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  • Third-generation Lute takes the long route to PLU For Zach Klein, the old saying, “you can’t get there from here,” comes about as close to accurate as one can imagine. A freshman guard on the PLU men’s basketball team, most people probably haven’t heard about…

    far northwestern end of St. Lawrence Island. It sits in the middle of the Bering Straight, a mere 38 miles from Siberia. There Stephen met his wife, Shelley, a member of the Siberian Yup’ik tribe that has inhabited the cold, wind-blown island for hundreds of years. Zach lived in Gambell until age nine when the family moved to Naknek, a town of some 700 people situated on Bristol Bay on the southwest coast of mainland Alaska. Stephen, who had taught high school biology in Gambell, took a job as a

  • By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications TACOMA, WASH. (Jan. 26, 2015)—After World War II, government authorities removed thousands of American Indian children from their families and placed them in non-Indian foster or adoptive families. By the late 1960s, an estimated 25 to 35…

    , an estimated 25 to 35 percent of American Indian children had been separated from their families. Blending history and heartbreaking family stories, award-winning historian Margaret D. Jacobs, the Chancellor’s Professor of History at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, examines this phenomenon—and its global dimensions—in her latest book, A Generation Removed: The Fostering and Adoption of Indigenous Children in the Postwar World. On Wednesday, Feb. 25, Jacobs will discuss her book, and her

  • For the final Spotlight production of the year, PLU Theatre & Dance presented Twisted Tales of Poe, a staged radio drama. This show came to life in the ears of listeners tuned in to LASR or the online stream. Here’s what some of the student…

    Artists in Spring 2021 Read Next Theatre Professor Amanda Sweger Finds Family in the Theatre LATEST POSTS Theatre Professor Amanda Sweger Finds Family in the Theatre February 28, 2023 Theatre Guest Artists in Spring 2021 February 16, 2021 Hints and Help for Your Virtual Theatre Scholarship Application January 18, 2021 Tips and Tricks for Your Virtual Dance Scholarship Application January 15, 2021

  • The generous spirit of Norm Forness With some books you don’t have anything like the complete story until you finish the final chapter. So it was with the life of Norm Forness, who passed away last April. After graduating from Pacific Lutheran College in 1958,…

    teacher, scholar, administrator, mentor, faithful church attendee and lover of historical architecture who was meticulous in his approach to academics. Forness was born in Minot, N.D., but spent most of his youth in Puyallup and Sumner, Wash. He came from a family of modest means. His brother once described the family home as a chicken coop, and said Norm was known to break gum in two and save half a stick to make it go further. A fellow 1958 PLC alumnus, Dave Berntsen, knew Forness well. Berntsen

  • The Intersection of Diversity, Justice and Sustainability Dr. Carolyn Finney addresses PLU’s University Conference 2014 on Sept. 3. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) At PLU’s University Conference 2014, UC-Berkeley Professor Shares Trailblazers’ Forgotten Stories—and Her Own Inspiring Path By Sandy Deneau Dunham PLU Marketing & Communications Dr.…

    is the first in her family to earn a Ph.D.—and the only African-American faculty member on tenure track in UC-B’s College of Natural Resources. “And it’s 2014,” she said. Following a State of the University address by Pacific Lutheran University President Thomas W. Krise, Finney explored the intersection of diversity, justice and sustainability (“DJS” at PLU), three pillars vital to PLU’s mission of educating students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care—for other people

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 27, 2017) – Looking to get the festivities started early? Check out this roundup of holiday events held on campus this year. Dec. 6: Norsk Julegudstjeneste (Norwegian Language Christmas service) Join the SCC and Nordic Studies for a Christmas service in Norwegian!…

    of holiday events held on campus this year. Dec. 6: Norsk Julegudstjeneste (Norwegian Language Christmas service) Join the SCC and Nordic Studies for a Christmas service in Norwegian! The service will be be held in the Ness Family Chapel, with traditional Norwegian pastries to follow in the second-floor lobby. The event runs from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Dec. 6: Mast Media Holiday Photo Booth Swing by the UC Grey Area and visit Mast Media’s holiday photo booth. The event runs from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m

  • Lindsey Clark ’24 came to PLU knowing it was where she wanted to be. But Clark—a double major in mathematics and gender, sexuality, and race studies (GSRS)—says PLU challenged and changed her and expanded her worldview in ways she never before considered on her way…

    Scholarship grant is that I have to teach at a Title I school for two years, so I’ll probably stay local,” Clark says. “I have the intention of supporting the local community with teaching.”  Read Previous Big picture learning: Physics major Julian Kop ’24 studies the universe and his family background at PLU Read Next PLU will launch into Earth and Diversity Week with the Schnackenberg Memorial Lecture and the Steen Family Symposium COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear

  • For the final Spotlight production of the year, PLU Theatre & Dance presented Twisted Tales of Poe, a staged radio drama. This show came to life in the ears of listeners tuned in to LASR or the online stream. Here’s what some of the student…

    Artists in Spring 2021 Read Next Theatre Professor Amanda Sweger Finds Family in the Theatre LATEST POSTS Theatre Professor Amanda Sweger Finds Family in the Theatre February 28, 2023 Theatre Guest Artists in Spring 2021 February 16, 2021 Hints and Help for Your Virtual Theatre Scholarship Application January 18, 2021 Tips and Tricks for Your Virtual Dance Scholarship Application January 15, 2021

  • Originally published in 2016 As scholars of the Humanities in the 21st century we find ourselves working in unusual settings. Places of faith and worship, educational contexts like high schools and public libraries, in newspapers, in comment forums, on radio shows, our “workplaces” often do…

    Locating Humanities in the 21st Century Posted by: alex.reed / May 25, 2022 May 25, 2022 By Scott RogersOriginally published in 2016As scholars of the Humanities in the 21st century we find ourselves working in unusual settings. Places of faith and worship, educational contexts like high schools and public libraries, in newspapers, in comment forums, on radio shows, our “workplaces” often do not resemble the ivory towers of old. Vignette #1 Prime Time Family Reading Night I ask the question

  • Join six adolescent outsiders who are vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is coming to Pierce County this week. The award-winning musical comedy, performed by Pacific Lutheran University’s Theatre Program will be sure to knock your s-o-c-k-s…

    . They are $8 General Admission and $5 for PLU Community. Originally published in May 2013 in SOACtivities. Read Previous Louis Hobson ’00 shares experience and advice at PLU workshop Read Next Center Stage: The $20 million Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts officially opens in October LATEST POSTS Theatre Professor Amanda Sweger Finds Family in the Theatre February 28, 2023 Twisted Tales of Poe: A Theatre/Radio Collaboration May 16, 2021 Theatre Guest Artists in Spring 2021 February