This timeline records events related to SPU’s hiring policy, the “Statement on Human Sexuality,” and other LGBTQ+ issues since January 2021.
An SPU adjunct sues SPU, alleging SPU declined to consider…
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Faculty Council administers a Human Sexuality survey to faculty and…
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ASSP, the SPU student governance body, sends a letter to…
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Emerita faculty provides Faculty Council and the Board with a…
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On February 24, 2021, the Theology Student Union at SPU…
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President Dan Martin reports that at the February Board meeting…
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SPU Board of Trustees calls a special confidential meeting to…
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A former student of SPU joins a class action suit…
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President Dan Martin resigns in his ninth year of service…
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Board Chair Cedric Davis announces in an online employee forum…
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Two School of Theology professors object to the Board’s decision…
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In response to the Board’s decision to maintain the employee…
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Faculty vote to issue a Statement of No Confidence in…
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The Board of Trustees replies to the Faculty Statement of…
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Faculty Senate approves a motion to establish the “Faculty LGBTQIA+…
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Gary Ames, respected BOT member and generous donor, suddenly passes…
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To discuss what led to the Statement of No Confidence,…
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Dr. Pete C. Menjares, currently serving as a Board member,…
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Trustee Dennis Weibling resigns from the Board before completing his…
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In response to the breakdown of communication and trust between…
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The Board affirms that they are committed to ongoing conversation…
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Venture International arranges a meeting between the Board and the…
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The Faculty LGBTQIA+ Task Force sends a letter to the…
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In order “to provide continuity during this interim leadership period,”…
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After the November 2021 Board meeting, the Board of Trustees…
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After the Venture International consultants present their findings at the…
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The Board meets with Faculty Council to discuss the consultants’…
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The Board, administration, and faculty work together to compose several…
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The formation of the LGBTQIA+ Work Group is announced. The…
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The Associated Students of Seattle Pacific (SPU’s student governance body)…
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As part of the February Board meeting, the Board of…
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Trustee Tina Chang resigns before completing her term.
Asking the community for a little more time, the LGBTQIA+…
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The co-chairs of the LGBTQIA+ Work Group give a confidential…
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SPU settles Jeaux Rinedahl’s suit against the university; the announcement…
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Sometime after the LGBTQIA+ Work Group presentation on April 22,…
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The LGBTQIA+ Work Group shares a summary of the report…
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SPU Faculty Council sends a letter to Interim President Menjares…
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During the May Board meeting, Faculty Chair April Middeljans delivers…
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Professor of Moral and Historical Theology Richard Steele presents the…
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Trustee Denise Martinez, an SPU Ames Scholar alum, resigns from…
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Board member Kevin Johnson, another SPU Ames Scholar alum, resigns,…
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SPU Board of Trustees announces they will continue to maintain…
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Student governance (ASSP) organizes an alumni letter to the board…
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On May 24, 2022, in protest against the Board’s decision…
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Students begin occupying the 2nd floor of Demaray Hall outside…
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Interim President Menjares shares an overview and reports from the…
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Board Chair Cedric Davis resigns. Davis had reached the end…
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SPU Board of Trustees holds a town hall meeting with…
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On June 1, 2022, SPU students begin a GoFundMe page…
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SPU Faculty Senate passes a “Resolution to Endorse the ‘Third…
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The Attorney General of Washington State sends a letter to…
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On June 12, 2022, at SPU’s graduation ceremony in the…
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On the student sit-in deadline of July 1, 2022, Board…
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SPU files a complaint against the the Attorney General of…
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Interim President Menjares informs the SPU community that in response…
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Trustee Jason Garcia resigns after one year of service. Trustee…
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The Chief Communications Officer for the Council for Christian Colleges…
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SPU Board Chair Dean Kato publishes a letter to the…
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Professor of Sociology Kevin Neuhouser publishes an op ed in…
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At the beginning of Interim President Pete Menjares’s “State of…
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A group of SPU students (former and current), SPU faculty,…
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SPU’s Faculty Council submits a formal complaint regarding SPU Board…
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The Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) sends a…
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Faculty Chair Dr. John Hossler and SPU President Deana Porterfield…
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