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drive every day to the office to be a part of the department,” she said. “The fund also helped with gas money to drive to work in person with children and their parents.”  The scholarship is an extension of the Student Ambassador Program, an initiative devised in 2019 by an innovation studies class led by PLU professor Mike Halvorson. The challenge from Halvorson was simple. Find something on campus you care about and improve it.  This simple assignment grew into a partnership of students, donors

Shane Santman, director of ticket sales for the Tacoma Rainiers. “This is a really exciting way to continue to be out in our community, participating in a favorite Tacoma pastime and showcasing the great things PLU is doing,” Allison Stephens, director of student engagement, Student Involvement and Leadership said. “We’re excited to connect with our incoming first-year and transfer students several weeks before we’d typically meet them on campus for orientation,” Stephens said. “What a great way for

our programs, but sometimes the only people they interact with are their own teammates,” said Laurie Turner, director of athletics. “Our goal is to provide leadership opportunities for athletes beyond their teams and contribute to the larger campus community.” Developing leaders in athletics fits with the mission of the university, Turner added. “It’s why we do what we do. We believe that we can have an impact on these young men and women for a lifetime.” Thomas is finishing her fourth year

the course I thought I would take — freshman me would have laughed if you’d told her she would triple major, especially with religion, and I think that’s something special about being at PLU,” Sheflo said. “I’ve been able to develop my interests and do a lot of things at once to continue to chase them down.” In addition to her studies, she rowed all five years (she took a tuition-free PLUS Year) and is captain of the rowing team and on the executive board for the Student Athlete Committee. She

December 4, 2012 PLU students took on Mt. Rainier during a snowshoeing expedition with Outdoor Recreation. (Photos by Jesse Major ’14) Snow much fun By Katie Scaff ’13 Tumbling head-over-heels down Mount Rainier — literally — isn’t how most students spend the Saturday before dead week, but nursing major Brian Hundtofte ’14 knew he was in for an adventure when he signed up to guide the snowshoeing trip to Panorama Point with Outdoor Recreation. The trip, an annual for the ASPLU – sponsored

in Eatonville, Wash., to Poland for a year to study orchestration, twentieth-century techniques and counterpoint with Penderecki. “The experience was life changing in a myriad of positive ways and set me well on my path toward a career in music. Were it not for PLU’s excellent music department, this important opportunity would never have presented itself,” she explains. After her year in Poland, McTee graduated with a BA from PLU and received her Masters in Music from Yale School of Music and a

PLU students tutoring Keithley students and has grown to dozens tutoring, providing one-on-one mentoring and helping in anyway they can. Many students in Club Keithley spend anywhere from one to three hours a week, but those hours make an impact. One of the most important things to stick with is showing up, Bullock said.”You have to commit to it because those kids don’t need another person showing up for a day or two and leaving them,” she said. Assistant Principal Steven Mondragon sees Club

May 9, 2012 Professor Colleen Hacker brings experiences working with world-class athletes to students at PLU. Athlete. Coach. Educator. By Katie Scaff ’13 PLU professor of Movement Studies and Wellness Education Colleen Hacker rarely uses hypothetical situations to help her students learn new concepts—as an athlete that has competed in five different sports on the national level, and a mental skills coach that has worked with some of the world’s best since 1995, there aren’t many situations

write this book? While I was at PLU, I was navigating getting to know my biological family in Colombia and setting healthy boundaries with them. The global studies major helped to solidify my understanding of social justice issues around the world while I pieced together the injustices occurring in Colombia, specifically in the Black community down there. Find “I Met Myself in October: A Memoir of Belonging” at Amazon.com and on Kindle.Recent PLU community conversations featuring Jacob Taylor

-famous Fuchs organ in our Lagerquist Concert Hall for a short 10 minute intermission performance. Concerts are never cancelled due to weather. Weather updates and location changes will be shared on the PLU Music Facebook page. On days with inclement weather, concerts will be held in Lagerquist Concert Hall of the Mary Baker Russell Music Center.PERFORMERS JULY 7: Casey MacGill OrchestraThe Casey MacGill Orchestra is dedicated to the swinging music of the 1930’s. We play with a dance beat; we love the