![Avelon Ragoonanan ’15, one of this year’s dance choreographers for Dance 2014](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2014/04/dance2014-scaled.jpg)
Choreography and Costumes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL9LZl3j4SQ&feature=youtu.be Choreography and Costumes Avelon Ragoonanan ’15 creates all aspects of a diverse dance for Dance 2014 Story and Photo By Shunying Wang ’15 “There is a witch doctor who raises spirits to dance.” Avelon Ragoonanan ’15, one of this year’s dance choreographers for Dance…
![This is a still photograph of one of the opening slides of PLU’s sustainability video. (Photo: Katherine Martell / PLU) Shows the sun, the words Tacoma WA, a tree, Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Mount Rainier with a person on top.](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2014/03/newsustainability.jpg)
PLU Sustainability Program is a Finalist in Nationwide Competition
PLU Sustainability Program is a Finalist in Nationwide Competition This is a still photograph of one of the opening slides of PLU’s sustainability video. (Photo: Katherine Martell / PLU) Voting on PLU’s stop-motion video begins April 1 By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications…
![Denner Galindo, left, smiles at his teammate Antonio Reyes as the boys’ stick bridge is tested at PLU’s MESA Day event March 25. (Photo: John Froschauer / PLU)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2014/03/mesaday-scaled.jpg)
MESA Day at PLU: A Bridge to Success
PLU MESA Day: A Bridge to Success Denner Galindo, left, smiles at his teammate Antonio Reyes as the boys’ stick bridge is tested at PLU’s MESA Day event March 25. (Photo: John Froschauer / PLU) Hundreds of K-12 Students Compete in Annual Event By Sandy…
![PLU’s men’s basketball team will help horses prepare the fields at the Emergency Food Network’s Mother Earth Farm in Puyallup on April 12. (Photo courtesy of EFN)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2014/03/pluvstheplow.jpg)
PLU Vs. The Plow
PLU Vs. The Plow PLU’s men’s basketball team will help horses prepare the fields at the Emergency Food Network’s Mother Earth Farm in Puyallup on April 12. (Photo courtesy of EFN) Basketball Team Takes on Clydesdales to Prepare Mother Earth Farm for Planting By Sandy…
![Advancement officers Doug Page, left, and Ed Larson. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2014/03/eddoug.jpg)
Advancement Officers Receive Recognition
Advancement officers Doug Page, left, and Ed Larson. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Two PLU Advancement officers honored for their work and outstanding careers Two top professionals from PLU’s Office of Advancement—Ed Larson and Doug Page—received two prestigious awards this spring, honoring them for their professionalism and…
![Pacific Lutheran University’s MediaLab has won a 2014 Grand Prize Award from the National Broadcasting Society-Alpha Epsilon Rho for its documentary film Tapped Out: Unearthing the Global Water Crisis.](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2014/03/medialabaward1.jpg)
MediaLab Film Wins Major National Award
PLU’s MediaLab Documentary Wins 2014 National Broadcasting Society Award Film premieres on campus April 10 By PLU Marketing & Communications and Valery Jorgensen ’15 Pacific Lutheran University’s MediaLab has won a 2014 Grand Prize Award from the National Broadcasting Society-Alpha Epsilon Rho for its documentary…
![James Olson ’14 peers into the Grand Canyon during a previous Alternative Spring Break trip. (Photo: courtesy of James Olson)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2014/03/asbmain-scaled.jpg)
Lutes Follow Their Hearts on Alternative Spring Break Trips
Lutes Follow Their Hearts on Alternative Spring Break Trips James Olson ’14 peers into the Grand Canyon during a previous Alternative Spring Break trip. (Photo: courtesy of James Olson) By Shunying Wang ’15 As the cherry blossoms burst to new life each year, Lutes embark…
![Professor Mark Mulder works at a well during one of his recent visits to Central America. (Photo courtesy of Mark Mulder.)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2014/03/nic3.jpg)
Nicaragua Spring Break Trip
Professor Mark Mulder works at a well during one of his recent visits to Central America. (Photo courtesy of Mark Mulder.) Nicaragua: Lutes Get Their Hands Dirty for Clean Water By Barbara Clements PLU Marketing and Communications Instead of lazing around on beaches during Spring…
![PLU’s CFA Challenge team at the local competition in Seattle (which it won!). From left: Kirk Swanson, Tobias Kornberg, Raji Kaur, Kristoffer Dahle, Evan Turner. (Photo: CFA Seattle.)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2014/03/msfchallenge.jpg)
MSF Team’s Stock Rises at Major Financial Competitions
MSF Team’s Stock Rises at Major Financial Competitions PLU’s CFA Challenge team at the local competition in Seattle (which it won!). From left: Kirk Swanson, Tobias Kornberg, Raji Kaur, Kristoffer Dahle, Evan Turner. (Photo: CFA Seattle.) By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications PLU Master of…
![Former Gov. Christine Gregoire to Speak at PLU for Earth Day](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2014/03/earthdaygregoire.jpg)
Former Gov. Gregoire is PLU’s Earth Day Speaker
Watch PLU’s Earth Day Lecture Live! Click here for the Livestream of former Gov. Christine Gregoire’s talk, 7:30 p.m. April 22. Former Gov. Christine Gregoire to Speak at PLU for Earth Day By Barbara Clements PLU Marketing and Communications Think of Puget Sound as a…
![Curt Malloy, left, and Barbara Naess juggle in the shadows of a volcano in Volcán Santiaguito, Guatemala. (Photo: Bill Latham)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2014/03/curtmalloy-scaled.jpg)
Juggling His Way to a Career in Global Health
Curt Malloy, left, and Barbara Naess juggle in the shadows of a volcano in Volcán Santiaguito, Guatemala. (Photo: Bill Latham) Juggling His Way to a Career in Global Health By Valery Jorgensen ’15 Juggling has become more than an act for Curt Malloy ’88. Malloy…
![Nelly Trocme Hewett’s parents, Andre and Magda Trocme](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2014/03/trocme.jpg)
Nelly Trocme Hewett talks on ordinary heroes in Le Chambon
Nelly Trocme Hewett’s parents, Andre and Magda Trocme Hiding in Plain Sight: The Story of Rescue in Le Chambon, France By Barbara Clements Content Development Director I t all started in the area of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, France, when a lone, and unexpected, Jewish refugee showed…