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A family with a “Bjug” legacy of giving and service Posted by: mhines / September 27, 2024 Image: Eric and Carolanne Watness celebrating Bjug Day in Red Square. (Photo by PLU / Sy Bean) September 27, 2024 By Britt BoardConstituent Engagement“Our place in this world is to be of service to other people,” notes Eric Watness, a descendant of PLU’s founder and first President, Rev. Bjug Harstad. Bjug is also the namesake of Bjug Day, PLU’s day of giving, which started in 2013 and happens every year
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faculty members. “To get into a good graduate school,” Don Nothstein said, naming some of the top schools in the country, “to have something like this, especially if it gets published, is necessary.” Past Kelmer Roe fellowship recipients Doug Oakman, dean of the humanities division, and Ronan Rooney ’07 recently accomplished that feat when their co-authored paper, “The Social Origins of Q: Two Theses in a Field of Conflicting Hypotheses,” appeared in the summer issue of the Biblical Theology Bulletin
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just how much I had missed smiling and laughing.” Caprye jokingly remarked, “I need one of those suits.” Her best friend, not so jokingly, agreed. After some donations from friends, Caprye’s transformation into Spokanasaurus Rex began. “I think one of my favorite times in the suit was when I first put it on,” Caprye said. “I’m not someone who thinks of myself as being particularly funny. So to go out and just be silly and have people enjoy it felt really good.”T-rexing has also helped Caprye send
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have been equally successful in their careers, from forensics and foreign relations to education and environmental policy-making. The PLU filmmakers are talking to them all, exploring the deep relationship these Namibians have with each other and with the university they call their “home away from home”— all the while gleaning insights into themselves as well as the graduates. “In the film, each of the Namibia Nine describes how what they lived and learned at PLU is engrained in every aspect of
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for theatre and I saw the investments PLU put into the spaces,” he said. “That was a determining factor in finally applying and enrolling.” Temple graduated from A.C. Davis High School in 2017 and is now a theatre major. He spends his time outside of the classroom typing away on his laptop writing scripts for PLU’s Late Knight show, a comedy show run completely by students. “I go to school for theatre, but I have a small part-time job working on Late Knight,” Temple said. “I’ll often be writing
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and (perhaps slightly stressed) students crowding PLU’s Red Square. Even if you missed the dogs, these pictures are worth 1,000 soothing pets. Read Previous “Yes Means Yes”: A New Standard of Consent (Listen to the Full Lecture Below.) Read Next Multicultural Christmas Events on Campus Throughout December 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 A family with a
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study together under a PLU professor, they knew they’d get consistent language development and a community of students with shared educational and cultural experiences. Williams is clear to point out that the program is designed to create educated, informed, experienced students who seek to work and serve in communities at home and throughout the world. “You can’t do social justice work unless you know where you are doing it,” she said. “We ask our students to listen to the community and judge for
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as we pray for the world. What does “centering community” mean to you? I think it’s both a gift and a challenge. The gift is, you’re not alone. There’s a community of people to support you and care about you. It’s not all up to you. Then I think the challenge is that it’s not just about you. It’s about the larger community. We’re interconnected, and we’re called to care for one another. There’s a religious connotation about a centering or a grounding, which is about an orientation. So centering
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with an emphasis in journalism. “It goes by really fast. It’s kind of like a crash course in journalism,” said Perry. “I finally got to figure out what I’d be doing if I pursued this.” While a dozen or so students cover these parties into the wee hours of the night for the News Tribune, other students find themselves inputting data for local TV news stations, like Q13 and KOMO. Communication major Meghan Arnston went to Q13 during the 2011 election and KOMO during the 2012 election, and she’ll be
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rest of the film. This oppositional interaction is reflected in other interactions, both in how Emma and Harriet interact with Mrs. Elton and how the male characters interact with Emma. The opposition created between Emma and Mr. Elton at Christmas results in a deeply entrenched community divide, cementing what began as community disruption for Emma into something concrete for the entirety of Highbury. Emma Woodhouse (Gwyneth Paltrow) and Mr. Elton (Alan Cumming) in Douglas McGrath's 1996 film
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