Seattle University

Seattle University is a private Jesuit university on First Hill in Seattle, Washington, United States, founded in 1891 and conducted in the Catholic intellectual tradition.西雅图大学是一所私立耶稣会大学，位于美国华盛顿州西雅图的第一山街区，创办于 1891 年，秉承天主教知识传统办学。

It is the largest independent university in the north-western United States, with more than 7,500 students enrolled across seven schools and colleges.该校是美国西北部规模最大的独立大学，七个学院共有 7,500 余名学生注册。

Its main campus covers about 55 acres beside downtown Seattle, and a second campus at South Lake Union houses Cornish College of the Arts, which the university absorbed in 2025.主校区占地约 55 英亩，紧邻西雅图市中心；第二校区位于南联合湖，容纳 2025 年并入该校的科尼什艺术学院。

History

• In 1891 the Jesuit priest Adrian Sweere took charge of a small parish school at Broadway and Madison near downtown Seattle, then named for the Immaculate Conception parish that surrounded it.1891 年，耶稣会神父阿德里安·斯维雷接管了西雅图市中心附近百老汇与麦迪逊街口的一所教区学校，学校当时以周边的圣母无染原罪堂区命名。
• The school offered no higher education at first, and only in 1898 was it renamed Seattle College after the city, itself named for Chief Seattle of the Duwamish and Suquamish peoples.学校起初并不提供高等教育，直到 1898 年才以城市之名改称西雅图学院，而西雅图市本身得名于杜瓦米什与苏夸米什部落首领西雅图。
• Seattle College awarded its first bachelor's degrees eleven years later, in 1909, while still operating a high school alongside its college classes.十一年后的 1909 年，西雅图学院颁授了首批学士学位，当时学校仍在开办中学部，与大学课程并行。
• From 1919 to 1931 the college occupied premises on Interlaken Boulevard, and when it returned to First Hill in 1931 the high school was separated as Seattle Preparatory High School.1919 年至 1931 年间，学院校舍设在因特拉肯大道；1931 年迁回第一山时，中学部独立出去，成为西雅图预备高中。
• In 1931 the college also opened a night school for women, a controversial step in a Jesuit institution, with classes that in practice began at noon.1931 年，学院还开办了女子夜校；在耶稣会院校中，这一举措颇具争议，而课程实际上从中午就开始。
• James McGoldrick led the venture and resisted the objections of Seattle's bishop, and in 1934 a Jesuit superior general in Rome investigated the school but let it continue because its enrolment sustained the college's accreditation.詹姆斯·麦戈德里克主持此事，并顶住了西雅图主教的反对；1934 年，罗马的耶稣会总会长派人调查该校，最终因其招生规模关系到学院认证而准许续办。
• Seattle thus became one of the first coeducational Jesuit colleges in the United States, two decades before the order formally sanctioned such institutions.西雅图学院因此成为美国最早实行男女同校的耶稣会学院之一，比耶稣会正式认可这类院校早了二十年。
• The School of Nursing opened in 1935, and in 1942 many of its women joined Army Base Hospital 50 for service in the Second World War.护理学院于 1935 年开办；1942 年，该院许多女性加入陆军第 50 基地医院，参加第二次世界大战的救护工作。
• The first Black students enrolled after the war ended, Sam Smith first and Millie Bown Russell second, although Russell completed her degree first, in 1948.战后，学校录取了首批黑人学生，萨姆·史密斯先入学，米莉·鲍恩·拉塞尔随后入学，但拉塞尔于 1948 年先行毕业。
