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current PLU students at Thursday’s lecture? Take the time to find your true calling in life—the reason why you are here on this planet, including the career/ job that excites you and pushes you to do your very best. It is worth the effort. It will change your life, and you may just change your world!Meant To Live Lecture & ReceptionThursday, Oct. 8 | Lecture: 6:30 p.m. | Reception: 7:30 p.m.Both events are free to the public and will be held in the Scandinavian Cultural Center (Anderson University

children and adults were killed during this time period. Not only did 70,000 adults and approximately 5,000 children die, but Hitler used these early mass killings as training for how he’d be able to commit mass genocide during WWII in an efficient manner. Hitler, his top physicians, and a vast array of doctors, nurses, and technicians, would put into motion a systematic program to murder defenseless children and adults within Germany’s boundaries. Even though it is a somber lecture topic, Griech

include performances by PLU’s two a cappella groups, PLUtonic and HERmonic. An independently organized event under license from TED (the New York City-based nonprofit that made TED talks famous), TEDxTacoma is organized by a volunteer planning committee comprised of local business, nonprofit and arts leaders. The April program will mark the first time TEDxTacoma has been presented at PLU. Adam Utley, a 2004 PLU graduate who hosts the event and serves on the planning committee, sees the partnership

. “Throughout this whole process, I realized how amazing students can be,” Rosenberg said. “(Nguyen) did an amazing job, learning as she went along.” One of the highlights of the lecture series was welcoming Col. William “Bill” Green, who lectured about the Baptist faith and his life on Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Green is the pastor at JBLM and talked about how his job had to change over time to mesh with American culture. He has to try and accommodate soldiers’ different religious needs while on duty

plentiful.HOMECOMING 2016: See full galleries here.The Scandinavian Cultural Center and surrounding areas were crowded with people and chatter. Alumni reminisced about their time on campus. A group of Regents shared stories with staff from President Tom Krise’s office, about their previous night on the town — spent riding a mechanical bull in downtown Tacoma. All the chatter was washed down with delicious beverages and irresistible appetizers, leaving guests smiling with every sip. Sunday afternoon brought more

!” Joanna Gregson, professor of sociology, says she told her husband just that throughout her January Term course “Policing in American Society.” It was one of many intensive monthlong courses offered to Lutes during J-Term, during which students meet four to five days a week for about three hours at a time. Gregson’s special topics class pulled from the expertise of Campus Safety Director Greg Premo, as well as six guest lecturers who work in law enforcement. Special topics classes, which are taught

” (nine years running). In 2009, Hrabowski was named one of “America’s 10 Best College Presidents” by TIME magazine, which also recognized him as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World” in 2012. The Washington Post and the Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership named Hrabowski one of seven “Top American Leaders.” His latest claim to fame? “Giddy basketball fan,” according to The Washington Post, following UMBC’s recent victory over No. 1 Virginia — the biggest upset in

relations support, video projects, web-based productions, community communication efforts, as well as on-campus multimedia productions. Some students — including Joshua Wiersma ’18, a communication major and former member of MediaLab — say the new concentration is a good fit that will assist students who want to pursue interests in film and other visual media. “I’ve heard several students say, during my time at PLU, that if there was a film program or concentration available, they would pursue that

look,” she said.  Stephanie Valenti ‘23 was one of three students who visited Tacoma-based VSG Marketing. “I’m not entirely sure what I want to major in,” she said. “I’m majoring in communications, but I don’t know where I’ll focus yet.”However, spending time with one of the firm’s designers may have helped clarify Valenti’s path. The experience reminded her how much she had enjoyed studying graphic art in high school. “When I was watching her, I was like, ‘Oh wow, I really miss doing this,’” she

reputation for delivering outstanding, diversified clinical experiences and instruction to nursing students through partnerships with more than 100 healthcare agencies and community-based health organizations. During the past several years, the university’s BSN graduates have achieved a more than 90% first-time pass rate on the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX). The new ABSN program will begin serving students in the fall. Prospective students must have at least 60 transferable credits.  For