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University Pastor | Division of Student Life | rudejl@plu.edu | 253-535-7465 | The Rev.
served as an Outreach Minister with The Night Ministry in Chicago, where she provided pastoral care, crisis response and advocacy in an interfaith and multicultural setting for street-based young adults. In 2007, Jen was extraordinary ordained at Resurrection Lutheran Church in Chicago and served there as Associate Pastor. After policy change at the national level removed barriers for partnered LGBTQ clergy, Jen was received onto the ELCA roster in 2011. Jen received her Masters of Divinity from
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University Pastor | Wild Hope Center for Vocation | rudejl@plu.edu | 253-535-7465 | The Rev.
Chicago, where she provided pastoral care, crisis response and advocacy in an interfaith and multicultural setting for young adults experiencing homelessness. In 2007, Jen was extraordinary ordained at Resurrection Lutheran Church in Chicago and served there as Associate Pastor. After policy change at the national level removed barriers for partnered LGBTQ clergy, Jen was received onto the ELCA roster in 2011. Jen received her Masters of Divinity from Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, CA and
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Olympic Champion, Activist and Humanitarian | Understanding the World Through Sports and Recreation | In 2006, international journalists gathered around a relatively unknown skater, preparing for the usual lines about the long journey to winning an Olympic gold medal and thanks to mom and dad and his coach for supporting him.
people of 2006. He was a finalist for Sports Illustrated Athlete of the Year, was the inaugural recipient of the Heisman Trophy’s Heisman Humanitarian Award and was named the US Olympic Committee’s Athlete of the Year as well as the U.S. Speed Skating Athlete of the Year. He has testified before Congress regarding the crisis in Darfur. In 2006 Cheek participated in the Clinton Global Initiative where he officially founded and launched the Darfur action organization ‘Where Will We Be?’ Through WWWB
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Vice President of University Relations | University Relations | daniel.lee@plu.edu | 253-535-8111 | Until 2014, Dan served as Vice President of External Relations for Lutheran World Relief, an international relief and development organization with programs in 35 countries, serving more than 7 million people.
50 staff members, the Vice President creates a vision and strategies for donor, alumni and parent engagement, as well as university communications. The Vice President directs initiatives to enhance PLU’s image and brand, and executes plans to increase support from individuals, government, foundations, and corporations. Biography Until 2014, Dan served as Vice President of External Relations for Lutheran World Relief, an international relief and development organization with programs in 35
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Mark your calendars for the final Chem Club meeting of the year!! On Tuesday, Dec. 2 at 6pm in Rieke 224 we will be decorating the Chemistree, drinking Hot Cocoa, and finalizing Spring Officer Nominations! Positions including Treasurer, Historian, and Communications will be opening up-…
Chemistree Decorating – December 2nd Posted by: Craig Fryhle / December 2, 2014 December 2, 2014 Mark your calendars for the final Chem Club meeting of the year!! On Tuesday, Dec. 2 at 6pm in Rieke 224 we will be decorating the Chemistree, drinking Hot Cocoa, and finalizing Spring Officer Nominations! Positions including Treasurer, Historian, and Communications will be opening up- contact a current officer if you have any questions! Sean Murphy (President) Alice Henderson (Communications) Inga
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‘My journey into compassion fatigue’ Editor’s note: In this story, Katie Scaff ’13 writes about her experiences creating the documentary Overexposed – an examination of compassion fatigue, with two other students and her communications professor. The faculty-student research project exposes students to the realities of…
March 12, 2012 ‘My journey into compassion fatigue’ Editor’s note: In this story, Katie Scaff ’13 writes about her experiences creating the documentary Overexposed – an examination of compassion fatigue, with two other students and her communications professor. The faculty-student research project exposes students to the realities of world issues and makes them masterful storytellers. By Katie Scaff ’13 A detour to Joplin We stepped out of the car and were immediately hit with a hazy fog. We
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Philosophy Lecture: ‘Ruined by Talking’ The Spring Philosophy Lecture “Ruined by Talking: Kieregaard on Language, Nature, and Communications” will take place at 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 24 in Morken 103. Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy Sergia Hay will give the address. The lecture will exam…
April 8, 2012 Philosophy Lecture: ‘Ruined by Talking’ The Spring Philosophy Lecture “Ruined by Talking: Kieregaard on Language, Nature, and Communications” will take place at 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 24 in Morken 103. Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy Sergia Hay will give the address. The lecture will exam both Danish philosopher SØren Kierkegaard’s sharp criticism of human language and his praise for the communicative skills of non-human life. Does language give humans an advantage over
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William Foege ’57 receives Presidential Medal of Freedom from Obama By Barbara Clements, University Communications Dr. William Foege received the Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, at a White House ceremony on Tuesday, where President Barack Obama called him a leader in “one…
April 27, 2012 William Foege ’57 receives Presidential Medal of Freedom from Obama By Barbara Clements, University Communications Dr. William Foege received the Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, at a White House ceremony on Tuesday, where President Barack Obama called him a leader in “one of medicine’s greatest success stories.” Obama noted – aside from the 6-foot, 7-inch Foege being “pretty tall,” – that the epidemiologist had President Obama fastens the Medal of Freedom
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Brian Bannon ’97, CEO of the Chicago Public Library System. (Photo provided by Brian Bannon) Alumni Profile: An Unlikely Librarian By Hailey Rile ’12, University Communications Brian Bannon ’97 couldn’t have imagined he would become the head of the country’s second largest library system, the…
August 3, 2012 Brian Bannon ’97, CEO of the Chicago Public Library System. (Photo provided by Brian Bannon) Alumni Profile: An Unlikely Librarian By Hailey Rile ’12, University Communications Brian Bannon ’97 couldn’t have imagined he would become the head of the country’s second largest library system, the Chicago Public Library. He has always loved books but never saw libraries as his calling, until his late college years. His interest and expertise in the intersection between libraries and
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Immigrant described as ‘crawling’ causes professor to take a closer look By Chris Albert, University Communications Adela Ramos will never forget the day when, as a graduate student at Columbia University in New York City, she was reading a “New York Times” article about a…
August 3, 2012 Immigrant described as ‘crawling’ causes professor to take a closer look By Chris Albert, University Communications Adela Ramos will never forget the day when, as a graduate student at Columbia University in New York City, she was reading a “New York Times” article about a Mexican immigrant who was described as crawling under a fence to make it into the United States. The word “crawling” struck Ramos as an odd way to describe a person crossing the border. People aren’t typically
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