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, predictable enrollment. Our student/faculty ratio is part of the decision about how best to accomplish our mission. We are currently at about 12.7:1, up from a low of about 12:3. For most of the last two decades, we have been at about 14:1. Personally, I don’t put much stock in student/faculty ratio as a measure of comparison between universities, since it doesn’t address the issue of teaching load. Many large public research universities have low student-faculty ratios, but they still have huge section

attempts to do so but to no avail. I shared that desire with a faculty member in the Sociology Department, Dan Renfrow. Dan is no longer teaching at PLU, and I am sure has no idea the chain of events he put in motion by suggesting that I contact the Women’s Center about potential volunteer opportunities. I met with the Director at that time, Bobbi Hughes, and after asking me about my experience and my interest in the Center, she shared her desire to create an advisory board and indicated that she

Intern for a year at Sojourners, a national Christian organization committed to faith in action for social justice.”Amy WootenMajor: Communication, concentration in Public Relations/Advertising, minor in Business Marketing. Hometown: Gresham, Oregon. Accomplishments at PLU: 2015 Career Lute Achievement Award winner; president of PLU’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) for two years; received national recognition for SAAC’s inclusion initiative in 2013-14; SAAC organization of the year award

, owners of billboards across the country, to propose that they turn it into a pro bono public service campaign.  The success of the billboard campaign then inspired a graduate of the class of 2015, Nicole Jordan, to take the campaign to students at neighboring Keithley Middle School.  And once again, Clear Channel created special billboards featuring Keithley students tearing up their own words, such as “Stupid,” “Go back to your own country,” “Poor Ghetto Kids,” and “You’re such a girl.” In fact, the

bed feeling kind of terrible. So that was also weird. But then I spent the day being a lazy lump in bed reading and napping, so that was a nice little reward. The Minnesota Book Award was even weirder. I couldn’t believe a group of Midwestern librarians and book people would nominate, much less vote to win, a book called Sex & Violence. I’m really thankful that they did; these are the same people who stock this book in their Teen collections and face potential public scrutiny about such choices

encourage each other as they navigate the world of theater together. Their friendship, after all, began with a challenge, all those years ago at PLU: “If you audition for Sally Bowles, you’re going to be cast as Sally Bowles.” Read Previous The People’s Librarian: Brian Bannon’s passion for democratizing information led him to the New York Public Library Read Next PLU launches new Master of Social Work (MSW) degree COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might

contemporary philosophical critique of history’s pretensions to truth anticipated in the work of a French Romantic author who wrote a century and a half earlier. In the late 1820s, Alfred de Vigney wrote Cinq-Mars, a historical novel set in the seventeenth century about an unsuccessful plot against the Cardinal Richelieu. The novel was well received by the public, but critics raised a variety of objections to the distortions the historical record underwent in Vigny’s hands. The philosophically minded

difference in the world—many of whom are here in this hall with us today. Imagine yourself following in the footsteps of the Honorable Joyce Anne Barr, Class of 1976, who was just appointed United States Assistant Secretary of State for Administration, capping a distinguished Foreign Service career that included serving as U.S. Ambassador to Namibia. Your fellow Lutes include Brian Bannon, Class of 1997, who was recently appointed head of the country’s second largest library system, the Chicago Public

” their professors had been describing. “This class is taught in theory and we certainly saw that in practice,” Sorensen said. “We saw peaceful protests and we also saw people lighting things on fire. It made me think about the debates that have been ongoing for centuries over what constitutes protest that people have a right to, and what constitutes protest that is a danger to the public.” × × × A few hours after the inauguration, the groups reunited at a pizzeria to discuss the momentous day. As