- Mailing Address
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901 12th Ave
Seattle, Washington 98122 - Phone
- (206) 296-6000
- Email address
- admissions@seattleu.edu
- Website
- https://www.seattleu.edu/
- School Information
- Seattle University, founded in 1891, is a Jesuit Catholic university located on 50 acres in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. More than 8,000 students are enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs within eight schools and colleges. The Wall Street Journal ranks Seattle University as the #1 private university in the Northwest. U.S. News and World Report's "Best Colleges 2018" ranks Seattle University among the top ten universities in the West that offer a full range of masters and undergraduate programs for the 17th consecutive year. Seattle University has 78,000 living alumni world wide with just under 52,000 living in the state of Washington, 48,000 in Puget Sound and 18,000 in the Seattle Metro area.
- General Information
- Leading faculty at Seattle University signed a letter committing to racial equity and antiracism. The University founded a program called “LIFT SU” to advance these causes through summits, events, reading lists, bias prevention taskforces, and reading recommendations. There is no evidence Seattle University mandates critical race theory or antiracist training among students or faculty.
Actions Taken
- Anti-Racism, Bias, and Diversity Training
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The Office of Multicultural Affairs “supports critical learning on diversity and inclusion” by providing numerous workshops and trainings on topics including “Understanding Structural Inequalities and Oppression, Deconstructing Systems of Privilege,” as well as Social Justice Advocacy.
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- Curriculum Changes and Requirements
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As part of the Reigniting Our Strategic Directions Plan 2022-2027, Seattle University will reimagine and revise their curriculum to embed “racial injustice and widening economic inequity.” The university will “provide our schools, colleges, and departments the opportunity and resources to develop a revised curriculum, including the undergraduate Core Curriculum.”
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- Political Actions and Support for Anti-Racism
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The University President, along with each Cabinet member and Dean signed a pledge of "Commitment to Live and Lead for Racial Equity and Antiracism."
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LIFT SU "takes strategic action to address systemic racism." It prioritizes "affirmation of and allyship with our Black Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) community at Seattle University."
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- Program and Research Funding
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As a part of the Reimagining and Revising Our Curriculum plan, the 2021 Pilot Initiative on Anti-Racist Education: Curriculum Development Cohort “provides financial support for faculty to pursue projects which focus on integrating anti-racism into curricula.”
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- Resources
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"LIFT SU" was founded as an "action plan for racial equity and antiracism." It "offers a beginning response further evolving our university commitment to inclusive academic excellence."
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Seattle University’s Lemieux Library provides a number of resources on systemic racism, social justice and equity, microaggressions, and racial justice reads from authors including Ibram X. Kendi and Robin Diangelo among many others.
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- Symbolic Actions
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From January through March of 2022, the university hosted a month of meditations on racial justice in a reading and reflection group on The Spiritual Work of Racial Justice with Ignatius of Loyola.
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On May 13, 2022, the university hosted a lunch and conversation on the Ignatian Work of Racial Justice where “faculty and staff reflect on how the Jesuit Catholic mission informs their anti-racist efforts and on their experiences at Seattle University working toward racial justice.” The event is “meant to inspire collaboration and deeper integration of the Jesuit Catholic mission and the work of racial justice.”
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The Lemieux Library at Seattle University will focus on the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Action Plan to present “goals aimed at advancing equity, diversity, inclusion, and anti-racism at the Lemieux Library.”
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Seattle University’s Office of Multicultural Affairs hosted a Faculty and Staff of Color Retreat in March of 2022 as a “dedicated space to focus on connection and healing as acts of liberation.”
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The Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) hosts a monthly OMA Speaks Community Dialogue in an effort to “create opportunities for students, staff, and faculty to engage in meaningful dialogue about current topics related to identity, diversity, and inclusion.”
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