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the community.Emily Groseclose, video editing, Senior Communication Major and Music MinorEmily Groseclose is a senior at Pacific Lutheran University majoring in Communication with emphases in Film & Media Studies and Strategic Communication and minors in Music and French. She is involved in many student media organizations and clubs, including MediaLab, The Mast, Late Knight (Mast TV), and is the president of HERmonic a cappella. Read Previous Springing Forward with Guest Artists Read Next Holiday

November 16, 2007 Global focus nets Fulbrights When PLU was named by the Chronicle of Higher Education as one of the top four masters-level institutions in terms of the number of students currently participating in the prestigious U.S. Fulbright Student Fellowship, everyone at the university was pleased with the honor. It is the largest U.S. international exchange program offering opportunities for students, Michael Wauters ’07 received a fellowship to assist on an epidemiological study of

circling toward a career in writing, prioritizing the task more and more each year. She credits the Rainier Writing Workshop’s assistant director, Judith Kitchen, with giving her the courage and confidence to take the plunge. “Judith Kitchen is entirely to blame for all of this,” Andrews laughed. “It’s Judith, all Judith. There are tons of people who would say the same thing. Judith is an entirely generous and encouraging teacher of writing … I’m her groupie.” Andrews isn’t the only current student to

that. She set the example.” Screening: The Souls of Black Girls PLU is screening the film The Souls of Black Girls and hosting the filmmaker Daphne Valerius at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30 in Chris Knutzen Hall at the UC. A meet and greet will be from 6 to 7 p.m. Light refreshments will be provided. The public is welcome to attend. The event is a great opportunity for students to experience an interesting and engaging college lecture. Mentors are encouraged to bring along their student. An RSVP is

. It’s just the way she is, said Associate Professor of Communication Joanne Lisosky, who Francisco credits as being a guiding force for her when she was a student at PLU. The two still stay in touch. “It does not surprise me that she went out and became a very powerful woman in the world,” Lisosky said. “She’s just absolutely charming – just delightful to be around in every way.” But a recent adventure allowed her to indulge in something she’s wanted to be a part of for awhile – reality TV. “I’ve

Arntson and Carol Quigg. The class had raised almost $70,000. Berntsen described Forness as a cautious, quiet professor type who took great care of himself after having a heart problem in early 2008. By the time of the reunion, his classmates noticed that he seemed to look healthier than he did when he was a student. Then everything changed. In mid- February Forness had a heart attack. It was severe enough that his heart could not be completely repaired. Then, in quick succession he had a stroke

September 11, 2009 Students work to restore habitat of struggling salmon stream Last week, Scott Hansen, ecologist and vice president of the Puget Creek board, was just ticking off the list of creatures that call this canopied gulch, sandwiched between suburbia and a main Tacoma arterial their home. Bats, coyotes, eagles, hawks, snakes, toads…and salamanders. “Hey I think we just found one,” said a PLU student working with Hansen, and 12 other volunteers on a rainy Saturday in September, as she

December 14, 2009 Risk & Reward By Chris Albert The board of directors is listening intently to a fellow member about a decision they need to make. At risk are thousands of dollars, if not tens of thousands. They might lose it all. Or, they could reap great rewards. PLU students ride the economic roller coaster and find out what it’s like to invest real money in the market and what it takes to show gains. This isn’t Wall Street – it is PLU. But the decisions the student members of the

gifts are critical to advancing the quality and distinctiveness of the university’s academic program: Endowments with a particular global emphasis in faculty development, curriculum development and expanding study-abroad opportunities; Support for student-faculty research opportunities that will enhance the educational experience of students and faculty working together one-on- one and in small groups to delve deeply into critical issues across the curriculum; Institutionalizing The Wild Hope

composition and ask questions like “How does Ola want this to sound?” Powell said the experience of working with a composer gives the students a first-hand experience unlike any other. “It gives insight to the creative process and that’s a very important thing to do and in provides depth,” Powell said. “That’s what we do here.” A student even commented that the sound is similar to the band Coldplay, Powell said.  When that observation was relayed to Gjeilo, he agreed: The piece does have the same vibe as