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  • A year of achievement and a Decade of Change Dear Colleagues and Friends, It is a great joy for me to welcome each of you to University Fall Conference as we prepare to launch the 2010-2011 academic year, the 121st year in the life of…

    , will pay, and who will be able to pay, the growing bill for higher education? Obviously, this is not just PLU’s issue, it is a crucial issue for every college and university, as it is, I believe, for our state and nation. But it does impact us in a very significant way, and in the course of our PLU 2020 long-range planning discussion we must address our own economics, even as we add our voice to the larger public debate. Proposition 3 – CHARTING OUR COURSE: The great task facing us at Pacific

  • The Spanish word, Duende (du-end-ay), has come to refer to the mysterious power that art has to deeply move a person. Soon-to-be graduates in the Department of Art and Design chose this word to rally around for their senior exhibition in the University Gallery, opening…

    to represent the degradation of her memories. In addition to that, I experimented with leaving portions of a work un finished, whether that is with charcoal, a limited color palette, or missing information. These “un finished” portions of my work are intended to represent her mental loss and incompletion, as she would often voice frustrations with not being able to recall her past. In creating this series focused on Alzheimer’s and fractured memories, my main artistic influences have been Pablo

  • More than 850 students will graduate from PLU for the 2011-2012 academic year. Spring Commencement takes place Sunday, May 27 in the Tacoma Dome. (Photo by John Froschauer) In their own words Compiled and edited by Chris Albert This spring, new PLU graduates closed a…

    culture and community by participating in Hawaii club and I have had the opportunity to give a student voice to social justice issues by serving as co-editor of The Matrix. I have been humbled and changed by study abroad experiences. In Trinidad and Tobago I learned that service means helping where you are needed, not where you think you are needed. In Ecuador, I learned to question privilege and responsibility. Throughout my education