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Helping one bowl at a time Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / November 4, 2016 Image: on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) November 4, 2016 By Elizabeth Perkins '17Student Coordinator Pacific Lutheran University’s Department of Art & Design and Hospitality Services & Campus Restaurants are helping raise money for the hungry, one bowl at a time. PLU’s annual Empty Bowls event will be on Tuesday, November 15, from 4-6 p.m. in the Anderson University Center. The event, which is part

What’s in our room? With Leanne Emmi ’25 Posted by: vcraker / May 20, 2022 May 20, 2022 Leanne Emmi ’25 walks us through her room in Harstad Hall, to show how it’s organized to be a comfortable place to study, hang out with friends, and enjoy the view. Harstad Hall is the most historic building on campus, named after Bjug Harstad, PLU’s founder and first president. Today, this community is home to the Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equity Learning Community (LC), promoting this theme through

months and improving the livelihoods of those who live in urban areas.The team consisting of Dalen Todorov ’23, Elijah Paez ’24, Autumn Johansen ’23, and Zoee Kooser ’22 began distributing trees near the Tacoma Mall before moving into the Parkland area.  “The reason that it is so important to focus on areas like Parkland is that there are significant disparities in tree canopy cover when it comes to race and income demographics,” environmental studies major Paez said. “Poor health is correlated with

Yakima.  “Coming from my high school—the majority is Latino—it was different to be in a school as the minority,” she said.  After working through some of those homesick blues, Gutierrez decided to embrace the change and embraced learning about the different representations on campus.  “Being introduced to and learning about different cultures has been really great,” she said. “It’s also easy to branch out and meet a lot of people. It was easy to build a network of people I enjoyed hanging out with

topic of the Holocaust with their students. Through our efforts, Yad Vashem encourages young scholars to further research the multifaceted nature of the Holocaust.” PLU is home to an academic minor in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, an endowed chair in Holocaust history, an annual conference on Holocaust education, summer research fellowships for students studying Holocaust questions, and more. Collectively, these programs and opportunities reflect PLU’s prominence as the home of internationally