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and propose their own program of study, charting a course through PLU’s curriculum that allows them to pursue their interests and prepare for their future. Recent individualized majors include: Music Business Global Health Business of Visual Art Movement Linguistics Digital Media Holocaust, Genocide & Indigenous Studies During his junior year, Lindhartsen had the opportunity to intern at an all-ages concert venue in South Tacoma called Real Art Tacoma helping to book and promote shows. The

location into a digital map that may be accessed online or through an app. February 25, 2015 By Evan Heringer ’16PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, Wash. (Feb. 25, 2015)—Pacific Lutheran University’s Sustainability Committee is now accepting applications for two 2015-16 Sustainability Fellowships.The Fellowship, which has been selecting students since 2006, is open to students from any discipline. It is an opportunity for students to research, examine and propose strategies that could strengthen

, new awareness programs like National Estate Planning Awareness Week, Make-a-Will Month, and digital tools like FreeWill have broadened the audience for planned giving.  FreeWill, a trusted free digital platform for creating wills, enables individuals to easily include PLU in their estate plans. This has led younger alumni and friends, even in their 30s, to plan their estates with PLU in mind.  Jennie: FreeWill users are typically younger and may not fit the traditional planned gift donor profile

is to explain it to other people. After I started working with student newspapers in junior high and high school, I developed a deep desire to tell other people’s stories. I believe that storytelling is what separates humans from other species, and everyone has an interesting story to tell. I love being the one to tell those stories. What did being awarded Western Washington’s “New Journalist of the Year” mean to you? In my young career, I’ve been so fortunate to have opportunities come up that I

appreciate and recognize storytelling as a vessel for understanding the world. “It helps to remind people that stories exist everywhere,” Skipper said. “There’s something very educational. People forget the beauty in that.” Barot agreed with the sentiment, and said it is events like the Visiting Writer Series that contribute to a multifaceted, liberal arts education. “A lot of education that happens at a university campus also occurs outside the classroom,” Barot said. “Visiting Writer Series gives