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isolated, with many woods, remote farms, no industry and poor transportation. Nelly Trocme Hewett grew up in Le Chambon, France, a community which sheltered up to 5,000 Jewish refugees in WWII. Its French Protestant community was wired to help those in need, given that their ancestors had been persecuted during the 17th and 18th centuries in the largely Catholic French nation. Without questions, they made an unspoken commitment to keeping refugees safe, she said. And, as a summer vacation destination

directed 83 productions, 60 of which have been at PLU. Auditions were held March 29 and 30, and rehearsals began the following weekend. Preparations for the entirely student-run production are in full-swing, and rehearsals are every Sunday-Thursday 6:30-10:30 p.m. The cast is 24 members strong and there are roughly 18 musical numbers performed and choreographed by students. “The music is really fun,” Clapp said. “There’s some really wonderful, poignant numbers.” Clapp said the music is modern and

global education, student research, embracing lives of service and fostering PLU’s Lutheran Heritage. “Working together the campus community has realized so many important dreams,” Anderson said. “All of us together have sharpened and focused our mission as a Lutheran university. Together we have achieved our goals to cultivate academic excellence, to enhance our global perspective, to build an engaged community and to nurture life as vocation in the fullest sense. “Our community has turned these

name is PLU’s Pan Orthodox Organization, explained Jordan Ramos ’12, whose faith journey took him from evangelical Christian, to Protestantism, to the orthodox faith about two years ago. Ramos found that this road and belief system satisfied both his heart and his intellect. “I really feel like I’ve found the modern embodiment of the early church,” he said. Ramos doesn’t exactly expect a big turnout, but like Alazadi’s group, he hopes that those with questions about Orthodox Christianity will show

department and interacting with patients and physicians. I plan on studying for my MCAT over the winter and likely write it in April of next year. 5. Do you have any advice or insight for students aspiring to study biology? My advice is to build connections early and find a strong support group in college. Many of my close friends from PLU are STEM majors and have similar career aspirations. Friends with similar interests can refer relevant resources or opportunities or introduce you to people who can

has been a big part of their lives for as long as they can remember. Grahe remembers how he went from playing French horn in a brass quintet, to playing trumpet at open mic nights, to learning how to play guitar and starting to record original music. “Somewhere the guitar took over more than the French horn and more than the trumpet,” he said. His group, “My Name Ain’t Skip,” actually formed in response to the PLU rock event. “It’s actually refreshing being in a band,” Grahe said. Anderson saw the

the most open and welcoming community I've ever been a part of,” she says.Throughout the extensive interview process and her first few days on campus, Myrick, an experienced business operations leader who has spent much of her career in the healthcare sector, has felt a palpable connection with the mission and people she’s been introduced to at PLU. “This is the first time I have really encountered an organization where I felt called to the work and the place,” Myrick says. “Not only is our campus

and the university’s greatest single benefactor. The auditorium will still be called Eastvold and the Tower Chapel will retain its name. On lower campus, the track is being resurfaced, with the project expected to be complete by early fall. Updates to the track include a new drainage system, as well as reconfiguring of some of the runs, said Lyle Kendoll, project coordinator. The renovations should be complete by early fall. “It will bring the track to NCAA standards,” he said. Upgrades to the

with economic hardship, and still dealing with anxieties about what might come next.PLU’s curricular disruption became official on March 7, with the announcement that all classes would move to remote learning. Over the following weeks, faculty and students adjusted, those studying away returned home early, and we all learned more than we had planned about videoconferencing. This has been a season of disruption. However, PLU’s Division of Humanities worked hard in this time to continue the most

global strategic environment. The lecture is at 2 p.m. Friday, March 2 in the Scandinavian Cultural Center in the UC. The lecture is entitled, “A Voyage Around the North Pole: Modern Exploration and Climate Change.” Changes to the environment and climate of the Arctic are offering new opportunities for competition and collaboration among states in its periphery. Dynamism will only increase in the coming decades, as water levels rise, gas and oil reserves are explored, and territorial claims are