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. “Hopefully it will just add to the student experience,” she said. This past spring, the Student Athlete Advisory Committee representatives began to discuss reasons to have a mascot and what that mascot would be. Students wanted to preserve the long-standing tradition of the Lutes of PLU, but also wanted a visual representation of a mascot to generate Lute spirit on campus and particularly at athletic events. The students wanted to inspire spirit and pay homage to the past, said Jennifer Thomas, assistant

coordinator of the University Gallery & PLU Permanent Art Collection, overseer of the annual Studio Art, Design, & Media Artistic Achievement Awards, and manager of equipment, supplies, and repairs for all art and design studio area courses. Mathews’ service extends beyond PLU, where her role as co-coordinator of Visual Culture for the German Studies Association highlights her commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration. She leads with inclusivity and democratic practice. Her extraordinary service

women in starting new businesses. “I want to help them with branding, business strategy, and storytelling, which are essential for a business to thrive,” she says. Applying Innovation to the Everyday Ambachew wonders how Mexico’s women’s co-ops might succeed in Ethiopia, which she says has a culture similar to Mexico’s regarding gender roles. “I’d love to see more co-ops in Ethiopia, where women can benefit from having a platform to sell goods and bring in income.” As a career peer advisor at PLU

immigration law, domestic violence and other issues. The Sikh community is very family-oriented, she says. So, while she applied to out-of-state law schools, she plans to stay close to home. “My family has allowed me to be where I am today.” Read Previous Opening Doors: PLU Partnership with PNWU creates new opportunities for PLU pre-health sciences graduates Read Next Communications and psychology double major Alex Reed ’23 explored film and storytelling at PLU LATEST POSTS Three students share how

, Regency Room Join the conversation with PLU staff, faculty and community partners as they consider questions of vocation and justice centered around food production and consumption. 4:30 p.m.: Lute Talks: What’s Your Passion? and storytelling workshop | Session III Anderson University Center, Room 201 6 p.m. Keynote speech: Dune Ives: “How PLU Prepared Me to Tackle Some of the World’s Biggest Challenges” Anderson University Center, Regency Room Ives discusses her journey from graduate school at PLU to

wear second-hand clothes identified by stickers from GREAN; and a showing and discussion of “An Inconvenient Truth.” “The film is a really good way for visual people to get an idea of what’s really going to happen,” explained Karly Siroky, a Climate Change Ambassador. “You see the spikes in the graph, and you can’t deny it’s happening.” Later in the week, bikes are the focus with the Central Pierce Fire and Rescue selling fitted helmets for $6 and Jim Couch from Spoke and Sprocket answering bike

science themselves.” Physics faculty members will lead the demonstrations with the assistance of student volunteers from the PLU Physics Club. Michelle Zhai, one of the executives from the Physics Club, said she is very excited for the show. “It is a fun, visual treat that doesn’t really require much knowledge or skills in science,” Zhai said. “I really hope there will be a lot of people showing up.” Hoping to catch the kids before they move on to college, Hay said she wants to reach out to the

which allows for significantly more in-person instruction. In the past two months, PLU athletics have safely returned to competition, and plans are in the works to safely and responsibly expand rehearsal and performance opportunities for music, dance, and theatre students.  More information about PLU’s COVID-19 management and recovery plans can be found at plu.edu/coronavirus. Campus Status DialLearn more about the campus status dialThe campus status dial is a visual representation of our staged