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and came to PLU to complete his business accounting degree. Kinsey pretty much sticks to the Morken Center, where most of his classes take place. He understands much of the programming beyond the classroom is largely geared toward younger students. That’s fine by him – he’s here for the degree. As a pastor of a local church, Jehovah Baptist, he wants to make sure he can be a caretaker for the entire church, both for his fellow worshippers and financially as well. Meanwhile, Jake Taylor’s college

Project, the core of PLU’s commitment to academic excellence, purposeful learning and care for other people, their communities and the earth; Named faculty chairs and endowed professorships to bring public recognition to the university and its programs as well as salary support, travel, research stipends and programming funds for faculty members; Faculty development funding to provide educational, scholarly, professional and artistic, and leadership development opportunities for faculty; and

into working for small newspapers and worked my way up to a big daily newspaper like The Seattle Times,” Miller says. “But I wanted to photograph things that I was passionate about.” He packed his bags and moved to California, where he would live in his minivan for a while and work for Naturalist at Large, an organization that provides outdoors education programming to youth. Miller spent three years leading teens on outdoor recreation trips and teaching about wildlife and natural ecosystems. In

, Griech-Polelle has big dreams for her division. “My ultimate goal would be to have a center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies on campus where we could have lectures, conferences and expand our programming,” she said. “But that’s one of those big goals for the future.” Beth Griech-Polelle, ‘The First Victims: The Nazi Euthanasia Campaign’ Tuesday, Nov. 10 | 7:00 p.m. | Scandinavian Cultural Center Roots of ResiliencePLU’s 2015-16 Spotlight Series focuses is based on a quote attributed to Martin

Scholarship for the Women’s Center supports student research and programming at the center. And Lynn (Geschwind ’71) Ostenson, in memory of her late husband Richard Ostenson ’71, established an endowed scholarship for African-American students studying in the natural sciences. Endowment for Academics and Mission Gifts to the campaign led to the creation of four endowed chairs and an endowed professorship. These endowments help attract and retain top faculty, bring public recognition to the university and

course on conservation and natural resources. In the course, students completed a lifestyle project, tracking their use of resources, such as electricity, food, water, transportation and garbage production. “I knew I was failing,” Pfaff said. “But it motivated me to do something and change my lifestyle.” This year, he served as the Residence Hall Association’s environment, justice and diversity (EJD) director, creating programming to increase awareness about issues related to the environment, justice

. “The best course of action is often the hardest to take,” Hecker said. “Keep the interests of our fellow students as your first priority and don’t be afraid to stand up for what’s right, even if it’s not the ‘political’ thing to do. Action will always trump appearance. Know that what you do or don’t do today really will impact both current and future students.” Today students are “greening” the campus and ASPLU is leading the way. “My goal was not to do a lot of big programming but instead keep at

YouTube project showcases original programming, cross-campus partnership Read Next PLU senior Daniel Hachet leaves a legacy of green on campus COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Three students share how scholarships support them in their pursuit to make the world better than how they found it June 24, 2024 Kaden Bolton ’24 explored civics and public policy on

objective is to engage and equip faculty members and staff for meaningful conversations with students and peers related to vocational reflection and discernment. Funded activities will include curriculum and content development focusing on introductory, student success, and capstone courses; research and finalization of delivery modalities; and pilot and assessment of the institute’s initial programming.  How will the creation of the Wild Hope Institute support and/or create advantages for the PLU