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. “One time and I was hooked,” he said. Markuson, like Bendzak, started riding in the fourth grade. He is a student of many interests, and participates in Progress and Biology Club, and holds positions as a Red Carpet Club tour guide and Resident Assistant. Markuson said he is passionate about LUNICYCLERS because there is no ideal club member—everyone is welcome. “We welcome all skill levels,” he said. “It’s like riding a bike, anyone can do it.” Members of the club represent all areas of PLU

created the Puget Sound Partnership in 2007, which focused on cleaning up Puget Sound using science to get the Sound “fishable, diggable and swimmable” by 2020. The first push to clean up the Sound focused on big industry, but now, Gregoire stressed, cleanup efforts must focus on smaller cumulative causes, such as what habits each of us has that contribute to degradation of the Sound, or other bodies of water such as Hood Canal. “I think if you dove below the surface and saw the discharge areas around

can be applied to many areas of social life and policy.Tell me about your experience as a non-degree-seeking music student.  That was the first time I ever sang in choir [after voice lessons in high school]. I was in chorale. This year, I’m ending my time at PLU as a member of Choir of the West. How did serving as a Wild Hope Fellow affect you?  It changed the way I view my engagement with the world. It gave me tools for vocational discernment and helped me clarify a lot of things. The reason why

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University-Chicago. In addition to teaching classes in the graduate and undergraduate theology programs, she also teaches in the Women’s Studies Program, the Institute of Pastoral Studies and the Catholic Studies Program. “I’ll be talking about the ways that beauty has been understood as a way to find God, how traditional ways of seeing beauty have objectified women and made beauty something ‘above’ the world, and how women’s practices of beauty – in the past and present – suggest ways of linking beauty

Internship Fair, Oct, 29, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. (Private business, corporate, hospital/healthcare, and military) This fair will provide PLU students, alumni and employers a comprehensive opportunity to meet in person. Students and alumni may expand their network of employer contacts and learn about professional openings, full-time, part-time, and internship career related opportunities. School District Fair & Interview Day, Oct. 29, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. This is an outstanding opportunity for PLU teaching

nationality, most of the children never saw their parents again. Brade first became interested in this subject while working on her capstone (senior) projects at PLU. In her research she came across a book written by a Kindertransport survivor. After eventually finishing up her masters, Brade plans to continue into doctorate study at Chapel Hill. And after that? “Teaching history,” she laughed. “And I’d really  like to do it at PLU.” Read Previous PLU ROTC awarded prestigious MacArthur Award Read Next

things in life that are beautiful and good. “Everything I do see that’s excellent, orderly and pure, it’s from God,” said Gray. He believes his faith plays a part in why he does what he does. “The fact that I’m a believer gives me a spiritual awareness,” said Gray, making him “more vulnerable to beautiful things. Excellent things. So, those things turn me on.” Gray has several figure paintings of his family, including his wife, Jessica, his six-year-old son, Forest, and daughter, Lauren, 9. Teaching

Norway teaching at an international school on the day a right-wing extremist bombed government buildings in Oslo and, a short time later, massacred young people attending a political party youth camp on the island of Utøya. Berguson shared photos and video from the moments and days following the attacks to help recap what happened from a firsthand perspective. “What perhaps could not be fully captured in the media was the profound silence,” Berguson said. “Violence of innocent people at the hands of

the life of the mind and teaching people like you is their ‘Wild Hope,’” Krise said. “In the end, PLU is all about you – the students,” he said. “PLU’s strong commitment is for you to realize your ‘Wild Hope.’” Krise reminded the class of 2016, there are many alumni who have found a passion and carrying on that tradition in the world today. Like Brian Bannon ’97, who now heads the Chicago Library system, the second largest library system in the country. And there’s William Foege ’57, who this year