‘Dire’ financial issues behind potential cuts, says St. Martin’s University president

The St. Martin’s University faculty president says he and 13 others will be terminated in 2025.

LACEY, Wash. — Professors could lose their jobs, and academic programs could be restructured to offset what St. Martin’s University interim co-president called a “dire” financial situation.

“It’s heartbreaking, “ said Dr. Roy Heynderickx.

According to a school spokesperson, enrollment is down 6.7% since the campus saw its largest population in 2021 when 1,615 students attended St. Martin’s, a private university in Lacey.

In the fall of 2023, 1,506 had enrolled in the school.

Dr. Ian Werrett, faculty president and professor of theology and

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