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July 8, 2008 Spanning the globe during J-Term 2008 In January more than 400 students were sojourners in 21 countries across the globe as once again PLU classes convened on all seven continents. ANTARCTICA Journey to the End of the Earth From the great South American city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, to the tip of the continent in Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, students explored some of the grandest scenery in the world. Patagonia served as a jumping-off point for 11 days in Antarctica – all

University-Chicago. In addition to teaching classes in the graduate and undergraduate theology programs, she also teaches in the Women’s Studies Program, the Institute of Pastoral Studies and the Catholic Studies Program. “I’ll be talking about the ways that beauty has been understood as a way to find God, how traditional ways of seeing beauty have objectified women and made beauty something ‘above’ the world, and how women’s practices of beauty – in the past and present – suggest ways of linking beauty

in some way.” Corbitt also described the experience as a balancing act, saying that “my theatrical side wants to only focus on the production and not worry about my other classes, but its all part of the process.” As for her future, Corbitt knows that she wants to be involved with theater, but is not sure which aspect. “I am interested in directing, but I really feel that I need more experience to perform adequately,” she said. “I am also looking at directing an improv or comedy group.” “The Skin

professors Joanne Lisosky and Robert Marshall Wells, who had worked at The News Tribune before coming to PLU. Patterson was a single mom while attending PLU and worked while enrolled. She credits her professors for helping her get where she is today. “The community understands the value of a PLU education,” Patterson said. Patterson still keeps in contact with professors, visits classes and shares her experiences with current students. “Journalism is such a small, small world,” Patterson said. The summer

Poincare polynomial and the Mobius function.” “It was a lot of looking at papers that had been written on similar topics, playing around with this ordering and finding other branches of math it connected to,” Ball said. “It was really hard but really fun.” The project educated Ball further in a subject he first became interested in during fourth grade. “It was a friendly competition with my friends to see who would get the furthest in math classes,” Ball said. In high school, Ball’s interest in math

and French, began her initial research in 2013 with a paper she wrote in one of her classes. This blossomed into Moran’s final Capstone, PLU’s senior research project, which looks at how candidates’ expenditures affect the outcome of their campaign. “There is a lot of controversy about the money spent in politics,” said Moran. “I really wanted to look at an issue that is highly debated. It’s hard because you want your causes to succeed, and you know the only way to do that is with money.” Moran

PLU’s mission is built to tackle challenging issues like those all people face moving past this divisive election cycle. “The word ‘care’ in our mission statement is especially important today: PLU is and will remain a place that honors, respects and protects people of all kinds: of all races and ethnicities, all religions, all classes, all sexual identities, all nationalities,” he said. “We Lutes will work together to do what we can, in our institution and in our communities, to build a model for

that I wanted to also balance my pursuit of engineering with a liberal arts background.” So, Anderson chose Pacific Lutheran University. “This balance between liberal arts and STEM classes is what drew me to decide to do engineering at PLU,” she said. Learn more Dual-Degree Engineering Program Department of Physics Harold P. Brown FellowshipsAnd her hard work in PLU’s dual-degree engineering program has paid off. She recently earned a competitive, full-tuition fellowship from Washington University

develop solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. These problems include but are not limited to: climate change, food and water insecurity, immigration, poverty, and income inequality, as well as ongoing large and small-scale conflicts resulting from strained relations among those of different races, ethnicities, religions, genders, sexual orientations and social classes. “A recent Gallup survey suggests that polarization negatively affects American’s community attachment and trust in others