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came onto campus as a first-year, I had no idea what was recyclable—I didn’t really have a definition of what sustainability was,” Patterson said. “In school, we never had recycling. It was never really something talked about to me.” Coming to PLU and getting a job with the Sustainability Department changed all that. Patterson was hired as a sustainability technician during her first semester in the fall of 2010, just before Chrissy Cooley was hired as the sustainability director. At the beginning

passions resulted in her pursuing a degree in either environmental or animal law.“As long as I can remember, I knew I wanted to do something to protect animals and work with them,” Whalen said. “I liked animal law, not only because of the great protection that the law and lawyers can give animals, but I like that sort of work. I like reading, I like writing, and I like problem-solving and dealing with places where animals or the environment face troubles, and finding protections for them.” Whalen is an

million well ahead of the June 30 deadline established by the University of Washington and PLU. We offer the Friends of 88.5 hearty congratulations on reaching their fundraising milestone and we’re ready and willing to negotiate specific details of an asset purchase agreement with them. As PLU and the UW publicly stated in January, if the community group can demonstrate a matching offer of $7 million, complete the asset purchase agreement, and meet other thresholds required by the Federal

until the summer. Otey will be an English teaching assistant in Mexico, where she spent a semester abroad in Oaxaca through a PLU Gateway program. Otey’s time there sparked her interest in education and cultural exchange. Fulbright ProgramLearn more about the program and how to apply“I think I left Oaxaca with a lot more questions about social justice, diversity and culture that I thought would be cool to keep exploring,” Otey said. Otey — who also has rowed all four years at PLU, nabbing two

land.” This exhibit also highlights articles that speak to how land acknowledgements have been used, what they communicate, and what they don’t say. Language, oral and written, is key to culture transmission and retention. To revitalize Twulshootseed, the Puyallup Tribe of Indians has a language program and a website with extensive language-learning resources such as videos, literacy books, online classes, audio files, etc. The language has an alphabet of 43 characters with 18 sounds that are not

Prints,” a solo piece set to original music by composer Ron Fein. Co-director and alumna Tara Holliday showcased her talents with a lyrical dance about crossing over. The performance featured guest choreographer Amy Weaver, co-artistic director of the Weaving Dance Company and a freelance artist, choreographer and teacher. Weaver presented a modern, upbeat number set to the sounds of “Deep Forest” that includes partnering and challenging dance combinations. A Washington native, Weaver moved from

,” said Boyden, “we all came to the sport not knowing how to play.” Ultimate is a combination of several sports – the play is fluid like soccer, but there are two end zones like football. It is played with a single Frisbee – called simply a “disc” – which must be caught in the opposing team’s end zone to score a point. Ultimate is unique because, by rule, there are no referees – players are charged with enforcing the rules among themselves. It is a part of a player’s code unique to the sport called

huge appreciation of our work, and we are very grateful.” Waste Not was made entirely by MediaLab students over the course of one year. Brasgalla and Taylor Lunka ‘15, a Communication major who also served as a senior producer, began research in Fall 2013, then subsequently traveled across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom with chief videographer Olivia Ash to produce the film. Communication major Evan Heringer ’16, and Art & Graphic Design major Taylor Cox ’15, helped complete the

college or university in the ACS Puget Sound Section (for a list of colleges in our section, visit our website) with a chemistry curriculum. This scholarship is specifically for underrepresented minority students in chemistry who identify as one or more of the following: Hispanic/Latinx, Indigenous (American Indian, Alaskan native), Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (including Filipino), African American/Black. Students must have completed one year of general chemistry and intend to  pursue a major

March 17, 2014 Curt Malloy, left, and Barbara Naess juggle in the shadows of a volcano in Volcán Santiaguito, Guatemala. (Photo: Bill Latham) Juggling His Way to a Career in Global Health By Valery Jorgensen ’15 Juggling has become more than an act for Curt Malloy ’88. Malloy began juggling during his freshman year at Pacific Lutheran University to distract himself when his mother was diagnosed with cancer. “I found it therapeutic that I learned how to juggle,” Malloy said. Malloy kept juggling