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foothills of San Jose, Calif. with her fiancé, two horses and two mules. In her spare time, Wold takes care of her animals and enjoys trail riding with her fiancé. She also makes time to get together with Nowadnick and their group of close friends for annual reunions. Read Previous German-language Advent service Read Next KPLU names new general manager 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

thing, but I felt that having the opportunity to go to Germany with a German speaker was much better than someone who wasn’t fluent with the language,” she said of her trip last year. “And global relations, especially now, are just so important to understanding the rest of the world.” The curriculum for the PLU MBA program includes a 10-day international experience, which began in 2007 with a trip to France. Some of the other countries included in the itineraries since then have been China, Vietnam

until the end of the war, said Hewett, who was a teenager at the time of the rescues. Hewett describes her parents as strong and dedicated people who had amazing stories even before the war. André Trocmé was born to a strict Calvinist father and a German Lutheran mother, and became a Protestant minister and dedicated pacifist. Because he was a conscientious objector, he was marginalized by the leaders of the French Protestant church. Magda Grilli di Cortona was Italian on her father’s side, Russian

at PLU.” Tjiramba began his journey at PLU in 1990. To get here, he competed with more than 800 of his fellow high-school graduates in a study-abroad program put together by Namibian Lutheran churches in collaboration with their American and German counterparts. Tjiramba majored in Communication at PLU, went on to earn a Master’s Degree from California State University-Fullerton and just this year graduated from the University of Namibia with a degree in law. Tjiramba’s Namibian PLU colleagues

. What is your educational background?  I received a B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Vermont, M.A. in Communication and Rhetorical Studies from Syracuse University, and Ph.D. in Communication Studies from the University of Texas at Austin. I found the study of communication through collegiate debate. Why did you want to teach at PLU? What PLU does best is mentorship. PLU encourages instructors to teach creatively and inspires students to tap into their strengths and passions. Here, I get

week, PLU’s own Paul Menzel, professor of philosophy, plans not only place to the issue front and center, but to look at the controversy surrounding health care from a moral and ethical perspective. His talk – titled The Moral and Political Wars of Health Care Reform ¬– will take place on Thursday, Sept. 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the Scandinavian Cultural Center. “There’s wide agreement that something needs to be done, and that something will always involve government action,” Menzel said last week. “But

. She also gave valuable lessons about the philosophy of singing. But Blythe also constantly lectured about being a vessel. She said singing means being in a constant state of giving—singers exist to deliver the message of a song and the meaning infused in it by its composer. This was the motive behind all of her coaching. When telling Herzog to make eye contact with her audience, not a point on the wall, she said, “If you don’t look into your audience, they don’t see your soul.” After focusing on

2016 DCHAT episodes also will include interviews with Chung-Shing Lee, dean of the School of Business, and Kevin O’Brien, dean of the Division of Humanities. PLU alumni are invited to submit questions for the upcoming episode of DCHAT featuring O’Brien. Questions regarding the present and future of the PLU Division of Humanities (which houses the departments of English, philosophy, religion, and languages and literatures) may be emailed to PLU Media and Content Manager Zach Powers at powerszs

rely on a host of factors as part of their holistic review process. “We’re hoping that this is a way for the university to provide greater access to students that are coming from underserved communities or minoritized communities,” assistant professor of philosophy Sergia Hay said. “We want to educate the whole person, and we think that this is a way of treating the whole person with more respect.” Read Previous ‘Because We’re Lutheran’: A new PLU podcast Read Next Lute paddles with fellow Samish

the ability to read and discern meaning from complex texts. “We have courses from political science, business, history, philosophy, English, economics, communication, publishing and printing arts, religion and mathematics,” Artime said. “We think that is demonstrative of the fact that a liberal arts education is ideally suited to help students develop the requisite skills for the law school application process and success in law school”  The pre-law minor is an addition to the PLU’s pre-law