New nursing building opens, paving way for program expansion
去年10月, the 卫生科学学院 moved to a newly remodeled, state-of-the-art facility at 6 Nickerson with improved teaching and learning spaces for nursing students. The new facilities will allow for the expansion of SPU’s nursing program both at the undergraduate and at the graduate level. 这, 反过来, will allow the University to better respond to a societal need for more nurses and address the constant high demand for the limited number of seats in the program.
运动研究 《网易彩票app》
Professor of Biology Cara Wall-Scheffler, 还有17岁的利亚·鲍特斯, published a study that found how humans walk depends on their companions and location. The cross-cultural study of pedestrians in several nations, featured in 《网易彩票app》, revealed men tend to walk differently with other men than with women. And Americans walk faster with children, whereas Ugandans move more leisurely. People move differently when they walk in groups than when they walk alone. And their walking style is especially distinct when they walk with children, all of which underscores that how we move is not dependent solely on physiology or biomechanics.
Professor featured on National Public Radio
Professor Emerita of Languages and Linguistics Kathryn Bartholomew was interviewed by 西雅图’s NPR station KUOW-FM last July about “discourse markers” in conversation. She also talked about texting as a form of speech rather than writing, and that young women tend to be at the forefront of creativity in language.
Record number of SPU students and alumni named Fulbright scholars
Under Assistant Professor of Political Science Brad Murg’s expertise and guidance, SPU had a record number of students receiving Fulbright awards to study abroad this year, including history major David Dovgopoly (Ukraine); global development majors Rachel Long (Kyrgyzstan) and Abby Jensen (Jordan); and global development alumna Rachel Weeks (an alternate for Laos).
委任生物学教授为联络员
Assistant Professor of Biology Max Hunter was appointed liaison to the Committee on Student 多样性 Affairs for the Association of American Medical Colleges. He also participated in the 2018 National Association of Advisors for the 健康 Professions meeting on the panel “Minding the GAPS: 支持ing the Growth Mindset and Aspirations for Minority Pre-health Students.”
牛津大学的神学系教授
Daniel Castelo, professor of dogmatic and constructive theology, and Rob Wall, Paul T. Walls Professor of Scripture and Wesleyan Studies, attended the 14th quinquennial meeting of the Oxford Institute of Methodist Studies at Pembroke College-Oxford last August. An international group of invited Methodist scholars gathered for fellowship and testimony and to hear and discuss academic papers in various theological disciplines around the theme “Revival, 改革, 以及全球卫理公会的革命.《网易彩票app》, delivered to a plenary of biblical scholars, targeted the theme of reviving dispirited and disillusioned believers by considering the “wilderness” theme in the New Testament letter of Hebrews. Castelo delivered a paper, “Christian Perfection and Christian Mysticism: A Way to Resurrection?,” to the constructive theologians there, arguing for a different way of understanding the most distinctive feature of Wesleyan theology — the full formation (or transformation) of a believer’s love for God and neighbor.
“First Fridays Colloquium” series launched
The social justice and cultural studies program held vocational colloquiums under the theme “Seeking Justice.” Topics in the well-attended series included immigration law, 美国的恐惧政治, 种族microaggression, a conversation with American Muslim women, 还有电影中的政治 黑豹.
History Department hosts “网易彩票下载 and 烤干酪辣味玉米片” series
The History Department hosted a new monthly brownbag series, “网易彩票下载 & 烤干酪辣味玉米片,来帮助学生, 教师, and staff move past soundbites and headlines for substantive conversations about current events in historical perspective. Brexit, China and the trade war, and science news were discussed.
社会学学生的研究报告
Seven sociology students presented original research projects this spring at the Pacific Sociological Association’s annual meeting in Oakland, 加州. Accompanying the students were sociology professors Karen Snedker, 拉斐尔Mondesir, 约书亚汤姆, 还有大卫·迪科玛.