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Scandinavian studies from PLU in 1982. Then, she eventually earned a master’s degree in archives and record management from the University of Washington in 1987. In her time as archivist, Ringdahl was responsible for massive amounts of cataloguing and collecting university history. She started the Scandinavian Immigrant Collection, which includes pictures, artifacts and interviews from 280 Scandinavian immigrants. Ringdahl also was an early member of Northwest Digital Archives, partnering PLU with larger

struggles, trans politics, queerness in the Carribean, and more in the 21st century. As the world continues to experience wars, pandemics, natural disasters accelerated by global climate change, and push back against racialized capitalism, imperialism, and heterosexism, we choose to honor our history and fight for our future. Magdalena Stickel Confidential Advocate Assistant Director | Center for Diversity, Justice, & Sustainability Other resources: Queer at PLU digital exhibit from the PLU Archives

don’t listen enough. There’s a lot of power in dialogue and negotiation, but not enough time devoted to it.” Barry is inspired by the work of Dr. Steinar Bryn—a six-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee who once taught at PLU, and who comes up in every conversation with every cohort member. “He brought groups together from Serbia and Croatia after that conflict, and what was really powerful was the idea of storytelling—people just want to be heard and feel that their beliefs and experiences matter.” Post

more of the retouching adjustments like that. For example, in one of my early paintings done for Bradford, my last feedback on it from Bradford was no ancient people would ever lay down their bows on the ground because they wouldn’t want them to get wet, so then I took the other references and I drew them and Photoshopped the painting so that in the very last version, the bows appeared to be leaning against the wall (below). Usually the finished version would only be a digital copy as an

Montana, Lord’s classes typically offer hands-on learning opportunities—hatching butterflies, creating composting systems, mealworm experiments—which were abandoned at the pandemic’s start. “Switching from a hands-on, active, physically engaging environment to a screen-based digital platform was hard for the students, and for me,” she says. While Lord, who majored in religion at PLU, invited students to perform outdoor activities and experiments, most students just didn’t engage. Billings High School

and challenging learning environment. Kajsa Swenson ’11 – Bachelor of Science in nursing My PLU experience: I have done an extensive amount of reflecting lately – partially by choice in recognizing the imminent yet significant transition I am beginning, and partially because I have been diligently finishing up a nursing graduation requirement known as the digital media portfolio. This portfolio demonstrates the ways in which I have met the School of Nursing outcomes, developed myself