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Dear SOAC Alumni and Friends: I welcome you to our first-ever Alumni Magazine of the School of Arts and Communication at Pacific Lutheran University – Acclaim. There is much to celebrate regarding our students, faculty and alumni. As a professional school, we remain committed to providing our students with an exceptional education and to building and enhancing our community through the study, practice and understanding of artistic expression. Some highlights include: Robust growth in Artistic

students each year. Georgia said she’s working with the Tacoma-based program, Ready to Rise, to identify scholarship recipients. The program is spearheaded by Degrees of Change, an organization that works to extend the reach of the Act Six initiative, which fully funded Panago’s education at PLU. Awardees must embody Panago’s values, including a deep passion for social justice. Tim Herron, Degrees of Change president, says Panago lived the Act Six mission, particularly after his time at PLU. He “poured

— is at the heart of a well-rounded Lutheran higher education. That’s why Pacific Lutheran University offers study away programs to students through its Wang Center for Global Education. The center’s mission: “educating to achieve a just, healthy, sustainable and peaceful world, both locally and globally.” Global education dovetails with PLU’s mission — nurturing academic freedom, inspiring critical thinking, and encouraging students to help others and the world. Travel is eye-opening, Steves said

discovered the wonders of Copenhagen — its dedication to sustainability, manifested in hundreds of kilometers of bike routes —when she was a PLU study-away student. “They have the best bike network in the world,” she said of Denmark’s capital city, where cycling is part of the culture. During commute times, Copenhagen’s bike lanes can fill up as quickly as vehicle lanes in other cities. When she returned to Denmark in 2018, it was as executive director of Downtown on the Go, a nonprofit organization that

experience. In Spring 2018, the faculty voted to create and implement a faculty standing committee charged with the oversight of the Core Curriculum (General Education). Taking the place of the General Education Council, the council began its work in Fall 2019. For up to date information, including most recent Annual Reports, please visit the Core Curriculum Committee page. Ad Hoc Committee on General Education Review and Revision 2018-2019 In October, 2017, Faculty Assembly created the Ad Hoc Committee

emerging nature of biomedical ethics.  This is all wrapped around the context of personal discovery by the author and a complex family story. What is the What, Dave EggersFaculty Comment: Really informative and an interesting read. It meets a lot of criteria about our PLU priorities of social justice and care for people and communities throughout the world. I believe that it has been a common read at other universities as well. Education is also a theme in the book. It is taken from not only that of a