{"id":1782,"date":"2010-09-15T05:06:25","date_gmt":"2010-09-15T05:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nijaygupta.wordpress.com\/?p=1782"},"modified":"2010-09-15T05:06:25","modified_gmt":"2010-09-15T05:06:25","slug":"seattle-pacific-university-first-impressions-as-new-faculty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/cruxsola\/2010\/09\/seattle-pacific-university-first-impressions-as-new-faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Pacific University, first impressions as new faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"spu\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spu.edu\/info\/images\/SPU-Campus-Sign.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\">I have finished my second week officially on the Seattle Pacific University faculty, and we just returned from an all-faculty retreat on Whidbey Island where the univ owns a retreat center called Camp Casey (a former military compound right on the beach!).<\/p>\n<p>Let me say, this place (SPU) is amazing on all levels. My family and I love Seattle \u2013 we love the food, the coffee, the people, the nature, the culture, the innovative and creative environment! The people at the university, whether staff, students, or faculty are incredibly friendly and cordial. Folks who studied here (alum) rave about SPU and many stick around and become staff or faculty.<\/p>\n<p>The School of Theology is really top-notch. It is quite large, but remarkably intimate. The faculty here are men and women of passion, inspiration, maturity, and wisdom. I honestly think that they would be hard to beat in terms of a world-class university faculty that is also deeply pious and driven by theological motivations.<\/p>\n<p>If you are considering either a place to do a Bachelor\u2019s or a Master\u2019s (in theology or otherwise), do consider SPU. 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