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July 27, 2012 In the foreground of this picture is Audrey (Coryell) Okuda’78, who came all the way from Japan for the reunion. Next to her is Dominique Lopez Piper, who is singing for her mom, Mary (Piper) Lopez Garelli ’81, who can no longer sing due to a medical condition. (John Froschauer, Photos) Choir of the West reunion and benefit concert draws alumni from across the globe By Barbara Clements University Communications For Audrey (Coryell) Okuda ’78 traveling 5,000 miles to be with her

January 22, 2013 Mycal Ford ’12 has spent the year teaching in Taiwan on a Student Fulbright Fellowship. Mycal Ford ’12: A journey of discovery leads this Lute to China and Taiwan By Barbara Clements University Communications Mycal Ford eyed the skewer of fried scorpions he held at arm’s length in front of him and knew he had a decision to make.  Was he going to hold true to his promise to himself – “Say yes to everything?” He had come to Chengdu, China, one of six PLU Gateway programs, with

January 31, 2013 Cambodia: A reflection on the genocide by Khmer Rouge and coverage by US media by Kathryn Perkins ’13 In 1975 over one-fourth of the Cambodian people were murdered. Not by foreign aggressors or malicious diseases, but by their own people. The Khmer Rouge, a communist regime with a Utopian dream, decimated its own country. Like the Holocaust, the history of Cambodia needs to be remembered.   The Cambodian genocide is part of a larger story of human atrocities in the 20th century

August 6, 2013 Work on the Ness Chapel and the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts continued through August, and will continue until just before students arrive. (Photo by PLU Photo Director John Froschauer) Construction on the performing arts center, dugouts and the halls continue throughout the summer After a very busy summer, it’s almost showtime. Finishing work continues on the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, as Phase Two construction wraps up in the

there will be online courses available to students and employees in multiple countries, there will also be ample opportunities for cross-cultural exchanges between students as they engage the curriculum. Provost Gregson acknowledges this global education component to the cooperation when stating that “the PLU-SkillUP collaboration is another example of how PLU is expanding its understanding and application of cultural and educational exchanges and study, especially in the face of new barriers for

of the University Diversity Committee, or Jonathan Adams, ’16, adamsjo@plu.edu, PLU advisor on the Listen campaign. Thank you for your continued investment in this learning and work. Regards, Thomas W. Krise, Ph.D. President and Professor of EnglishThe LISTEN campaign is a collection of individual stories that provide multiple perspectives on what it means to be a community that not only embraces diversity, but also works actively in community to promote positive change. Click the image for four

blow up the religious leader. One of Marlow’s goals for this production is to shed light on the character of Bananas. “I believe it is significant that what Bananas suffers from is never clearly defined in this play,” Marlow explains. “I question how much of what we perceive of Bananas is actually her and how much of Bananas’ identity is created by what other characters have to say about her.” There are many questions that come up in the play – do those who suffer from mental illness have the same

blow up the religious leader. One of Marlow’s goals for this production is to shed light on the character of Bananas. “I believe it is significant that what Bananas suffers from is never clearly defined in this play,” Marlow explains. “I question how much of what we perceive of Bananas is actually her and how much of Bananas’ identity is created by what other characters have to say about her.” There are many questions that come up in the play – do those who suffer from mental illness have the same

need where governments cannot or have not. Stephen Lewis, the former United Nations Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, delivered the keynote address, “Time to Deliver: Winning the Battle Against Poverty and Disease in the Developing World” at the Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center. Lewis is currently the chair of the board of the Stephen Lewis Foundation in Canada, which works to ease the pain of HIV/AIDS in Africa at the grassroots level, and he is a professor in global health in the

children and five grandchildren, his undergraduate degree was a new kind challenge. “I felt overwhelmed. And I really questioned myself,” Brass said. “‘Is this for me? Can I do this?’ But the military instilled the will to achieve.” Brass said that first semester felt like basic training: shock and awe. But he persevered — he graduates Saturday, earning a degree in kinesiology, health and fitness promotion. “I’m ecstatic,” Brass said. “It’s hard to conceive I am graduating with a bachelor’s degree