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May 13, 2014 Students work to wrestle a mattress into a Goodwill donation van during last year’s Moveout. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Moveout 2014 provides an opportunity to transform unwanted room items into support, jobs through new partnership with Goodwill By Barbara Clements, Content Development Director PLU Marketing and Communications It’s that time of year again: What do you do with that couch, or mattress or lamp you no longer want? And what about that unopened box of gluten-free

On Exhibit: Resources about Acknowledging and Respecting Indigenous Languages and Land Posted by: Holly Senn / November 17, 2021 November 17, 2021 Exhibit Overview This exhibit highlights resources for exploring the south Puget Sound indigenous Salish family of languages, including Twulshootseed. As the PLU land acknowledgement notes, “PLU is on the traditional lands of the Nisqually, Puyallup, Squaxin Island and Steilacoom peoples; we acknowledge and respect the traditional caretakers of this

YouTube Short: PLU Women’s Lacrosse Posted by: shortea / April 21, 2023 April 21, 2023 PLU Women’s Lacrosse have had a great season! Read Previous You Ask, We Answer: Can I study international business at PLU? Read Next You Ask, We Answer: How do you accommodate dietary restrictions? LATEST POSTS PLU Scores 4.5 out of 5 on Campus Pride Index: What does that mean? November 21, 2024 YouTube Short: A quick campus tour and Lute lingo with Zari Warden November 19, 2024 Major Minute Monday: Global

and editor, said while the news media almost exclusively report about water scarcity in developing parts of the world, Tapped Out uncovers serious water challenges in North America. “It’s an attempt to communicate the current status of water and how the developed nations aren’t as prepared as we think that they are,” Scroger said. “We don’t have as much water as we think we do.” During research and production of the film, the students conducted dozens of interviews, meeting with citizens, farmers

extremely gratifying. “Winning a National Broadcasting Society Award is great news for us,” said Huntington.  “My fellow filmmakers and I worked hard to make the documentary thought-provoking and influential. So it’s a great feeling to be acknowledged with such a prestigious national award.” “It is great having all of our hard work be recognized,” said Scroger, chief videographer and editor of the film. Tapped Out focuses on water-related issues across North America and investigates how pressures on

to learn more about the game and other connection events. Even though Leah’s parents are both alumni (her mother, Ruth, is a new member of the university’s Alumni Board), she fell in love with the campus after visiting her cousin who attended the university. “She was having such a great time there and she had such a good experience and everybody there was so nice,” Leah recalled. “I’ve never met somebody from PLU that wasn’t nice.” That’s what her dad remembers most fondly, too — the people. “The

discuss his experience taking classes in the Rieke Science Center, which is currently undergoing improvements to ensure students like Simpson get the best educational experience possible.Why did you want to study nursing? I chose to study nursing because caring for others is extremely important to me, and I am also extremely interested in biology. So, combining those two aspects in a major like nursing seemed like a great idea. Also, my grandma is a nurse, my brother’s a nurse and my sister’s a nurse

Center for Media Studies. “MediaLab will continue to exist and will simply become part of the new Center,” Wells explained. “The real intent here is to increase the overall capacity of our programs and do an even better job of integrating our campus with surrounding communities. We can help and learn a great deal from each other.” Learn more here. An artist’s rendering of Garfield Station. Garfield Station The 120,000+-square-foot Garfield Station is moving full speed ahead toward a scheduled

. Responding to endorsement questionnaires and doing endorsement interviews was incredibly time consuming but was a great way to get to know organizations and their priorities. The forums were challenging but were a great way to get to know what some members of the community care about. And meeting people at their doors and asking what they care about took hours and hours and hours but was a great way to get to know the voters. Ultimately, I think running for office was the best practice for the job — but

have a global literacy. We have a particular lived experience that may be similar or dissimilar to lived experiences of others. I think language and culture teach us about ourselves, but also teach us empathy for others. For me, the study and teaching of languages and literatures was a way to gain a closer understanding, a closer bond, to my own heritage. The ability to study my own culture in a critical academic way grounds me in my own heritage. I view it as a great privilege to share my heritage