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July 27, 2011 Wild Hope Project finds a permanent home in the Center for Vocation at PLU Wild Hope Project finds a permanent home in the Center for Vocation.  At the end of this year, the Lilly Endowment’s $2.5 million, eight-year funding of the Wild Hope Project came to an end. Does that mean the Wild Hope Project is ending? Absolutely not. University funding of this innovative program continues. Lynn Hunnicutt, associate professor of economics and director of the Center for Vocation. (Photo

December 1, 2009 Perspective – The view through safety goggles Folks around Rieke Science Center – and sometimes in other parts of campus when I’m running late for a meeting – often see me donning a certain accessory that is quintessential to chemists worldwide: safety goggles. We all wear them. Our laboratory students often complain that the goggles are uncomfortable or fog up during a frustrating lab day. But as a regular user through my years in research, I’m indebted to them for reasons

July 23, 2009 Where the classes are hard. And the issues? Harder. By Steve Hansen Josh Stromberg and Catherine Cheng aren’t together in any of the same classes. They’re not studying the same major. They’re not even in the same year. (He graduates next year; she a year later.) But when they talk about what they are studying as part of PLU’s International Honors Program, they’re on exactly the same page. International Honors Program aren’t simply studying complex world issues. Their conversation

Communication Professor chosen for Hollywood fellowship Posted by: Todd / October 1, 2015 October 1, 2015 Communication Professor chosen for Hollywood fellowshipRobert Marshall Wells, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Communication and Director of the Center for Media Studies at PLU, was recently chosen as a fellows for an entertainment industry seminar in Hollywood. One of only 20 professors from colleges and universities nationwide selected by the Television Academy Foundation, Dr. Wells will

Richard D. Moe Organ Recital Series Posted by: Kate Williams / October 16, 2017 October 16, 2017 By Kate Williams '16Outreach ManagerThe Richard D. Moe Organ Series has an exciting line up of performances planned for the 2017-18 academic year. The upcoming October 22 performance will feature duo organists, Dana Robinson and Paul Tegels. Dana Robinson is Associate Professor of Music and Organist at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Paul Tegels is Associate Professor of Music and

Art and Anthropology Faculty Join Forces for Important Historical Illustrations Posted by: Sandy Dunham / January 17, 2015 January 17, 2015 Q&A With Professor Michael Stasinos and Associate Professor Bradford Andrews By Shunying Wang ’15 PLU Marketing & Communications Student Worker TACOMA, WA (Jan. 16, 2015)—In a groundbreaking merger of art and anthropology, Pacific Lutheran University Art Professor Michael Stasinos has been developing important historical illustrations in collaboration with

From foster care to doctoral degree: Lizbett Benge’s educational journey Posted by: bennetrr / July 29, 2020 July 29, 2020 By Kolby Harvey '08Guest Writer for PLU Marketing and CommunicationsLizbett Benge ’11 describes her educational journey as “a long and winding road.” It began with her immersion into foster care and deeply influenced her time at PLU, where she grappled with a set of life experiences few of her peers could understand.Benge felt socially isolated, making few significant

Dance concert covers new creative ground Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / March 28, 2017 March 28, 2017 Dance 2017: Innovation features PLU dancers working with guest and student choreographers exploring inventive themes through dance. The performances are on Friday, April 7 and Saturday, April 8 at 7:30 p.m. in Eastvold Auditorium of Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. This year’s concert is the first under PLU Dance Director Rachel Winchester. Winchester explains that this year’s

Dance concert covers new creative ground Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / March 28, 2017 March 28, 2017 Dance 2017: Innovation features PLU dancers working with guest and student choreographers exploring inventive themes through dance. The performances are on Friday, April 7 and Saturday, April 8 at 7:30 p.m. in Eastvold Auditorium of Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. This year’s concert is the first under PLU Dance Director Rachel Winchester. Winchester explains that this year’s

Richard D. Moe Organ Recital Series Posted by: Kate Williams / October 15, 2018 October 15, 2018 By Kate Williams '16Outreach ManagerThe Richard D. Moe Organ Series has an exciting lineup of performances planned for the 2018-19 academic year. The upcoming October 21st performance will be the 20th Anniversary Concert of the Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Organ and feature PLU’s own music faculty and student performers. The star lineup includes University Organist, Paul Tegels; Svend Rønning, violin