Cosmopolitan City Seattle is an international city; the immigrant population has grown 40 percent in the past decade. It’s also remarkably diverse: 17 percent Asian American, 10 percent African American, 7 percent Latino, 5 percent multicultural and 2 percent Native American. Seattleites have the distinction of buying more books and seeing more movies per capita than any other U.S. city. Moreover, Seattle has the most college graduates per capita. Enterprising, international, smart—a great formula for the city we think of as our learning laboratory.
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City as Classroom Each quarter, hundreds of SU students take to the city’s streets, fields, forests, museums, theaters, hospitals and businesses as part of their educational experience. A history class uses a local European art exhibit as a course text. Fine arts classes incorporate opera, drama, ballet and other live art forms in the city’s remarkable venues. Accounting students help low-income clients prepare tax returns. Business statistics students compare organic produce prices at local farmers' markets and retail stores. In one year, service-learning classes alone can involve more than 200 different classes and students devote thousands of hours to service while earning credit. Come graduation, three of four Seattle University students have community service as part of their education. The service experience is powerful and transformative, a perfect chemistry of Seattle University, the city and what students aim for here.
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