• In 1948 the college took its present name, Seattle University, under President Albert A. Lemieux, marking its development into a full university.1948 年，学院在校长阿尔伯特·A·勒米厄主持下改用现名西雅图大学，标志着它已发展为完整的大学。
• The School of Law began in 1972 as part of the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, and Seattle University bought it in 1993, moving it to the Seattle campus in 1999.法学院于 1972 年作为塔科马普吉特海湾大学的一部分创办，西雅图大学于 1993 年将其购入，并于 1999 年迁至西雅图校区。
• The university completed its largest capital campaign in 2009, raising almost 169 million dollars for scholarships, academic programmes, professorships, a fitness complex and an arts centre.2009 年，学校完成史上规模最大的募款活动，筹得近 1.69 亿美元，用于奖学金、学术项目、教授席位、健身设施与艺术中心。
• That campaign also funded the 56 million dollar Lemieux Library and McGoldrick Learning Commons, which opened in the autumn of 2010.这次募款还为造价 5,600 万美元的勒米厄图书馆与麦戈德里克学习中心提供了资金，该建筑于 2010 年秋季启用。
• The School of Theology and Ministry, housed in Hunthausen Hall, closed in 2020 during the pandemic after running a significant deficit.位于亨特豪森楼的神学与事工学院因长期严重亏损，于 2020 年疫情期间停办。
• The Jim and Janet Sinegal Center for Science and Innovation opened for the 2021 academic year at a reported cost of 100 million dollars, the fifth LEED Gold building on campus.吉姆与珍妮特·西尼格尔科学与创新中心于 2021 学年启用，据报道造价 1 亿美元，是校园内第五座获 LEED 金级认证的建筑。
• In 2024 the Seattle developer Richard Hedreen gave the university his art collection, valued at 300 million dollars, in memory of his late wife Betty, an alumna.2024 年，西雅图地产开发商理查德·赫德林把估值 3 亿美元的艺术收藏捐给学校，以纪念其已故妻子、校友贝蒂·赫德林。
• In December 2024 the university announced that it would acquire Cornish College of the Arts, and the transaction closed in 2025 with Cornish becoming its seventh college.2024 年 12 月，学校宣布将收购科尼什艺术学院；交易于 2025 年完成，科尼什由此成为该校第七个学院。
• The acquisition added a South Lake Union campus holding the William Volker Building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and the Raisbeck Performance Hall, a city landmark.此次收购带来南联合湖校区，其中包括列入国家史迹名录的威廉·沃尔克大楼与列为城市地标的雷伊斯贝克演出厅。
• The university belonged to the West Coast Conference from 1971, left Division I for the NAIA in 1980, returned to Division II in 2002 and moved back to Division I in 2009, joining the Western Athletic Conference in 2012.学校自 1971 年起隶属西海岸联盟，1980 年退出一级联赛转入全国校际体育协会，2002 年回到二级联赛，2009 年重返一级，并于 2012 年加入西部体育联盟。
• The university marked its 125th anniversary in 2016, and its Matteo Ricci link with Seattle Preparatory High School, a shared honours programme, ended in 2017.2016 年，学校迎来建校 125 周年；它与西雅图预备高中之间的马泰奥·里奇共享荣誉项目则于 2017 年终止。
• Enrolment has grown from a few hundred students in the 1930s to more than 7,500 in the 2020s, while the Jesuit character has been maintained through campus ministry and a required theology component.注册人数从 1930 年代的数百人增长到 2020 年代的 7,500 余人，学校通过校园牧灵工作与必修神学课程延续其耶稣会特质。

