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StudentsWill PLU be requiring a COVID-19 vaccination?PLU will require all students — undergraduate and graduate — to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to arriving on campus for the fall semester, with case by case exceptions allowed only for medical or religious reasons. This policy, focused on the health of the campus community, is similar to our current requirements for measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination. Where COVID-19 vaccination exceptions are granted, the university may require

religious tenets with other types of African religions. They believe in a universal creator, who they call Shakapanga, the afterlife, communion between the living and dead, and the observance of good ethical conduct. Ancestor worship also plays a large role in their everyday lives. The pipes of the Luba people were used initially to smoke hemp, refined cannabis, starting in the 12th century, and tobacco starting in the 15th century. Both men and women smoked. However, locally grown tobacco is quite

dress and has a wreath of candles on her head. Lucia celebrations also take place in towns, churches, and schools throughout the country. The Sankta Lucia Fest has been an annual tradition at Pacific Lutheran University for seventy years. It is a very important tradition to the people of Sweden, and it is our desire to keep the tradition alive for Swedes and other Scandinavians in this area. Although it is not a religious ceremony, the Sankta Lucia celebration marks the beginning of the Christmas

a revolution. But when he questioned the Catholic church’s practice of selling indulgences in his famous Ninety-Five Theses in 1517, it was the beginning of an era of religious and political upheaval that would fundamentally reshape Europe. Luther’s challenge against the church, arguably the most powerful institution in the world at the time, was a bold statement. Since then, Lutheranism and the idea of reform have gone hand in hand. For many Lutherans, reformation is a constant process that

clergyman, seemed an unlikely man to start a revolution. But when he questioned the Catholic church’s practice of selling indulgences in his famous Ninety-Five Theses in 1517, it was the beginning of an era of religious and political upheaval that would fundamentally reshape Europe. Luther’s challenge against the church, arguably the most powerful institution in the world at the time, was a bold statement. Since then, Lutheranism and the idea of reform have gone hand in hand. For many Lutherans