Seattle Pacific College
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Seattle Seminary |
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| Motto | Engaging the Culture, Changing the World™ |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1891 |
| Affiliation | Free Methodist Church |
| Endowment | $87.8 million |
| President | Daniel J. Martin |
| Undergraduates | 3,467 (2015) |
| Postgraduates | 975 (2013) |
| Location |
Seattle, Washington, U.S. 47°39′01″N 122°21′42″W / 47.65019°N 122.361667°WCoordinates: 47°39′01″N 122°21′42″W / 47.65019°N 122.361667°W |
| Campus | Urban, 43 acres (170,000 m2) |
| Colors | Maroon and White |
| Athletics | NCAA Division II – GNAC |
| Nickname | Falcons |
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| Sports | 12 varsity teams |
| Mascot | Talon the Falcon |
| Website | spu.edu |
Seattle Pacific University (SPU) is a private liberal arts university in Seattle, Washington, founded in 1891 in conjunction with the Oregon and Washington Conference of the Free Methodist Church as the Seattle Seminary. It became the Seattle Seminary and College in 1913, adopting the name Seattle Pacific College in 1915, and took its present moniker in 1977. Seattle Pacific University is a member of the Christian College Consortium.
Seattle Pacific is tied for 151st in the 2018 U.S. News and World Report’s Best National Universities rankings; it is the only private university in the Pacific Northwest to make that list, and the only Christian College Consortium member to be ranked a Best National University. SPU joins the University of Washington and Washington State University as the only three institutions from Washington state named to the magazine’s list.
The university sits on a 43-acre campus at the northern end of Queen Anne Hill, near the Fremont neighborhood and approximately four miles north of downtown Seattle. Many of the trees on the campus' central Tiffany Loop are among the oldest in the city. SPU also owns and operates two satellite campuses: a wilderness field station specializing in biology on Blakely Island in the San Juan Islands and Camp Casey, a former US military fort re-purposed as a conference and retreat facility on Whidbey Island. Notable buildings on the Seattle campus include:
Named after the first president of Seattle Pacific University, Alexander Beers, this four-story brick building is home to the School of Theology. The founder's first name, Alexander, was used as the board did not want a building on campus called "Beers Hall." The building also houses the Sociology and History departments within the College of Arts and Sciences. Alexander Hall is the oldest building on campus, and at the time of the University's founding was the only building on campus. A 6.2 million dollar seismic retrofitting and renovation of the interior office space and chapel was completed in 2014. Next door to Alexander is the main performing arts space on campus, the McKinley Theater.
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