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  • everyone.” Student organizations have been heavily involved in dialogue around campus accessibility, too. Residence Hall Association and Associated Students of Pacific Lutheran University (ASPLU) joined forces to host forums. And student leaders such as Miranda Martens, Haedon Brunelle, Veronica Winter, Austin Beiermann, Ayanna Cole, Rebecca Hultman and Tono Sablan raised awareness around issues of accessibility with an exhibit in the Tunnel of Oppression event last semester. The students comprised the

  • , Yvette, on their wedding day. (Photo courtesy of Drews) Read Previous For PLU grad, American citizenship is personal Read Next Pacific Lutheran University’s holiday event roundup COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS PLU hosts the 14th Annual Lutheran Studies Conference: Celebrating Cecelia Svinth Carpenter, Indigenous education and tribal sovereignty September 23

  • about disability through a wider lens—not just one person’s disabled body, but how disease or illness can disable an entire family system or community. A woman’s breast cancer could lead to physical pain and an attempt at removal—which might also then lead to an infant’s malnourishment or lack of employment if the woman worked as a wet nurse. Major events to celebrate the new work included November 24, 2023’s Night at the Museum event. In a full-circle experience, Llewellyn Ihssen was one of the

  • cans. She filled four bags on her best garbage-collection day. When her husband died in 2004 she wanted to do something big — maybe create a scholarship in his name. But her walking partner at the time had another idea, and soon the David and Marilyn Knutson Lecture series was born. Every October, scholars come to PLU to present thought-provoking lectures presented by the Department of Religion. And for the past decade (this year’s event on Oct. 26 will be the 11th) Knutson has hosted the speakers

  • biggest enemies are crows getting into garbage cans. She filled four bags on her best garbage-collection day. When her husband died in 2004 she wanted to do something big — maybe create a scholarship in his name. But her walking partner at the time had another idea, and soon the David and Marilyn Knutson Lecture series was born. Every October, scholars come to PLU to present thought-provoking lectures presented by the Department of Religion. And for the past decade (this year’s event on Oct. 26 will

  • meeting, we learn that a 10-person team from Oslo will visit PLU on April 9 to tour campus and the Tacoma Dome. Our “plans”—now, seriously, scheduled down to the minute—are taking shape quite nicely, thank you very much, and everyone in the room realizes this visit could change everything . Meanwhile, we create an official Google document called “King of Norway Visit.” It is 17 pages long and stuffed to the royal rafters with: event coordinators’ contact information; a chronological list of events

  • managing existing and new healthcare professional continuing education courses, workshops and conferences, and event planning. The Program Manager will collaborate with the CCNL Director, PLU faculty and staff, School of Nursing, professional organizations, healthcare organizations to identify, create, promote, and implement healthcare professional continuing education and development programs aligned with national continuing education standards. The Program Manager supervises student workers that

  • of Nursing by providing extraordinary learning opportunities that complement and enhance the academic studies of our students. A gift of $1,000 or more can provide a scholarship to a deserving student or cover travel expenses for faculty professional development. A gift of $500 can give up to 10 nursing professionals the opportunity to attend a CNE event at PLU. A gift of $250 can provide teaching, learning and lab supplies for students. Thank you for making a difference for the PLU Nursing

  • Benjamin Britten’s enormous War Requiem, with performances on campus and at St. Mark’s Cathedral in Seattle. As the Seattle P.I. said: “The performance was an inspired event… and by any standard, was outstanding. It is even more impressive considering the difficulty of the music, the size of the performing forces and the youthfulness of the musicians.” An accomplished conductor of orchestras, Sparks also involved the Choir of the West in a series of performances with Seattle’s Northwest Chamber

  • competitive event, my favorite part about joining a team is forming new friendships and making memories with teammates. I expected that to be difficult this year as there were few returning to the team. With a new coach, I anticipated that recruiting people to join would be a struggle since a lot of work would have to be put into other things. As you might expect with PLU forensics, I was pleasantly surprised.A few short weeks into the first semester when the squad room was so full we only had standing