Editing Seattle University (section)

==History==
In 1891, Adrian Sweere, S.J., took over a small parish school near downtown Seattle at Broadway and Madison. At first, the school was named after the surrounding Immaculate Conception parish and did not offer higher education. In 1898, the school was renamed after the city it was located in as ''Seattle College'', which itself was named after [[Chief Seattle]].

Seattle College granted its first bachelor's degrees 11 years later. Initially, the school served as both a high school and a college. From 1919 to 1931, the college moved to Interlaken Boulevard but in 1931 it returned to First Hill permanently. When the college moved back to First Hill, it split off the High School portion of the school, which remained on Interlaken, as [[Seattle Preparatory School|Seattle Preparatory High School]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Doran |first=Ginger |title=The Matteo Ricci Program: The Relationship Between Seattle Prep and Seattle University |url=https://seapreppanther.org/7822/feature/the-matteo-ricci-program-the-relationship-between-seattle-prep-and-seattle-university/#:~:text=Later,%20in%201929,%20Seattle%20College,officially%20became%20Seattle%20University%20again. |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=The Seattle Prep Panther}}</ref> They remained connected through the Matteo Ricci program, which ended in 2017, and the many Seattle Prep Students who go to Seattle University for undergrad. In 1931, Seattle College created a night school for women, though admitting women was highly controversial at the time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.seattleu.edu/history/section2.html |title=1891–1919: Early Days in Seattle – Seattle University: A History of Excellence |website=Seattle University |access-date=August 31, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805211103/http://www.seattleu.edu/history/section2.html |archive-date=August 5, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.seattleu.edu/history/section3.html |title=1919–1933: Off and On Broadway – Seattle University: A History of Excellence |website=Seattle University |access-date=August 31, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805134715/http://www.seattleu.edu/history/section3.html |archive-date=August 5, 2012}}</ref>

In 1948, Seattle College renamed itself to its current name of Seattle University under president Albert A. Lemieux. In 1993, the [[Seattle University School of Law]] was established through the purchase of the Law School of the [[University of Puget Sound]] in [[Tacoma, Washington|Tacoma]], and the School of Law moved to the Seattle campus in 1999.

In 2009, Seattle University completed its largest capital campaign, raising almost $169 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.seattleu.edu/campaign/ |title=Seattle University – Alumni Relations – Home |website=Seattle University |access-date=August 31, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805161551/http://www.seattleu.edu/campaign/ |archive-date=August 5, 2012}}</ref> This led to investment in the scholarship fund, academic programs and professorships, a fitness complex, an arts center, and the $56 million [[Lemieux Library and McGoldrick Learning Commons]], completed in fall 2010.<ref>{{cite web |author=Seattle University |url=http://www.seattleu.edu/university_news.aspx?id=48795 |title=University News – Seattle University |website=Seattle University |date=September 10, 2009 |access-date=August 31, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917150026/http://www.seattleu.edu/university_news.aspx?id=48795 |archive-date=September 17, 2011}}</ref>

In 2024, Seattle real estate developer Richard Hedreen donated his $300 million art collection to the university in honor of his late wife, alumna Betty Hedreen, marking one of the largest single gifts to a university ever made.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kuo |first=Christopher |date=2024-03-13 |title=Seattle University to Receive $300 Million Art Collection |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/13/arts/design/hedreen-seattle-university-art-gift.html |access-date=2024-05-01 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-13 |title=Seattle University gets $300 million gift of art — among largest in history |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/visual-arts/seattle-university-gets-300-million-gift-of-art-among-largest-in-history/ |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US}}</ref>

In December 2024, the university announced that it would acquire [[Cornish College of the Arts]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-05 |title=Two Seattle colleges are merging |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/visual-arts/seattle-university-cornish-college-of-the-arts-plan-to-merge/ |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US}}</ref>