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capacity to wonder, to stand in awe of creation, to ask “why,” and to the live into the question — for a lifetime. Today is a day to reflect on our learning — and to commence a life of wondering! COURAGE Third and finally, I hope that your PLU education has encouraged a strong and positive sense of your own person, a clear sense of identity that is the foundation of a life of courage; for living courageously! A brief explanation: I realize that on this day of transition and change, along with
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, quin-what?’ Katye Griswold’s ’13 perspective on food drastically changed after reading a diet book written by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin during her sophomore year. More On the opposite end of the college food spectrum, is psychology major Katye Griswold ’13, who has also lived off campus for more than a year. She’s arguably one of the more ambitious aspiring chefs among her peers. “I have a go to meal for like a month and then I change it,” Griswold said. “Sometimes it’s pasta with whatever I
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not determine all four years: Everything will change throughout each semester, so be willing to branch out academically and socially because you will find your place eventually. PLU has a wealth of resources as well as an irreplaceable group of faculty and staff members who are here to help you succeed. I almost gave up on PLU three times, but I ended up staying because of the people around me and soon realized that I would never have a community of people like I do at PLU; if you put in the
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decade, PLU has sought and experienced a significant change in the demographic composition of our student body – a trend that will continue next decade and beyond. Similarly, the University has worked to diversify its faculty and staff. For the year 2020, we envision a campus community that is even more broadly and deeply diverse, just and sustainable. New students line up for a processional from Centennial Square (also known as Red Square) to Olson Gym for Convocation. While we have a thoughtful
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who is different from you. Someone of a different race, someone of a different religion, gender, even generation, just someone different from you, who you may even hold a bias toward, show an act of love to them …” as Alana said, “we want to change people’s hearts, and that’s how we intend on doing it, by getting the masses to participate in love.” Thanks to the help and sponsorship of PLU, Bethlehem Baptist Church, St Marks’s by the Narrows Lutheran Church, and a host of others, Tacoma became the
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girl, she grew up attending Husky football games with her family. The experiences inspired her. “I fell in love with the competition and the unique ability sports has to build community and to connect us with something larger than ourselves,” Cohen said. But she sees her work differently now. “The main driver for me is the ability to change and transform the lives of our students,” she said. “I believe we are in the people development business, and that we get this incredible privilege of using
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positive disruption or as a method for creating social bonds. But that’s also classic Foege, disrupting the point of this article in order to try to deflect attention away from him and my thesis that his prankster side is based on his empathy for others and his desire to affect change. “He also uses humor sometimes as a way to keep people at arm’s length,” said Paula Foege, his wife and fellow former PLU student. Lutherans are experts at self-deprecation, but Paula sees through it. She knows her
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practice the tenets of their tradition. In the spirit of Lutheran higher education, Franco often tells the students he works with, “the more perspectives you know, the closer you are to the truth.” Franco says that this mindset—which lies at the core of everything PLU does—both helps students affirm their previously held beliefs, and challenges them to change their minds. No matter the outcome, PLU values students’ journeys. But those journeys only accelerate when the institution encourages a broad
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stretch and grow. I would have not chosen anyone else to guide me through an embouchure change than Dr. Lyman and Dr. Castro. Picking apart minute details that is playing the trumpet has helped not only in my playing but most importantly in becoming an educator!” — Sebastian Hernandez, Music Education, Class of 2015. Currently teaches elementary music and steel pan ensemble in the Puyallup School District.“I chose to attend PLU after hearing about how great the music program is there. I have had
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Sciences at PLU. Change is never easy, but this new structure will present opportunities, particularly by allowing us to build stronger connections among programs that share a deep commitment to the liberal arts. As I have been pondering this transition, I have been re-reading back issues of Prism. The Division of Humanities has produced this publication since 1987, and so it offers an energizing record and a meaningful tribute to the learning, community, and scholarship nurtured here. You can re-read
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