Seattle University

Seattle University is a Jesuit Catholic University and law school founded in 1891. It is a private non-for-profit degree granting institution. The institution is a master’s college (more master’ degrees than doctorates) that offers more than 160 programs. The university is located in Seattle’s Capitol Hill. In order to make an assessment on Seattle University (SU) 2013-2018 Strategic Plan, we have to first identify the fundamental values that drive and set direction to this institution and attempt to understand what it means to it. SU’s values are: care, academic excellence, diversity, faith, justice and leadership1. Care: With caring stated as a value, SU seeks for to put good and well-being of the student first. It is important to notice…

What is the criterion in making the cut for a place on the list of “The Top 100 Hospitals”? There are many lives at stake, with nearly 100,000 plus Americans hospitalized each day. That equals approximately 40 million hospitalizations per year. As a result, we should be mindful as consumers and potential health care providers of the quality of care taught and provided by the health care system. Following my analyzation of the hospitals, its services and organizational structures I choose the…

Seattle is surrounded by hills and is next to Puget Sound which is a body of water that is an extension of the Pacific Ocean. It is also surrounded by Lake Washington to it’s east. Even though Seattle isn’t the capital of Washington because it’s located to the very south west, it’s still named a major city because of it’s location and it’s advantages. Seattle is surrounded by mountains on either side, so it has mild temperature with cool summers and warm winters. Seattle is also pretty high…

Emerald City is a polarizing and courageous piece from Matthew Klingle. Matthew Klingle had explored the functions of nature in the development of Seattle as from the early days when settlement began to the present time. The book has made a combination of environmental history, human geography, urban history, among others, as he tries to attempt to reshape how nature looks like within the period of ecological disaster and social inequality. Matthew Klingle has explored many things that are…

The 12th Man “The 12th Man,” What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear those words? I bet it was the Seattle Seahawks… What if I told you that the Seattle Seahawks did not start the saying ‘The 12th Man’, in fact the Seattle Seahawks do not even own the rights to the name. Could you guess who owns the rights to name? I’ll let you think about it…Today I will discuss the trademark incident involving the Seahawks and why it is important to them, how the Seahawks market the ‘12th…

Reported in 2015, Seattle, Washington’s population is 684,451 people (Census Bureau, n/d). Amongst the 684,451 residents who live in Seattle approximately 333,878 are males and 334,464 are females, which accounts for the population to be split to 50/50 of its genders (City-Data, 2016). Percentages of age and sex recorded from 2010-2015: under five years of age 5.3%, under eighteen years old 15.4%, sixty five years and older 10.8% (Census Bureau, n/d). According to the data that was reported to…

In 1865, the Duwamish people were the subject of a law banning them from living within city limits - despite the fact that their chief gave the city of Seattle its name. Between 1855 and 1904, ninety four Duwamish longhouses were destroyed. In 2009, the Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center was opened - the first longhouse to be built in Seattle in 115 years. The center is designed, funded and managed by the Duwamish, for the Duwamish. Located across from the site of an ancestral Duwamish…

Leadership the authors quoted Greenleaf (the person who first coined the term servant leader) by stating “that a leader should see himself as a servant first. Servant leadership can be broadly defined as a desire from leaders to motivate, guide, offer hope, and provide a caring experience by establishing a quality relationship with the followers and subordinates.“ (Choudhary, Akhtar, & Zaheer, 2013) Servant leaders are truly motivated to nurture followers by helping them to grow and develop.…

I am entering my final quarter before completion of an Associate degree in Pre-Nursing, at which point I hope to attend Pacific Lutheran University to work on my BSN. My long-term goal is to work as a trauma nurse in the emergency department at Harborview Medical Center. I have already accepted employment with HMC as a Hospital Assistant. I believe PLU’s values complement my goals and ambitions. The knowledge and skills gained through this experience will give me the tools necessary to become…

Shortly after I arrived, I applied to and got accepted to the Nursing program at North Seattle College. This was a logical step. Helping where you can is how I grew…