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January 25, 2008 Ambassadors spotlight climate change Growing up in Oregon, recycling was part of junior Kate Wilson’s everyday life.“It was the norm for me,” she said. “I was always passionate about it, but I never knew why recycling was important.” During J-Term, Wilson is among the 16 students involved in the Climate Change Ambassadors program. The group meets over dinner once a week to learn the facts about global climate change and devise creative ways to share that knowledge with the PLU

do with his experience at the event. “This gives you real life experience, “said Vu, CEO of Company J. “The experience has been great.” He then spotted a judge and mock investor wandering around – the volunteers from the local business community were easily identified by the fake investment dollars in their hands. His attention immediately snapped away from me, and with a polite murmured, “Excuse me,” he was off in the venture capital hunt. For the third annual year, the Washington Business Week

research into PLU. But really it is Sarmast’s story that is so powerful and offers a unique perspective about the people of two countries who may not be as different as they think – Iran and the United States. She was born in Iran, but moved to the United States when she was 9 years old. For many years she worked in the music industry managing and collaborating with worldwide sensations, such as Bon Jovi. But with incidents like, 9/11, the image of her birthplace was painted as purely evil, she said

closely with the curriculum of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) – a globally-known and respected designation.  Students have the opportunity to be well prepared to sit for the CFA Level I exam in December and the Level II exam the following June. This degree, as well as preparing for the CFA, will give PLU graduates a competitive edge in the business and investment world, said Darcy Johnson ’78 ’82, a PLU Regent and a member of the School of Business Executive Advisory Board. “Throughout my 30

so full of history and facts and fun, we wanted to share it with everyone. Writes Lorna: “Now at 93 years old, this trip remains very vivid in my memory!” By Lorna Vosburg Burt ’40, ’69 “Whee…eee!,” I read in my diary. “We are off on the trip of a lifetime!” I was just 19 years old, a student at Pacific Lutheran College and a member of the famous Choir of the West, which was leaving on a 3,000-mile tour of the Pacific Coast, including daily concerts at the 1939 World’s Fair in San Francisco. We

second-place winners of each regional competition will receive a $15,000 and $10,000 award in the form of “the stagiaire (internship) of a lifetime” at some of the nation’s most well-respected restaurants.None of that is lost on Sipe. “This is really an amazing opportunity to be given the chance to compete with chefs at this caliber,” he said. Sipe will compete against three sous chefs and line cooks from California, Louisiana and Utah. And he’ll have Lute help, too, in Amanda Schmidt, a recent PLU

, quicker campuswide coverage and reliable digital technology. “Those poles had been around for 25 years,” Premo said. “They ran on an old modem system. We had 16 with speakers, and we could dial only four at a time. It sometimes took up to five minutes to reach all of them.” PLU has installed eight new Metis Help Station interior devices. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU)   Phase One of the Emergency Notification System project wrapped up at the end of January with the installation of eight interior devices

Prosciutto, Pecorino Toscano and arugula piadini and a Tuscan bread saladEating lunch at college can be tricky. Whether it’s the Commons’ rush hour, a busy class schedule or simply a lack of options, every college student eventually has trouble finding food for their midday refuel. Luckily for Lutes, Garfield 208 is open late and features delicious meals at college-kid prices. For $4.25,  you can get an amazing piadini filled with pecorino cheese, prosciutto ham and tons of yummy arugula. The combination

recruitment strategies to meet changing student demographics, resulting in a more than 70 percent increase in the first-time undergraduate inquiry pool from 2013 to 2017, while also improving the average GPA and test scores of incoming first-year students each year.” PLU became a more diverse community under Krise’s leadership, including PLU’s most diverse first-year class ever in 2016-17 with 35 percent students of color, 42 percent first generation students, and 30 percent Pell Grant eligible students

from PLU with a degree in nursing and thought she’d found a career in that field until a 2008 audition for Black Entertainment Television’s first all-gospel talent show, “Sunday Best.” Aikin would go on to beat out some of the country’s best church singers to win the contest and was awarded a major contract with Zomba Gospel  — the largest gospel label in the world. “I think it’s wonderful when alums give back, stay connected,” Aikin said. “PLU is a part of my academic journey, but they’re also