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SPU's annual Ivy Cutting ceremony was the subject of a 照片功能 by 西雅图时报.
SPU Voices podcast features 2023 Alumna of the Year 菲利斯Sortor, who served as a missionary with the Free Methodist World Missions in Nigeria, working for 10 years when she was kidnapped by a terrorist group hoping to end her work with the Fulani and indigenous nomadic people. A 新的长片 has recently been released documenting her kidnapping and time in Nigeria. She immediately returned and built 非洲学校, an organization providing schools, 初级医疗保健, 放牧储备, and water and grass restoration for the Fulani people.
西雅图 Pacific University’s annual pre-graduation tradition called “Ivy Cutting” will take place Friday, 6月9日, 早上10点.m. 在校园的Tiffany Loop.
Begun as an "Ivy Planting" ceremony in 1922, this long-honored tradition involves hundreds of graduating seniors dressed in caps and gowns circling a rope of ivy, 被家人包围, 朋友, 的同学, 教师, 和工作人员. 在简短的仪式之后, each graduate receives a sprig of ivy, signifying both the student’s tie to SPU and the independence that comes with graduation.
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The 西雅图 Pacific University women's rowing team competed for the NCAA National Championship on May 27 in New Jersey, as the Falcons were powered by a third-place performance from the Varsity 8+ boat leading to a third-place team finish.
The third-place finish caps an incredibly successful season for the Falcons. The group earned Great Northwest Athletic Conference Crew of the Week honors three times, was consistently in regional and national polls, and collected a total of 16 postseason awards (academic and athletic) thus far. The strong finish to the year at NCAA Nationals made the entire SPU community proud.
Dr. Christopher Jones ’94 hopes the families in his medical practice never need to ask: “Is my kid sick enough that I should pay for a doctor’s visit?” Medical director of HopeCentral, 一个非营利性的健康中心, he and his team have adapted the concept of concierge medicine to a diverse 西雅图 neighborhood.
Assistant Professor of Philosophy Leland Saunders earned a $10,100 Graves Award in Humanities for his research project, “The Structure of Moral Judgement: Philosophical Perspectives.” His research responds to recent arguments that human beings’ concepts of morality are just a quirk of evolution and don't connect to anything deeper.