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April 14, 2014 PLU’s BAP Team Puts the ‘Best’ in Best Practices PLU’s winning BAP team, from left: Nicholaus Townsend-Falck, Jessica Reid, Jessica Resop and Courtney Forbis. Takes 1st Place in Regional Competition By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications How’s this for best practices? PLU’s chapter of Beta Alpha Psi has competed in exactly one Regional Best Practices Competition—and, its first time out, won first place. PLU’s Delta Rho chapter—Nicholaus Townsend-Falck ’16, Courtney

Theatre Professor Amanda Sweger Finds Family in the Theatre Posted by: Silong Chhun / February 17, 2023 Image: Theatre Professor Amanda Sweger in Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. (PLU Photo/Sy Bean) February 17, 2023 By Lisa Patterson ‘98PLU Marketing and Communications Guest WriterLike it did for so many, the theatre called to Associate Professor Amanda Sweger when she was in those awkward teen years. “For the first time, I felt accepted,” she said. Yet she quickly realized

Intersections: The Tradition’s Wisdom in a Time of Pandemics Posted by: abryant / December 1, 2020 December 1, 2020 Cover art Cross of Life by Tom Stancliffe Intersections, Number 52, Fall 2020Intersections is a publication by and largely for the academic communities of the twenty-seven institutions that comprise the Network of ELCA Colleges and Universities (NECU). Each issue reflects on the intersection of faith, learning, and teaching within Lutheran higher education. It is published by the

Theatre Professor Amanda Sweger Finds Family in the Theatre Posted by: Marcom Web Team / February 28, 2023 Image: Image: Theatre Professor Amanda Sweger in Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. (PLU Photo/Sy Bean) February 28, 2023 By Lisa Patterson ‘98PLU Marketing and Communications Guest WriterLike it did for so many, the theatre called to Associate Professor Amanda Sweger when she was in those awkward teen years. “For the first time, I felt accepted,” she said. Yet she

“All Tradition is Change”: Redefining Community in the SCC Posted by: dupontak / May 13, 2021 May 13, 2021 By Caitlin Klütz '21English Writing Major2020 has been no stranger to change. Change in communities, ways of life, understanding, normality, mindset: change seems to be the common theme of 2020.With the significant changes that PLU has had to make during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Jason Schroder, Director of the Scandinavian Cultural Center, spoke about how his position has changed

.  It is the second year we finish without being able to run an in-person commencement to honor our graduates. This year required difficult work on the university budget and continuing tensions in national politics. So, the students and faculty of Humanities at PLU are relieved to have concluded spring ’21 and to move into the quieter pace of summer. We are relieved to look forward to a time when we can safely gather on campus, in person to continue learning and celebrate the great work our students

October 3, 2013 Auberry Fortuner ’13 and Assistant Professor Bret Underwood did research into understanding what gave rise to the expansion of the universe. (Photo by John Froschauer) Modeling the Early Universe By Katie Scaff ’13 None of us was around for the Big Bang, but one enterprising student is determined to see what the universe looked like in its beginning, more than 13 billion years ago. Auberry Fortuner ’13 spent his summer simulating events that happened about one-billionth of a

Financial Aid: What’s the deal with the FAFSA this year? Posted by: mhines / February 2, 2024 February 2, 2024 Have you been reading headlines about the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (aka the FAFSA) in the news? That’s because this year, the federal government is rolling out a brand new form, and while it’s designed to be more streamlined and easier for students and families to complete, there have been, well, some hiccups with the rollout. So, we pulled together this post to share

The Open Science Framework Changed my Workflow (for the better!) Posted by: Jenna S / April 25, 2016 April 25, 2016 by Jon Grahe, Professor of Psychology at PLU It never occurred to me that I needed the Open Science Framework (OSF). It was shared with me because the developers knew that I was interested in trying to create large scale collaborative research projects, and so I ended up on their email list.  The Center for Open Science developed the OSF (free to all users) to provide researchers

.  Resilience is a key arts strength that can support entrepreneurs, he notes. When he first got into acting he heard, “You’ll get a million ‘nos’ before you get your first ‘yes’” — something true for entrepreneurs, too. In the future, Wallace hopes to be an actor, musician and producer, and eventually start his own arts and entertainment business — the next Disney, for example.  He’s participating in the school’s business plan competition, creating an app that connects artists professionally. “Like