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May 23, 2014 Angie Jimenez ’14 will walk across the Tacoma Dome stage as she graduates from Pacific Lutheran University on May 24, grateful for the support of her parents, Dale Benson and the Minds Matter program. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Graduate overcomes tight budgets, ice storms and bureaucracy to pursue her dreams By Barbara Clements, Content Development Director PLU Marketing & Communication Angie Jimenez ’14 was white-knuckling it in her car as she navigated the icy streets into

January 12, 2011 Who doesn’t love penguins? Professor to write about relationship between bird and humans. By Barbara Clements It’s hard to get Chuck Bergman to stop talking about penguins. And really who can blame him? They’re cute. They mate for life, and seem to care for their mates and offspring. They do amazing things to care for the next generation – be it brave the brutal weather in Antarctica or hopping up – and down- sheer cliff faces to make their nests. This Gentoo Penguin is one of

team noted several of PLU’s innovative and best practices in the School of Business, including: Nourish Project: Students, trained by a professor of practice and alumni in the art of consulting, work as consultants to women- and minority-owned businesses. Guide X Side: This program links alumni, business leaders and community members with first-year and first-generation students, who meet with volunteer mentors periodically during the academic year. Business Justice Initiative: Launched in fall

March 30, 2011 Student perspective: The Iditarod Editor’s note: PLU student Loren Liden headed up to Alaska to cover the Iditarod. The following is a reflection on her experience. The Iditarod, a 1,000-mile dogsled race across the state of Alaska, finished Sunday, March 20. A remarkable feat of determination, the Iditarod has become Alaska’s two-week long celebration, beginning in Anchorage and ending in Nome. Though last year I covered the ceremonial start in Anchorage, this year I covered

Authors West is comprised of two components: 1) students reading novels from 15 featured authors and 2) a writer’s conference led by these featured authors. Author Leslye Walton ’04. [Photo courtesy of www.LeslyeWalton.com]Walton is the author of the Morris-nominated novel The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender. Walton received a B.A. in Education from PLU and earned her MFA in Creative Writing from Portland State University. She lives in Seattle, where she’s teaching reading and writing to

and health care would be the ultimate goal, but then a couple of classes focused on plant development and global agriculture grew a new passion.“I have a family history of agriculture, my grandfather used to have apple orchards in Eastern Washington,” she said, explaining why her PLU biology classes resonated with her. “From that point forward, I began to pursue plant biology, as I had both personal and academic passion in the subject.” On her way to her degree, Davis completed a capstone project

Music Ron Gerhardstein to participate in the New Year Concert. Gerhardstein embarked on his travel as both teacher and student. When Gerhardstein traveled to Japan this J-term, his goals were to observe, ask questions, listen and learn. The purpose: to study the cultural and musical exchange between Graham Kapowsin and the Tamana Band and the impact of it. The Tamana band holds a gold medal in marching and concert band performance in a culture where band performance is a big deal. Music education in

September 1, 2009 Freshman meets Obama Christney Kpodo has Oct. 13 marked forever on her calendar. That’s the day she shook the hand of President Barack Obama. She even gave the leader of the free world a hug. Kpodo, 18, was one of five youths who, through competing in a series of local, state and regional competitions for Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s Youth of the Year, reached the final stage in September. Although she did not win the top slot of national Youth of the Year, she still got to

November 4, 2010 Holocaust scholar investigates Nazi campaign to “criminalize” Jews By Barbara Clements Michael Berkowitz first came to Professor Robert Ericksen’s attention about 10 years ago, when he first spotted the aspiring Holocaust scholar at the Ohio State University. Since then, Ericksen – PLU’s Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust Studies – has followed Berkowitz’s career. Prof. Michael Berkowitz will speak at the fall lecture in Holocaust Studies in November on his recent book. The next

social service groups, Quakers and UK-based Jewish groups coalesced in a desperate, and successful attempt to rescue Jewish children from Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland. And it was this rescue of 10,000 children between 1938 and 1940 that caught Laura Brade’s ’08, interest and imagination as she pondered the focus of her master’s thesis at Chapel Hill. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2e2JHw8K2c Specifically, Brade, who is studying under Professor Chris Browning – a former history