The SPU Voices Podcast

In April of 2019, Melissa Glenn '05 became the first library social services provider in Washington state. Melissa is a licensed mental health counselor who graduated from SPU in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in sociology. After earning a master’s in counseling psychology from The Seattle School in 2012, she worked in a variety of community mental health and education settings before joining this ground-breaking program.

Take a break from the news and walk down memory lane with the Browns and Stubberts as they share beloved memories of their time at Seattle Pacific University.

With more than 30 years experience at Seattle Pacific University, recently retired Dean of Multi-Ethnic and Wellness Programs Susan Okamoto Lane is someone who has seen big changes. As the diversity of the student body grew, the need for every student, faculty, and staff member to increase an understanding of what it means to be reconciled to God, and to one another, grew as well. As we learn to make room for each other, we make room for God. Susan has been described as the iron fist in a velvet glove and as someone who builds things that last. Listen to her powerful story on this special episode of Inside Voices.

In this special minisode, meet Seattle Pacific University alumna Amanda Stubbert '95, host of the SPU Voices Podcast, as she shares about her student journey at Seattle Pacific and the people who impacted her along the way. After earning a degree in psychology and theatre, Amanda performed improv and taught theatre before returning to SPU.

Dr. Hedman, SPU class of ’95, served in a joint appointment for the departments of English and Theatre at High Point University, teaching courses at the intersection of performance and literature. He now serves as director of the honors program as well. Nathan recently returned from advising a group of students studying abroad in Prague.