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before coming to PLU. Luckily now, after completing my first one in 2015 during a University Chorale tour, staying in a stranger’s home didn’t seem as scary. Homestays are important because they allow us to get to know the community, and vice versa. My homestay partner and I enjoyed staying up a bit after the concert and just talking with our homestay family. We exchanged pictures of our animals, talked about our common likes and dislikes, and discussed the most important part of life — breakfast

think hearing how others are coping truly helps foster community, even if we can’t be in the presence of others. NEW: Michelle Bennett couldn’t hold her mother’s hand in those final moments, 10 days after Carolann Gann tested positive for #COVID19. But Gann's nurses connected mother and daughter one last time, and comforted the patient to the end. @KariPlog reports: https://t.co/2pmtInWji2 pic.twitter.com/FzbRHZZ3Nz— KNKX Public Radio (@knkxfm) April 1, 2020 PLU: How important is journalism right

professors.  “I’m really glad I went to PLU for computer science because of those connections I made,” Ronquillo said. “I feel like it was a lot more genuine and a lot easier to create those connections because of how small these classes were. I’m excited for the future.” Read more stories from the Fall 2022 issue of ResoLute Magazine. Read Previous Rooted and Open: Rev. Jen Rude talks about centering community, spiritual diversity, and Campus Ministry Read Next WATCH THIS: Professor Marnie Ritchie

hopes to found and lead a nonprofit that helps children of color discover secret talents through new opportunities. Lucas’s daughter dances at Sound Movement Arts Center—and joined the Franklin Pierce Junior Wrestling team. “She tried wrestling, did very well and ended up taking first at the state tournament,” Lucas says.  On top of being a full-time student, Lucas works full-time as a case manager at Comprehensive Life Resources, a community behavioral health clinic in Tacoma, helping those

patient care and monitoring under the direction of registered nurses (RNs). She immediately began employment at a nursing home and a correctional facility.She continued nursing studies at Tacoma Community College, then transferred to PLU for her RN degree. “I chose PLU because I worked with RNs who graduated from PLU at the Pierce County Jail, and I was blown away by their work ethic and compassionate and professional approach.” Surla’s capstone, “Moral Distress in Correctional Nursing,” focuses on

scientists. Experimenting, analyzing, and observing at Fred Hutch Cancer Center, they were able to assist in making scientific breakthroughs for healthier lives in every community. For Murdoch, the Fred Hutch Cancer Center Internship provided a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to gain lab experience. Read more about their experience below! Murdoch working with the Acute Myeloid Leukemia cells in a biohazard hood. Fred Hutch Cancer Center Summer Internship ScholarshipAre you interested in gaining hands-on

. Themes such as social justice, criminal justice reform, persecution, exclusion, and structural inequality are explored alongside examples of persistence, resiliency, Black liberation, and humanity. E-books as well as print books are included in order to make the exhibit accessible to campus community members who are not able to be on campus due to the coronavirus pandemic. For a complete list of print and e-books in this exhibit, and their location or online links, see below. E-books Kendall, Mikki

scholarship not only for its own sake (and we do that too) but also for the value we gain from having people hear about the work that our faculty and staff do so well here. We need to energize our natural constituencies such as our alumni, our retired faculty and staff, our supporting congregations and synods of our Region One of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, our partners in the community, in various groups and associations—and we need to give them narratives to tell.  For those of us who

science Read Next Free Summer Jazz Series brings Stars-and the community-to PLU LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition April 18, 2024 PLU Music Announces Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance January 29, 2024 PLU’s Weathermon Jazz Festival to Feature Acclaimed Musician Aubrey Logan February 28, 2023 Horn & Fixed Media Premiere at Octave 9 in Seattle October 5, 2022

like crazy. Every new building is green. We’re building new solar panel systems and rain gardens, and our student-run community garden provides nearly two tons of produce for area food banks. There are even paid student fellowships for students who want to find new ways to make PLU even more green. Rachel Wattley-Williams ’14 appreciates the connections she has made on campus, both with her fellow students and with the professors in her small classes #4 We’re Lutheran – and proud of it. But it