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  • Conference unites art and religion Artists, musicians and scholars will gather on campus for PLU’s second “ Art, Religion and Peace Conference ” Feb. 12 and 13.Last held in the spring of 2005, the conference explores ways in which the visual and musical arts of…

    Chancellor’s Professor of the History of Christian Art at Vanderbilt University will give the keynote address, “The Victory of the Cross in Early Christian Art: Transforming the Iconography of Conquest.” Her talk on Feb. 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the Scandinavian Cultural Center is the inaugural Alice Kjesbu Torvend Lecture in Christian Art. “She’s the primary North American expert of early Christianity,” Torvend said. “She has done groundbreaking work in terms of how Christian images have served as challenges to

  • 11:20 a.m. – Cascade Middle School Cafeteria Scott Weide ’00 sticks out in the lunchroom. As students fill the large cafeteria, Weide wanders into the school wearing shorts and a PLU T-shirt. On his back in a toddler carrier is 10-month old Zoe. She has…

    Carlos. About 15 minutes ago, an aide invited the eighth-grader to go for a walk with her around the track to burn off some energy. That lasted about two minutes. For Carlos, who is finishing up his time at Cascade in special education, sometimes it’s like that. Sometimes it’s take a stroll. Other times it’s hide-and-seek. Lee’s frustration sparks through his brown eyes. He honestly doesn’t know what’s to become of Carlos when he leaves Cascade. His family is homeless now, living in a hotel. Carlos

  • Class Acts The everyday triumphs, joys and challenges of eight dedicated educators – all Lutes – at a single bustling middle school. Who would want to teach hormone-laced, boundary-pushing, in-your-face, preteen and teenage students? The teachers at Cascade Middle School, that’s who. Their number includes…

    school with a 43 percent free-lunch rate. Some of these Lutes left high-paying jobs for this career. For others, teaching at the Auburn, Wash., school was their first choice. Most are up at 5 a.m. during the school year. Most coach after school. Some don’t finish the day until midnight, after papers are graded. All of them chose this profession, these grades and this school. None has any plans to leave. 7 A.M. Principal Johnson’s office, 45 Minutes until first period 7:15 A.M. Mr. Lee’s special

  • Training with the Lute battalion By Katie Scaff ’13 Most college students don’t walk out of the classroom and directly into a leadership position. Most don’t have a job locked down more than a year before they graduate. And most don’t get the training needed…

    school looking for something career-based,” Velásquez said. He learned about the PLU’s ROTC program from a childhood friend while he was attending Pierce Community College. “In 2011, a friend and me went to PT together,” Velásquez recalled. The rest was history.“My friend ended up enlisting and I did ROTC,” he said. “The ROTC program really appealed to me because it paid for school and gave me a guaranteed job.” Velásquez commuted from Pierce College for a semester to participate in the program

  • First year students reflect on ‘big questions’ When senior Kerri Greenaway talked about love being the one thing that can always be taken to the extreme, it struck a cord with first year Danyelle Thomas.“It made me think about why I do what I do,”…

    students the keys to guide their college experience and avoid looking back on it after graduation and wondering, “What if?” Students are able to learn what PLU has to offer early in their college careers and begin figuring out what they want to achieve in their time here. It also aims to help students begin the process of discovering their vocation, identity and purpose. The first years are just beginning to understand what the vocation of a student is, how that fits with what they are studying and how

  • September marks the beginning of application season for the Renewable Energy Scholarship Foundation .  We are now soliciting applications for the scholarships to be given in 2023.  Last year we gave twelve $2000 scholarships; this year we anticipate 16 or more.  There will be at…

    Renewable Energy Scholarship Posted by: nicolacs / September 6, 2022 September 6, 2022 September marks the beginning of application season for the Renewable Energy Scholarship Foundation.  We are now soliciting applications for the scholarships to be given in 2023.  Last year we gave twelve $2000 scholarships; this year we anticipate 16 or more.  There will be at least one for an early undergraduate (preferable community college), at least one other undergrad scholarship, one for an early grad

  • September marks the beginning of application season for the Renewable Energy Scholarship Foundation .  We are now soliciting applications for the scholarships to be given in 2023.  Last year we gave twelve $2000 scholarships; this year we anticipate 16 or more.  There will be at…

    Renewable Energy Scholarship Posted by: nicolacs / September 6, 2022 September 6, 2022 September marks the beginning of application season for the Renewable Energy Scholarship Foundation.  We are now soliciting applications for the scholarships to be given in 2023.  Last year we gave twelve $2000 scholarships; this year we anticipate 16 or more.  There will be at least one for an early undergraduate (preferable community college), at least one other undergrad scholarship, one for an early grad

  • While at PLU, Angela Pierce-Ngo ’12 was worried by a troubling pattern. After the first year of college, many peers and friends — especially classmates of color — left school or took an extremely long break. Even as she worked as a diversity advocate and…

    concerned about those missing from classrooms. She wrote a paper on why students of color might leave school and college. Pierce-Ngo assisted in coordinating the Students of Color Retreat and encouraged more peer support. "I’m proud of the work we have done in supporting students, long-term. Data shows that the program works, too. Thanks to the unique one-on-one support model, the students were three times more likely to pursue post-secondary education."- Angela Pierce-Ngo '12 But she found her true

  • Patricia Krise: A dedication to service and student engagement By Barbara Clements Focused. In a word, that would describe Patricia Krise. And friendly too. As she sits down for coffee outside the Old Main Market, she will admit that focus is a skill that has…

    left free for campus events and activities. “My main job here is to support Tom in his role, to help in any way possible. And to reach out to students,” Krise said. She is currently working as a project manager for Ford Motor Credit. Her team looks for process improvements in Ford properties in the U.S., Canada and India. She is the early-bird of the team, often rising in the early morning to send work emails across the globe. Patricia Krise was immediately impressed by the warmth and dedication to

  • Enhancing the student experience, one scholarship at a time Every year thousands of students are provided the opportunity to attend PLU because of the dedicated support given to them by alumni, parents, friends, faculty and staff – even fellow students. Gifts to Q Club, PLU’s…

    : “We began to give money to Lute Club after graduation and were contacted by Jim Kittilsby in the early ’80s about Q Club. Our four years at PLU were very meaningful in both education and spiritual growth. You just can’t out-give God and we feel blessed to be a blessing to the university. A college education is important, but very expensive. The future leaders of tomorrow need our financial help today to cope with rising costs. My company matches a large part of our annual giving to PLU, which