![Reed Ojala-Barbour ’11 stands beneath a nearly 400 year-old Garry oak tree (Photos by John Froschauer)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2011/06/lotm-reed-med-feature.jpg)
Life of the Mind
Life of the Mind: One student’s journey shapes the landscape of PLU, by imagining the past By Chris Albert Standing under the branches of a Garry oak tree on the hill behind the University Center, Reed Ojala-Barbour ’11 takes stock of the open space in…
Listening for the song of the crossbill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0eHyaJ26Ks Patience and a good ear essential in studying elusive crossbills, which live, breed and sing in the canopy By Barbara Clements Having a conversation with Julie Smith is a stop and go affair. In mid-conversation, she’ll stop, and listen. And then pick up the…
![Pacific Lutheran University student nurse Kelsey Carlson 25 (R), talks with patient Elaine Streich 63, (L) at a local coffee shop as part of Carlson home care assignment. (Photo by Gilbert Arenas)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2011/06/nursing-grant-feature.jpg)
Geriatric nursing programs receive grants
Nursing program secures two grants By Barbara Clements The School of Nursing recently received a total of $800,000 in grants which will help the school continue its outreach to senior citizens in the South Puget Sound area. Broken out, the funds come from a$500,000 grant…
![Renovations on Eastvold Auditorium continue, here a construction worker is working on a metal wall](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2011/06/eastvold-lg-feature.jpg)
Flurry of work continues on the PLU campus
Renovations on Eastvold Auditorium continue, with Phase 1 of the project on schedule to be completed this August. (Photo by John Froschauer) Flurry of work continues on the PLU campus By Chris Albert Life on campus may slow down a bit during the summer –…
![Around October 31, 2011, the golf course will close to make way for new multipurpose recreation and athletic fields on lower campus.](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2011/06/golf-course-med-feature.jpg)
Play the University Golf Course this summer!
Play the University Golf Course this summer! By Steve Hansen Summer is always a great time to play the PLU University Golf Course. And this summer may be the best time of all – because it will also be the last. Around October 31, 2011,…
![Angela Meade '01](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2011/06/meade-med-feature.jpg)
Passion for opera leads to the Met
Opera star Angela Meade ’01 is the 2013 Spring Commencement speaker. The ceremony begins at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 26 at the Tacoma Dome. Angela Meade’s dreams come true with a phone call, a bit of luck and a lot of hard work. Alumna wins…
![Richard Nance conducting the Orchestra and Choir](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2011/06/cow-orchestra-feature.jpg)
Student musicians charm European audiences
Student musicians wow European audiences By Steve Hansen For the past two weeks, PLU’s Choir of the West and KammerMusikere Orchestra have been touring Germany and France, with great success. The two groups – sometimes playing together, other times apart – performed numerous concerts at…
![International saxophonist/vocalist Brooks Giles III took the stage to kick-off last year’s JUTS.](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2011/06/juts-med-feature.jpg)
13th Annual Jazz Under the Stars
13th Annual Jazz Under the Stars By Chris Albert Jazz Under the Stars at Pacific Lutheran University combines two ideas – provide outdoor, evening jazz performances and the chance to gaze at the stars from the university’s observatory. International trumpeter Thomas Marriott will open the…
![Loren and MaryAnn Anderson](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2011/05/anderson-med-feature.jpg)
The Andersons are leaving PLU
The Andersons are leaving PLU Tuesday May 31, 2011 Loren and MaryAnn Anderson have announced their intent to leave Pacific Lutheran University in the spring of 2012, at the end of the academic year. “The time is right for the university,” Loren Anderson, 65, said.…
![Students in commencement regalia](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2011/05/commencement-feature.jpg)
In their own words
In their own words By Chris Albert Soon new PLU graduates will go out into the world. In the following, some Lutes share their stories of why they came to PLU, what their experiences have been and what’s the next chapter in their lives. More…
![The new Professorship of Norwegian and Scandinavian Studies is the result of a decade of effort by the Svare family and professor emeritus, Audun Toven.](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2011/05/audon-toven-lg-feature.jpg)
New endowed professorship announced
The new Professorship of Norwegian and Scandinavian Studies is the result of a decade of effort by the Svare family and professor emeritus, Audun Toven. (Photo by John Froschauer) Professorship in Norwegian and Scandinavian Studies announced By Barbara Clements At Pacific Lutheran University’s third annual…
![Archbishop Desmond Tutu](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2011/05/spark-tutu-lg-feature.jpg)
Desmond Tutu urges Tacoma community to “Be the Spark” that changes the world
Archbishop Desmond Tutu spoke to a crowd of 15,000 at the Tacoma Dome urging them to change their world for the good, one act at a time. Tutu urges 15,000 in Tacoma Dome to be the spark that changes a community, a life. By…