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August 4, 2010 2010 PLU Athletic Hall of Fame THE 2010 PACIFIC LUTHERAN ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME CLASS, consisting of three national championship teams and three outstanding athletes who wore the black and gold, will be the 21st in the hall’s history. The list of inductees includes the NAIA national championship women’s soccer teams of 1988, 1989 and 1991; Jason Thiel (football, and track and field); Mike Simmons (men’s swimming); and Ted Carlson (men’s tennis). The induction dinner is scheduled
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Choir of the West wins on a global stage Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / July 9, 2015 Image: The Choir of the West with jury members after winning the Anton Bruckner Choir Grand Prize Award. July 9, 2015 Choir of the West brings back the grand prize at International Anton Bruckner Choir Competition and Festival The Choir of the West covered a lot of ground on their recent European Tour—five countries in twelve days, multiple gold awards and the grand prize award at the 5th Annual Anton Bruckner
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visual and literary culture of Austen’s era in the choice to associate Anne Elliot (Dakota Johnson) with animals. When Anne first introduces her family, she is carrying a pet rabbit who will be by her bed, on her lap, and in her arms, when she breaks the fourth wall. In her first conversation with Lady Russell (Nikki Amuka-Bird), the camera frames Anne next to a stylized bird (possibly a white heron) from the wallpaper background. In the poignant swim scene at Lyme, one of many beautiful
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The Thorniley Collection of Antique Type finds new home at Pacific Lutheran University Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / February 14, 2017 Image: The donated Thorniley type and printing press collection moved into PLU, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) February 14, 2017 By Mandi LeCompteOutreach ManagerThe combined Elliott Press and the Thorniley Collection of Antique Type at PLU now makes up the largest collection of printing equipment in the Pacific Northwest, both in size and
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generously funded it. Franke received a $62,000 grant in conjunction with Willamette. “This project attempts to identify and support strong regional centers and leaders who can host tournaments, run training sessions and continue to get more schools involved in debating in China,” Franke says. “Our goal is to get more schools involved and have Debate operate at regional levels, instead of only offering a few elite national competitions per year. The regional competitions and training will allow more
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On Exhibit: Women’s History Month Posted by: Holly Senn / March 9, 2022 March 9, 2022 In honor of Women’s History Month, we are “commemorating and encouraging the study, observance and celebration of the vital role of women in American history.” (https://www.womenshistorymonth.gov/). This exhibit includes a short list of just a few women’s first achievements in the past six years, from 2017 to 2022, and print biographies about women from the Mortvedt Library collection. While there are many
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PLU hosts I Am Psyched! National Tour exhibit Posted by: Thomas Kyle-Milward / September 11, 2018 Image: The I Am Psyched! National Tour exhibit will be at PLU’s Mortvedt Library until Sept. 24th. The exhibit traveled coast-to-coast to 12 institutions in 2017 and is scheduled to make more than 20 stops in 2018. September 11, 2018 By Thomas Kyle-MilwardMarketing & CommunicationTACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 11, 2018) — Pacific Lutheran University welcomes the I Am Psyched! National Tour to campus, where
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Wanted: Fellow Conspirators Posted by: alex.reed / May 20, 2022 May 20, 2022 By Pauline M. KaurinOriginally published in 2003The daily headlines reflect the relentless march to war and violence: probable war in Iraq, continuing strife in the Middle East and the “war” on terror. Like other members of faith communities across the globe, I find myself wondering how I, how we, should respond to violence in our midst.1 These reflections have led me to wonder how other faith communities responded to
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February 22, 2008 Activist spotlights struggle of children, women For Stephen Lewis, a defining moment in his career came five years ago in a pediatric ward of a Zambian hospital, he said in his keynote address, “Time to Deliver: Winning the Battle Against Poverty and Disease in the Developing World” on Feb. 21. Then a United Nations AIDS envoy to Africa, he toured the ward, noticing every bed and crib was filled with three, four and five babies, most infected with AIDS and clinging to life
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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
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