RANKINGS & RECOGNITION
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Dan Dombrowski Katie Eilers, ’13
PROFESSOR DAN DOMBROWSKI ADDRESSES EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT Dan Dombrowski, professor of philosophy, was invited to testify before the European Union Parliament last fall. His address was part of a forum on “Religion, Human Rights and a Secular Europe.” The forum, as described in the program, brought together “(Members of Parliament), staff from institutions, journalists and civil society to discuss the rise of anti-human rights extreme religious lobby groups in European institutions.” Dombrowski was asked to speak largely because of his extensive research and writing on American political philosopher John Rawls, whose perspectives on political liberalism apply to the questions now facing Europe. As European countries become increasingly more secular, Dombrowski says, “they are struggling conceptually to understand the roles of religion and politics.” In his 15-minute address to Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, Dombrowski acknowledged the tension between “pure inclusivism” and “pure exclusivism.” As he said at the forum, “The proper task is to find the right balance between these two extremes in a view that could be called partial inclusivism.”
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PRESIDENT’S REPORT 2016
COLLEGE OF NURSING GRAD GETS LEADERSHIP AWARD
Mohamed Alabbar, ’81
Gary Brinson, ’66
ALBERS ALUMNI NAMED AS INFLUENTIAL LEADERS IN BUSINESS Mohamed Alabbar, ’81 (business administration) and Gary Brinson, ’66 (finance) have a lot in common. Both are graduates of the Albers School of Business and Economics and both received honorary doctorates from the university (2007 and 2014, respectively). And now, both have been chosen to be among the first 100 “influential leaders” by the AACSB International, the global accrediting body and membership association for business schools. “Brinson and Alabbar’s work exemplifies the innovative mindset and meaningful contributions to society that Seattle U graduates display around the world and every day—whether they operate within large corporations, small businesses or the nonprofit sector,” says Albers Dean Joseph Phillips.
Seattle University nursing alumna Katie Eilers, ’13, MPH, MSN, RN, was one of 10 nurse innovators honored with the 2015 “Culture of Health: Breakthrough Leaders in Nursing” award from the Future of Nursing Campaign for Action, spearheaded by AARP and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. “Katie exemplifies an ideal graduate of Seattle University College of Nursing where our mission is to educate and inspire leaders to transform healthcare for a just and humane world,” says Dean Kristen M. Swanson. Currently, Eilers is the assistant nursing director of community health at Kitsap Public Health District in Kitsap County, Wash.