the back and Jordan, an ecology major, would “pelt him with questions” about faith and science.

She will give a public lecture at SPU on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 3:30–4:30 p.m. in Demaray Hall 150.

Dr. James Yeh is the new dean of the College of Business and Technology.

Sep 18, 2025

Dr. James Yeh is the new dean of the College of Business and Technology at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ. He is the chair and associate professor of engineering and computer science at Azusa Pacific University, where he established new concentrations and created interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate programs. He went on to serve as the inaugural associate dean of the School of Engineering at Massachusetts Maritime Academy. As the senior leader within the organization, he played a pivotal role in shaping a new school and building consensus between faculty and administration during a period of significant transition.

For Constitution Day, Professor Emeritus of History Bill Woodward examines the rights guaranteed in the Constitution and its later amendments.

Sep 17, 2025

September 17 is Constitution Day, the anniversary of the date when the Constitutional Convention of 1787 adjourned with a new charter for the new American Republic.  

In 2004, the U.S. Congress passed legislation requiring educational institutions who receive federal funding to provide their communities with information concerning the U.S. Constitution. For nearly two decades, as part of ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ’s commemoration, Professor Emeritus of History Bill Woodward offers his expert analysis of one of our country’s most important documents in an annual essay.

This year's essay is titled, “," In it, Professor Emeritus of History Bill Woodward reminds us that 2025 is the 250th anniversary of the start of the Revolutionary War and shows how in later times of crisis, Americans chose not to engage in another revolution, but to clarify and extend the catalog of political and civil rights in the enduring Constitution — and thereby limiting the powers wielded by the national government.

Sep 11, 2025

, President Porterfield tells the story of SPU's founding in Seattle with the Free Methodist Church and why students are still choosing Seattle Pacific today.

Sep 10, 2025

For Cathi Davis, education has never been just a career. It’s a calling — one that began as a first-generation college student and evolved into a life of service, leadership, and love. Now the principal of Ruby Bridges Elementary in Woodinville, Washington, in the Northshore School District and a PhD education candidate at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ, Davis was recently named the 2025 Elementary Principal of the Year by the .