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and barely readable. How copy?” This check-in process began all 32 days we spent in the field. Some mornings we were forced to use our satellite phone to meet our morning check-in deadline of 8 a.m. Meeting this deadline is our most important priority each morning; a missed check-in would launch an incredibly costly, continent-wide search effort within an hour of the scheduled time. Funded by a $125,000 National Science Foundation grant, geosciences professor Claire Todd, PLU geosciences student

Women’s Studies Program) was a very important factor in my decision to take the job here. Entering an all-male department, with some openly less than excited about my arrival, this place and the people in it made all the difference for me as I navigated those stressful pre-tenure years. The feeling of welcome and calm anytime I entered the house for a meeting or a cup of tea helped offset the stress of having to ‘prove myself’ as a teacher, scholar and colleague. It was here that I learned how to find

for 6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8, in Olson Auditorium. Tickets may be purchased by calling the PLU athletic department at 253-535-7352. Jason Thiel: Football 1991-94 and Track and Field 1991-94 Jason Thiel was arguably one of the greatest defensive linemen to play football at PLU, and he also placed himself among the best in the Track and Field record books. Thiel amassed remarkable stats as a defensive tackle, and as a star hammer thrower and shot putter. Thiel started in 27 of the 29 games that he

below.How does a 1% across the board raise get any closer to the goals of “The Box” resolution?It’s important to note that it’s a 3% total pool. Our salaries range from 9% to 19% below the median of our peer group. So, that 2% pool will help us bring up those at the bottom (both those at the low end of salaries as well as those furthest from the median for their categories). It’s also worth noting that we have to generate 8-10% additional revenue, above our normal expectations, to achieve the goals of

again… “what are symbols and why are they important?” My audience, a mix of children ages 6 to 10 and their families, settle into the question. Some have an intentional look about them; brows furrowed, eyes fixed on the book we’re discussing. Others look down, away, hoping I won’t call on them to answer. One of the parents, Kathy, is the first to speak up. She is in her late 30’s and accompanies her son, an 8-year old, every Tuesday to this community reading and discussion series. Prime Time Family

. III The 1918 flu epidemic waned the first of August.  And then all hell broke loose.  Somewhere, somehow, the virus mutated into a killer.  By late August 1918, the second wave of flu hit widely scattered Atlantic ports, including Boston’s crowded piers.  Thereafter, influenza quickly spread northwest of Boston to Fort Devens crammed with 45,000 transient troops. Inevitably, on September 8, Fort Devens reported its first case.   Shortly thereafter, a shipment of draftees from Ft. Devens arrived at

child-like capacity to always ask “why?” I remember so clearly heading off to college many years ago in search of great knowledge and certain answers.  And I recall the surprise of leaving college 8 years later, with a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in my drawer, and a brand new Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in my pocket, with a new awareness of how shockingly little I know.  But, now, as I look back, I realize I left school prepared to wrestle with a lifetime worth of questions, and with a

All-American relief pitcher, 2014 PLU Male Athlete of the Year, 2015 Career Lute Achievement Award winner, first First Team All-American in PLU Baseball history, sixth pitcher in Division III Baseball history to achieve 30 career saves, tied for 2014 Division III Baseball lead in total saves, 2015 Capital One Academic All-American District 8 First Team. Favorite PLU memory: “This year when I got my 22nd career save against Linfield. Not only did it make me PLU’s all-time leader in saves, but it

naturally seek out people whose life experiences might mirror their own.  And, I’ve teared up with a room full of tears as a young black female student told us, “Because of all this, I don’t know if I want to have children.” Jonathan Adams '16 presented the Student Address at PLU's 2015 Convocation on Sept. 8. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) The most recent story of racist tragedy is this summer’s mass murder of the Charleston Nine at Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina.  You’ll all remember

Student artists display work in culmination of degree program Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / March 20, 2017 March 20, 2017 By Mandi LeCompteOutreach ManagerThe Spanish word, Duende (du-end-ay), has come to refer to the mysterious power that art has to deeply move a person. Soon-to-be graduates in the Department of Art and Design chose this word to rally around for their senior exhibition in the University Gallery, opening April 19 from 5-7 p.m. The senior exhibition is open Monday – Friday, 8 a.m