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December 8, 2008 Sankta Lucia Fest opens the Christmas season Emma Kane said she remembers growing up with the candles, the white dresses and the red sash, as her family celebrated the Sankta Lucia Fest each Dec. 13.On Friday night, Kane, a sophomore from Portland, Ore., had a chance to celebrate a festival that honors light, faith and sacrifice in front of the PLU community as she was crowned this season’s Lucia out of 15 contenders for the title.“I’ve been doing this since I was little and I

, Washington where everyone shares a bold commitment to expanding well-being, opportunity, and justice. Lutes aren’t afraid to do things unconventionally to leave the world better than they found it. Read Previous Nursing students honored in white coat and blessing of the hands ceremony Read Next PLU Nursing Students Honored in White Coat Blessing of the Hands Ceremony COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing

brings together SOAC’s talented students and faculty to examine a chosen theme through a multi-disciplinary approach. Through music, art, theatre and communication we will come together to explore the theme of Re-forming, as we celebrate the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation and honor the core tenets of Lutheran higher education – critical questioning, freedom for expression, foundation in the liberal arts, learning and research within community, intrinsic value of educating the whole person

Graduate Profile: Kaleb Cenci Innovation Studies Minor prepares for work as an Executive Team Leader (December 2021) Posted by: halvormj / December 16, 2021 December 16, 2021 By Michael Halvorson, Director of Innovation Studies. For December graduation, the Innovation Studies program is excited to profile one of our program graduates. Kaleb Cenci has completed his minor in Innovation Studies and plans to put the curriculum to work this year in the growing field of human resource management

PLU alumna earns Montana teacher of the year recognition, receives Presidential Award for Excellence Posted by: Zach Powers / December 15, 2016 Image: President Barack Obama greets Jessica Anderson, Montana, during a photo line in the Blue Room prior to an event to honor the 2016 National Teacher of the Year and finalists in the East Room of the White House, May 3, 2016. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson) December 15, 2016 By Zach Powers '10PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA

practices and equity-focused practices were something I needed to work on,” Anderson said. “I’m a white cisgender female teacher and I know I have implicit biases because of my background and because of how I grew up.” PLU professors Wendy Gardiner, Ksenija Simic-Muller and Andrea Munro were co-collaborators on landing the NSF grant in 2020.Learn more about PLU's Culturally Sustaining STEM Teacher ProgramThe CS-STEM Program is designed for senior PLU undergraduate students who plan to enter the PLU

. “I knew that coming into the (MAE) program that anti-racist practices and equity-focused practices were something I needed to work on,” Anderson said. “I’m a white cisgender female teacher and I know I have implicit biases because of my background and because of how I grew up.” PLU professors Wendy Gardiner, Ksenija Simic-Muller and Andrea Munro were co-collaborators on landing the NSF grant in 2020.Learn more about PLU’s Culturally Sustaining STEM Teacher ProgramThe CS-STEM Program is designed

exclusive or elite, and should not be about worshipfully studying some “old dead white guys” and trying to make more people in their image. Instead, Classics are inclusive, open, and inviting.  Luke Parker, Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics Professor Parker tells students: “It’s about your own dialogue with the material, not me telling you what you should think about it. . . .  These cultures and texts have been read and discussed for thousands of years because people continued to find them

tenth anniversary of PLU’s Diversity Center. It’s a story of a white man from southern Alabama, standing up for what he thought was right and fighting the injustices of deep-seeded racism. “I think we’ve made great advances, but we have a long way to go,” he told the students. “You have a long way to go as the future leaders of tomorrow.” As a white man, whose father and grandfather were part of the Ku Klux Klan, his work as a civil rights activist was “unusual and very unlikely.” His father, a

status as a white male, and thus began his activist work with the group. Professor Albrecht says, “We’re in a crisis as a country and as a concerned citizen, I had to get involved.” He also expressed concern about the “brand of politics Trump is practicing and the support he gained from demonizing various ethnic and religious groups.” Professor Albrecht believes that the importance of Indivisible lies in the fact that “a lot of people feel isolated, and this group is a unifying factor. We combat