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PLU debuts inclusive space for prayer, meditation Posted by: Kari Plog / August 31, 2017 Image: Alaa Alshaibani ’17 prays in the new Multifaith Meditation and Prayer Space. (John Froschauer/PLU) August 31, 2017 By Brooke Thames '18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (Aug. 31, 2017)- The Rev. Jen Rude, campus pastor, says interfaith work lies at the heart of what it means to be a Lutheran institution of learning. The new Multifaith Meditation and Prayer Space is one in a series of
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Growing into her own: Sarah Davis ’23 discovers her passion for plant biology at PLU Posted by: nicolacs / April 26, 2023 Image: Sarah Davis ’23, a biology major and Hispanic studies minor, was drawn to PLU for several reasons — both her parents are alumni, the study-away opportunities were exciting and the community was welcoming. (Photo by Sy Bean/PLU) April 26, 2023 By Lisa PattersonPLU Marketing & Communications Guest WriterSarah Davis began her PLU journey with the idea that medicine and
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PLU student team finishes in the top five at international math modeling competition Posted by: nicolacs / June 16, 2023 Image: Image: Natural Sciences students compete in the Mathematical Contest in Modeling, a competition that goes 24-hours a day from Thursday to Monday (PLU Photo / Sy Bean) June 16, 2023 By By Emily Holt, MFA ’16PLU Marketing and Communications Guest WriterEach year, around 10,000 teams participate in The Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling, an international contest where
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February 22, 2008 Activist spotlights struggle of children, women For Stephen Lewis, a defining moment in his career came five years ago in a pediatric ward of a Zambian hospital, he said in his keynote address, “Time to Deliver: Winning the Battle Against Poverty and Disease in the Developing World” on Feb. 21. Then a United Nations AIDS envoy to Africa, he toured the ward, noticing every bed and crib was filled with three, four and five babies, most infected with AIDS and clinging to life
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March 29, 2010 Alternative Spring Break takes group back to Guatemala By Loren Liden ’11 This year, ten PLU students and five PLU staff will return to Antigua, Guatemala for the first time in five years on an Alternative Spring Break trip. In fact, Antigua is where PLU first traveled for Alternative Spring Break, led by three of the leaders for this year’s trip. This year’s alternate spring break will take 10 students and four faculty to Guatemala. There, the group will see famous carpets
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March 19, 2014 MSF Team’s Stock Rises at Major Financial Competitions PLU’s CFA Challenge team at the local competition in Seattle (which it won!). From left: Kirk Swanson, Tobias Kornberg, Raji Kaur, Kristoffer Dahle, Evan Turner. (Photo: CFA Seattle.) By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications PLU Master of Science in Finance students have won the local 2014 Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute Research Challenge and competed in its prestigious Americas Regional Finals. And
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Frankfurt. While studying in Germany, he became interested in European Philosophy, and wanted to pursue more education in Europe. From Frankfurt, Dr. Arnold went to the University of Warwick in England where he earned his master’s degree as well as his PhD.Dr. Arnold says that his PhD dissertation focused on, “issues at the intersections of political and social philosophy and social ontology. As is evident, authority figures permeate our daily lives, particularly, our political lives.” His question
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Printmaking professor pens book on feminist history Posted by: Reesa Nelson / December 6, 2016 December 6, 2016 By Mollie Smith ’17 and Mandi LeCompteThe project started during the run-up to the 2008 Presidential election. Jessica Spring, visiting instructor of art and design and Elliott Press manager at PLU, discovered a quote by Elizabeth Cady Stanton that she felt summed up the election cycle nicely: “Come, come my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles and see the world is
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June 16, 2008 Gala marks a decade of Jazz Under the Stars Warm summer nights, picnic dinners, stargazing and the soothing sounds of jazz all add up to the PLU summertime favorite Jazz Under the Stars. For a decade, the free outdoor concert series has brought popular Northwest jazz musicians to the Mary Baker Russell amphitheater. The concerts, held weekly in July and August, attract nearly 200 people each week. “We’re proud to have sustained a professional-level summer jazz concert series for
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November 11, 2011 Hubert Locke, a renowned Holocaust scholar and dean emeritus of the Daniel J Evans Graduate School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington talked about was Martin Niemoeller during the Fall Holocaust Lecture. Martin Niemoeller: One man’s journey of conscience reviewed at Holocaust lecture By Barbara Clements Friday November 11, 2011 So who exactly was Martin Niemoeller, the Lutheran pastor who was famed for this quote, made after he was released from Dachau
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