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Seattle University President Eduardo M. Peñalver will leave the university in March 2026 to become the next president of Georgetown University.

“This was not an easy decision,” Peñalver said in a message to the Seattle U community, calling the move “bittersweet.” He said he was grateful for what the campus had achieved together and “sad to be leaving Seattle University and the Pacific Northwest, which will always be my home.”

Former president Stephen Sundborg is expected to serve as

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