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  • PLU students present ‘The War of the Worlds’ https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2022/11/01/zivia-rich/

    themes include colonialism, superstitions and prejudices — topics Rich believes are still prevalent today.  “I can’t speak to what H.G. Wells was thinking when he was writing it, but a lot of it is more inwardly reflective,” Rich said. “The Martians coming down are a lot more evocative of British imperialism than they are of an outside force.”Orson Welles’ production of “The War of the Worlds” is a mock radio broadcast reporting an alien invasion in New Jersey. When it debuted in 1938 during the

  • PLU Admission Blog in Biology https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/topic/biology/

    Isaiah Banken ’21 paves the way to medical excellence from PLU to UW School of Medicine Meet Isaiah Banken, a ’21 graduate who set his sights on a career in medicine. With a B.S. in biology and a minor in mathematics from PLU, Isaiah began exploring diverse medical opportunities near his hometown of Wenatchee, WA. From being a compassionate force in… January 16, 2024 AcademicsAlumni ProfilesBiologyPLU GradsSciences

  • PLU Admission Blog in Sciences https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/topic/sciences/

    Isaiah Banken ’21 paves the way to medical excellence from PLU to UW School of Medicine Meet Isaiah Banken, a ’21 graduate who set his sights on a career in medicine. With a B.S. in biology and a minor in mathematics from PLU, Isaiah began exploring diverse medical opportunities near his hometown of Wenatchee, WA. From being a compassionate force in… January 16, 2024 AcademicsAlumni ProfilesBiologyPLU GradsSciences

  • PLU Admission Blog in Alumni Profiles https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/topic/alumni-profiles/

    Isaiah Banken ’21 paves the way to medical excellence from PLU to UW School of Medicine Meet Isaiah Banken, a ’21 graduate who set his sights on a career in medicine. With a B.S. in biology and a minor in mathematics from PLU, Isaiah began exploring diverse medical opportunities near his hometown of Wenatchee, WA. From being a compassionate force in… January 16, 2024 AcademicsAlumni ProfilesBiologyPLU GradsSciences

  • PLU Admission Blog in PLU Grads https://www.plu.edu/admission/blog/topic/plu-grads/

    Isaiah Banken ’21 paves the way to medical excellence from PLU to UW School of Medicine Meet Isaiah Banken, a ’21 graduate who set his sights on a career in medicine. With a B.S. in biology and a minor in mathematics from PLU, Isaiah began exploring diverse medical opportunities near his hometown of Wenatchee, WA. From being a compassionate force in… January 16, 2024 AcademicsAlumni ProfilesBiologyPLU GradsSciences

  • Endowed University Chair https://www.plu.edu/lutheran-studies/professorship/

    ). She also has chapters in Transformative Lutheran Theologies: Feminist, Womanist and Mujerista Perspectives (2010), Creating Women’s Theology: A Movement Engaging Process Thought (2011), Theologies of Creation: Creation ex Nihilo and its New Rivals (Routledge, 2014), Lutherrenaissance Past and Present (2015), Calming the Storm: Theological and Ethical Perspectives on Climate Engineering (2016) and several articles in Dialog: A Journal of Theology. She has served the church on a task force of the

  • The Passing of Bryan Dorner https://www.plu.edu/natural-sciences/news/the-passing-of-bryan-dorner/

    professor Mei Zhu. “He and Celine opened their home many times to host math department events for students. His generosity and kindness will always be remembered and appreciated.” Throughout his decades of service, Bryan was a driving force in incorporating technology into the teaching of mathematics at PLU. He applied for and received grants to purchase software and hardware for this purpose as early as 1990, long before technology use in teaching was commonplace. One of his greatest achievements

  • Documentary offers look at drug, weapons trade https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2008/09/29/documentary-offers-look-at-drug-weapons-trade/

    ] relate to the relationship between the two countries,” Wells asked. “What about the threat we pose to each other?” By January of 2008, the journalists were driving up to Vancouver about every other weekend to conduct interviews with law enforcement and border officials, the U.S. and Canadian consulates, drug user advocate groups, gang task-force members and then some. They piled in the minivan again in May, when Wells, Olds, videographer and editor Melissa Campbell ’10 and researcher Shannon

  • PLU’s Melannie Denise Cunningham is Keynote Speaker at Tacoma’s MLK Day Celebration https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2015/01/09/melannie-denise-cunningham-to-deliver-keynote-at-the-city-of-tacomas-martin-luthern-king-jr-celebration/

    draw roughly 2,000-3,000 attendees, the event “seeks to build on Dr. King’s message of service and encourages the entire community to join together to celebrate Monday, Jan. 19, 2015, as a day on, not a day off.” To say that Cunningham has some familiarity with Tacoma’s annual event would be an understatement. She was a driving force in its creation in the late ’80s when she was the city’s Equal Opportunity Employment Officer. City officials say Cunningham’s instrumental leadership in the event’s

  • Brian Lander ’89: Career Humanitarian is PLU’s Connection to 2020 Nobel Peace Prize https://www.plu.edu/news/archive/2021/02/03/brian-lander-wfp/

    . Lander’s contribution—along with colleagues’ contributions—led to a tremendous honor. This year, the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to WFP for “its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict.” “Something we’ve seen in areas affected by conflict is that food can lead to peace,” Lander said. The UN must negotiate with various state