Academics

• Seattle University offers about 70 bachelor's degree programmes, 42 graduate programmes and 24 certificate programmes, together with a law degree, a doctorate in education and a doctorate in nursing practice.西雅图大学开设约 70 个学士学位项目、42 个研究生项目与 24 个证书项目，另有法学学位、教育学博士与护理实践博士。
• Seven schools and colleges make up the university: Arts and Sciences, Albers School of Business and Economics, Education, Law, Nursing, Science and Engineering, and Cornish College of the Arts.全校由七个学院构成，分别是文理学院、阿尔伯斯商业与经济学院、教育学院、法学院、护理学院、科学与工程学院以及科尼什艺术学院。
• The Albers School of Business and Economics began in 1945 and took its name from George and Eva Albers, whose family gave repeatedly, including Eva's bequest of 3 million dollars in 1971.阿尔伯斯商业与经济学院始于 1945 年，以乔治·阿尔伯斯与伊娃·阿尔伯斯夫妇命名；这一家族多次捐助，其中伊娃在 1971 年遗赠 300 万美元。
• Albers added its MBA in 1967 and holds accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.阿尔伯斯学院于 1967 年增设工商管理硕士项目，并持有国际商学院协会的认证。
• The College of Arts and Sciences, the oldest academic unit, enrols more than 2,000 students in 33 majors, 28 minors, ten graduate degrees and four postgraduate certificates.文理学院是历史最久的学术单位，2,000 余名学生在此修读 33 个主修、28 个辅修、10 个研究生学位与 4 个研究生证书项目。
• Its graduate psychology programme is one of the few in the United States built around existential phenomenology as a therapeutic method.该院的研究生心理学项目是全美少数以存在现象学为治疗方法的教学项目之一。
• The School of Law moved from Tacoma in 1999 into Sullivan Hall on the lower mall, and it is known for a legal writing programme that U.S. News ranked first nationally in 2019.法学院于 1999 年从塔科马迁入校园下层的沙利文楼，其法律写作项目在 2019 年被《美国新闻与世界报道》评为全美第一。
• The College of Nursing, founded in 1935, teaches in the renovated Garrand Hall and runs a 19,000-square-foot clinical performance laboratory at Swedish Cherry Hill a few blocks away.护理学院创办于 1935 年，在翻修后的加兰德楼授课，并在几个街区外的瑞典医疗中心樱桃山院区设有一座 1.9 万平方英尺的临床技能实验室。
• Nursing students may enter the Bachelor of Science in Nursing, a diagnostic ultrasound degree, the Doctor of Nursing Practice or an accelerated programme for graduates of other fields.护理学生可攻读护理学学士、诊断超声学士、护理实践博士，或面向其他专业毕业生的加速项目。
• The College of Education, also founded in 1935, had the first counselling programme in the Seattle area accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs.教育学院同样创办于 1935 年，其咨询项目是西雅图地区首个获得咨询及相关教育项目认证委员会认证的项目。
• Its school psychology programme is accredited by the National Association of School Psychologists, and the college prepares teachers and administrators for Washington schools.该院的学校心理学项目获美国学校心理学家协会认证，并为华盛顿州各校培养教师与管理人员。
• The College of Science and Engineering teaches basic sciences, mathematics, computer science, civil and environmental engineering, mechanical engineering and computer and electrical engineering.科学与工程学院教授基础科学、数学、计算机科学、土木与环境工程、机械工程以及计算机与电气工程。
• Cornish College of the Arts, founded in 1914 and independent until 2025, offers 12 undergraduate majors and 46 concentrations in the fine and performing arts.科尼什艺术学院创办于 1914 年，直至 2025 年一直独立办学，开设 12 个本科主修与 46 个专业方向，涵盖纯艺术与表演艺术。
• A core curriculum in philosophy, theology, literature and social science is required of undergraduates, reflecting the Jesuit emphasis on reflection and service.本科生须修读哲学、神学、文学与社会科学的核心课程，体现耶稣会教育对反思与服务的重视。
• Tuition and living costs bring the estimated price of a four-year degree to about 150,000 dollars, and most students receive some form of financial aid.学费与生活成本使四年学位的估算总花费达到约 15 万美元，多数学生可获得某种形式的经济资助。
• Undergraduate admissions are selective, with an acceptance rate of about 76 per cent in recent cycles and a student-to-faculty ratio of roughly 11 to 1.本科招生具有一定选择性，近年录取率约为 76%，师生比约为 11 比 1。

