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,” said Pfaff. “It’s an amazing challenge each day. Every day I wake up and I’m so excited; it’s such a fun thing to do.” After completing five weeks of intensive training this summer in New York City through the Teach for America non-profit, Pfaff, ’09, set off to the flatlands of Oklahoma to follow his passions into teaching. The English major said that teaching had always been a passion for him, and even though the days are long, he’s found his niche and his calling. The first day all the teachers

December 1, 2010 ‘I always knew I had the skills to be a doctor. Then I discovered it was my PASSION.’ By Chris Albert As a high school senior in Salem, Ore., Andrew Reyna wasn’t quite sure what he wanted to do. He liked science. He was good at it. He asked how could he best use his gifts and talents in this world. Medical doctor came to mind. “The more I thought about it,” he said, “the more it made sense.” Reyna came to PLU because he knew of its reputation for sending students to medical

also been director of the university’s innovative Wild Hope Project. In accepting the chair position, Torvend will relinquish his post as Director of the Wild Hope Project. Torvend has also published on Lutheran colleges as centers of social reform, Lutheran commitments to education and social welfare, and the intellectual sources of social ethics in Lutheran higher education. “Lutheran higher education looks different than what you get at, for example, the University of Washington,” he mused. “At

applied for the Peace Corps after graduation and spent three and a half years volunteering in Azerbaijan. “Every volunteer service different and it is what you make of it,” Baghirov  said . “Meaningful service not only changed the life of those I worked with, but it changed my own life as well. You get more than you give.” For some, like Baghirov, volunteering was a way to fulfill two passions, serving others and traveling. For others though, like Goble, who volunteered with Lutheran Volunteer Corps

April 3, 2012 PLU MFA Program presents Alaskan writers at Richard Hugo House Four writers from Alaska, including Peggy Shumaker, the Alaska State Writer Laureate, will read from their new books at 7 p.m., Monday, April 9, at Richard Hugo House: 1634 11th Ave, Seattle, Wash. The event is free and open to the public. Shumaker, who will host the Seattle launch of the Alaska Literary Series for the University of Alaska Press, says, “Please join us for a lively evening of fresh new writing from the

April 13, 2012 Cross Culture Chef Tony McGinnis prepares Green Papaya Salad. (Photos by Igor Strupinskiy ’14) ‘Salty, Sour, Hot, and Sweet’ By Katie Scaff ’13 Green papaya salad makes a light, refreshing summer dish, but it can also be paired with rice for a more substantial meal. “It’s got all those great flavors you see in Thai food,” said Cross Culture Chef Tony McGinnis. “Salty, sour, hot, and sweet.” It’s one of his favorites. McGinnis prepares it as a vegetarian dish, but it can be paired

; senior business major Haley Huntington ‘14;  and junior Valery Jorgensen ‘15, a communication major, studied water-related topics for more than a year. The students are all members of MediaLab, the multimedia applied research program within SOAC that produces documentaries and other media content for external audiences and clients. The organization has been nationally recognized for many of its productions, four of which have received Emmy Award nominations over the last six years, including one Emmy

PLU Department of Communication launches Film and Media Studies concentration, beginning fall 2018 Posted by: Kari Plog / April 3, 2018 Image: MediaLab students film on location for one of their many award-winning documentary film projects. (Photo courtesy of MediaLab) April 3, 2018 By PLU Department of CommunicationTACOMA, WASH. (April 3, 2018) — In response to years of student inquiries and interest, Pacific Lutheran University’s Department of Communication announced a new concentration in

podcast.” The two shortly found themselves quarantined together, and the idea continued to develop until they released their first episode in late April. “We haven’t really done anything like that before, and we had always kicked around the idea,” said Sager. “For us, it never really solidified until we realized the need, and how much time we have on our hands.”The Capstonavirus series features students from many disciplines, including music, chemistry, history, geoscience, environmental studies, and

taking the classes, well, I wasn’t a fan of it,” Crenshaw remembers. By the fall of his first year, Crenshaw knew that it was time for a change. He turned to the humanities. Specifically to major in criminal justice. “I had taken a couple of pre-recs already, and I talked with my counselor,” Crenshaw says. “One of my biggest fears has always been changing my mind about these things, but it was OK, and I changed my mind.” He didn’t tell his family at first that he had switched majors, but slowly, he