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for past students to critique their work. The pictures from iPhoneography are currently on display in the Wekell Gallery in Ingram Hall. Geller and her students are learning this art form together. “It is nice when the professor puts you on an even playing field,” said Bradford Lum ’15, a business major and photography minor. “If the professor is on the same level, we both learn.” In the class the professor and students shared with each other what they knew about this emerging practice. “No matter

PLU’s chief composer, Greg Youtz. When he composes a piece, Reid now borrows from Bob Dylan, his classical favorites, other instrumental sounds and from trips to China with fellow composers such as Youtz. He also likes to compose for odd instruments. “I did a piece a number of years ago that had all kinds of odd percussion in it … a toy piano, hammers, wood,” he said. And then there was a strange instrument that sounds like a cow mooing. He collects pieces of a similar ilk. In his hands this day is

,” Krise told a crowd of students at Olson Auditorium. “Ceremonies like today are how we act out what we cannot say.” To celebrate the occasion, 640 first-year students, 50 clergy, 200 faculty and 40 delegates from other higher education institutions gathered with staff, administrators, regents and guests. Presiding Bishop of the ELCA, Rev. Mark S. Hanson, gave Krise the charge of affirming his commitment to the pursuit of academic excellence and the shepherding of higher education in the Lutheran

General of Germany (based in San Francisco) Rolf Schuette talk about Jewish-German relations at PLU. In addition to years of education and experience as a diplomat, before taking the San Francisco post in 2005, Schuette spent a sabbatical year as a Visiting Fellow at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington D.C., the American Jewish Committee in New York and the Institute of European Studies in Berkeley. Some of his experience also includes work in Israel. “The Holocaust is still the

students for international volunteer opportunities in Peace Corps and other similar service organizations. It also builds connections between students interested in pursuing volunteer opportunities abroad and alumni who have completed that work. Jedd Chang '05 served in Jamaica Colton Heath '13 served in The Republic of Georgia Jihan Grettenberger '12 served in Panama “I think it fits so well with the mission and PLU’s focus on care and creating a community of care for others,” said Katherine Wiley

August 20, 2013 PLU Professor Jan Weiss in Namibia. One on One: Jan Weiss By Barbara Clements A 22-year-old Jan Weiss walked into the elementary school southeast of Portland, Ore., and looked at her third-grade class. Twenty-five faces looked back. And Weiss realized that she knew nothing about their world, nor they, hers. Weiss grew up in a relatively prosperous home near San Jose, Calif., where dad was an engineer who worked on the Apollo and Gemini launches for a major aerospace company, and

October 25, 2010 The Tlingit tribe wait to come ashore during the Ceremonial Landing and the commencement of Tribal Journeys. We sat for hours, baking in the sun while droves of exuberant people in lavish regalia requested landfall. (Photos by Theodore Charles ’12) My Tribal Journey By Theodore Charles ’12 Every morning in Neah Bay, Wash., the cold fog would sweep through our camp and shake us from our sleep as we trundled across the grounds of the Makah Cultural and Resource Center for the

January 11, 2008 UC, Morken powered by wind turbines As of Jan. 1, nearly 20 percent of the university’s energy is being purchased from renewable sources. The commitment to purchase “green” energy stems from the culture of the university, said Dave Kohler, director of facilities. Renewable energy is energy generated from natural sources that cannot be depleted, like wind and solar power. He points to the university’s mission to “care for the earth,” President Anderson’s signing of the

question, learn, and be inspired.” After graduating from the prestigious New School for Drama in New York with a Masters of Fine Arts in Acting, Tristan Morris was chosen from hundreds of applicants to participate in Broadway’s Rising Stars. “Performing on Broadway is like performing anywhere else,” said Tristan Morris. “You just have to wrap your mind around it.” Broadway’s Rising Stars is an annual one-night musical theater concert that takes place as part of the Town Hall’s Summer Broadway Festival

broke her ankle two years ago and needed surgery to skate again. Recovery from injury takes time in skating because of the vigorous training, she said. “It’s pretty hard because all you want to do is skate,” Lee said. Lee recently suffered another foot injury, but still competed at Regionals and qualified for Sectionals in Oakland, Calif., last fall. “I think I did pretty well,” Lee said. “It was really cool that I got to qualify for Sectionals, and I improved, which I was really happy about.” Lee