Campus

• The First Hill campus occupies about 55 acres east of downtown Seattle, next to Capitol Hill, and is laid out around upper and lower malls linked by stairs and walkways.第一山校区占地约 55 英亩，位于西雅图市中心以东、紧邻国会山，由上、下两层广场组成，以台阶与步道相连。
• Garrand Hall, opened in 1894, was the first permanent building and was raised largely by volunteers from Seattle's German and Irish immigrant communities.加兰德楼于 1894 年启用，是校园第一座永久建筑，主要由西雅图德裔与爱尔兰裔移民社区的志愿者建造。
• The Chapel of St. Ignatius, designed by the architect Steven Holl, won a national Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects in 1998 and casts coloured light across the campus at night.圣依纳爵堂由建筑师史蒂文·霍尔设计，1998 年获美国建筑师协会全国荣誉奖，夜间向校园投射彩色灯光。
• The campus holds public art by George Tsutakawa, whose Centennial Fountain anchors the central mall, and a large glass sculpture by Dale Chihuly in the PACCAR Atrium of Pigott Hall.校园陈列着多位艺术家的公共作品，包括筑波河乔治为中央广场设计的百年喷泉，以及戴尔·奇胡利为皮戈特楼 PACCAR 中庭创作的大型玻璃雕塑。
• Works by Chuck Close, Jacob Lawrence, Gwendolyn Knight, William Morris and David Mach are also displayed, and the Hedreen Gallery shows student and visiting artists.校园还展出查克·克洛斯、雅各布·劳伦斯、格温多琳·奈特、威廉·莫里斯与戴维·马赫的作品，赫德林画廊则展示学生与来访艺术家的创作。
• The Lemieux Library, founded in 1991, held 216,677 books and took 1,604 periodicals by 2011, and it anchors a learning commons with computer laboratories and a café.勒米厄图书馆建于 1991 年，到 2011 年藏书 216,677 册、订阅期刊 1,604 种，并配套设有计算机实验室与咖啡座的学习中心。
• The Bannan Center joins two wings of science and engineering laboratories, while the five-storey Casey Building houses the College of Arts and Sciences and received McCrory's Clock in November 2024.班南中心把科学与工程实验室的两翼连成一体；五层的凯西楼是文理学院所在地，楼前于 2024 年 11 月安放了麦克罗里时钟。
• The Jeanne Marie and Rhoady Lee Center for the Arts opened in February 2006 with a 150-seat flexible theatre and the Hedreen Gallery, and a plan to replace it with a university art museum designed by Olson Kundig has drawn faculty opposition.珍妮·玛丽与罗迪·李艺术中心于 2006 年 2 月启用，设有 150 座可变剧场与赫德林画廊；一项由奥尔森·昆迪格设计、以大学美术馆取代该中心的方案已招致教师反对。
• Four residence halls and the Murphy Apartments house undergraduates, with Bellarmine holding about 400 students, Campion 650 in twelve storeys and Chardin about 140.四栋宿舍与墨菲公寓供本科生居住，其中贝拉明楼约住 400 人，坎皮恩楼高十二层、约住 650 人，沙尔丹楼约住 140 人。
• First-year and second-year students must live on campus unless their family home lies within 20 miles, and Xavier Global House is reserved mainly for international students.一年级与二年级学生除家庭住址在校园 20 英里以内者外必须住校，泽维尔国际楼则主要安排国际学生。
• The Redhawk Center, renamed in 2018 from the Connolly Center, holds the main indoor arena, while Seattle University Park and Logan Field provide turf pitches and a running track.红鹰中心于 2018 年由康诺利中心改名而来，设有多功能室内场馆；西雅图大学公园与洛根球场则提供人造草皮场地与跑道。
• The campus is served by the First Hill streetcar, King County Metro routes including the RapidRide G Line, and Capitol Hill station on the Link light rail.校园周边有第一山有轨电车、包括快速 G 线在内的金县公交线路，以及轻轨一号线的国会山站。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027 Seattle University is placed in the 1201-1400 band, a tied range rather than a single position.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，西雅图大学位列第 1201-1400 位，这是一个并列区间而非单一的名次。
• The university is not entered in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027, and it does not appear in the 2026-2027 U.S. News global university table.该校未进入 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名，也未进入 2026-2027 年度《美国新闻与世界报道》全球大学榜单。
• The Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026, compiled by ShanghaiRanking, likewise leaves Seattle University out of its main table, which is weighted towards Nobel laureates, highly cited researchers and papers in Nature and Science.由软科编制的 2026 年世界大学学术排名主榜同样未收录西雅图大学，该榜的指标偏重诺贝尔奖得主、高被引学者以及在《自然》与《科学》上发表论文的数量。
• In the U.S. News Best Colleges edition for 2027 the university is ranked tied 179th among national universities, tied 89th among private universities and 88th for best value.在《美国新闻与世界报道》2027 年度美国最佳大学榜中，西雅图大学与多校并列全美综合性大学第 179 位、私立大学第 89 位，并位列最具价值院校第 88 位。
• QS placed the university 865th in its 2026 sustainability ranking and put its master's programme in business analytics in the 151-200 band of the 2027 subject table.在 2026 年 QS 可持续发展排名中，该校位列第 865 位；其商业分析硕士项目则进入 2027 年 QS 学科榜的 151-200 区间。
• OpenAlex records 7,375 works and 189,319 citations for the university, a research profile modest in volume and concentrated in law, business, nursing and the social sciences.OpenAlex 数据库收录该校 7,375 项成果与 189,319 次引用，其科研规模不大，集中于法学、商科、护理与社会科学。
• The School of Law was ranked 122nd nationally by U.S. News in 2019 and first for legal writing, with its part-time and clinical programmes placed in the top twenty.法学院在 2019 年被《美国新闻与世界报道》评为全美第 122 位，法律写作居全美第一，其非全日制项目与诊所项目进入前二十。
• The Albers School holds AACSB accreditation, and the university has been listed among the top ten institutions in the western United States for more than a decade.阿尔伯斯学院持有国际商学院协会认证，学校十余年来一直位列美国西部院校前十名。
• The Princeton Review rated Seattle University the 12th greenest college in the country in 2018, and in 2023 it became the first university in Washington and the first Jesuit university to divest its endowment from fossil fuels.《普林斯顿评论》在 2018 年把西雅图大学评为全美第 12 位绿色院校；2023 年，它成为华盛顿州第一所、也是首所耶稣会大学将捐赠基金完全退出化石燃料投资。
• The university describes itself as the largest independent institution in the north-western United States, a claim resting on its enrolment of more than 7,500 students in a region dominated by public universities.学校自称美国西北部规模最大的独立院校，这一说法依据的是它在该地区以公立大学为主的格局中拥有 7,500 余名注册学生。

