![Laura Rudquist ’12 (center) talks with a colleague at Campus Ministry offices during her regular shift. Rudquist, from Minnesota, said PLU feels like home, yet still challenges her in her studies and world view. (Photo by John Froschauer)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2011/10/rudquist-large.jpg)
Minnesota Lute finds a new home at PLU
Laura Rudquist ’12 (center) talks with a colleague at Campus Ministry offices during her regular shift. Rudquist, from Minnesota, said PLU feels like home, yet still challenges her in her studies and world view. (Photo by John Froschauer) Minnesota Lute finds a welcoming new home,…
![20-ft solar panel system, installed on the Facilities Building](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2011/10/solar-feature.jpg)
PLU’s first solar panel system
PLU’s first solar panel system arrives in 2012 By: Katie Scaff ’13 PLU is that much closer to being carbon neutral by 2020 thanks to a $50,000 Solar 4R Schools grant from the Bonneville Environmental Foundation. The grant will pay for a 20-ft solar panel…
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dCenter ’emerged’ as a resource for students
dCenter ’emerged’ as a resource for students, fun place to hang out For many, like senior art major Chelsea Putnam, PLU’s Diversity Center is a place to foster one’s individuality.“I really wanted to learn and gain my own individuality with this place,” said Putnam. Initially…
![Charleen Tachibana ’77 is the chief nursing officer at Virginia Mason Hospital. (Photo by John Froschauer)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2011/10/tachibana-feature.jpg)
Passionate about service
Meant to Live: Keynote speaker shows a passion for service and nursing By Barbara Clements When Charleen Tachibana, ’77, first stepped on to the Pacific Lutheran University campus, she knew she had found a place that felt like home. Tachibana had moved out to the…
![Featured speaker Benjamin Stewart, a professor and chair at the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago, gives the example of the Chicago River as a waterway that is viewed in a different light by varying parties.(Photo by Igor Strupinskiy ’14)](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2011/09/water640.jpg)
The Limited Gift of Water
Featured speaker Benjamin Stewart, a professor and chair at the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago, gives the example of the Chicago River as a waterway that is viewed in a different light by varying parties.(Photo by Igor Strupinskiy ’14) The deep and powerful flow…
![Bob Zellner spoke to students about his experiences as a civil rights activist in the 1960s as part of the kick-off event for the Diversity Center’s 10 year anniversary.](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2011/09/bob-zellner-lg-feature.jpg)
‘We have a lot of work to do’
Bob Zellner spoke to students about his experiences as a civil rights activist in the 1960s as part of the kick-off event for the Diversity Center’s 10 year anniversary. ‘We have a lot of work to do’ By Chris Albert While an angry crowd piled…
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Remembering Norway
During a ceremony of remembrance in Red Square, the Norwegian Flag is raised for the victims of the terror attacks this summer. (Photo by John Froschauer) PLU professor remembers Norway’s peaceful response to attacks of terror By Katie Scaff ’13 The dignity and resolve of…
![Physics Instructor, Dana Rush, talks about the Hubble Space Telescope in the community room of the GBC.](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2011/09/dana-rush-hubble.jpg)
Exploring with Hubble
Physics Instructor, Dana Rush, talks about the Hubble Space Telescope in the community room of the GBC. Exploring with Hubble By Chris Albert For more than a decade, the Hubble Space Telescope has been opening doors to the universe. Through its lens, we’ve received astonishing…
![Bashair Alazadi](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2011/09/9-11-service.jpg)
Remembering 9-11
Bashair Alazadi, who helped form the Muslim Association and Allies this fall, spoke of Islam and its similarities with Christianity and Judaism at the service. (Photo by John Froschauer) Remembering 9/11 and looking to the future By Barbara Clements It is right to remember the…
![President Loren J. Anderson standing at the podium](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2011/09/convocation.jpg)
Convocation
President Loren J. Anderson gives his 20th Convocation address, opening the 122nd year of PLU. Convocation 2011: “Lead Boldly” By Chris Albert President Loren J. Anderson welcomed students – new and returning, faculty, staff, regents, PLU corporation representatives and local ELCA clergy to the opening…
![A Blue Heron at Northwest Trek](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2011/09/northwest-trek.jpg)
Close encounters
A blue heron ignores student paparazzi and continues to look for a midmorning snack at Northwest Trek. First-years have a close encounter on the wild side with the critters at Northwest Trek By Katie Scaff ’13 The sights, sounds, and even smells of local wildlife…
![President Loren J. Anderson](https://www.plu.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/573/2011/09/anderson-state-md-h.jpg)
The State of PLU
President Loren J. Anderson gives his 20th and final state of the university address before faculty and staff Wednesday, Aug. 31 in Olson Auditorium. (Photo by John Froschauer) The State of PLU By Chris Albert During PLU’s Fall Conference, President Loren J. Anderson gave his…