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March 24, 2011 Actor finds community, continuity fuels his work Danforth Comins ’97 is an Old Timer. He is, at least, compared to many other resident actors at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. In his ninth year at the country’s largest resident theater, he has spent a comparative lifetime at the Ashland, Ore., company. The ability to settle-in and become a part of the local community is one of the things he loves about his work with the company. “I’m unlike so many people in my profession – I

, visiting assistant professor of anthropology. The archeology class prepared for the event by learning more about local archeology and learning the laws and rules about cultural resources in Washington. Mark Woldseth, a PLU alum, brought in projectile points, a Native American scraper, a shard of pottery, an old Lysol bottle and a mechanical calendar from San Francisco. Most people incorrectly call projectile points, “arrowheads,” Taylor said. Projectile points could have been used for more things than

service in Congress in 1977 and served continuously until 2013. He now serves as a senior policy advisor in Ness Van Feldman, a law firm with offices in Washington, D.C., and Seattle. PLU was in Dicks’ Congressional district for a good share of the time he was in office, but even when the district boundaries were remapped and the university was not in his district, he and his office were always helpful to the university. Throughout his career, Dicks led the way in key educational and environmental

November 10, 2010 Reviving Confucianism By Chris Albert As part of the PLU Chinese Studies Program lecture series, Daniel A. Bell will visit campus to examine the revival of Confucianism as the moral foundation for political rule in China. Confucianism is making a comeback in Chinese debate about moral and political foundation. Below is a video with the last lecturer in the series, journalist Martin Jacques. “We stand at a moment in history where we can decide to be friendly competitors or

another time Consuming stories : Kara Walker and the imagining of American race Beauford Delaney : from New York to Paris Painting Harlem modern : the art of Jacob Lawrence Storm watch : the art of Barbara Earl Thomas The Wall of Respect : public art and Black liberation in 1960s Chicago Dancing at the Louvre : Faith Ringgold’s French collection and other story quilts Black comix : African American independent comics, art and culture Half past autumn : a retrospective (Gordon Parks) Reflections in

Administrative Staff Council, Campus Ministry, Diversity Center and Student Involvement and Leadership and AmeriCorps and VetCorps Refreshments will be served after the event. Please stay and celebrate. Jazz Concert November 26 What: Joint concert with PLU Jazz Ensemble and Swingin’ Sounds of Courage Jazz Ensemble from Joint Base Lewis McChord Time: 8 p.m.-9:30 p.m. Where: Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Pacific Lutheran University Sponsored By: Pacific Lutheran University Jazz Ensemble

proceeds going to establish the Angela Meade Vocal Performance Endowed Scholarship Fund. In the years the followed, Meade and other PLU alumni and friends continued to give to fully fund the endowment. In 2018, Meade suggested that the endowment be used to fund a competition instead of scholarship. Meade’s thinking was that if students at PLU are considering a career as a professional vocalist, they would benefit from the type of experience that would be similar to an audition. Many professional

apartment that night and hid in the streets and courtyards of the trapped neighborhood. His parents and grandmother refused and stayed in the apartment. Wagenaar and his brother would never see them again. Years later, they’d find out they died in a concentration camps; his mother and father only weeks before liberation. Wagenaar survived; though there were many close calls.  He became a doctor, a husband, a father. He tells his story to schoolchildren. He tells it to people, like those gathered for the

she analyzed data isolated from the cells cancer patients.  While the internship typically involves more hands-on lab experience due to the pandemic Thu and other interns are working remotely analyzing data and looking for red flags in the cell information, with the goal of helping scientists develop a stronger understanding of how cancer patients respond to new immunotherapies.   “I have some background in biochemistry but the internship was something completely different then what I’m used to at

. –    Promoting board relationships with China, Washington State’s more important trading partner, and with many other parts of the world. –    Working to foster cooperation and to enhance contacts and relationships for South Sound businesses. –    Assisting in a variety of ways many arts and cultural organizations ranging from the Seattle Arts Museum and the UW World Series to the International Children’s Festival and the Children’s Museum. “In all he does Bill Stafford lives the mission of the Sister City