The Jesuits find themselves in the company of a new spiritual leader on campus. Starting his term this fall, Yasin Ahmed has joined Seattle University as the campus’s first Muslim Chaplain.
Ahmed has been serving higher education for the past 10 years, first as Cornell’s first Muslim Chaplain from 2017 to 2022, and then as Ithaca College’s Director of Religion and Spirituality from the fall of 2022 to the spring of 2023.
Ahmed’s involvement at Seattle U didn’t just start this year. He began volunteering with Seattle U’s Muslim Student Association (MSA) two years ago through Wasat, a Muslim-based organization dedicated to providing a space for connection, where he has been serving as the director since Feb. 2024. His involvement began shortly after he and his family moved to Seattle from upstate New York…