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The Passing of Thomas Pfeifle Posted by: Thomas Krise / August 30, 2016 Image: Tom Pfeifle running on the PLU Track and Field team. (Photo courtesy of PLU Athletics) August 30, 2016 UPDATE: PLU will host a celebration of life for Tom Pfeifle on Sept. 22 in Lagerquist Concert Hall at 6 p.m. The ceremony is one of many ways the campus community is honoring Pfeifle, who was an active member of Outdoor Recreation, as well as the cross country and track and field teams. A memory wall is on display

time at PLU, he has been involved with the Wild Hope Center for Vocation as both a vocation intern and Wild Hope Fellow. He has found ways to use his interest and expertise in vocation and philosophy to inspire his peers through his vocation drop-in hours, which he hosts every Monday from 5:30-7:30 pm.Etzell became involved in Wild Hope during his junior year after being recommended for the Wild Hope Fellows Program. He applied out of curiosity, and learned quickly that the Fellowship is for people

May 24, 2010 Around the world to find a calling By Chris Albert While waiting for a flight, a fellow passenger starts to make small talk with Najib Abbas. The conversation starts with pleasantries, maybe they discuss the weather, but before long the fellow traveler will be telling Abbas about their life, about themselves – in great detail. Najib Abbas is returning to his home in Saudi Arabia to be a marriage and family therapist. (Photo by John Froschauer) “I’ve gone through that a thousand

2018 Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) Summer Internship Program Posted by: alemanem / January 2, 2018 January 2, 2018 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) Summer Internship Program provides opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to participate in projects at federal research facilities located across the country focused on helping DNDO meet its mission of “implementing domestic nuclear detection efforts for a managed and

April 13, 2012 From the right, Kim Wilson ’76, Sheri Tonn, Tom Absher, Brad Cheney, Laurie Turner, Bruce Bjerke ’72, Frank Hewins ’86, and Thomas Suek ’12, shovel dirt. (Photo by John Froschauer) Groundbreaking sets all-purpose field plans in motion By Chris Albert This past Friday, April 13, a groundbreaking ceremony took place for the first of two all-purpose fields on the PLU campus. “This day is a culmination of a long wish of a lot of people,” said Bruce Bjerke ’72, chairperson of the

dinner one night at the sanctuary when he decided to ask the 79-year-old primatologist whether she liked parrots. The answer, of course, was yes. She had wanted one as a child after seeing Dr. Dolittle and its macaw, Polynesia. Around the campfire, Goodall told stories of the parrots’ intelligence, describing an African Grey Parrot in New York City with a vocabulary of 1,600 words—not far behind the average working vocabulary of most people. As for the fate of the 17 birds that finally—literally—flew

2019 OHSU Equity Research Internship Posted by: alemanem / December 17, 2018 December 17, 2018 OHSU Center for Diversity and Inclusion is currently accepting applications for the annual Equity Research Internship for college students. The Equity Research Internship offers an exciting opportunity for diverse undergraduate college students to spend eight weeks working on research projects alongside faculty, scientists and graduate students. Students receive a stipend and housing is available for

contact with each Synod in Region 1–to be a resource and connection for all that PLU has to offer as an institution rooted in Lutheran Higher Education, and as a partner in connecting together ministries that parallel PLU’s commitment to prepare students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership, and care–for other people, for their communities, and for the Earth. Kendall Jeske '08 Our Director of Congregational Engagement is one of our many connections points, along with the office of

Summer Internship at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Posted by: nicolacs / March 4, 2022 March 4, 2022 This opportunity is available to a PLU student interested in cancer research and would provide a $6,000 fellowship from the John F. Gilbertson Foundation to work full-time for 10 weeks during the Summer of 2022 at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in the lab of Dr. Mark Headley. Eligibility Requirements: 18 years of age or older PLU student enrolled full-time for 2021-2022 and

, mainstage show directed by Amelia Heath ‘15 and written by Sarah Ruhl. It runs in the Karen Hille Phillips’ Eastvold Auditorium from December 10 – December 13 at 7:30pm and December 14 at 2pm. “When I told my dad what this play was about, his first question was: ‘Is this an anti-Christian play?’ That’s a fair question,” explains the show’s director Amelia Heath ’15. “I don’t see this as an ‘anti-Christian play’ at all. It’s really touching for me to see someone struggling with their faith because for me