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been exposed to, and all the students I’ve met and exchanged ideas with have opened up my mind to a whole different way of thinking.” At PLU, Hughes immersed herself in campus life. She participated in theater and Dance Ensemble, held leadership roles in the Diversity Center and ASPLU, and spearheaded the first campus Caribbean Carnival in February 2006. The now-annual event showcases the dance, music and history of Trinidad and Tobago, provides an outlet for the program’s participants to

travelled to Lhasa, Tibet, where he watched devout Buddhists make a pilgrimage to a city and prostrate themselves in a circuit around the temples with prayer wheels, especially at the Jokhang Temple, one of the holiest sites in Tibet to Buddhists. Prayer flags would snap against the wind, along with the Chinese national flag. Centuries old streets, would intersect with more modern boulevards.  Smells of spices, dust and exhaust fumes would compete for dominance. “I was just transfixed by the place,” he

to get there.” The perspective of what it meant to summit Everest sunk-in with Nelson, when he and his wife, Sherrie (Lahn) ’82, were asked, “How many people have climbed Mt. Everest?” “Before I could come out with an answer she simple said, ‘Not very many,’” Nelson said. “I thought that was a good answer.” Timing and luck played a big part in his summit experience. It was a relatively clear when they reached the top, he said. “When I was up there, I don’t remember the wind blowing,” he said

involved in at PLU, I don’t think I would have been able to do that anywhere else. From my first year involvement in theatre and Dance Ensemble, to later International Senator of ASPLU and Diversity Advocate in the Diversity Center. I was allowed and encouraged to share my culture as I received tremendous support while spearheading PLU’s annual campus carnival. The Diversity Center has been my second home, as being a student leader has given me the great experience working with others, team building

meet when entering the Music Office. His attention, respect, friendliness and positive attitude are magnetic. His warm smile and kindness make you feel at home as you enter the music office. Ryan schedules student recitals, classes, guest performances, ensemble sectionals and all of the department’s tours. This June, Ryan’s grace and competence led a group of more than 70 students for nearly two weeks across Ireland. Ryan worked tirelessly to ensure everyone was safe, the performances were

Association.  PLU provided a lot of performing opportunities with piano and ensemble concerts every semester. I also performed for the PLU Board of Regents and gave a senior recital. What made you decide to major in both Music and Chinese Studies? When I first came to PLU, I thought I should already be much better at piano than I was if it was going to be my career, so I decided it was more practical for me to major in different things. I absolutely loved my Chinese class freshman year, and translation

to Kakuma was no easy feat and it hardly seemed a place where people could live. It’s a barren desert. “The sand just goes everywhere,” Akuien said. David Akuien ’10 studies in his South Hall apartment, with posters of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. looking over – two people he admires. When the wind blew, the granules would be picked up and scattered. Clean water was scarce and meals of maize (corn flour) and beans were offered twice a day. During the summer, doing anything from 11

Poetry (feature), Ploughshares, The Idaho Review, Seneca Review and other magazines. His band, Professor Len and the Big Night, combines a literary reading with live music. An electric guitarist as well as a writer, he is currently collaborating with the composer Garrett Shatzer on a blues-influenced piece in the art-song tradition to be sung by the tenor David Saul Lee, accompanied by CityWater New Music Ensemble. In addition to writing the text, Glazner will play electric guitar with CityWater in

Thomas Horn '17 By Kiana Norman-Slack ’17 Thomas Horn, a sociology major from Enumclaw, has deep roots planted in Pacific Lutheran University’s community. His brother graduated two years ago. His mother works in Career Connections. Now, he’s a couple weeks away from joining the alumni community. “I thought it would be fitting,” Horn said of attending PLU. Horn spent the bulk of his time at the university performing with the Jazz Ensemble. Under the direction of Professor David Deacon-Joyner, he was

, inspired her to pursue law in the hopes of changing the juvenile justice system from the inside. “I went back and forth trying to decide what the best (form of) advocacy was,” Sullivan said, “because ultimately my goal was to help youth and other underrepresented populations who wind up in the justice system.” She discovered the best path to advocacy was Seattle University’s law school, where she was offered the Scholar for Justice Award — a full-ride scholarship for students with interests in public