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the campus culture a positive experience for students and going beyond what other students are contributing on campus. Region V includes chapters from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Nevada and Arizona, as well as British Columbia and Alberta, Canada. Power-Drutis was the ASPLU vice president during the ’07-’08 school year. While in that position she led an effort to make PLU a more sustainable and environmentally conscious campus. Read Previous Doing fieldwork is more than just academia Read

also served as president of the faculty senate there. O’Brien noted that when Krise made the argument for a humanities institute to the Air Force brass, the officials asked Krise why such an institute was needed. “Tom pointed to the now iconic pictures of Abu Ghraib and said ‘That’s why,'” O’Brien recalled. “He said that with the right type of education, a liberal arts education, you learn to treat each other more carefully, and produce better thinkers and better citizens.” O’Brien concluded by

keynote address by sharing how Veterans Day came to be and what it has become throughout the years. It was President Woodrow Wilson who first proclaimed Nov. 11 as Armistice Day – in recognition of the end of WWI with the signing of a peace accord in Versailles, France on the 11th day of the 11th month and celebration of remembrance for those who did not return and sacrificed so much in pursuit of peace. In 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower proclaimed Armistice Day as Veterans Day in recognition of

knowing the questions,” Zhou said. Like many of the 165 freshmen that attended this year’s overnight event at Camp Berachah, Zhou was hoping to meet new people. She did and says she still has very good friends that she met from last year’s EXPLORE!. “It’s a good opportunity to get to know other students,” she said. It’s something freshman Brandy Curtis was hoping for and the facilitators at EXPLORE! didn’t delay in trying to deliver. Shortly after the one-night campers arrived, staff, faculty and

, activists, officials from the United Nations, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and representatives of many other public and private organizations. Scroger, along with documentary teammates: senior communication major Katherine Baumann ‘14, senior business major Haley Huntington ‘14, and junior Valery Jorgensen ‘15, a communication major, studied water-related topics for more than a year. After the April 10 showing, a panel consisting of documentary team members

students prepare for safe travels by communicating these requirements and offering specialized risk training related to Covid-19 and other general safety knowledge for travelers.  While the return of J-term programs presented a lot of work for PLU staff, the payoff was in seeing the joy-filled experiences had by students. Courtney Olsen, the manager for short-term programs at PLU, reflects on the significance of J-term study away programs returning this year.  “There’s a widespread buy-in for global

On Exhibit: Women in Translation Posted by: Julie Babka / August 12, 2022 August 12, 2022 August is Women in Translation (WIT) Month; a time to highlight some of the incredible translated writings by women from around the globe. Only 30% of women who write and publish in languages other than English are translated in the U.S. and only 36% of books translated into English are from non-European countries (Women in Translation, 2022). WIT month hopes to make changes to these numbers by celebrating

, “It’s not what you say, but how you say it.” Paulson honed his ability to say things brilliantly at PLU, where he majored in Chemistry and moonlighted as a philosopher, with a particular interest in the Philosophy of Science. Then, Paulson counted himself “part of the massive pre-med crowd,” following the vocational itinerary of his father—until he began to write for The Mooring Mast and discovered a philosophy of journalism. “I was getting irritated by bad reporting on science and environmentalism

the middle of my second semester. It’s a three-year, intensive program that hones actors by giving us a safe and challenging space to learn and practice our craft. We focus intensely on collaboration with the new playwrights and directors also seeking their MFA’s, and this allows us to form an artistic company. I have actually been accepted into the school’s smallest year, with only 17 other actors in the program. I work for The New School, as well, in a work-study position.” What is the most

the middle of my second semester. It’s a three-year, intensive program that hones actors by giving us a safe and challenging space to learn and practice our craft. We focus intensely on collaboration with the new playwrights and directors also seeking their MFA’s, and this allows us to form an artistic company. I have actually been accepted into the school’s smallest year, with only 17 other actors in the program. I work for The New School, as well, in a work-study position.” What is the most