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Peace Corps Prep Posted by: Marcom Web Team / September 4, 2017 Image: Bonnie Nelson ’08 served in Mongolia September 4, 2017 By Genny Boots '18 and Kari Plog '11PLU Marketing & CommunicationsNew program preps Lutes for service around the worldPacific Lutheran University’s ties to the Peace Corps are impressive, and they haven’t gone unnoticed. More than 260 Lutes have joined the service organization, which sends trained volunteers around the world to help countries meet their needs and

Going for a Grammy Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / September 28, 2014 Image: Micah Haven ’09 is in his fifth year as band director at Meeker Middle School in Tacoma. (Photo: Tacoma School District) September 28, 2014 When you think Grammys, you might think Béyoncé and Macklemore—but you might not think Lute. It might be time to rethink the Grammys. Micah Haven, a 2009 Music Education graduate of Pacific Lutheran University and now the director of bands at Meeker Middle School in Tacoma, is a

From Oxford, England to Oaxaca, Mexico, Jackie Lindstrom ’23 uses math to understand migration Posted by: nicolacs / May 23, 2023 Image: Jackie Lindstrom ’23 is a chemistry and math major and minor in Hispanic Studies. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) May 23, 2023 By By Emily Holt, MFA ’16PLU Marketing and Communications Guest WriterRecently, chemistry major Jackie Lindstrom found herself in Oxford, England, conducting a series of informational interviews with public health representatives from Oxfam and

Holocaust Conference will be March 17-19, 2011 on the PLU campus. When the opportunity came to bring Berkowitz, now a professor and the director of the Holocaust Program at the Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies at the University College London, to PLU for a lecture, Ericksen took it. At the PLU Fall Lecture in Holocaust Studies on Nov. 11, Berkowitz will speak from his book, The Crime of My Very Existence. The event is free and open to the public and will take place in Xavier Hall at 7 p.m. The

Venice Jakowchuk ’23 travels through time, a dancer’s journey toward archaeology Posted by: mhines / May 23, 2023 Image: Venice Jakowchuk ’23 is a history and anthropology double major and a dance minor. (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) May 23, 2023 By Emily Holt, MFA ’16PLU Marketing and Communications Guest WriterFor Venice Jakowchuk ’23, a single general education class sparked a passion that has since taken her—literally and/or metaphorically—from Herefordshire, England and Aberdeen, Scotland to the

about her, reflective of her roots as a farm girl. And you would have been quite wrong. Karen Phillips, who passed away in 2010l at age 78, was all of those things and much, much more. She was modest and shy, but well known for her charming smile and distinctive laugh. Her friends say she had a keen intellect and was a voracious reader of everything from faculty authors to newspapers and periodicals. And, they say, she was just plain fun to be around. She was a deeply religious Christian and member

‘Passion Play’ entertains while asking ‘big enough’ questions Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / December 9, 2014 December 9, 2014 Passion Play shows three communities, Queen Elizabeth’s England, Hitler’s Germany, and Reagan’s America, attempting to stage the death and resurrection of Christ. The play takes the audience on a humorous, but unsettling journey as it examines the intersection of religion and politics. The play is the featured Alpha Psi Omega (APO), the national theatre honor society

New Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna Posted by: Kate Williams / March 14, 2019 March 14, 2019 By Mackenzie Cooper '19PLU’s music faculty welcomes their newest hire, Cassio Vianna. The native of Brazil brings with him an extensive resume of teaching, composing, and performing jazz music. This year, he’ll begin a new journey channeling his passion into educating and inspiring PLU students as director of the University Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combos, as well as teaching History of Jazz

need where governments cannot or have not. Stephen Lewis, the former United Nations Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, delivered the keynote address, “Time to Deliver: Winning the Battle Against Poverty and Disease in the Developing World” at the Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center. Lewis is currently the chair of the board of the Stephen Lewis Foundation in Canada, which works to ease the pain of HIV/AIDS in Africa at the grassroots level, and he is a professor in global health in the

April 2, 2012 Last year’s Hebrew Idol finale included a Red Carpet entrance and a student MC. This year, the event is moving to a bigger venue – the CK in the UC. (Photo by Theodore Charles ’12) Hebrew Idol takes it to the next level By Chris Albert PLU students are continuing to raise the bar of creativity and effort for the Annual  Hebrew Idol, said Antonios Finitsis, assistant professor of religion. “I always think ‘Wow you guys are amazing,’” he said. “They bring it every year.” The project