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a tidal wave of new chapters, with most of them being international,” Grahe said. “I imagine a future where chapters from many countries collaborate on research and service opportunities, in addition to just making new friends. At the same time, Psi Chi has also increased its focus on diversity. We need better access for all qualified students.” Grahe has taught for 18 years and is the co-founder of the Collaborative Replications and Education Project (CREP), a major undertaking with

happened. “Drive to 125 has continued to be relevant for all of the teams throughout the year,” Thomas said. “Just as Spring sport teams were supporting and tracking the Fall teams’ wins during their season, Fall teams are now supporting the Spring teams and making note of where we are in the count. Every PLU student-athlete can take pride in being part of the success in the Drive to 125.” All team victories—for all of PLU’s 19 varsity athletic programs—counted toward the goal, and the whole campus

journalism sources. She is also the co-chair of the Washington, D.C., PLU Alumni Chapter and coordinates alumni events on the East Coast. Henrichsen’s UNESCO publication came out just a few weeks ago. Lisosky had informed Henrichsen about a call from UNESCO for a research project a few years ago, so they began working on a proposal. After getting second place, the team was going to put the proposal to rest until one phone call let them know that the first place team had been let go, making their proposal

feeling will be.” All PLU community members are welcome at the upcoming classes. For many, including Arden Phu ’18, this is the first experience with a self-defense course. “I think that they’re doing a really great job of making it easy to understand and going step by step and explaining,” Phu said. Cordice has taught several self-defense courses over the years. He is a Caribbean-born, Pacific Northwest transplant who has been in the area for almost 20 years; he’s led the PLU Karate Club for almost

Einan about her impressive triple major. Einan came to PLU with the intent of being a history major and possibly an English minor. Still, she loved her English classes so much that her English minor quickly became a second major. Einan’s love of books made literature a natural fit.  “I’ve always been a book nerd. I read multiple books in a week,” says Einan. “I have piles of books at home. I go to the used bookstore all the time.”  Einan loves many books, making it impossible for her to choose a

helping them turn that passion into a craft.” Grande often jokes that “making games isn’t curing cancer.” But he finds meaning and reward in designing experiences that people can do for fun to escape the more urgent matters in life. “It’s fun building games that I know my friends and family are going to enjoy and can bring a smile to people’s faces.”Lute Powered is a series highlighting PLU alumni at some of the most well-known organizations in the Puget Sound region. Jon Grande ’92 is the second of

including the music, movement, and sequence of events. In the end, the process was fast paced, but very satisfying. The dancers did a wonderful job picking up the movement and making it their own right away.” In this piece the audience can expect a variety of dynamics and tempos in the movement, some being very slow and others full and fluid. The audience can also expect a musical score that includes simplistic nature sounds, text from This American Life, as well as melodic music from Garth Stevenson