As a learning community, we follow rhythms through the year that help us serve God and neighbor. Together, we steward practices that have grown and developed throughout our history. Our seasonal events and rituals guide us to gather, remember, and celebrate. These collective rhythms shape us deeply, and have formed us as a community that […]
The Writing Center is a digital space that supports Seattle School students in their development as writers and is the primary resource for accessing writing resources, such as paper formatting guidelines and citation help for APA and Chicago Turabian Style. (You’ll be using both, whatever degree you do.) The Writing Center offers free one-on-one consultations […]
Third-year MACP student Susannah Brister describes the online learning best practices she developed through her time at The Seattle School. We’re hopeful these ideas might give you a head start on considering what your own best practices will be. Many of us have developed our own best practices for working, learning, and socializing online, and […]
In 2022, Convocation served as the sacred culmination of our Orientation, (Re)Orientation, Residency, and Community Week events. Alumni, faculty, staff, and returning students gathered to commit themselves to a new year together, formally welcoming new students into our learning community with liturgy, prayer, and song. Watch our community’s gathering at St. Mark’s Cathedral, and hear […]
We have an excellent team of 14 Assistant Instructors who are looking forward to supporting your learning here at The Seattle School both this year and beyond. The role of Assistant Instructor (AI) at The Seattle School is somewhat different than what you may have encountered as Teaching Assistants in other academic contexts. All of […]
At The Seattle School relationships are both the focus and the location of our learning and our formation. We seek to honor the fleshiness and the dynamic nature of our humanity, to listen for the wisdom of our bodies’ deep knowing, and the profound creativity that happens as we encounter one another and allow one […]
We shake with joy, we shake with grief. What a time they have, these two housed as they are in the same body. –Mary Oliver Being human is complex—especially being human in a body. There are moments in life when the tensions we hold are simply overwhelming, disorienting, and beyond language, like losing someone we […]
“New Student Orientation” is a familiar concept in the world of academia. When starting graduate school, students know that they can expect information, resources, and tools; gatherings, sessions, introductions to people and places that will be meaningful to their academic experience. But how do we orient and connect when students and classmates are joining at […]
Just like you, we staff and faculty are anticipating and preparing for the arrival of fall and the learning journey on which we will embark together this year. Here at The Seattle School, as we tend to the learning and formation that our students and alumni experience, we talk about the Student and Alumni Lifecycle. […]
August is a magical month. This time of year I find that summer has worked its way into us and we still have a few weeks remaining in which to savor her good gifts. Here in the Pacific Northwest, these gifts can be found in the golden light of sunsets extending for long lingering hours; […]
Today’s Faculty Friday is an introduction to Dr. Doug Shirley, Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology. Doug previously worked as adjunct faculty at The Seattle School, having taught Practicum I and II, Interpersonal Foundations, and History and Therapeutic Perspectives before becoming core faculty in the Counseling Psychology program. Doug now serves as practicum director, overseeing Listening […]
A warm welcome from your library staff! We are looking forward to getting to know you and to support you in your learning during and after your time at The Seattle School. The library offers a variety of resources and services to meet the teaching and learning needs of the students, faculty, staff, and alumni […]