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small, five-day-old  bison – sporting strawberry blonde fur, as opposed to mom’s dark brown hide -exploring the woodlands with its mother. Chelsea Waddell, a transfer student from Salt Lake City was amazed by the sheer size of an adult bison – which can weigh up to a ton and run 40 mph – they spotted later on the tour, resting just a few feet from the tram’s track. “His nose is huge!”  Waddell said. Like other non-Northwest natives, Waddell’s experience with Northwest wildlife was limited. “I’ve

too knowledgeable about what happened,” Williamson said. “It was really significant that they were just able to come together.” For others, however, the experience meant more. Junior international student Torhild Skillingstad fought back tears after seeing one of her Norwegian neighbors in a photo in Berguson’s presentation. Skillingstad, who was in the United States at the time of the attacks, said Berguson’s lecture provided an opportunity “to process everything that had happened.” Skillingstad

change.” But not to much change, mind you. Laura’s father, Dwight, is the minister at Bethany Lutheran Church in Deer River, Minnesota. Both parents attended Gustavus Adolphus College. Rudquist has fond memories cleaning up after church potlucks and running local youth events around Deer River. “It was so familiar here,” she said, adding she liked the tone of the PLU chapels and the worship services.”I know most of the hymns and yet there are lots of ways to branch out here, as well as experience

donors. Dooley encourages alumni to donate because the money saved on energy bills from the installation of the solar panel system will be money that can go back to the students. She says donors would be giving to both the solar panel system project and the student body. “The thousands and thousands of dollars that we are saving are going back to the PLU experience,” said Dooley. Other offices are also playing a large role in this project. “It’s been a great cross-campus collaborative effort,” said

of her PLU experience. Not part of a traditional degree program, Flenniken was a member of the first full graduating class of the Rainier Writing Workshop at PLU, receiving a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing in 2007. Trained as an engineer with degrees from Washington State University and University of Washington, it was a night class designed to merely get her out of the house that got Flenniken really interested in poetry. “I fell madly in love with poetry from the first night of that

Officer. Prior to joining Milgard, Gessel gained extensive experience in financial leadership in consumer–packaged goods as Vice President, CFO of Nalley’s Fine Foods, Assistant Vice President of Seafirst Corporation/Bank of America, and as a member of the corporate finance team and leadership development program at Ford Motor Company. Gessel holds a Master of Science in Industrial Administration (MSIA) from Purdue University and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Brigham Young University

Martin J. Neeb Center home of KPLU. Korsmo Construction, well established locally with 65 years of experience behind the name, has been responsible for such projects as the Henry M. Jackson Visitor’s Center at Mt. Rainier National Park and the Martin J. Neeb Center and Studio Theater at PLU. “It was a real privilege building a building knowing it would be named for Martin, and to be able to build that building on campus,” Korsmo said. Korsmo and his company have received numerous awards, including

. Rowland has received various acknowledgments for his work, including making the San Francisco Chronicle bestseller list for his first novel. As a member of Choir of the West at PLU, Rowland was given the opportunity to travel and see new areas of the United States that he was never able to experience before. “I got to see a lot of America that I hadn’t seen before,” Rowland said. “It was nice to get introduced to the fact that there is a lot to offer in the United States.” Since graduating from PLU

Crow provides financial support, technical aid and peer assistance for alternative theater on campus. “In this over-populated acting world, all these wonderful people are going to get lost in the shuffle,” said Julie Morris. So, Babel is a unique acting experience that aims to “create the character that only you could play.” Through Babel, Tristan and Julie Morris hope to help launch the careers of these recent graduates. Plans for the future of Babel include premiering performances in the home

engineering, before returning to the West Coast to earn her Ph.D. in geology from the University of Washington. In Seattle, she joined a team of UW researchers studying glaciers in Antarctica. “That first experience in Antarctica showed me the real power of glaciers, how important they are as geologic forces,” Todd recalled. Contact Claire Talk to faculty Find out more about the study of glaciers and geosciences by contacting Claire Todd at 253-536-5163 or by email at toddce@plu.edu. After coming to PLU