Dr. Nancy Murphy, Domestic Abuse Prevention and Advocacy

Nancy Murphy, D.Min., is president of the Global Institute on Violence and Exploitation, the executive director of Seattle’s Northwest Family Life Learning and Counseling Center, and teaches at Mars Gill Graduate School.

Ruth Wicker Schaaf, Violist, National Symphony

Ruth Wicker Schaaf plays viola in the National Symphony Orchestra at Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

Ruth Wicker Schaaf studied at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and graduated from the Staatliche Hochschule fur Musik. As the recipient of a Graduate Teaching Fellow Scholarship Award, she received her Master's Degree from the University of Oregon. She has soloed with the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Halle, and the Klassische Philharmonie Bonn. Ms. Schaaf taught viola at Western Michigan University and Andrews University. For two seasons she served as Principal Violist of the Kalamazoo Symphony, and was a member of the Oregon Symphony prior to joining the National Symphony Orchestra. Source

Martha Barkman, Construction Manager

Martha Barkmann is the construction manager for the Harbor Steps in Seattle. "She's thrilled that at age 33, she has a dream opportunity to manage the 1.2 million-square-foot development -- a project similar in size to the Columbia Seafirst Building."

Rebecca King, Boys & Girls Club

Rebecca King is the Director of Communications and Marketing for the Boys and Girls Club of South Puget Sound.

Dr. Miriam Adeney, author, editor, and professor

Miriam Adeney is editor at large for Christianity Today and is Associate Professor of World Christian Studies at Seattle Pacific University.

Dr. Kimberly Moore-Jumonville, Associate Professor of English

Dr. Kimberly Moore-Jumonville teaches at Spring Arbor University.

Melinda Lundquist Denton, Author

Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers is published by The University of North Carolina Press. Ms. Denton is a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Dr. Jeeyung Lee, Music Professor and Soloist

Dr. Jeeyung Lee teaches piano at Avila College.

Marilyn Meberg, Humorist and Author

Frighteningly intelligent and unexpectedly hilarious, Marilyn Meberg is smart enough to choose joy over despair any day. She doesn't hesitate to tackle the tough subjects - and with two master's degrees (one in Counseling Psychology), she's got the background to do it. But her knowledge is more than academic. Marilyn's been there - dealing with the loss of a child, the death of her husband, a life-threatening illness, and other crises. She shares her hard-won wisdom in her newest book, Since You Asked. But don't expect her to be boring! Marilyn is warmly encouraging, scripturally sound, and completely zany. "Laughter," she says seriously, "is good for your liver." As one of the original Women of Faith speakers, Marilyn has helped more than 3 million women laugh their way to healthier livers. A long-time resident of California, Marilyn now finds herself living in Frisco, Texas.

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Patricia C. Buchsel, Nurse, Professor, and Clinical Specialist in Oncology

Nationally recognized, Ms. Buchsel has received numerous honors including the Oncology Nursing Society award for Excellence of Scholarship and Consistency of Contribution to the Oncology Nursing Literature, the Connie Henke Yarbro Mentorship Award from the Oncology Nursing Foundation and was selected as the 1999 Outstanding Alumna of Seattle University.

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SPU Alumna: Artist Jackie Brooks

View the artwork of Jackie Brooks here and here

SPU Instructor: Executive Editor & Author

Suzanne Wolfe is Executive Editor of Image, a journal of the arts. She is an instructor at SPU who holds degrees from Oxford University.

SPU Alumna: Small Business Owner & Award-Winning Gardener

Lorene Edwards Forkner, award-winning gardener and owner of Fremont Gardens in Seattle