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Affect “Give quality work throughout your lives, even though there’s no way of knowing how your efforts will affect the future.” It is pretty easy to see how Dr. Bill Foege ’57 affected the future – he is the epidemiologist who is credited as the…
the right direction. He’s been very influential at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and even U.S. President Jimmy Carter called Foege one of the two men in his life, other than his father, “who have shaped who I am.” Meet other PLU graduates who are leading a life of service Read Previous A ‘Twilight’ experience Read Next LEED Gold for Neeb 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
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Care “PLU grads are really needed in tough areas. People out here in the world need people who care.” Eric Pfaff ’09 opened PLU’s first bike co-op two years ago as a way for students to quickly and sustainably run errands around campus. Pfaff graduated…
as well. The experience has transformed him. “One of the first things the principal said is that if we felt this was a job, we needed to leave,” he recalled. This was a calling, and it is. Meet other PLU graduates who are leading a life of service Read Previous A ‘Twilight’ experience Read Next LEED Gold for Neeb 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 Caitlyn
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Freedoms “When I’m in a press conference at the U.N., I feel like the world is literally at my fingertips. I find it is impossible to be apathetic when I have the awesome opportunity to be a first witness to history.”While at PLU, Jennifer Henrichsen…
’ European headquarters. She parlayed that experience into a prestigious Fulbright grant, where she studied press freedoms in regions of global conflict, with a focus on the increased intimidation, and sometimes assassination, of journalists. Meet other PLU graduates who are leading a life of service Read Previous A ‘Twilight’ experience Read Next LEED Gold for Neeb COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing
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Human Rights “I don’t care where you live or what your government is or what your religious beliefs are. You’re a human being, and that means, at a minimum, you need food, water, shelter, health care, freedom.”The end of the world is a place Ingrid…
health care to prisoners in the Ivory Coast. For Ford, it didn’t matter what her patients had done or what they believed. They were human. And thus, access to health care is a basic human right. Meet other PLU graduates who are leading a life of service Read Previous A ‘Twilight’ experience Read Next LEED Gold for Neeb 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 Caitlyn
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Danish Resistance and Rescue Scandinavian Cultural Center During the Powell-Heller Holocaust Conference, a educational display about the Danish Resistance and rescue will be available or public viewing. Prepared by the Danish Resistance Museum in Copenhagen, the exhibit tells the story of the effort by Danes…
those Jews, well over 90 percent, were transported by small boats to nearby Sweden. In terms of percentages, this represents the most successful rescue of Jews during the Holocaust. The exhibit will be in Pacific Lutheran University’s Scandinavian Cultural Center. Photo courtesy of US Holocaust Museum. Read Previous Service in Between Schooling Read Next PLU’s High School Programming Contest Clicks Into Overdrive COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you
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The following is a wonderful sermon from Interim Campus Pastor John Rosenberg given at Resurrection Lutheran Church in Browns Point on Sunday, May 29th. Is PLU Lutheran Enough? Now That’s a Good Question ( ) Pastor John Rosenberg’s sermon at Grace Lutheran Church in Corvallis,…
, is anyone in need that God places in our path. So Philipp Nordquist’s history of PLU is appropriately entitled, Education for Service. At PLU, we teach about what Luther called vocation, i.e., the place where God calls us where our deep joy and the world’s deep hunger (i.e., our neighbor’s need) come together. You can’t get away from vocation at PLU. Every student and faculty member, every administrator and staff-person, everyone on campus regularly thinks, talks, and writes about vocation. We
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Mention Parkland, and Washingtonians tend to conjure up a slew of stereotypes and misconceptions. But to Antonio Sablan ’18 and other Pacific Lutheran University students who grew up in and around Pierce County, the area represents something much greater: home. “Parkland is resourceful. Parkland’s gritty,…
better community.” Part of that effort to give back is giving himself a public voice capable of effecting change. Sablan ran for elected office for the first time in November, challenging the incumbent for Franklin Pierce School District’s Director 5 position. While Sablan didn’t win, he drew in a little more than a third of the vote in an impressive effort.CCESWhat is CCES at PLU?PLU Center for Community Engagement and Service serves as a resource for students, staff, and faculty who want to learn
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TACOMA, WASH. (Aug. 1, 2016)- Bryanna Plog ’10 seems to have done it all in her years after Pacific Lutheran University – teaching English abroad in Colombia, writing books about travel and interning for a conservation nonprofit. But now, she says, serving as a park…
English abroad in Colombia, writing books about travel and interning for a conservation nonprofit. But now, she says, serving as a park ranger feels like the perfect fit.“I really love working for the Park Service because it’s an organization I can really believe in,” Plog said, “tasked with preserving places for future generations and also making sure people can enjoy them now. I love being part of that.” Plog, who is currently working at Yosemite National Park in California, double majored in
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Two students killed in car accident On the evening of April 25, PLU students Jocelyn Denham and Brady Freeman were killed in an automobile accident near Brewster, Wash. Brady’s twin brother, Boone, a student at the University of Puget Sound, was injured in the crash.…
Lagerquist Concert Hall. Both families were present for the service. A reception was held in the lobby of Mary Baker Russell Music Center, where members of the PLU community were able to greet the families. Customary resources were available to members of the campus community in need of counseling support. For more information, visit the Counseling Center’s Web site. Read Previous One person can make a difference Read Next Grant supports environmental research COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If
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Volunteer “Dropping people off at the hospital and that being the end of my contact with them just wasn’t fulfilling. I wanted to know how they did.” Guy Jensen ’08 saw the chance to train as a volunteer emergency medical technician as an opportunity to…
emergency. But it wasn’t enough. So Jensen decided to enter medical school at the University of Washington to take his career to another level – so he could not simply help someone during an emergency, but so that he could be there for their medical recovery. Meet other PLU graduates who are leading a life of service Read Previous A ‘Twilight’ experience Read Next LEED Gold for Neeb COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are
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