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and staff. After noticing a disconnect among PLU staff members during the pandemic, these two departments came together in January to host a retreat for staff to focus on renewal and reconnection. Since then, the Wild Hope Center and Campus Ministry have been working together to develop initiatives that will help students in their spiritual and vocational discernment.We talked to Laree Winer, associate director for the center for vocation, and Reverend Jen Rude, the university pastor, about their

County’s Crystal Judson Family Justice Center, working with individuals and families affected by domestic violence. There, she met Abi McLane, the victim services supervisor, and also a PLU grad. McGifford and McLane were never on campus at the same time, but their experiences are remarkably similar. Both were sociology and women’s and gender studies double-majors. Both built lasting relationships with their professors and PLU staff members who, now that McGifford and McLane are in the working world

. The Global Scholar Grants program will help the university meet and exceed that goal. “This will have a profound and significant impact on our study away program,” President Loren J. Anderson said in announcing the scholarship fund last Thursday night. PLU made history in 2006 by becoming the first United States university to have students and faculty studying on all seven continents simultaneously – including an exploration of the natural history, environment and conservation of the Antarctic

. “That’s when things really got going because we knew we had the funds,” he said. By working with the Native Plants Salvage Alliance, he was able to secure native seeds and native species for replanting on campus. Plants like snowberry, Oregon grape and beaked hazelnut. All in all, there were 25 plant types for replanting. The money was there, and there were people ready to get their hands dirty, but they needed a voice to organize them. They needed someone to lead them and focus on making a difference

United States Army (AUSA) and PLU have decided to show the soldiers that we appreciate their sacrifices by inviting them to be among friends at a Thanksgiving meal.” AUSA is paying for the meal, scheduled from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Anderson University Center, and PLU dining staff will prepare more than 100 servings of turkey, ham, trimmings and pies. PLU student veterans will serve as table captains, with volunteers waiting on the soldiers. Even before the first course, the soldiers will feel

October 17, 2014 3 Free Events at PLU Celebrate the Legacy of Thor Heyerdahl PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, Wash. (Oct. 17, 2014)—The Scandinavian Cultural Center at Pacific Lutheran University honors the 100-year anniversary of Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl’s birth with three events that celebrate the impact he made on PLU, environmental scholarship, anthropological theory and Norwegians around the world. Heyerdahl, who first came to the world’s attention in 1947 for his

media organization that works with clients in the Tacoma community and creates yearly documentary projects.Living on the Edge​ captures the story of North Cove residents who refuse to give up without a fight. The fates of homes, businesses, cranberry farms and fisheries will be determined by the quickly eroding coastline. The Pacific Ocean is projected to engulf the area by 2050 if left unchecked. Director Garrett Johnson states, “I hope people will continue to support North Cove’s fight against

at Amazon, Cannon, and Pierce County June 13, 2024 Ash Bechtel ’24 combines science and social work for holistic view of patient care; aims to serve Hispanic community June 13, 2024 Universal language: how teaching music in rural Namibia was a life-changing experience for Jessa Delos Reyes ’24 May 20, 2024 Cece Chan ’24 elevates the experience of Hmong Farmers and their rich history with Seattle’s Pike Place Market May 20, 2024

formal breakfast, a tour of the Pentagon and lunch. The best part of the program was that it delivered on its promise: we received a journalist’s introduction to Washington, D.C. We met with veteran and up-and-coming journalists, attended various events and toured key buildings in the capitol. Two of my favorite sessions were when we had the opportunity to ask questions of veteran reporters Bob Schieffer and Linda Greenhouse. Both of them were humble and open. They showed us that reporters who remain

-envisioning of the classic take of Orpheus and Eurydice, mythology is turned on its head. Offenbach’s work bubbles over with exuberance and humor and features the famous can-can. “The comedy is very broad in this piece,” James Brown, director, comments. “Offenbach was spoofing the sacred treatment that mythology receives in opera libretti. I was inspired by his irreverence and chose to use icons from more recent history to represent the Gods of mythology. The audience should be prepared for a fun evening