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"And so, we must ask, at this critical moment: How do we educate for honesty, trustworthiness, integrity, fairness, dignity, decency, wholesomeness, civility, clarity, simplicity, responsibility, reconciliation, accountability?

In my opinion, I believe it is urgently critical that we learn again how to educate for these habits of the heart. Sadly, I believe we have forgotten how to educate in these ways.

We must teach a language for these habits, just as we would teach any foreign language. We must tell the stories of these habits, over and over again.

And this is where SPU is at its best. This too is where we are on the leading edge of the whole culture. We know this business of shaping culture."

Adapted from President Philip W. Eaton's address, "The Economy, The University, And A New Kind of Human Flourishing,"  delivered at SPU's 13th Annual Downtown Business Breakfast.
President Eaton engages in lively conversation with political economist Robert J. Shiller (right) at the 2009 Downtown Business Breakfast. Pictured at left is Dean of the School of Business and Economics Jeffrey Van Duzer.
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President's Reading Room Launched

President Eaton invites you to his new Reading Room, where you can see what books have made a difference in his life -- and where you can join the conversation.

Downtown Business Breakfast

Seattle Pacific's 13th Annual Downtown Business Breakfast on April 27 featured keynote speaker Robert J. Shiller, one of America's most visionary economists.

SPU in the seattlepi.com

Seattlepi.com writer Aubrey Cohen had this to say about SPU's Business Breakfast: Put Down the Instant Coffee: Economist Warns of Depression Mindset.

Eaton Awards Honorary Degree to Japanese Internee

President Philip Eaton presented an honorary degree to Kimiko Nagaoka Mukai at her 90th birthday celebration. Mukai, along with thousands of other Japanese-Americans, was ordered by the federal government to report to internment camps during World War II.

 

 

 

Over 1,200 business, community, and education leaders gathered for SPU's 2009 Downtown Business Breakfast. Pictured (l to r): Former Washington State Senator Slade Gorton, SPU First Lady Sharon Eaton, Director of SPU John Perkins Center Tali Hairston, and Seattle's

First Free Methodist Church Pastor Mark Abbott.

 
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