Student life

• About 7,500 students attend Seattle University, roughly 4,600 of them undergraduates and 3,100 in graduate and professional programmes, and about 9 per cent come from outside the United States.西雅图大学约有 7,500 名学生，其中本科生约 4,600 人、研究生与专业学位学生约 3,100 人，约 9% 来自美国以外。
• The undergraduate body in 2024 was 50 per cent White, 33.7 per cent Asian, 14.4 per cent Hispanic and 8.4 per cent Black, with about 14 per cent identifying with more than one ethnicity.2024 年本科生中白人占 50%，亚裔占 33.7%，拉美裔占 14.4%，黑人占 8.4%，约 14% 认同多重族裔身份。
• Women make up 61 per cent of undergraduates, a balance shaped by the nursing, education and arts programmes for which the university is known.本科生中女性占 61%，这一比例与学校见长的护理、教育与艺术项目有关。
• KXSU-LP at 102.1 FM is a student-run low-power station that began as a campus service in 1994 under the call sign KSUB and received its FCC licence in 2016.调频 102.1 的 KXSU-LP 是由学生运营的低功率电台，1994 年以 KSUB 呼号作为校园广播起步，2016 年取得联邦通信委员会执照。
• Its effective radiated power is only 7 watts, yet its signal reaches the whole city and the inner suburbs, and its air staff includes students, faculty and alumni.该台有效辐射功率仅 7 瓦，信号却可覆盖全市与近郊，主持人员包括学生、教师与校友。
• The Student Center holds the main dining hall, campus ministry, a wellness centre and an esports room, and a footbridge links it to the residence halls and the athletics fields.学生中心设有主餐厅、校园牧灵办公室、健康中心与电竞室，一座步行桥把它与宿舍区和运动场连接起来。
• Seattle University has composted since 1995, built the first composting facility on an urban campus in Washington in 2003, and went pesticide-free from the 1980s, when grounds chief Ciscoe Morris stopped chemical spraying and released lacewings against aphids.西雅图大学自 1995 年起实行堆肥，2003 年在华盛顿州城市校园中建成首座堆肥设施；校园自 1980 年代起停用农药，当时主管绿化的西斯科·莫里斯停止喷洒化学药剂，改以释放草蛉控制蚜虫。
• The women's basketball team won the Western Athletic Conference regular-season title in 2013 and the conference tournament in 2016, entering the NCAA tournament as the 15th seed against Oregon.女子篮球队于 2013 年夺得西部体育联盟常规赛冠军，2016 年又赢得联盟锦标赛，并以第 15 号种子进入全国锦标赛，首轮对阵俄勒冈大学。
• The Redhawks compete in NCAA Division I and rejoined the West Coast Conference for 2025-26 after 45 years away, restoring rivalries with Gonzaga and other western Jesuit schools.红鹰队参加全美大学体育协会一级联赛，在离开 45 年后于 2025-26 赛季重返西海岸联盟，恢复了与冈萨加等西部耶稣会院校的对抗。

