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his grandmother. “It was a labor of love and a fitting wine for someone like her,” he said. The port was a three-year project, and Grandma Ruby never got the chance to drink it before she died in 2010. But her sweet memory lives on every time someone uncorks a bottle. “It’s a tribute to my Benson family roots,” Benson said. Read the full story. We love supporting our Lute owned businesses. If you know of other Lutes that we can feature at PLU on Tap, please let us know. Fill out the form below or

and think about a question that matters to you in a complex, nuanced way. Put it all together to think through your own, personal ethics.  Reflect on how the values expressed in PLU’s mission – service, justice, and vocation – might inform your life now and in the future.  You will use all of your skills in multiple disciplines, scholarship, and care for others to work out and support your thoughts in a way that will make a difference in the world. International Honors Program Learning Outcomes

community garden. The inclusion of the garden with the food bank is novel, because the food bank has fresh produce, a food group which is somewhat difficult to source in the greater Parkland area, considering its low number of local grocery stores. Produce can cost as much as milk or meat, and is often the first food group sacrificed from an impoverished budget. The pantry delivered almost 11 tons of food in summer 2018, serving nearly 600 families. It is a lifeline service for some members of the

her own admission, Samantha Potter ’14 used to be a dress-every-day “girly girl,” but for the last four years, she’s probably worn more sports uniforms than anything else. Potter is a double athlete at Pacific Lutheran University, where she competes on the women’s basketball team and the track team—and excels at both. By Valery Jorgensen ’15 Editor’s Note Happy Spring! (Finally!) In this season of joyous renewal, I’m thrilled to introduce the inaugural issue of PLU’s redesigned, reimagined

ethical ways that aren’t pushing a neocolonial narrative. I found YAGM through my job as a summer camp counselor. With its focus on accompaniment, being invited by global partners, relationship building, and storytelling, it felt like the right fit for me. Through the program, I was teaching English at a secondary school in the small community of San Miguel Tzinacapan, Puebla. (Where the fall 2019 Oaxaca study away group coincidentally visited! It was great seeing some friends and other Lutes!) My