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showers. It was my second time at Neah Bay. I had been here once before, part of a J-Term course, “Makah Culture Past and Present.” My experience from that time was why I returned this past summer. Along with several other PLU students and Professor of Anthropology David Huelsbeck, we came to volunteer at Tribal Journeys, one of the largest Native American celebrations on the West Coast of the United States. My first experience at Neah Bay taught me the warmth of the Makah people – I never had been

remains one of his mentors to this day. While a student at PLU, Scott met and fell in love with his future wife, Elizabeth (Morlan ’05) in Choir of the West. “I proposed to her on stage,” he said. That was in December 2004 and they were married the following summer. They have two beautiful girls, Madelyn (3) and Avery (six months) who can “sleep through any music we happen to be playing or singing at the time,” he said. He serves as the choir director at Trinity Lutheran Church in Enumclaw and his

, early American, and 17th- and 18th-century British literature. He has served as General Editor of the McNair Papers monograph series and Managing Editor of War, Literature, and the Arts: An International Journal of the Humanities. He has published numerous articles and other works, including Caribbeana: An Anthology of English Literature of the West Indies, 1657-1777 (University of Chicago Press). Krise will arrive at PLU in June to assume the presidency. He succeeds Loren J. Anderson who will leave

such a highly-regarded institution and to help shape the next generation of people committed to lives of service, leadership and care for others.” Donna Gibbs is the new Vice President of Marketing and Communications. Gibbs most recently served as managing director, and helped establish the west coast operations, of Bluetext, a Washington, D.C.-based digital marketing and strategic communications firm that counts among its clients Google, Adobe, Cisco and Intel.  Before joining Bluetext, Gibbs

West for best colleges for veterans by U.S. News and World Report. The university’s military collaboration is further evidenced by the significant number of military-affiliated students enrolled at PLU as well as the nationally recognized Army ROTC detachment on campus. PLU also offers an unlimited number of full-tuition Yellow Ribbon Scholarships for benefits-eligible veterans, spouses or dependents; enhanced professional staffing for military recruitment and student support on campus; and

that takes students to a variety of global locations, we feel the best way to understand global issues is to go out and experience them firsthand, as there is no better classroom than the experiential and integrative international classroom.”PLU was also recently lauded in U.S. News and World Report’s overall college rankings, climbing eight spots, from 22nd to 14th, in the 2022 rankings of the best regional universities in the West. PLU was one of only three Pacific Northwest universities ranked

. After months of wrestling with doubts, Kennedy had committed himself to go to Uganda under the auspices of Global Youth Partnership for Africa to teach bicycle repair to residents of a large slum outside the capital city of Kampala. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPT41Hpz6zM A few weeks later, Kennedy stepped off of the plane in Uganda, and again, tried to steady his breathing. He felt the humid, cloying night air tuck around him like a cloak. He now had $500 left in his bank account had had a $100

continents.  Kilimanjaro in Africa, Aconcagua in South America, Denali in North America, Elbrus in Europe and now Everest in Asia. Reaching the highest peaks in the world has cultivated an attitude that anything is possible. “People often ask me ‘Why do you climb?,’” he said, “the answer, I think, is actually simple. I climb these mountains because it reminds me I can do things I think I may not be able to do.” Gary Nelson stands in front of a prayer flag monument on Mt. Everest. “When I first started

interview he wasn’t sure what he wanted to do when he arrived at PLU, except to follow in the footsteps of his hero, Albert Schweitzer, the German philosopher, doctor and humanitarian who did groundbreaking health work in Africa. During that 2006 interview, the lanky, 6-foot, 7-inch Foege, credited much of his success with the help of others, and his time at PLU. “It’s such a nice place to get an education,” he said. “People who go there do not appreciate how good it really is. “I went to the UW

MUTUAEddah Mbula Mutua, Ph.D. is a Professor of Intercultural Communication at St. Cloud State University, Minnesota. She teaches in the area of intercultural communication. Her research focuses on peace communication in post-conflict societies in Eastern Africa with a special interest in the role of women in post-genocide Rwanda and grassroots peacebuilding initiatives in Kenya. In the U.S., her areas of research include East African refugee and host communities’ interactions in Central Minnesota