‘We were made to move’
‘We were made to move’ By Chris Albert When Professor Colleen Hacker was lecturing on the psychology of marathon running, a student in the audience began to think: “I can do that.” “Being able to share what you love with someone who also loves it…
Gates Sr. urges students to ‘Show up’
Bill Gates Sr. urges students to ‘Show up’ Bill Gates Sr., the father of Bill Gates of Microsoft fame, told a packed audience in Lagerquist Hall Tuesday night that the number one quality students can cultivate is “to be concerned.“Not necessarily about everything, but be…
Pulling weeds, helping salmon
Students work to restore habitat of struggling salmon stream Last week, Scott Hansen, ecologist and vice president of the Puget Creek board, was just ticking off the list of creatures that call this canopied gulch, sandwiched between suburbia and a main Tacoma arterial their home.…
Offering a historical sense
Historical context Growing up Troy Storfjell held a certain admiration for the scholars he saw in the documentaries he watched. Now the PLU associate professor is one of those scholars. He’ll appear on the History Channel’s “Clash of the Gods” Series. ( Storfjell’s episodes were…
Convocation – A generation of globalists
Convocation – A generation of globalists The incoming and returning students at PLU are part of the first global generation, said President Loren J. Anderson during Convocation on Sept. 8.“Quite simply you are globalists,” Anderson said to more than 1,000 students, faculty, staff and guests…
Making an art out of giving of oneself
Making an art out of giving of oneself Melinda Cox ’71, has never been shy about volunteering her time to help others. As an art professor at Tacoma Community College and Pierce College, Cox regularly juggles teaching and volunteer work. “I have always volunteered my…
Probing the secrets of the atom
New Chemistry department instrument will help students and profs probe world of the atom It looks like a rather fat, squat water heater. But to the students and professors gathered around it – or, more accurately, the computer that transmits readouts from it, the machine…
Discomfort can be good
A PLU graduate reflects on his time abroad I sat in one of my first classes at the University of Westminster in London flummoxed. It was days since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, and a European student sitting in the back of the lecture…
Looking into the laws behind adoption
Studying the laws behind international adoption Trained as an historian of the American Revolution and blessed with an abundance of sources, I saw no scholarly reason to travel abroad, although I had wanted to see England, the mother country from which America was born. My…
I never thought I’d study abroad five times and graduate on time
I never thought I’d study abroad five times and graduate on time When Andy Guinn ’09 came to PLU, the extent of his international travels was a single trip to Juarez, Mexico, just across the border from El Paso, Texas. That trip was just one…
7 a.m. Principal Johnson’s office. 45 minutes until first period
7 a.m. Principal Johnson’s office. 45 minutes until first period Isaiah Johnson ’96 is at his desk, weeding through e-mails that have grown exponentially since the 37-year old walked out the school doors at 7 p.m. the night before.“There are just never enough hours in…
9 a.m. – Assistant Principal Heinen’s office
9 a.m. – Assistant Principal Heinen’s office Tad Heinen ’96 spends plenty of his time disciplining students. That’s part of the job. Not the part he enjoys, but he sees himself as what troubled students need to get through another year. Although many students have…