The All-Univeristy Chapel and Spring Quarter Kickoff is Tuesday, April 1, 11 a.m. in First Free Methodist Church. This quarter's theme is "The Hope of Glory: Christ in You." The chapel Spring Quarter schedule can be found on the Office of Student Ministries website. 

SPU’s Giving Day is Wednesday, April 2. NEW this year — plan to stop by a table in Gwinn Commons on April 2 to cast your vote for an area of campus to receive additional Giving Day funds! Visit givingday.spu.edu.

Staff Council would like to encourage you to nominate a staff member to be recognized for their outstanding contribution to the SPU community at the upcoming Celebration of Service. Submit your nomination now through April 2!

From now through Wednesday, April 9, faculty and staff will receive two bonus meals if they purchase a Faculty/Staff Block 10 Meal Plan. That’s 12 meals for $105.00 (or $8.75 per meal)! (Limit one per person.) You can use the plan in Gwinn any time during their service hours. Meal plans can be purchased through Banner (Employee Menu > Meal Plan Order Form). Your plan will be available at 9 a.m. the next business day. Meals can be used for guests and will roll from quarter to quarter while you are employed at the University.

If you need a quick meal, these plans have two convenient to-go options:

• Meal Exchange Program: Staff can use one meal swipe to get three to-go items (an entrée, side dish, and a beverage) from Handcrafted, Pie on the Fly or Serrano Grille. To ensure ample supply, there is a limit of one Meal Exchange per day. Meal plan balances are available from the cashier, the Campus Card Website, or by downloading the free GET Mobile app where you can track your balance from your smartphone.
  
  
• Waste Watch Reuse (WWR): This option, formerly Choose To Reuse, allows you to purchase a reusable to-go container for a one-time $5 fee and fill it up with items from Gwinn to take with you.

If you have any questions, please contact Housing & Meal Plan Services at 206-281-2188 or mealplan@spu.edu.

You are invited to join SPU colleagues at upcoming planned casual gatherings as part of our Journeying Together!

• A time of prayer and fellowship on Wednesday, April 9, 7– 8 a.m. in McKenna 117
• Bring your own lunch and join us on Thursday, May 22, 12:30–1:30 p.m. in the SUB Fireside Room

Student teams will pitch their ideas for socially innovative businesses and organizations that make money and make a difference at the annual Social Venture Plan Competition. Come and vote for your favorite projects and encourage your students to do so as well. Your votes will decide the winner of the $1,500 People’s Choice prize. Check out the website now, and don’t miss the event on Wednesday, April 16, 2–6 p.m. in Upper Gwinn!

For those looking for a Lenten reflection space, the School of Theology has set up Stations of the Cross in the Alexander & Adelaide Hall chapel on the second floor, featuring ceramic stations designed by Fr. Mauer van Doorslaer, O.S.B., and made at the St. Andrew’s Abbey in Valyermo, CA. In the chapel there is a reflection guide by Cadence Moore with sonnets from Malcolm Guite. As Lent places us in a season of prayer, you are invited to meditate on the story of Jesus taking up his cross. The School of Theology hopes it might be a meaningful way to journey through the season.

The Faculty/Staff Bulletin is published every Monday during the academic year or Tuesday if Monday is a holiday. The next deadline is Thursday, April 3, and the next issue will be published Monday, April 7.

If you have information or event news, send it as soon as possible with an image or graphic to Bulletin editor Tracy Norlen at fsb-editor@spu.edu. Submissions may be edited for clarity.

Christy Barnes, adjunct instructor and Center for Professioinal Education program coordinator, is the featured poet for March on the online poetry journal, Poetry is Currency.

An article by Traynor Hansen, assistant professor of English and writing, titled, “Toward a Faithful Writing Pedagogy in the Age of Generative AI: A Sabbath-Grounded Approach,” was published in the Winter 2025 issue of Christian Scholar’s Review.

An article by Robin Henrikson, associate professor of education, titled, “Investigating Psychological Safety Among School Board Directors: Understanding the Relationships Between Contextual Challenges on Learning and Decision-Making,” was published in Educational Administration Quarterly. School of Education Dean Nyaradzo Mvududu says, "This is a phenomenal journal related to educational leadership and higher education. Robin shared that she has always wanted to publish in this journal. Congratulations, Robin, on the publication and on meeting this particular goal!"

Please join the Office of Human Resources in welcoming Ezra Michel, undergraduate admissions counselor, in Undergraduate Admissions.

A photo of the 1981 University of Washington women's eight rowing team, including Associate Professor and Chair of Communications and Journalism Peg Achterman, was included in a story in The Seattle Times titled "How far Washington Huskies women’s rowing has come in its 50 years." The team won the first of an unprecedented five straight national titles for the Huskies.