Lectures & Community Events

 

November 2009

November 10

A series of panel discussions examining Darwin’s influence in a variety of fields. Del McHenry explores Darwin’s life and work; Rod Stiling discusses On the Origin of Species; Patrick McDonald speaks “On the Friendship of Darwin, Design, and Creation.”


Time: 1 p.m.
Cost: Free
Location: Demaray 150
Contact: 206-281-2395

November 12
Thursday Food for Thought

Stepehn Michael Newby, director of University Ministries and the Center for Worship at Seattle Pacific, considers “Freedom and Spiritual Fantasies: Exploring the Music of African-American Composer Frederick Tillis.”


Time: 12:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
Location: Library Reading Room, main floor
Contact: 206-281-2228

November 12
Taking Up Darwin in his Own Time: Church and Culture

A series examining Darwin’s influence in a variety of fields. Christine Chaney discusses “Lady Novelists, Evolution, and the ‘Natural History’ of Real Life”; Jeff Keuss explores “Thomas a’ Kempis and Darwin: Death, Life and Evolution in Victorian Theology.”


Time: 1 p.m.
Cost: Free
Location: Demaray 150
Contact: 206-281-2395

November 17
Dueling with Darwin

John Chalberg explores G. K. Chesterton’s assessment of Charles Darwin, and the relationship between science and faith.


Time: 7–9 p.m.
Cost: Free
Location: Demaray 150
Contact: 206-281-2395

November 19
Dueling with Darwin

The final in a series examining Darwin’s influence in a variety of fields. Cara Wall-Scheffler talks on “The lessons of ‘the Hobbit’ Homo floresiensis”; Baine Craft discusses evolutionary psychology: the role of comparative psychology; and Mícheál Roe speaks on “Emergence,” higher animal intelligence, and worldviews.


Time: 1 p.m.
Cost: Free
Location: Demaray 150
Contact: 206-281-2395

November 19
Thursday Food for Thought

John Terrill, director for the Center for Integrity in Business at SPU’s School of Business and Economics, talks about “Building to Last: Work and the New Creation.”


Time: 12:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
Location: Library Reading Room, main floor
Contact: 206-281-2228

December 2009

December 4
Tradition

The community is invited to enjoy a student-sponsored Christmas celebration that includes carolers, food, and a presentation of the Christmas story.


Time: 7–11 p.m.
Cost: Free
Location: Tiffany Loop
Contact: 206-281-2459

January 2010

January 5
Winter Quarter Classes Begin.

Students return to SPU for Winter Quarter after Christmas break.

 

January 16
Becoming Soul Mates

Don't miss this entertaining, thought-provoking, and immeasurably practical seminar with two of America's leading relationship experts — SPU's own professor of psychology Les Parrott and marriage and family therapist Leslie Parrott.


Time: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Cost: $89 per couple, if registered by December 5. $125 per couple, starting December 6.

Register here.
Location: Upper Gwinn Commons
Contact: 206-281-2759

January 28–30
Homecoming/Family Weekend


Come celebrate the legacy of SPU with old friends and family.

 


Location: SPU campus
Contact: 206-281-ALUM (Homecoming); 206-281-2831 (Family Weekend)

January 28
Alumnus of the Year Celebration

SPU honors the lives and works of outstanding alumnae.


Time: 9:30 a.m.
Cost: Free
Location: First Free Methodist Church
Contact: 206-281-ALUM

January 28

Alumni Award Luncheon

Honoring Alumnus of the Year and the Medallion Award recipients.


Time: 11:30 a.m.
Cost: $15; Reservations required
Location: Upper Gwinn Commons
Contact: 206-281-ALUM