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  • Preaching more than the Bread of Life - PLU Summer Preaching Workshop - June 2021 (pdf) view download

  • described it, he “pushed the re-set button.” He decided to earn his master’s – then his Ph.D. – in European history. And soon thereafter, he found himself back at his alma mater teaching about Martin Luther and Reformation Germany (and writing books about the subject, of course). He realizes it is an odd combination: Not many people are experts in cutting-edge computer programming and 500-year old political and religious history. He’s also aware that some people might suggest that, in studying 16th

  • Last year Martha Spieker ’16 was ASPLU president, now she works at Congress.

    completed nine official missions for the World Health Organization. World Health Organization Health Metrics staff estimated his impact as having contributed to saving more than 700,000 lives worldwide through 2014. He was made a fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health in Great Britain for work in Commonwealth nations. Dr. Graven also has served as senior advisor for health affairs to the governments of Belize and St Lucia. In these roles, he supported initiatives presented at eight international

  • PLU professor adds ‘board game inventor’ to his résumé.

    research meeting time,” said Ward, program director and associate professor of marriage and family therapy at Pacific Lutheran University. He worked with Grahe, professor of psychology, on an interdisciplinary research project validating Ward’s previous research on a relationally focused measurement of hope. The findings were recently accepted for publication in The American Journal of Family Therapy. Throughout the collaborative process of gathering data — with the help of two former PLU students who

  • After a rare heart condition cut her soccer career short, Shelby Daly ’13 found her calling as an athletic trainer.

    next day, doctors diagnosed her with Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia (ARVD), a rare type of cardiomyopathy that occurs if the muscle tissue in the heart’s right ventricle dies and is replaced with scar tissue, according to the American Heart Association. Doctors implanted a cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) in her chest the same day. ARVD is believed to be a genetically inherited disease, and is one of the most common causes of sudden cardiac arrest among young athletes. Daly said her

  • PLU professor adds ‘board game inventor’ to his résumé.

    him a doctorate degree and, subsequently, a role as visiting assistant professor of sociology at Pacific Lutheran University. His play — which turned out to be a lot of work, too — earned him the title of board game inventor. Ciscell created the cooperative board game “Atlantis Rising,” which was released by Z-Man Games in 2012 after being accepted upon first pitch. “I’ve been into gaming since I was a kid,” Ciscell said. His personal collection of board games amounts to about 200, including

  • Spring 2023 Capstone presentation schedules from PLU Global Studies graduating seniors.

    Coronado-VoltaLatinos and the Gig Workforce: More Safety Protocols and Workplace Benefits are Needed to Protect these Essential Workers11:30 - Tamber PriceMexico and Narcocorridos: Resistance and Reclamation of the War on Drugs Narrative12:00-1:00 - Break1:00 pm - Logan Grabill-Brown1:30 - André Jones2:00 - Sophia McDonald1:00 pm - Logan Grabill-BrownMarked for Sacrifice: Cancer Alley, Navajo Nation, and the San Joaquin Valley1:30 - André JonesStories of Resilience in Pilsen & Crenshaw2:00 - Sophia

  • Lt. Brian Bradshaw was an understated leader who put everyone else first. Ask anyone who knew him.

    stranger in the lobby of a residence hall at Pacific Lutheran University, he insisted the young woman accompany him skiing to cheer her up. Likewise, without a craving for recognition, he took ROTC cadets under his wing, propping them up and helping them excel alongside him until he graduated from PLU in 2007. So, it was unsurprising to those closest to him that Bradshaw died while running to help injured soldiers in his convoy near the border of Pakistan in June 2009, just three months after deploying

  • In Her Mother's Footsteps: The Lives of Mary Shelley and Her Mother Mary WollstonecraftWednesday, March 22nd, 2017 in the Philip Nordgren Lecture Hall, Xavier 201. The 43rd annual Walter C. Schnackenburg Memorial Lecture will be delivered by award-winning author, Dr. Charlotte Gordon, whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Steet Journal, Slate, Harvard Magazine, and The Cambridge Companion to American Poetry, among other publications. Her book, Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary