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July 7, 2008 Building relationships, building scholars Academic posters, scholarly articles and videos illustrated the intellectual life of the university at the third annual Student-Faculty Research Reception. Sponsored by the Office of the Provost, the reception is just one venue where faculty and student researchers display their work and explain the intricacies of the collaborative research represented. The reception featured 24 projects from the humanities, social sciences and natural

Two Anniversaries, One World Premiere Posted by: Reesa Nelson / October 5, 2022 October 5, 2022 Music Professor Emeritus Jerry Kracht (conductor, University Symphony Orchestra, 1967-2001) was ready and waiting to celebrate two significant anniversaries in the Department of Music at PLU: ready since 2013 when he composed Fanfare, Fantasia and Finale (On a locally familiar tune), and waiting until 2020, the fiftieth anniversary of Lawrence Meyer’s Processional of Joy as well as the twenty-fifth

April 3, 2012 PLU MFA Program presents Alaskan writers at Richard Hugo House Four writers from Alaska, including Peggy Shumaker, the Alaska State Writer Laureate, will read from their new books at 7 p.m., Monday, April 9, at Richard Hugo House: 1634 11th Ave, Seattle, Wash. The event is free and open to the public. Shumaker, who will host the Seattle launch of the Alaska Literary Series for the University of Alaska Press, says, “Please join us for a lively evening of fresh new writing from the

Nordic Journey: Organ Music From Scandinavia visits PLU March 1 Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / February 26, 2015 February 26, 2015 On Sunday, March 1, at 8pm, join organist James D. Hicks for Nordic Journey: Organ Music From Scandinavia in Lagerquist Concert Hall, Mary Baker Russell Music Center. Over the past several years, Hicks has intensively researched a relatively unknown and unexplored corner of the organ repertoire: the music of Nordic countries. The series called Nordic Journey is an

September 24, 2010 Exploring Egyptian tombs By Chris Albert The moment before the chamber door of an ancient tomb cracks open,  a sensation of excitement,  of discovery is running through Don Ryan ’79 – renowned archeologist and Egyptologist and PLU faculty fellow. PLU Faculty Fellow Don Ryan knows a thing or two about Egyptology. After all his team did rediscover Hatshepsut. This moment of exhilaration may come from months, if not years of research – meticulous and sometimes thankless research

November 12, 2012 MFT alum, and professor receive the Anselm Strauss Award Jennifer Davis – ’07 PLU MFT graduate, David Ward – MFT program director and associate professor, and Cheryl Storm – PLU professor emeritus received the 2012 Anselm Strauss Award for their published article “The Unsilencing of Military Wives: Wartime Deployment Experiences and Citizen Responsibility,” in the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. The award is presented by the Qualitative Family Research Network of the

Intersections: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Posted by: abryant / October 30, 2019 October 30, 2019 Cover art by Ta-coumba T. Aiken Intersections, Number 50, Fall 2019 Intersections is a publication by and largely for the academic communities of the twenty-seven institutions that comprise the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities (NECU). Each issue reflects on the intersection of faith, learning, and teaching within Lutheran higher education. It is published by the NECU, and has its home

July 14, 2014 Another Historic Harstad Hike From left, Carol Yenish of Mankato, Minn., the Beckers’ daughter and great-great-grandchild of PLU founder Bjug Harstad; Vance and Linda (Harstad) Becker of North Mankato; and Mark Harstad of Mankato display electronic and typed records of their ancestor’s journey to Yukon Territory in search of gold. (Photo: Amanda Dyslin/courtesy of The Free Press of Mankato) Founder’s descendants retrace 1898 Gold Rush quest to save PLU By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU

Physical Science Technician Position Posted by: alemanem / October 6, 2017 October 6, 2017 The selectee for this position will serve as a Physical Science Technician in the Radiological Control Office of PSNS and IMF. **This position will require successful completion of a 22-26 weeks of off-yard training in Norfolk, VA. A Continued Service Agreement for the off-yard training is required to be signed. A successful selectee will perform the following duties: ◦Overseeing the performance of work

September 3, 2009 A PLU graduate reflects on his time abroad I sat in one of my first classes at the University of Westminster in London flummoxed. It was days since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, and a European student sitting in the back of the lecture hall raised her hand and put forth to our professor: “What happened in New York and Washington, D.C., is horrible, but didn’t the United States kind of have it coming?” In hindsight, I chuckle at how stunned and offended I was to hear such