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a tidal wave of new chapters, with most of them being international,” Grahe said. “I imagine a future where chapters from many countries collaborate on research and service opportunities, in addition to just making new friends. At the same time, Psi Chi has also increased its focus on diversity. We need better access for all qualified students.” Grahe has taught for 18 years and is the co-founder of the Collaborative Replications and Education Project (CREP), a major undertaking with

approach to advocating for our causes,” he said. Established in 2013 and presented by the PLU Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education, the Ambassador Chris Stevens Memorial Lecture celebrates the life of the extraordinary public servant killed on September 11, 2012, in Benghazi, Libya. “To be invited to speak at an event that is named after Ambassador Stevens is genuinely an honor,” said Idriss. “What he represented in the way that he lived his life was a profound excitement, passion and

additional information about all of the events associated with the Steen Family Symposium and Earth and Diversity Week visit the series website.  Read Previous PLU MBA alum Nancy Nelson discusses her work directing career and technical education at Chief Leschi Schools Read Next A Trip to the Archives? Book It, PLU Librarian Says COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS

pandemic. The Annual Wang Center Photo Contest is an opportunity for #LutesAway students to reflect upon their study away experience and provides a way for students to share the world’s images, from their perspective, with the PLU community. If you’re ready to begin planning for your own study away experience and want to join the 40-50% of PLU students who study away at least once during their undergraduate education, please contact the Wang Center for Global Education. Wang Center | www.plu.edu/wang

small Lutheran university in the Pacific Northwest. I knew little of the school or the traditions out of which it had grown, but I had visited the Northwest on several occasions. On one such visit, at the prescient age of 14, as I looked at Mt. Rainier on a clear day from the Olympic Hotel in Seattle, I announced to my bemused parents that “this wouldn’t be a bad place to settle down someday.” Little did they know, as I was raised and they remained on the East coast, that they had many cross-country

Northwest. I knew little of the school or the traditions out of which it had grown, but I had visited the Northwest on several occasions. On one such visit, at the prescient age of 14, as I looked at Mt. Rainier on a clear day from the Olympic Hotel in Seattle, I announced to my bemused parents that “this wouldn’t be a bad place to settle down someday.” David Robbins, Chair of the Music Department at PLU. Little did they know, as I was raised and they remained on the East coast, that they had many cross

passion, social justice and the plight of women, Barlow said she discovered during her research that access to clean water can’t be separated from human rights issue and, more specifically, the issue of women’s rights.  One issue, she said, can’t be solved without addressing the other.“If a woman has to walk for miles to clean water, or any water, it affects the health of her family and its general welfare,” she said. “Her sons or daughters may not be able to go to school because she’s out collecting

said. “Her sons or daughters may not be able to go to school because she’s out collecting water.” In her latest book, “Blue Covenant” Marlow urges against the privatization of water resources,  such as is happening in Africa and Latin America.  If water sources aren’t under some sort of public entity – then “it really doesn’t matter if you have all the water in the world” the resource will go to the highest bidder, rather than be conserved for the public good, she stated.  For the most part, Europe

Grog Zoo.  After I graduated from PLU, I felt a need to give back to the school that gave me so much. I made the conscious decision to start the Improv Theatre program at PLU (in 2007) and while doing so I ended up connecting with two of my three cohorts during their improv classes with me.  So, while PLU wasn’t the direct inspiration, it had a hand in fusing the relationships for our thriving group. How did improv lead you to consulting and your work with The Yes Works? What drives my passion for

West regions. “It’s very exciting here basically all of the time, but I miss the field tremendously,” said Foss, who still owns and frequents a small vacation home in rural Oregon. “My life is in the West, and I’ll be back there again someday.”Scott Foss ’91 describes his PLU experiencePLU is just a great school, my experience there was really good. I have a lot of friends from my PLU days and those are the active friendships in my life that go back the furthest. I went through the geology program