Talk:Seattle University/Archive 1

Wedgwood
I was just wondering if someone watching this page might know the answer to the question at Talk:Wedgwood, Seattle, Washington about whether Seattle U. once owned a big hunk of what is now Wedgwood. -- Jmabel | Talk 01:17, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * Long since resolved. They did. - Jmabel | Talk 05:03, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Distinguished?
"Distinguished alumni" list includes "Christian Wong CEO, Chocolati Handmade Chocolates". As far as I know, that is a relatively small, local chocolate company. Does this really qualify him as a distinguished alum? - Jmabel | Talk 05:44, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
 * A week and a half, no response, I am removing. - Jmabel | Talk 05:21, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Honorary degrees
I notice that Sherman Alexie's honorary degree was recently added to the article. Should we really be adding recipients of honorary degrees? I would guess that the majority of commencement speakers receive one. - Jmabel | Talk 05:03, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree, I don't think he's any more notable than anyone else who receives them each year.

Reorganization and Restructuring
I would like to see the Seattle University expanded and structured more like other university pages. That of University of Washington and Seattle Pacific. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.194.72.243 (talk • contribs) 21 October 2006.

I agree can we spice this page up some more? SU has had great moments in history. Especially admiting women early in American History. tdwuhs

Number of students
Can anyone explain this major change in number of students? No edit summary or citation was provided. A citable number would be good. - Jmabel | Talk 00:10, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

I added the correct numbers for the undergraduate and graduate enrollment based on Fall 2008 statistics, which I found on the school's official website. Tboy206 (talk) 00:45, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

"Full Range of Master's and Undergraduate Degrees"
The final sentence of the first paragraph of this article needs to be revised, since Seattle University in fact does not offer a full range of Master's degrees. Graduate programs at Seattle University are, in fact, very limited. Job L 20:38, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Thats the literal name of the category that Seattle U won the '10 best' award for. Maybe full range is defined by US News as at least one masters degree in engineering, business, liberal arts, etc...

Assessment
Assessed as C class. Needs more sourcing, reference standardization, and an expansion of the history section to get to B class. Aboutmovies (talk) 20:07, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Problem with the page.
This page has a problem. On the Notable alumni section, the notes, external links and such on the references tables in the Notable alumni section. It needs to be solved. BattleshipMan (talk) 05:22, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Removal of link to non-existent Sundborg page
An unregistered user recently made some updates to this page, most of which were quite helpful (updating enrollment statistics, etc.). However, this user also removed the link to "Steven V. Sundborg." Since the page on Sundborg hasn't yet been written, removing the link is one acceptable option. However, couldn't we also request that someone write the page and add it to the list of similar pages? Job L 20:02, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
 * The best way to ask for such an article is to restore the link, and explain, in the edit summary, that is why you are doing so. - Jmabel | Talk 04:44, 14 November 2006 (UTC)


 * The main reason I didn't do so was that I wasn't sure whether there was interest. I'd like to read an article on Fr. Steve, but I don't think I'm the guy to write one—and I wasn't sure if any other Wikipedians who visit this page regularly would feel the same or not.  Thoughts?  Job L 08:45, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Notable faculty
The list of notable faculty is notably centered on the business school (with the exception of the apparently fictitious Ivana Humperdinkel, whom I removed from the list). This needs to be addressed—not because there's anything wrong at all with the business school, but because Seattle U's reputation as a good liberal arts college is, in my opinion, well deserved.

In order to address the business college bias, I'm wondering if we can articulate a list of criteria for what counts as "notable". Although I don't have a business degree, I am myself an academic, and I can attest—as I'm sure many other academics on Wikipedia can—that publishing a few articles (as these professors have) very rarely counts as being "notable." Job L 08:26, 5 December 2006 (UTC)


 * See Notability (academics). Only a proposed guideline, but a reasonably sound one. - Jmabel | Talk 03:25, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Housing
I think there should be a section for housing for the university. Information can be found on the Seattle U home page. The main housing are Bellarmine Hall, Xavier Hall, Campion Hall, Chardin Hall, and the Murphy Apartments. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.194.72.10 (talk) 21:32, 15 April 2007 (UTC).
 * Theres an edit button at the top of the article.

Chapel of St. Ignatius
I suppose this article could still use a lot of work, but I'm mildly amazed that no one has even started Chapel of St. Ignatius, Seattle University. Probably the most important piece of religious architecture in Seattle in the last couple of decades, no article. For what it's worth, I've taken a bunch of pictures; they are at Commons:Category:Chapel of St. Ignatius, Seattle University. If no one else takes this on, I guess I'll do it eventually. - Jmabel | Talk 06:50, 1 October 2007 (UTC)


 * @Jmabel Improvements to Chapel of St. Ignatius welcome! --- Another Believer ( Talk ) 19:32, 14 November 2022 (UTC)

Seattle University Redhawks
Anonymous user 66.194.72.243 added to Key Arena that the Seattle University Redhawks willing using the venue as of 2008. I have not found a reference for it. Can anyone verify or deny that? Flibirigit (talk) 20:43, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Yes, we do use it currently as there aren't any Sonic's left. We held our first home Division I game there against Loyola (Maybe? Someone like that) and I think we are going to use it for other home games. I don't pay much attention to basketball though. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.194.72.10 (talk) 04:26, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Abuse scandal
I noticed that the president of Seattle University was named in a lawsuit alleging a conspiracy to create a dump for pedophile priests in a small number of Alaskan villages. Perhaps this information could be added to his biography if he ever gets an article on his own. ADM (talk) 07:13, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Dissent on sexual matters
There are reports that Seattle University participated in a sex-positive week, an event that was criticized by the Cardinal Newman Society. It could be a sign that the University is dissenting from official Catholic teaching on the subject. ADM (talk) 07:09, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Proposed merge with Matteo Ricci College
The content of this page is almost 100% redundant to the content on the main Seattle U page -- Goldman60  Talk  08:17, 9 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep. This is a notable initiative that deserves separate attention, independent of the University's website. Note the enlargement of the article since 2014.Jzsj (talk) 21:34, 5 June 2016 (UTC)