Notable people

• Elgin Baylor, later a Basketball Hall of Famer, played for Seattle in 1956-58 and led the 1958 team to the Final Four, where it beat Kansas State before losing to Kentucky.后来入选篮球名人堂的埃尔金·贝勒于 1956 至 1958 年为西雅图效力，率 1958 年球队打进四强，先击败堪萨斯州立大学，随后负于肯塔基大学。
• Johnny and Eddie O'Brien formed a celebrated backcourt in the early 1950s and led the team to a rare victory over the Harlem Globetrotters.约翰尼·奥布莱恩与埃迪·奥布莱恩在 1950 年代初组成著名的后场组合，率队取得对阵哈林环球旅行者队的罕见胜利。
• Eddie Miles, Clint Richardson and Tom Workman moved from Seattle into professional careers in the National Basketball Association.埃迪·迈尔斯、克林特·理查森与汤姆·沃克曼从西雅图毕业后进入美国职业篮球联赛打球。
• Janet Hopps Adkisson, a tennis player, was the first woman to be ranked top in the country in both the men's and women's standings.网球运动员珍妮特·霍普斯·阿德基森是首位在全美男子与女子排名中都位居榜首的女性。
• Pat Lesser, a golfer, was named to the Curtis Cup team twice in the mid-1950s and was later inducted into the State of Washington Sports Hall of Fame.高尔夫球手帕特·莱瑟在 1950 年代中期两度入选柯蒂斯杯队，后来进入华盛顿州体育名人堂。
• Tom Gorman captained the United States Davis Cup team to a record 18 match wins, having won the cup as a player in 1972 and again as coach in 1990 and 1992.汤姆·戈尔曼担任美国戴维斯杯队队长期间取得创纪录的 18 场胜利，他曾在 1972 年作为球员、1990 年与 1992 年作为教练三次捧杯。
• Mohamed Alabbar, chairman of Emaar Properties and a leading figure in the development of Dubai, holds a business degree from Seattle University.艾马尔地产董事长、迪拜城市开发的重要人物穆罕默德·阿拉巴尔持有西雅图大学的商科学位。
• Betty Hedreen, an alumna, was remembered by her husband Richard through the gift of a 300 million dollar art collection in 2024.校友贝蒂·赫德林去世后，其丈夫理查德于 2024 年以捐赠 3 亿美元艺术收藏的方式纪念她。
• Graduates of the School of Law practise across Washington and the Pacific Northwest, and alumni of the College of Nursing staff hospitals throughout the region.法学院的毕业生在华盛顿州与太平洋西北地区执业，护理学院的校友则服务于该地区各家医院。
• The university counts alumni in every state and in Jesuit partner institutions abroad, and its regional chapters support admissions, mentoring and fundraising.该校校友遍布美国各州以及海外耶稣会合作院校，各地分会为招生、导师辅导与募款提供支持。