November 15, 2006

  • He's So Cool


    For Immediate Release - 11/8/06

    Eaton Selected for U.S. Historic Education Trip to Asia
    Joins 11 Other College Presidents to Promote American Higher Education

    Seattle, WA - Seattle Pacific University President Philip W. Eaton will
    join U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings and U.S. Assistant
    Secretary of State Dina Habib Powell on the first-ever delegation of
    American college and university presidents to Japan, South Korea, and
    China. Eaton, the only college president from Washington state, joins a
    select group of 11 other presidents on November 10 for a weeklong trip
    to promote U.S. higher education.

    The
    presidents will act as “higher education ambassadors,” carrying the
    message that the United States welcomes international students and is a
    premier destination for educational opportunities. The delegation also
    hopes to increase collaboration, partnerships, and exchanges with
    foreign universities as a way to strengthen bilateral relationships.

    The
    delegation will meet with university students and leaders, government
    and business leaders in Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan; Seoul, South Korea; and
    Beijing, China. The information gathered on the trip will be shared
    with educational and cultural exchange agencies, and be used to improve
    services and enhance existing exchange programs for international
    students coming to the United States.

    This
    historic pairing of the U.S. government and higher education leaders is
    a result of the January 2006 U.S. University Presidents Summit on
    International Education, co-hosted by U.S. Secretary of State
    Condoleezza Rice and Spellings. Eaton was one of 120 invited guests to
    the summit.

    “We are at a pivotal time
    in American higher education. We must refocus ourselves to be relevant
    in a world that has profoundly changed, change that continues at
    lightning speed,” says Eaton. “At Seattle Pacific, our vision for
    engaging culture may be a fresh, new lens on the opportunities and
    challenges of global education.”

    Founded
    in 1891, Seattle Pacific University is a premier Christian university
    that equips people to engage the culture and change the world. Its
    comprehensive academic program serves more than 3,800 undergraduate and
    graduate students. Known for both their competence and character, SPU
    graduates are bringing about positive change in communities around the
    globe.

     

    AND he talked about the good, the true, and the beautiful at Commencement!!!!!!!