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for the Performing Arts. Schwartz will perform Christmas selections with the University Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Dr. David Deacon-Joyner, who will play piano with Anton’s quartet, which also includes bassist Clipper Anderson and drummer Mark Ivester. The event will be hosted by KPLU’s Kevin Kniestedt and broadcast live on KPLU. A live video stream will also be available at www.plu.edu/soac/webcast. House doors open at 11 a.m.  Early arrival is strongly suggested due to festival seating

curator at such institutions as the British Museum, the Freud Museum and with Egyptian collections housed at Eton College, Chiddingstone Castle and Highclere Castle. The event will take place in the Scandinavian Cultural Center, in the Anderson University Center on Wednesday, Oct. 3, from 7 pm to 9 pm. The event is free to the public. For more information, call the Division of Humanities at 253-535-7320. Read Previous Do you like cookies? Cocoa? Coffee? Music? Do you like Christmas and cool Christmas

simple thesis is the university is strong and stable,” Anderson said. “We are planning toward the decade from great strength.” As institutions of higher education have struggled under economic restraints, PLU has fared well by nearly every measure, he said. For example: – Stable enrollment, through a savvy marketing and recruiting plan, has garnered an incoming class of over 710 students. Add in transfers, and enrollment this year comes to just under 3,600 students. ACT and SAT scores increased and

conference room, allowing us to welcome new employees with orientations on-site,” said Teri Phillips, Associate Vice President of Human Resources. “We will have training kiosk(s) allowing employees, especially brand-new employees, to do online training in the HR office.” Human Resources is one of two PLU departments that will occupy space in Garfield Station—Marriage and Family Therapy is planning to move in before September, Director David Ward said. Retailers also will be moving into Garfield Station

November 3, 2008 Wearing purple to raise awareness about abuse The color purple was dominating the PLU Campus last Wednesday as more than 900 students, faculty and staff wore purple T-shirts in recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness month.“I just think it’s really visual and it shows the support of something,” said PLU student Melissa Coch, who organized the event as part of PLU’s Voices Against Violence. They wore them throughout the day and in the evening a few hundred gathered in support

February 17, 2010 Sports brings the world to PLU – The Wang Center Symposium By Barbara Clements International sports will be on everyone’s mind as first the Winter Olympics wraps up in Vancouver BC next week, which will be followed a month later by the Paralympics in March. Tucked in between these two events, PLU will host the 2010 Wang Center International Symposium on March 4 at the Greater Tacoma Convention Center and on the PLU campus. The event will feature numerous international thinkers

event, with each athlete inviting a pair of staff or faculty members to join. The event concluded with a brief video featuring interviews with PLU student-athletes about their experience as Div. III athletes. The video was produced by senior swimmer Kina Ackerman, who also put together the event as part of her Capstone project. Read Previous A Student’s Perspective Read Next PLU’s BAP Team Puts the ‘Best’ in Best Practices COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for

Lutes can connect with PLU alumni to gain their support and perspective as you navigate your own career.Career & Internship FairTuesday, Oct. 22 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. All students, alumni and community members are welcome to attend this event! For more information about this event, please visit the Event Registration page. Read Previous Nazi resister, 96, to be guest of honor at PLU Conference on Holocaust Education Read Next ‘Butterfly Confessions’ makes way to PLU after Campus Ministry-SOAC

includes five years as Director of Assessment and twelve years of service on institutional accreditation, including four as Accreditation Liaison Officer. As CIEO, she will serve as a member of the president’s council and lead the university’s efforts toward mission fulfillment, strategic planning, and assessment to provide measurable evidence of institutional effectiveness. “Now is the time for us to clarify our shared vision, synergize our efforts, and maximize our collective potential,” said

emerged in the new millennium with additional focus and fiscal discipline. Long-range planning and short-term initiatives were instituted, the former producing planning documents titled PLU 2000 and PLU 2010, the latter involving annual creation, monitoring and assessment of shorter-term goals. The university is currently in the first year of a three-year, pan-university cycle to produce the next planning document, PLU 2020. The last decade has seen strengthening of our three institutional hallmarks