Multi-Ethnic Programs

Staff

Susan Okamoto Lane, M.Ed.

Director of Multi-Ethnic Programs

Susan Okamoto Lane is the director of the Department of Multi-Ethnic Programs at Seattle Pacific University. With more than 20 years of experience, she is someone who has seen big changes at SPU, including a commitment to increasing the ethnic diversity of students and that every student, faculty, and staff member would engage in increasing our understanding of what it means to be reconciled to God and to one another.

Susan has been described as the “iron fist in the velvet glove,” as someone who “builds things to last,” and is becoming known on campus for her great story about inviting the Black Panthers to her high school. She has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington, a master’s of education degree from Lewis and Clark College, and a graduate diploma in Christian studies from Regent College.

Alana Hardy

MEP Intern

Alana Hardy is an intern working with campus clubs and building relationships with students. She is someone committed to bringing awareness of the richness of diverse cultures to campus through events, discussions, and relationships with others. Reflecting back on the last four years of attending SPU, she has been committed to teaching and learning from others through her leadership positions in Mosaic club and Early Connections. Alana considers it a blessing to be able to see students grow and develop into admirable leaders and hopes to leave an impact on each of their lives. In a year she will head to graduate school for medical family therapy, a psychology-based practice working in hospital settings.

Emilee Morehouse

MEP Intern

Emilee Morehouse is a born and raised Seattleite passionate about seeing reconciliation in the people and places in which she lives and works. She is excited to see this lived out as she works alongside students and clubs in the SPU community in her intern role. A recent SPU graduate, she actively pursues her passion for social justice and global empowerment through volunteer work and in a recent internship with Krochet Kids International, which empowers women in Northern Uganda to rise above poverty through handmade products that serve as a vehicle for social change. Emilee hopes to pursue a future working to encourage students to live beyond themselves, through individual and global empowerment, while creatively exploring ways to bring about reconciliation and community involvement.

Gerdon Jones

MEP Office Assistant

Gerdon Jones, from Tacoma, Washington, is involved in MOSAIC, Black Student Union, intramural basketball, and Early Connections.

 

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