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loved ones.As a university of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), we are called upon to live our commitment to combating racism and white supremacy. We commend our students, alumni, faculty, and staff who already are contributing their professional expertise and volunteering their time, energy, and financial resources to antiracism causes. At PLU, we strive to equip our students — and ourselves — with the critical thinking, compassion, and courage to contribute to the dismantling of

have extraordinarily innovative ideas about how to expand and add nuance to how we engage critical questions as a learning community working in intentional collaboration with local, regional and international partners. There’s a lot of exciting work ahead.” This article is one of a four-part series on faculty innovators in the latest issue of ResoLute Magazine. Read about faculty innovators  Renzhi Cao, Cameron Bennett and Karen McConnell. Read Previous Lute Powered: Amazon Read Next Faculty

seek out new opportunities. This led to Sound Physicians, where she’s been since 2018. At Sound Physicians, Lange found more autonomy and the ability to drive change. “A lot of what PLU teaches you are skills I look for in the people I’m hiring,” she says. Intellectual curiosity. Critical thinking. Advocacy for yourself and others. Clear and concise communication, which fosters an ability to influence and persuade. They’re skills she learned at PLU and refined over the course of her career. Lange

Falls, Montana. “I love New York,” she says. “I love the people here. I love the energy, and I love the possibilities within the work that I do.” Her career was set in motion thanks to PLU’s expansive approach to critical inquiry and learning. “That’s something I just really cherish PLU for,” she says. “The space for ambiguity and having it be okay to not necessarily know what you want out of life at 18, and the support to explore where your curiosity leads you. To find where your skills best align

Artime, Ph.D. has been approved for a $2.5M funding award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to disseminate and implement research findings on Skills Training in Affect and Interpersonal Regulation with Narrative Therapy (STAIR-NT) for PTSD in University Counseling Centers (UCCs).“We hope this implementation project will help to address the need for effective and efficient care for trauma-exposed students who are seeking services in over-burdened UCCs,” said Artime. “As the

debate, to make society uncomfortable, to seek knowledge wherever it might lead. The protection and promotion of academic freedom—the freedom to question, to teach, to learn, to publish and to broadcast—is a sacred trust. The Scandinavian pioneers in the Pacific Northwest founded not only universities and schools, but also hospitals, libraries, and mutual benefit associations to carry out Luther’s call for the care of all aspects of the human condition. This tradition of caring for others, for

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

Human Rights, leading anti-racist systems transformation efforts at the city level. The path to the position started at PLU. After three years of college in Texas, Woods married and moved to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, only a semester shy of graduation. Soon, she heard great things about PLU’s care for students and career placement program. “I remember the care and concern of the professors and the administration,” Woods says. “I felt like they cared about me as a person and were invested in helping

Music Theory. “I saw him over the summer, and the care and passion that he brings to his students is unlike anything I have ever seen.  It is so inspiring, and this honor is richly deserved for him!” The next step in the Grammy Award process comes in December, when 10 finalists are announced. And then the winner—possibly a Lute with a PLU-infused passion for music and teaching—will be announced during Grammy week 2015 and flown to Los Angeles to accept the award and a $10,000 honorarium. “My

Tobago to work in an AIDS clinic with Dr. Raymond Noel. “There was a different level of appreciation from the people being treated in the states,” Reyna said. “It was really profound to experience.” The happiness on the faces of the people Dr. Noel cared for was life-changing. It was as if no one had ever taken the time to truly care for them, Reyna said. “That was really eye-opening because I got to see firsthand how much of a difference one person can have,” he said. “He didn’t just provide care