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true embodiment of this idea. At PLU, Xi Zhu is a teacher, with valuable knowledge and deep interest in Chinese pre-modern literature. But every day this past fall, after teaching his course at PLU, Zhu commuted north to the University of Washington to take a class for his PhD. While both teaching a class and taking a class, Zhu was also working on his dissertation. As a doctoral student, Zhu is studying a manuscript version of a pre-300 B.C.E. Chinese text known in English as the Classic of Odes
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power grid and has limited internet and telephone access. For the entire term, students go without most technology. They go skiing, snowshoeing, and winter hiking in an effort to experience nature directly. Dr. Hay notes, “We are disconnected from technology and we are living in direct contact with the beauty and potential dangers of the wilderness of the North Cascade Range.”Dr. Hay emphasizes that life at Holden also builds community. “The Village engages in cooperative living (everyone
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Terri Card ’83 leads with care as COO of outpatient operations for MultiCare Behavioral Health Posted by: Silong Chhun / April 18, 2022 Image: Terri Card in her office at Greater Lakes Mental Healthcare in Lakewood. (photos by John Froschauer/PLU) April 18, 2022 By Zach Powers ’10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTerri Card ’83 doesn’t just care about people. She cares about caring for people when they need it most. Card is the chief operating officer of outpatient operations for MultiCare
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although the Pacific Lutheran University graduate suddenly lost his life last summer, his family says the chain won’t be broken. “The bond between us remains unmatched,” LeRoy Horton ’03 wrote in a tribute following his younger brother’s death Aug. 22, 2017, due to complications from epilepsy and a subsequent infection at the hospital. “The three of us served as a tight-knit unit to survive life in a strange land.” But ask anyone, and they’ll tell you Panago didn’t just survive in his new home. He
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Building Community: A PLU Special Education Major Discovers the Beauty of Returning to His Childhood School District Posted by: Julie Winters / March 19, 2023 Image: Gavin Knapp ’23 (PLU photo/Sy Bean) March 19, 2023 By Grant Hoskins ’23PLU Marketing & Communications Student WriterGavin Knapp ’23 reflects on Fife Public Schools with a new lens, now student teaching with one of his former educators.Gavin Knapp discovered his vocation for special education in an unusual way – volunteering with
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& CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (April 7, 2020) — No matter what field or industry you work in, the COVID-19 pandemic has probably dramatically reshaped the way you do your job every day. For Kari Plog ‘11, a digital journalist for local NPR affiliate radio station KNKX, telling the stories of Western Washington residents trying to deal with the fallout of a global health crisis has never been more challenging — or more important.Plog, who graduated from PLU with a degree in communication with a concentration in
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June 4, 2009 Finding the space to breathe – and to ask the big questions Jake K.M. Paikai knows a thing or two about multifaith families. He grew up in Hawaii with grandparents that are Jewish. His mother converted to Christianity. Despite his mother’s conversion, she left it up to Paikai to figure out exactly who or what he should believe in. “She let me decide whether I was gonna do the Christian thing, or the Jewish thing, or neither,” he said. How did attending a Lutheran university
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PLU MAE alumna Brooke Brown ’06 named the 2021 Washington State Teacher of the Year Posted by: Silong Chhun / November 10, 2020 Image: PLU Alumna Brooke Browne ’06 in front of Washington High School (photo by John Froschauer/PLU) November 10, 2020 By Silong ChhunMarketing & CommunicationsBrooke Brown '06, an ethnic studies teacher at Parkland’s Washington High School, was recently named the 2021 Washington State Teacher of the Year by the Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public
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staff and faculty. 6:35- How Bergeson has set out to learn the institutional systems at PLU and in the School of Education and Kinesiology. 9:30- Getting up to speed on the Department of Kinesiology and the opportunities and challenges facing the program. 12:50- Why Bergeson decided to serve at PLU after a long and illustrious career in K-12 education. 19:00- How to identify student teaching opportunities that are a strong fit for specific students. 25:20- Preparing education students to become
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women who choose to serve this country.“The service to our nation is part of our rich history,” said Col. Scott E. Leith, keynote speaker. “It is always a great privilege to be in the presence of our veterans.” Master of Ceremonies Lt. Col. John Kaniss, retired, who is also the PLU construction manager, introduced Leith. The men and women of the armed services are forever linked together, no matter what military branch, by the common desire to serve, he said. “It’s all one team,” Leith said. It is
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