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Christmas. They may see a penguin, but probably not. The only creature that lives year-round in Antarctica. A gnat. And in the area they will be? Nothing at all. “There’s literally no life where we are going,” Todd said. And it will be very cold. Though by Antarctica terms, since the group will be there during the continent’s summer, it will be positively balmy, with an average temperatures ranging from minus 10 degrees up to 40 degrees Fahrenheit. The sun will never set. The winds can be fierce. Todd

PLU community and all who support and care for this special place. It’s a shared legacy and will serve the university for years to come.” Throughout it all, MaryAnn Anderson has been a vital part of the PLU presidency. She has served the university as external relations coordinator working on development strategies and managing the Gonyea Fellows Leadership Program. The Gonyea fellows is the group of students who assist in hosting over 100 events that bring over 3,000 guests each year to the

60 years, until in 2009, he watched a documentary about a group of Kentucky middle schoolers who began studying the Holocaust by collecting paperclips to represent the 6 million Jews who perished in concentration camps during WWII.  Elbaum admitted that he simply couldn’t face the pain of what he’d experienced, and didn’t think he’d have much impact anyway. “But when I saw the school children crying in the film, after listening to a survivor, I realized that my story still has the power to

,” Rystrom said. “I had heard about crew as a sport and wanted to try it.” Rystrom came out to practice wanting to have some fun, but has become more interested and committed to the team each year. “Being on the crew team means that you’re a much more close-knit group, because essentially you’re all just trying to follow one guy or girl and be as exactly with them as possible,” said Rystrom, who rows in the sixth seat for the men’s varsity eight boat. His job, along with the other seven rowers in his

collectively tell Parkland’s story. And, while acknowledging and showcasing the community’s values, it also will be helpful for PLU and Parkland to build a better understanding of one another. Work on the mural already has begun—a group of volunteers gathered to prime the art wall at the Parkland Post Office, on the corner of Garfield and C streets, on April 26. But the inspiration for the project struck quite a while ago—and quite a ways away. On a Wang Center Research Grant trip to Oaxaca, Mexico

will be among the center’s first group of students to formally partner with an off-campus client. Appropriately, this first client will be KPLU-FM 88.5, the local National Public Radio (NPR) affiliate owned by the university. KPLU has studios in Tacoma and Seattle. In addition to her duties this fall as LASR’s manager, Ash will work on a student team that will research how KPLU might expand its audiences on air and online. She also will work with two other student groups, one that will help produce

was developed by a group of local private investors and PLU, with a 12-year tax abatement on the residential portion. Learn more here. New People In addition to the stellar incoming Class of 2018, PLU has added many new faces to faculty and administration positions, including: •    Vice President of Advancement Daniel Lee, who comes to PLU from Lutheran World Relief (LWR), where, as Vice President of External Relations, he gained extensive experience growing, restructuring and managing all aspects

new kind of story … of a remarkable group of women who dared to dream of new possibilities for themselves and their country. Director Fruchtman said, “By making Sweet Dreams, we wanted to cast a light on a visionary grassroots initiative. Both the drumming and ice-cream projects embody the idea that Rwandans need not only the means to survive, but also the means to live … ways to reconnect with joy, hope and previously unimagined possibilities. Both demonstrate the power of thinking outside the

should] remain curious and don’t be afraid to take risks and go into those places in our mind that make us uncomfortable.” She also said we all need to talk about issues surrounding the environment on a more regular basis. “Every day is Earth Day as far as I’m concerned,” said Finney. “Without it, we are dead. We still have a long way to go as humanity; as a group of people we need to take that aim to call attention to things that we should be paying attention to all along, every day.” PLU’s Earth

turn her attention to a much younger group of learners. Hoping to reproduce the feelings her old poster gave her, and to inspire children to get involved in science, Hay spent part of her break writing Little Bear’s Big Night Sky. What story does Little Bear’s Big Night Sky tell? It’s is a children’s story about the surprising scale and elegance of our universe. The book invites readers to wonder and think big. In the story, Little Bear and Mama Bear live in the wilderness, where they can see