Growing and maintaining a program does not always come easy. We often have to find new ways to be vocal about what our program needs, and even more so, how to get specific audiences to listen and understand. Christopher Hanson, a director in the San Marcos area, talks to us about advocating for a program,...
Mitchell Atencio July 21, 2022 Over the last year, the majority of Seattle Pacific University’s community has been unwavering in its affirmation of LGBTQ equality on campus. According to a campus survey conducted by the undergraduate student government and graduate psychology students, nearly 87 percent of students and 73 percent of staff at SPU...
Seattle Pacific University, an evangelical school affiliated with the Free Methodist Church since 1891, is in a fight over LGBTQIA+ inclusion and equality. This came to a head on May 23rd when the board rejected proposed changes supported by an overwhelming majority of students and faculty, following a threat of disassociation by the Free Methodist...
Hallie Golden June 14, 2022 At Seattle Pacific University, students have spent weeks fighting anti-gay policies common among Christian schools. Sitting among rainbow flags and handmade signs declaring such things as “God made me gay” outside the Seattle Pacific University president’s office last week, Jo Scanlan described a moment from a psychobiology of women course at...
Tori McArthur, Staff Writer February 5, 2020 “Classical Music is not Boring,” read director of music education and orchestral activities Christopher Hanson’s News and Nachos PowerPoint slide. Hanson later admitted that, indeed, “some music is boring.” Classical music filled the room Thursday, Jan. 30 as students and faculty entered Eaton Hall to attend the first...