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May 8, 2014 Bless You—and Your Little Dog, Too! People and pets participate in the 2013 Blessing of the Animals service at PLU. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) PLU’s Blessing of the Animals Service Welcomes People and Pets By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications Pacific Lutheran University will hold a Blessing of the Animals service at 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 12, in Lagerquist Concert Hall. “The Blessing of the Animals has become an annual event on the Chapel calendar,” said

September 3, 2014 The Intersection of Diversity, Justice and Sustainability Dr. Carolyn Finney addresses PLU’s University Conference 2014 on Sept. 3. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) At PLU’s University Conference 2014, UC-Berkeley Professor Shares Trailblazers’ Forgotten Stories—and Her Own Inspiring Path By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications Dr. Carolyn Finney borrowed the title of her Sept. 3 talk—Hard Times Require Furious Dancing—from writer Alice Walker. But Finney’s speech

September 24, 2014 PLU Professor/Olympic Coach Colleen Hacker is 1st Female Recipient of Prestigious International Applied Sport Psychology Award By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications Dr. Colleen Hacker, PLU Professor of Kinesiology and five-time Olympic coach, has been selected to receive the prestigious Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) Distinguished Professional Practice Award. There have been only six previous recipients of this award since its inception in

September 28, 2014 PLU’s Resident Artist Wins Major Award From Tacoma Arts Commission PLU Resident Artist Jessica Spring works in studio. (Photo courtesy of Jessica Spring) Jessica Spring Will Accept AMOCAT Award—and Exhibit Her Work—in Tacoma Oct. 2 By Taylor Lunka ’15 PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker Pacific Lutheran University resident artist Jessica Spring has been selected to receive an impressive AMOCAT award from the Tacoma Arts Commission. Every year, the commission honors

October 2, 2014 PLU Screens Award-Winning Documentary ‘Sweet Dreams’—Complete With Ice Cream By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications In the weeks after April 6, 1994, the day a plane carrying Rwandan President Habyarimana was shot down, 800,000 men, women and children perished in Rwanda—including entire families at once. When it was over, the survivors who remained were broken. And while the country itself made great strides in economic recovery, as survivor and playwright Odile

October 5, 2014 Talking Sports—for a Living Ryan Tootell ’04 Hosts a New Radio Show on ESPN Montana By Brenna Sussman ’15 PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker For Ryan Tootell ’04, talking about his favorite sports teams all day isn’t just fun—it’s his job. The PLU graduate is now hosting his own sports talk show on ESPN Montana’s 102.9 FM. Tootell’s radio show, Tuesdays with Tootell, aired for the first time just over a month ago. ESPN Montana calls it “Missoula’s newest local and

October 15, 2014 Q&A With Rev. Dr. Monica A. Coleman Knutson Lecturer Plans Provocative Talk on the Intersection of Religion and Culture By Taylor Lunka ’15 PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker Pastor, scholar and activist Rev. Dr. Monica Coleman, one of the brightest lights in womanist/black theology, will deliver the 2014 David and Marilyn Knutson Lecture at PLU on Oct. 22. How bright is her light? The interdenominational preaching magazine The African American Pulpit named Coleman

October 17, 2014 A Month of Veterans Day Events at PLU— Where Tuition is Always 'Free' for Qualified Veterans ROTC cadets attend the 2013 Veterans Day Celebration at Pacific Lutheran University. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, Wash. (Oct. 17, 2014)—Pacific Lutheran University shows its appreciation and support for our nation’s service members every day, since tuition is always “free” for eligible veterans, and through November PLU also will host several

October 17, 2014 3 Free Events at PLU Celebrate the Legacy of Thor Heyerdahl PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, Wash. (Oct. 17, 2014)—The Scandinavian Cultural Center at Pacific Lutheran University honors the 100-year anniversary of Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl’s birth with three events that celebrate the impact he made on PLU, environmental scholarship, anthropological theory and Norwegians around the world. Heyerdahl, who first came to the world’s attention in 1947 for his

The Choir of the West: PLU’s Premier Choral Ensemble Keeps Particularly Busy Posted by: Marcom Web Team / November 6, 2014 Image: Members of PLU’s Choir of the West pose in Red Square in October 2014. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) November 6, 2014 Conductor Dr. Richard Nance Returns From Sabbatical to a Full Schedule of Performances and ToursBy Shunying Wang ’15 PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker TACOMA, Wash. (Nov. 7, 2014)—It’s an especially busy—and newsy—year for PLU’s renowned