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feature visual and audio material gathered by Giles on her 2011 trip as an Australian Antarctic Arts Fellow to Davis and Mawson Stations on the Aurora Australis. The evening will be a personal journey through music and film to honor her grandfather Dr. C.T. Madigan. “When I discovered that my cousin Julia Butler was in the process of editing [my grandfather’s] Australasian Antarctic Expedition diaries, it was natural to wish to incorporate excerpts, especially those that mention the music he loved and

meeting others who will be their friends for the next 40 years or more. ASPLU President John de Mars brought greetings on behalf of the student body and encouraged new students to strive to reach their personal goals through patience, involvement and goal setting. He implored faculty and staff to be courageous in seeking partnerships with students. Karl Stumo, vice president for admission and enrollment services, announced awards for new and continuing students. Patricia Killen, provost, announced

to the family farm for a brief period of time. She then married Dr. James W. Phillips on Jan. 6, 1996. They lived on Mercer Island. Following her husband’s death, Karen began a remarkable, magnanimous and personal journey as a philanthropist. She served as a member of the Board of Regents at Pacific Lutheran University from 2000 to 2009 and during that time became the university’s greatest single benefactor ever. She supported student scholarships, capital improvements and the endowment with

speaker Paul B. Thompson, Ph.D., of Michigan State University. Thompson, who holds the W.K. Kellogg Chair in Agricultural Food and Community Ethics at Michigan State University and published several works on the environmental and social significance of agriculture, will discuss three key problems in food ethics: the ethics of global hunger; the ethics of food consumption as it relates to personal and public health; and the ethical underpinnings of “the food movement” and its attraction to local and

event of PLU’s 2014 School of Arts and Communication FOCUS Series on Entrepreneurship. It acknowledges how music grew into a public voice for personal and community cultural expression by African Americans after emancipation and the Civil War, propelling black writers, artists and musicians into roles as heroes, mentors, spokespersons and ambassadors to the larger culture. Read Previous SCC Exhibit Opens Feb. 6 Read Next A Seasoned Skater Lands on Her Feet COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated

promote the services of the American Cancer Society and to raise money “to help create a world where we can celebrate more birthdays.” Relay For Life is the nationwide signature activity for the American Cancer Society, with thousands of events each year across the country. During the Relay, families, schools, companies, hospitals and other community groups create teams who take turns walking around a track all night to raise money to fight cancer. On a personal level, many Relay participants honor

how interfaith work has given them tools for personal growth and how the Lutheran tradition has helped inform the work they do. Kara shares some of the ways in which PLU as a Lutheran institution provided her with an environment where she could both practice her faith in community with others while having the ability to learn from and with those who don’t necessarily share the same background as her. Receiving a liberal arts education at a Lutheran institution that values critical questioning has